From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Introductory Sponsorship Offer and a Giveaway

August 31, 2009

I am offering an introductory sponsorship rate and a giveaway for a TWO FREE 2×2 Etsy Mini or Artfire or 125×125 Badge ad spaces. (They must be for two different sponsors.)
First, about the introductory advertising opportunity.
The following inexpensive rate will be effective until September 30, 2009.
I will match the total ad revenue collected in [...]

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Fabulous Friday Featured Seller – Electricbluebird

August 28, 2009

Cats or dogs?
A rescue of any kind.
Star Wars or Sleepless in Seattle?
Star Wars.
Fruit or chocolate?
Fruit.
Favorite color?
Neon pink.
Favorite meal?
Sushi.
City break or weekend in the country?
I live in the country so city break!
Soaps or documentaries?
Documentaries.
Bath or shower?
I am a bath junkie.
Dress or jeans?
Jeans, hands down.
Your favorite material?
Salvaged items.
How is your shop eco-friendly?
I use a lot [...]

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BPA in Sigg Water Bottles

August 27, 2009

Yep. You read it correctly. Just when you thought you were doing the right thing by buying reusable aluminum bottles to avoid BPA in plastic bottles, now the story hits the news about Sigg bottles having liners with trace amounts of BPA.
What now?
Well, according to the letter from the CEO of Sigg, Steve Wasik, these [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Plastic invades Niagara Falls

August 26, 2009

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Backpack safety tips for children

August 24, 2009

Carrying heavy backpacks are common among school age children and that’s a problem. According to a study conducted by the Simmons College Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, over 55 percent of teenagers carry backpacks that are over 15% of their body weight, a limit that is recommended by American Chiropractic Association as well as American [...]

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Fabulous Friday Featured Seller – Fiveforty

August 21, 2009

Fiveforty
I am a modern rug maker.
I have been weaving for over twenty years. It was only a few years ago that I started, after thinking about it for many years, weaving rugs from recycled textiles. I started weaving on a frame loom, which limited the size of rug I could weave. I have now adapted [...]

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Green Cleaning Your School

August 20, 2009

When I had my chiropractic practice, one of my patients was a preschool teacher. She had horribly cracked hands. She told me that she’d use Clorox mixture to clean and disinfect the tables and chairs every day. And when a child was diagnosed with Strep throat or pink eye, the cleaning procedure would involve the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Brewster, MA

August 19, 2009

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Stop the School Buses from Idling

August 17, 2009

It’s end of August already and you know what that means…..it’s almost time for Back To School. I’m happy to say that I’ve seen a lot of news about eco friendly school products from recycled notebooks, stainless steel lunch boxes, reusable snack bags, and book bags made with recycled plastic. If you don’t know where [...]

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Housewarming Party Giveaway Winner is….

August 16, 2009

Beth from BPR Designs!
Congratulations!
This was a very hard task for me to do…..pick a winner.
I am very happy for the winner, of course, but I feel bad for the others who didn’t win.
But don’t fret if you didn’t win – I’ll be having a lot more giveaways, prizes and discounts in the future as I [...]

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