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Project DIY: Macramé Plant Hanger
We love a good DIY project! It’s not just fun — it’s a meaningful way to create something beautiful without breaking the bank or hurting the planet. This macramé plant hanger is perfect for gifting: made from simple yarn or macramé twine and an upcycled container, it’s budget-friendly, eco-friendly, and a great gift for the plant lovers in your life! I had intended this project as a follow up to the beautiful glass container I shared about in this post, but unfortunately, the container fell and broke as I was trying to tie the bottom of the plant hanger. Lesson learned: use a less breakable item for this step in…
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6 Thoughtful last-minute Christmas gifts
The holiday season is in full swing, and as the countdown to Christmas begins, you may realize there are still a few people on your list to shop for. If you’re like me and you got a late start, chances are that shopping list is a bit longer than you’d like! So if you do have some shopping still to do in the last week before Christmas, here are a few simple, (and budget-friendly and low waste!) gift ideas that can be tailored to ensure your loved ones feel appreciated, and can be sourced before the big day! Choose a digital gift card from your recipient’s favorite store, restaurant, or…
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Make A Difference By Giving These 10 Sustainable Gift Options
|PR| This post contains gifted products. As always, all thoughts are our own. Please read more on our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers Page. The holiday season is here! And with that comes the need to think about gift giving. We love a good experience or homemade item as a gift, but sometimes it’s nice to give a quality physical gift to someone as well. This guide is all about helping you find items you can feel good about gifting–items that are thoughtful, practical, have good style and are, of course, good for our planet. Sustainable Gift Guide 2023 Choosing a sustainable gift can be both easy and complicated. There is a lot…
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What Is The Hidden Environmental Cost Of Gifted Experiences?
Experiences as gifts are a great way to skip gifting clutter and creating waste. That’s why our Sustainable Gift List has such a large section dedicated to experiences. But does that mean experiences have no environmental cost? It’s a question Michelle at Boomer Eco Crusader looks into this month as she starts off our Climate Change Collective conversation. While I remain a huge fan of gifting experiences, it isn’t something that should be done blindly without thinking of the environmental cost of gifting experiences and how one might be a better option than another. The recent “6 Ways to Reduce the Environmental Cost of Experiences” post is a part of our Climate Change…
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Words of Affirmation Gift that will Cost you Pennies!
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I’m focusing on making presents for Christmas this year. Making gifts can be a great way to reduce waste and also a great way to reduce spending. I also mentioned that I like to gift experiences and am trying to combine the idea of an experience with a homemade gift. As someone who appreciates kind words, I came up with an idea of a homemade “Daily Affirmations” jar. It is a perfect, low-cost Words of Affirmation gift for a loved one. Love Languages and Words of Affirmation While I don’t believe the idea of five love languages is perfect, it is a…
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Date Night Boxes–Fun DIY Christmas Gifts that Anyone can Make
When giving gifts, I love making things and I also love giving experiences. Both stem not only from my desire to keep waste and clutter to a minimum, but also my hope to give a personalized gift that will be enjoyed and cherished. Leading up to this Christmas my boyfriend and I were talking about finances and inflation and fun, embarrassingly adult topics like that. Since making gifts can be more affordable than buying them, we also talked about how we would love homemade Christmas gifts from each other. That got my wheels turning and I came up with a way to combine my love of experiences and making things…
