Tag Archives: recycling

A Practical Guide to Gifts That Mean Something

Craft Inspiration from Pinterest

Lately I’ve become a bit of a Scrooge where the Christmas season is concerned. I get so fed up with the incredible amount of consumerism, greed, and waste that comes as a result of a commercialized holiday. Do we really need those cheap, plastic trinkets [...]

25 Tips for Going Green

25 Tips for Going Green

I believe in caring for the earth we live on. I believe we are called to be good stewards of what we’re given. To have authority over the plants and animals around us, but I like to think of it as a mutually beneficial relationship [...]

Pillow Case Skirt

Pillow Case Skirt

This is something I’ve been meaning to do for the longest time. I took a sewing class from a fabric/crafts store and then proceeded to NOT sew anything for a solid 6 months. But I finally got down to business last weekend and made a [...]

Taking Recycling to a New Level

Taking Recycling to a New Level

We all learned in the first grade that recycling was good for the planet. Recycle, reduce, reuse….and close the loop! And I do take my plastics, glass, cardboard and junk mail to the recycling center.  I wash out glass containers and reuse them. I even have [...]