My comfy cotton outfit of the day: 100% cotton shirt @marigoldaustin This is a small local business with a lot of natural fiber choices. A friend of a friend’s store. 100% cotton jeans Goodwill Central Texas The Clock Tower location is my favorite. #ootd#ootdinspiration#alittlemoregreen#greenerchoices#greenerchoicesmatter#shopsmall#shoplocal#thrift
Things are more connected than we realize. I don’t always share my Thursdays in Black here. I’m working on bringing more of myself into all of my advocacy work. Also, the choices that I make are from a zero waste perspective going into the causes that I am sharing about and advocating for in my…
I have a new porch bin to collect for my neighbors: crafts and school/office supplies for Austin Creative Reuse. All my bins and bricks are donated/reused as is the duct tape. The laminator is secondhand and keeps the signs protected from the weather. Duct tape is the only tape that seems to hold up in…
We had three bags, two garbage and one grocery, to drop off at the Austin Wildlife Rescue Center on this day. This is a catch up post so it’s out of date order. It is important to share it because there is so much material out there that can be reused and appreciated, we just…
We had gorgeous weather for this year’s Creation Care Fair hosted by Triumphant Love Lutheran Church. There is always such an amazing array of vendors to talk with and so many fun crafts for kids. I got to meet a real bat and took home a birdhouse and bee home for solitary bees. It was…
My @indigenousbox winter box arrived just in time for my birthday! It’s full of purples and blues ! These boxes come with an assortment of indigenous/native products curated by a small indigenous company in Canada and made by small businesses. This is honestly the warmest blanket I have ever had and the lip balm tied…
This was originally posted on Lunar New Year but I want it seen more so I’m posting it today. <3 Happy Lunar New Year! Snake from the Austin Zoo, all rescued animals Ring from @starfish_project Shirt from @austinwildliferescue Crane earrings from @mmimisorigamis In memory of my furry baby girl Crickett who loved her snake. I…
Headband: @popfizzcheers Earrings: @stipplepopshoppe Necklace : @indigenousbox Shirt: @4ocean #local#smallbusiness#thursdaysinblack#indigenousartist#shopindigenous#wearthereminder#organiccotton#headband
Super proud of my husband this morning who replaced the igniter on our water heater. Thank you internet. I’m also grateful for my time at Building Services at the City of Austin so I could direct him to a local Granger for the part. Austin has two locations if you need something local like this.…
Contact lens material (lenses and blister packs) can be recycled at Envision Eye Center in Mueller through the TerraCycle Bausch + Lomb ONE by ONE Free Recycling Program. Find a location near you at: https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/bauschrecycles… A neighbor put these in my Hard Plastics collection bin on my porch which I choose to provide as a…