Tips and Tricks to organizing your home
There seems to be no limit to what you can do with old socks. My good friend Karen came up with a way to use them with the Swiffer. As a pet owner, I love the Swiffer for keeping the hard floors clean. If you aren’t aware, you can also use it as a wet [...]
Make your own spa products Natural You has a video showing how you can make your own spa-quality natural body scrubs in minutes. Making better food choices On a quest to eat healthier? Anne On Life suggests ways you can make your favorite foods healthier. Recycling items to new uses Global Recycle Products is full [...]
Handmade gift idea Bake some delicious cookies and present them in a beautiful gift package created from a Pringles can. This is a great idea for a back-to-school gift for your child’s new teacher. Add a tag saying “Have a great year!” to the front. Find the recipe and package creation instructions at The Paper [...]
Book Mooch Bookmooch.com has an interesting concept in trading around books with other readers. You earn points to borrow other books when you lend yours. You can even donate your extra points to a couple of charities so they can purchase needed books. I’m going to try it out soon. (Available in the US, France, [...]
A collection of cool stuff I found this week: Environmentally conscious toothbrush Radius Toothbrush makes an environmentally conscious toothbrush. You can replace the tops of the brush! I discovered this thanks to Random Recycling. How to make a grocery bag holder My sister knitted a grocery bag holder for me that I love. I was [...]
Happy 40th anniversary Earth Day! Make a commitment to change In honor of Earth Day, commit to making 3 changes in your lifestyle to help the environment. What items do you use the most that you could find a more environmentally-friendly alternative for? Here are my 3 Earth Day resolutions: Rechargeable batteries We seem to [...]
Recycling is about more than cans and newspaper. These fabulous programs are putting “trash” to good use. Rechargeable batteries and cell phones Many local stores collect rechargeable batteries from toys, tools, laptops, cordless phones, or flashlights for Call2Recycle. Visit Call2Recycle.org to find a drop-off location near you. Used eyeglasses Don’t throw them away! The Lions [...]
RECYCLE Make recycling convenient Recyclable cans, bottles, and newspapers will actually make it to the recycling bin if you make it convenient. Place the collection bins in the garage near the door so you can simply toss them in quickly. If your bins are located on the other side of the garage from the door, [...]
Don’t get me wrong – I am a believer in those reusable cloth bags for grocery trips. However, for short trips, I tend to forget to bring them with me. I am new at the whole “Green” thing and am still getting used to using them. So what do you do with those plastic bags? [...]
No, I’m not talking about your significant other..I am talking about the lost matches to socks building up in the laundry room. Now before you say..”Whoa there..I do not want to invite thirty kids over to make a sock puppet theater!”, that isn’t where I am heading with this. Ok, ok…you can use a few [...]
