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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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Spooky and delicious: 5 Halloween-themed kid lunch ideas
Getting Creative with Food! I don’t know about you, but it seems that just when I find something that’s working for lunches, my kids decide they don’t like it anymore! So why not use Halloween as an opportunity to experiment with some new fun and budget-friendly lunch ideas? Whether they’re attending a Halloween party at school or just want to enjoy a ghoulishly good meal at home, there are plenty of fun and spooky ideas to make lunchtime a memorable and delicious experience. In this blog post, we’ll share some Halloween-themed kid lunch ideas that are both nutritious and entertaining. Let’s dive into the cauldron of creativity! Check out our…
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6 Options for Halloween Candy with Recyclable Packaging
Holidays tend to come with a lot of waste and Halloween is no exception. It’s why Krista and I have both written posts about how to reduce waste on Halloween (Read the post by Krista here and by me here). Halloween candy is, of course, a BIG contributor to Halloween waste, so I wanted to give some options for Halloween candy with recyclable packaging. There aren’t a lot out there anymore, but below are a few for you to consider. Cardboard vs. Plastic Packaging of any kind inevitably creates some kind of waste and some kind of impact on the planet. Simply put, producing packaging creates a carbon footprint, but…
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7 ways to celebrate Mother’s Day 2023
Mother’s Day again! It’s hard to believe it but it’s already May! Not sure about you, but the year really seems to be flying by. May is a busy month for us with birthdays, anniversaries, and of course, Mother’s Day. My son just had his birthday and at the end of his “birthday week” where we’ve had many wonderful celebrations, he said that he hadn’t had enough time with me, and I felt the same. It’s so easy for occasions where we’re trying to celebrate a person or event, to be taken over by doing the stuff of the celebration. My wedding was small and wonderful, but there was still…
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10 Easy Ways to Reduce Waste on Your Birthday
February is my birthday month, so naturally that has me thinking of all the fun and foibles birthdays can bring. Last year I had a milestone birthday that had me reflecting on life lessons. This year I’m thinking about the waste we can create while celebrating and that’s why I’m sharing 10 easy ways to reduce waste on your birthday. Any holiday or celebration can create waste–some necessary and some unnecessary. That means that there’s also an opportunity to reduce waste! Reducing Waste on Your Birthday Whether you’re having a low-key celebration or a full on birthday party, any celebrations are possibly going to create waste. Because of that, here…
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8 thoughtful and budget-friendly Valentine’s Day ideas
Celebrating Valentine’s Day One of my favourite takes on Valentine’s Day is found in the show “Parks and Recreation”, where Amy Poeler’s character hosts a “Galentine’s Day” each year to celebrate her best girlfriends, complete with handmade (sometimes over the top) gifts and a fantastic brunch! Valentine’s Day so often seems to be associated with romantic love but I think the day is a great opportunity to let all of the important people in our lives know how special they are. So what can you do to celebrate those around you? I’ve shared some ideas below that you can pull together at the last minute and on a budget! Some…