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Please accept our apologies for sending this twice, but discovered an error with one of the websites listed and don't want your readers coming back to you because of it. The only change was made on the photo of the group of bags. If you're not using that, the rest of the copy is the same. Thanks for understanding.

Welcome to Celebrate Green's feature idea for December

We’re happy to present the following material for you to use in whole or in part in newspaper, magazine or blog articles or on radio or TV.

Just a few guidelines:

1. If you use a portion of the article in writing, include a link to www.CelebrateGreen.net somewhere in the body or at the end.

2. If you use the entire article in writing, include the following at the end: Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson are mother and daughter and co-authors ofCelebrate Green! Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family, available at www.CelebrateGreen.net  

3. If you use the information in this article for radio or TV, refer to Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson, authors of Celebrate Green!, and provide a link to www.CelebrateGreen.net where possible.

4. If you need more information, would like to interview us about an upcoming holiday or celebration, or would like to ask about custom material, please contact us or call 425-793-3590 (Pacific time).

5. If you have any suggestions for how to make this material more useful or have an aspect of a particular holiday or celebration you'd like us to write about, email us.

Thank you and enjoy!

Lynn and Corey
www.CelebrateGreen.net

Wrap it up green

Did you know that if every American wrapped just three gifts in something other than virgin paper, we save 47,000 football fields of paper every year? Unbelievable, but true.

So how to wrap pretty packages without paper? Switch to fabric.

Whatever look you prefer can be created with fabric--from super sophisticated to down-home cozy. And there are other bonuses from using this material instead of paper:

• Depending on what you use, a silk scarf, for instance, when you wrap with fabric, you're giving a gift within a gift
• Fabric-wrapped packages don't require tape or scissors. For that matter, they don't need ribbon either.
• Your recipient can keep the fabric to use (in the case of a scarf or handkerchief, for example), or pass it on.
• Fabric wraps have a very long life.

And one more thing, wrapping with fabric is fun! It's easy to learn the many techniques for wrapping anything from a piece of jewelry to a bottle of wine or even a basketball! Celebrate Green's instruction page illustrates more than a dozen wrapping techniques.

The least expensive way to go is to use what you already have either as is (in the case of a silk scarf), or by cutting up sheets (decorate them if you like), remnants, or even a piece of clothing, into a square of the appropriate size for the gift.

You can cut squares with pinking shears; sew two pieces of cloth wrong sides together, then turn right side out and iron flat; or fold over edges and sew by hand or machine.

Or, if you're not the DIY type, you can puchase beautiful pre-made wrapping cloths or fabric bags. Here are two wrapping cloths that are pretty and easy to work with:

In addition to wraps, you'll find lots of choices in fabric bags. While you'll miss out on the fun of perfecting your wrapping techniques, these bags make quick work of getting those gifts good-to-go.

Just a few examples:

Using fabric instead of paper to is easy, affordable and Earth-friendly. Time to get wrappin'!

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