Celebrate Green Blog

by Lynn and Corey Even though we’re not big shoppers, we love going to trade and craft shows where we discover clever or new-to-us ideas by people who are moving toward sustainability. Last year, at one show, we came such a company, Namaste Glass. Loved the name and loved that they are making glass items on their [...]

We’ve saluted BOBO Wraps before. We love all the sizes and patterns for wrapping gifts for any occasion. (Why waste paper when you can give a gift within a gift?) Now Patricia has moved from brilliant to super brilliant with a super-sized wrap great for making a hobo bag or even, dressing yourself. With just [...]

Our final segment on hosting a Blessingway for a mom-to-be in lieu of or in addition to a traditional baby shower. Today’s topic? The celebration rituals.

The day I was born, my father bought 100 shares of Corning Glass Works (now Corning Inc.), stock for me. Maybe that’s why I’ve always had a love affair with glass. Sea glass, glassware, jewelry, whatever it is, glass attracts me like a magnet. Combine that with my passion for color and you can bet [...]

A few years ago, lured, as I always am, by plant names, I bought two Endless Summer hydrangeas. I picked them up at the end of what was not an endless summer up here in Seattle, for a song, or at least, they were a lot less than the $25+ they were labeled earlier in [...]

In our book, Celebrate Green! Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family (whew!), we tell the story about Aunt Debbie’s apple pie. Turns out a lot of readers relate to it. Aunt Debbie is, in the Colwell family’s humble opinion, the world’s greatest pie maker. While she happily shares the recipe for [...]

I admit to being a total and complete sentimental fool. From the time Corey was six years old, I would embarrass her every June when Pomp and Circumstance came on the car radio and I would have to pull over because I’d start bawling so hard at the thought of her graduating from college! I’m [...]

Graduation is upon up us. What to get the eco-conscious grad? Money of course is about as eco-friendly as you can get. But avoid gift cards  made from plastic. While the cards themselves may be recyclable, the magnetic strips are not. (Plus $6.8 billion in gift cards is never redeemed! That’s not green-either for the [...]

We are so excited about our new Celebrate Green! shop. From the moment we started Green Halloween in 2006, people have been telling us, “We love the idea of choosing items that are better for our families and the planet. What are they and where do we get them?” Over the last four years, the market [...]

Lynn & Corey demo 3 eco-fabulous Mother’s Day gift/craft ideas.