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A giveaway winner features her recent prize and me

A recent giveaway winner of this scarflette featured her winning prize in her blog and I can not tell you HOW GRATEFUL I am that she liked her prize. I sponsor giveaways and reviews here all the time and often times, I don’t know if the prize winner liked her prize. But when I receive such a gracious response, by posting about the prize, on their blogs or facebook, it [...]

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Goodbye Summer and Hello Fall!

I can’t believe summer is already gone. When and how did that happen? These past few months have been all a blur to me. I guess too many things happened this summer and I just as soon would like to forget about them. I can’t wait for the  the cool breeze (I think they said this was the hottest summer on record. Global warming, anyone?), fallen leaves, pumpkin pies, and [...]

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Ojami Bento and Lunch Tote Review

When growing up in Korea, bento (Dosirak, in Korean but we used to call it “bento” too) was an expression of mother’s love… so it seemed. We always wanted what was in someone else’s bento. We always compared who had the better tasting lunch and whose mom packed – HAM, of all things – and that her mom must love her more than my mom loves me because I never [...]

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Clearance Sale on EcoKaren

I am having a clearance sale on all items in my Etsy shop to make room for a new line of products in 2010. I am trying to streamline the shop into a more cohesive structure – a business plan that has been on the back burner since the summer – better late than never, right? So take advantage and buy them before they are gone. So buy a green [...]

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Equal Exchange Review and Giveaway

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED I wrote about Fair Trade yesterday and told you that I was contacted to review some products by a company that does great work with numerous small farmers around the world. Let me introduce you to a worker-owned co-op called Equal Exchange Co-op, based in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It is founded by three visionaries who wanted to change the way food is produced and how the food [...]

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What is Fair Trade?

This is a two part series on Fair Trade and a review of a fair trade co-operative exchange company called Equal Exchange. My family and I watched a documentary called Food Inc. on Thanksgiving. I’d figured, I better capitalize on the opportunity while everyone was in food coma and couldn’t protest. I also reasoned (and yes, there was some pleading involved) that since I fed them, I should get to [...]

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Fabulous Friday Featured Seller – Bluemoon147

Bluemoon147 Cats or dogs? Dogs…especially shelter dogs. They’re the best! Star Wars or Sleepless in Seattle? May sound crazy but I’ve never seen either one. Fruit or chocolate? I can’t live without chocolate. Favorite color? Cobalt blue Favorite meal? Sushi rolls. It’s like eating tiny artwork. City break or weekend in the country? I live in the middle of the city so a country weekend sound like a good change [...]

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Eco Friendly Handmade Cyber Monday

Is it really Cyber Monday today? I love it. Isn’t it quiet? No crowds.  Plenty of parking spaces. No check out lines. I can shop in my jammies with a cup  of hot brimming coffee. This is great! So let’s see what great eco friendly finds there are on Etsy. Recycled denim birds on Christmas tree would be awesome. Repurposed Bird Ornament by copabananas Perfect gift for a hostess or [...]

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Eco Friendly Handmade Christmas

Here are some handmade Christmas goodies. Merry Christmas all winter long… Cool presents for your birds! This will start some creative conversations at your holiday party, heh? Who wouldn’t like your present if you wrap them in these? And finally, a placemat and a utensil case in one. Don’t use disposable plastic utensils. Be real and carry real ones. I think I am getting closer to being done with my [...]

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Buy Eco friendly Handmade

Continuing with some great Eco Friendly Handmade finds on Etsy today… You can never have enough pillows and these are made with bamboo fabric too! Just looking at these arm warmers keep my arms and wrists warm. Pretty flowers too. OK, I’m biased on these but the lavender smells so great and did you know that lavender is great for stress relief? This conflict free diamond ring makes me want [...]

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Buy Nothing Black Friday

Fridays are usually set aside for introducing fabulous sellers from Etsy. However, today is considered to be “Black Friday” or “Buy Nothing Day”.  As I said before, I strongly believe you have to assess what you truly need and what gifts you have to buy so that you don’t contribute to excess waste. And, if you need to buy  gifts for your loved ones for the holiday, you should buy [...]

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I heart handmade functional eco friendlies

I heart (♥) these handmade functional eco-friendlies.

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Custom Orders – Upcycled Pillow Cases and Utensil Pouch

As you have might have guessed, unexpected trip to upstate for a marathon, back-to-school, school trips, and start of another busy sports season left me with no time to make anything for my shop. But as fate would have it, (crafting God wanted me to get back to crafting, I guess) I received two custom orders recently. So, I made these two beautiful items and I wanted to share them. [...]

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Thank You Series – Avlor’s Imprints

Since I am on a “branding” kick as of late, I thought I should start putting labels on my products, especially on the items I sew. I think those nifty little tags are cool and so professional looking. So I looked into buying them. But most of them are not so eco-friendly and the organic cotton ones are expensive AND I have to buy like 1000 labels. I wish I [...]

