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Decorating How-to: Bringing Autumn Magic In

Cait Johnson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:01:35 +0000

There's nothing more luscious than inviting nature indoors in the fall: The brilliant colors of autumn make our homes feel deliciously warm and cozy as the weather turns cooler. Changing leaves, swags of grapevine, and vibrantly-colored apples and squashes make gorgeous, inexpensive decorations.

DIY Festive Felted Easter Eggs

Melissa Breyer — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:28:57 +0000

I am seriously charmed by three things: Eggs, fiber arts, and crafty holiday projects. I’m seriously charmed by many things, but these are the whims that have my heart today as I’m thinking about Easter. I have played with felting and wool roving before–most ambitiously when I tried to craft myself up the felted rocks [...]

Be a Green Wrap Star

Melissa Breyer — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:00:29 +0000

The holidays are a time of family! joy! celebration!&#151and mountain ranges worth of trash! Read these green wrapping tips and our general holiday recycling advice to minimize your holiday waste without diminishing your holiday spirit.

Have a Zero-Waste Party

Kelly Magill — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:00:48 +0000

Whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s or just because, you can always make your party a zero-waste fete. Corey Colwell-Lipson and Lynn Colwell, authors of Celebrate Green offer these guidelines for making any party waste-free. 1. Decorate the tree together with edible/compostable ornaments (like hardened gingerbread cookies) and popcorn or cranberry garlands. 2. Use edible and compostable [...]

Make Your Own Holiday Ornaments

Jana, selected from Plenty magazine — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:00:13 +0000

Start a new tradition by making tree ornaments out of recycled and repurposed materials. Instead of store-bought trimmings for their office Christmas tree, the Plenty magazine editors (along with a few crafty friends and family members) made ornaments entirely from found or recycled objects–no buying or using anything new. The resulting decorations were fresh and [...]

The Best of Care2: Holiday Decorating and Entertaining

Annie B. Bond — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:00:07 +0000

Here are dozens of great holiday ideas, compiled over years at Care2, to help us wrap, decorate, entertain, celebrate, and contact and give gifts to friends and family.

An Eco-White Holiday

Ronnie Citron-Fink — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:00:45 +0000

Has global warming put the kibosh on the predictability of a blanket of white fluff where you live? It’s easy to bring home that snowy feeling this holiday. Start a new tradition and design an enchanted winter white eco-holiday theme this year. I get nostalgic each year when I unpack the boxes of [...]

Why DIY?

Ronnie Citron-Fink — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:00:15 +0000

Calling all Do-It-Yourselfers, this post’s for you. Whether it’s a massive project like a home remodel or making candles for your holiday table, Green DIYers reduce their eco-footprint daily by making conscious choices to create rather than buy. I used to believe that you either had it or you didn’t–the DIY gene. [...]

Thanksgiving Decorating with Nature

Cait Johnson — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:00:53 +0000

To help get us in a festive mood for the holiday feast, we�ve come up with a dozen easy, fun decorating ideas, using only the abundant gifts of nature.

A Greener Halloween House Party

Ronnie Citron-Fink — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:55 +0000

There’s a nightmare lurking among us and it’s burrowed deep in the underworld of Halloween house parties. Halloween, the friendliest of holidays, is high up on the eco-unfriendly list. Here’s one scenario of a Halloween house party: A parent or both, in all their loving goodness, mails out the party invites early. They drive to [...]