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Wrapping with catalogs
I haven’t forgotten about my promise to reuse magazines, catalogs, calendars, maps, etc. for wrapping gifts. I will post a photo soon of my first experiment. Meanwhile, I thought I’d get you thinking about how many very colorful images you can find in many catalogs. Pottery Barn catalogs contain many full-page images. However, if you…
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Ask for green for Christmas
Not money, of course. If you’ve been wanting to go more green, but need a few tools to make it easier, add them to your Christmas list. That way, when someone asks you what you want for Christmas, you can talk about reusable shopping bags and all that fun stuff! Here are some ideas to…
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The way we used to wrap gifts?
I’ve been thinking about this one quite a bit. I really love a cute gift bag, and just saw some old-fashioned Christmas bags made of kraft paper at Target. However, they weren’t made from recycled materials. There’s always wrapsacs.com, subject of a post back in September. But how do you know the bag will really…
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Turning poo to paper
Also during my recent trip to Chattanooga, TN, I visited World Next Door Market, which specializes in fair trade gifts from around the world. It was exciting to see many products I had read about online (like mats made out of old flip flops), but not seen in person. One product I had never heard…
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Green restaurants
During a recent trip to Chattanooga, TN, I happened upon 212 Market, Tennessee’s first certified green restaurant. Of course, I had to go in and have lunch! Did I notice a difference? Yes! Everything tasted very fresh and extremely delicious. I’ll never be able to have another chicken club sandwich quite that good. (They also…
Light Green Stairs 