Celebrate Green Blog

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 [...]

Green gift ideas for President Obama (and the rest of us)

I planted lavender almost as soon as we moved into our house five years ago. But in all these years, I’ve never cut any except to grace a few bouquets. Inspired by our recent visit to Purple Haze Lavender Farm (lots more about that to come), this evening, I went out to cut some. Four [...]

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.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am prone to eureka moments. One day recently my granddaughters jumped out of the car and ran to the enormous poppies by the front stoop that had opened up since their last visit. The little one stuck her nose in to smell and came up with purple pollen [...]

We all have down days, days when it seems like everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Or, as in our case living in the Seattle area, we’re suffering from a serious case of June-uary-itis–January-like weather still haunting us well into the month when we’re usually welcoming blue skies and sunshiny days. Everybody deals [...]

You may have read an earlier post I wrote about Jenna MacNeil. She is putting together a  green wedding bouquet made not from live flowers, but from brooches and other jewelry contributed by her family, friends and yes, readers of this blog (and some others who saw  it here first!). I came across Jenna after [...]

My husband’s parents traveled a fair amount, but more interestingly, they befriended people  from most of the countries in the world–literally! And in those days, when people traveled, they sent post cards. The result? When my mother-in-law passed away, I discovered a shoe box filled with post cards from countries around the globe, some of [...]

Here’s another DIY Father’s Day gift made from ties. If you read my post on making a guitar strap “cozy,” you’ll know that when my Dad passed away, I took home some of his ties because I wanted to use them to make items that could be used for Father’s Day gifts. If your dad [...]

Note: As stated in this post, the composter giveaway deadline was June 10, 2010 and the winner was announced on June 11. The winner, whose name was drawn via www.Random.org, is Tonya Stabb. Thank you for entering. If you’d like to stay up to date on our giveaways, please subscribe to this blog or join [...]