It’s fabric shaver weather. I am handing down my son’s outgrown mittens to our friends and after a wash, I ran a pass of the fabric shaver over them to freshen them up. Just be careful on the edges and seams. I nicked a thumb and had to mend it as well. #mittens #gloves #sweaterweather…
See if you have a local art supply store. I use colored pencils as my primary artistic outlet and my son likes water colors. Several of my colors from my set of 24 Crayola from who knows how long ago ran out, I can’t hold them they are so short, so I went over to…
Aprons are awesome! One of the recommendations from participants in the @wool.and #100daydresschallenge was to wear aprons so you could wash your dress less often. Wash aprons more, or switch aprons if you have several, and spend less time/money/water spot treating or washing the entire dress. I got out of the habit of wearing my…
Austin friends, check it out. Non-Austin: See what your local utility provider offers in the form of rebates for replacements. April is a great month to buy new appliances and energy efficiency items because there are a lot of Earth Month/Earth Day sales going on. Homeowners, Apartment/Condo Dwellers, business owners: I’m a big fan of…
Happy Friday! It’s #REDfriday which means Remember Everyone Deployed. For me that means wearing red, including my 4ocean Hawaiian Coral Reef bracelet, and reef safe sunscreen because I burn! Chemicals from our sunscreen can be dangerous to coral, specifically oxybenzone and octinoxate, common ingredients in over 3,500 sunscreens. With over 25% of all marine life…
I’m sharing my Wool& “reward” wool dress with you all. As you may or may not know, I participated in Wool&’s 100 Day Dress Challenge last year. I wore the same dress (I washed it regularly) for 100 days in a row. Following the rules of the challenge, I was awarded a coupon for $100…
Ethique is a company that makes plastic-free products with plastic-free shipping that is climate positive. As you may be aware, only 9% of the plastic ever created has been recycled. According to Ethique, bottled products like hand soap are typically made of 70-95% water. So in general it seems we are shipping single-use plastic that…
It’s International Polar Bear Day! A few facts and an awareness helper are below. A fun cartoon about polar bears to share with kids is Octonauts’ Great Artic Adventure on Netflix, Season 3, the Earth Day Special. My four year old son loves to learn about the animals in the Octonauts books and tv series.…
This is a follow up post to Pill Pack/Blister Pack/Bubble Pack. I’ll start from the zero waste angle and lead into health. One of the items my family has deemed essential for our health, especially our gut health which can affect many other aspects of health, are probiotics. My husband, myself, our four year old…
– Be thankful always. – Reuse office supplies like sheet protectors and badges for thank yous, signs, and outside the office like tabling, church or neighborhood events. – Think about ways to be creative/artistic in a way that may acknowledge or appreciate someone, a group, etc. If you don’t have these supplies and want to…