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Eco Spa Giveaway

The deadline for Eco Spa Giveaway ends Tomorrow, August 15, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST. Enter to win this Eco Spa Package. Go here to enter. It includes: ecokaren‘s Organic Washcloth ecokaren’s Reusable Makeup Remover Pad ecokaren’s flaxseed/lavender filled eye mask ecogeneration‘s Vintage Bath Tub Soap Dish Happy Goat‘s Soap in lavender Greensprings0‘s Organic Lavender Rose Lotion Bar Good Luck! ♥

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Thank You Series – Green Springs Body Works

When I first started my shop, ‘ecogeneration’, on Etsy in October 2008, I met some awesome eco minded sellers on a team called Eco Etsy. Among them is a lady who is passionate about organic skin care products. My favorite cream for my sensitive skin, especially in the winter, is from her shop because I know she only uses the finest organic ingredients. So naturally (no pun intended), when I [...]

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Tuesday Favorites

I’ll be honest – I’ve been on vacation and haven’t had the time to write since I got back. But Etsy is always on my mind and I made time to browse through some shops to see who’s selling what….the curious Georgette that I am. So this morning, I thought I’d share what I saw on Etsy that caught my eyes. Oh, there are tons more but this is my [...]

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What to give teachers?

If you are like me, I always like to give something special to teachers this time of the year. I give home baked goods for the Holidays but I give them a little something personal at the end of the year without depleting my bank account. Thinking of personal presents for teachers whom I don’t know, socially, is very very hard. And enough with those “teachers” themed gifts. I mean, [...]

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Bad Guys for Beauty Part 3 – the good guys

This is the final part of the series, “Bad Guys for Beauty”. Now that the bad guys have been revealed, here are the good guys for you and where you can buy some good guys for your body on Etsy. Ascorbic Acid – Vitamin C Keeps products from spoiling, stimulates production of collagen, which slows as you age, and minimize fine lines. Organic Lavender Face Food Moisturizer-Paraben Free by Greensprings0 [...]

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Happy Easter!

Today will be an uber Good “Fabulous” Friday as I found some great finds that remind me of Spring (and Easter) on Etsy and I wanted to share them with you. They are all eco-friendly and I just love the colors that scream “Spring”! Click the picture for more info. Enjoy and let me know what you think about these great whimsical and functional items from eco-friendly artists from Etsy. [...]

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Fabulous Friday Eco-Friendly Products on April 10th

I will be featuring some fabulous eco-friendly products on Friday April 10th in celebration of Easter and Spring. If you would like to introduce your eco-friendly products, please leave me a comment here or via e-mail (click the button on the upper left corner on this page) or contact me via my ecogeneration shop. I will choose ten (10) out of all the entries and will intorduce them here. Here [...]

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Rechargeable Candles

I love the calming effects of flickering candle light. It’s meditative and very soothing. But I can do without the smell, smoke, and the toxic effect on my health as well as the environment. I rather use essential oils for aromatherapy and not the burning fake smell of lavender or vanilla. I was in search of something comparable and I found this company that makes rechargeable candles that actually flicker… [...]

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Trying to keep warm

Are you snowed in? It sounds like there’s snow all over the place….even in the Northwest where it rains all the time! Do you think global warming has anything to do with this severe weather? Read this and this. Well, in trying to keep warm, I kept myself busy by knitting up a storm (no pun intended) and upcycling some things in the house including these scarves. They are on [...]

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My Favorite Green Products

It’s only been recent that I have been able to find “natural” cleaning products in the local supermarket aisles. I don’t have to go to the “Green Market” to find them anymore. What’s even better, the prices have come down too. Even Clorox makes its own line of “Green Works” now. The big guns are catching up. Finally, they noticed what we want. This is a list of products I’ve [...]

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Red Red Wine Treasury

Don’t you love seeing Red during the Holiday Season? I think the Chinese love Red – it is considered to be color of Prosperity and Good Luck. Well, I feel lucky today because my Holiday Red Napkin Rings is featured in a treasury named “Red Red Wine” on Etsy. Go check it out. It expires on Monday Dec. 8th. Thank you Moonbeads! Let’s see if I can remember how to [...]

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Ready for sale!

I’ve created some beautiful napkin rings, eyeglasses chain/ lanyard, and wine glass charms from beads that have been hiding in my daughter’s craft drawers. I’ve de-cluttered the craft room and added some compliments to the beads to make some unique finds. Presently, I’m working on making Beaded Stitch Markers. Unfortunately, since I am only working with orphaned beads, still charming and beautiful, I can’t take custom orders. Each of my [...]

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