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The Story of Stuff: Printed on Trash not Trees

Feb

2010

Buy The Story of Stuff from IndieBound here! I was excited to receive an email telling me that The Story of Stuff has been made into a book and is now on sale. However, I then faced the moral conundrum that I was going to be buying more stuff and killing more trees. I was ...

A New Staple Cookbook: The Vegetarian Meat and Potatoes Cookbook 1

Feb

2010

I’ve been looking to expand my cookbook selection and was lucky enough to stumble upon this little gem, The Vegetarian Meat and Potatoes Cookbook by Robin Robertson. The title appealed to me because my family isn’t fully vegetarian, but we do eat mostly vegetarian meals. By that I mean, that I cook vegetarian/vegan options on ...

DIY Green Cleaning Products

Nov

2009

I recently read a great article from WebMD titled, “The Best Non-toxic Ways to Clean Your Home” which talks about the rise of green cleaning products and the cheap, old-fashioned green cleaning products that were used by generations before. I was familiar with some of these already, but some are new to me and I ...

T-shirt Madness: Megan Nicolay has a new book!

Jun

2009

Everyone who knows me knows that I love, love, love making things out of old t-shirts. It’s the most comfortable fabric that I can think of and everyone looks good in a t-shirt. We get so many freebies, and buy so many that remind us of places we’ve visited, bands we’ve seen, and other great ...