23 Dec
In my quest to get greener, I stumbled upon something mighty amazing while making my Amazon wishlist. I found these reusable snack bags and stainless steel containers. Perfect for taking to work or on a trip and it gives me an alternative to plastic. Score!
The company’s website can be located here.
I am really looking forward to using these!
27 Oct
I always love getting emails from Melissa, whether it’s cool music recommendations, knitting advice or something “green” that she knows I’ll appreciate. She sent me this recently and I am going to try it out soon. I’m all about the DIY!
Here’s the recipe for DIY hand sanitizer!
“You can earn those eco-friendly DIYer brag rights with instructions from Eco-centric blog, EcoSalon:
In a small bowl, mix ¼ cup each of pure aloe vera gel and grain alcohol with 5 drops of tea tree essential oil. To make it smell less pungent, add 5 drops of your favorite fragrance oil. Using a funnel, pour this blend into a bottle small enough to stash in your purse. (Rinse out an empty tube of makeup or lotion to make use of waste.)
Check out EcoSalon for more info on this DIY hand sanitizer as well as a recipe for a DIY surface disinfectant. And after your hands are reasonably clean: tell us about how you’re keeping the germs at bay (or about how you prefer to tough it out in the battle with them).”
17 Aug
For about 6 months I’ve been knitting. I’m slowly getting the swing of things. I think I could spend a good hour or so just searching through skeins of yarn at one of our local yarn stores. A year ago I would have never even have thought I’d be blogging about that. But here I am suddenly interested in the world of knitting and that includes the idea that I can use “green” materials when knitting. I really dig the bamboo needles and I love that you can buy recycled cotton yarn! In fact, I am going to pick up more for some Christmas projects I am going to work on. Along with the sugar scrubs I make, I want to make a washcloth to go with it. I’m definitely still a beginner but I look forward to learning more and creating different projects using recycled materials!
