Mean "green" recycling...
Okay, maybe I don't drive my car on alternative fuel or grow my own organic vegetables in my backyard (It's in my nature to kill plants, I think it's genetic)...but, I think in general it just matters that on a daily basis I'm planet conscious in some way or another big or small.
2. Reuse...okay I promise the next ones will be creative. But, I consider buying refurbished furniture pieces an act of "reusing", am I right?!?!
I put some of these in my spare bedrooms...Concept II by Minka Aire
5. Turn off the lights!! You know they say things look better in the dark. Well, it's true. But, if I need light to see so I don't stub my toe on something, then I use compact fluorescent bulbs in all my fixtures. Ikea has these great ones that are shaped like an A lamp bulb, check them out...
Energy-saving bulb E26 from Ikea
6. What's in your wash? Well, like Sarah, I too use planet friendly soaps, cleaners, detergents, etc. I usually get mine from Trader Joes, but there are plently of products on the market, like Method sold at Target.
7. Have a blog....see I could be writing all these thoughts down on paper, but I'm not! And there in fact, I'm saving the planet :)8. Do the dishes for god's sake! As much as I would like to sometimes with our house in such a disarray and that dishwasher built the year that they were invented, I use our dinnerware and not paper plates or paper cups. At work we do the same.
9. Carpool. Okay, I don't carpool to work, but I carpool to drinks and dinner. Yup, it's the best way to go. Meet up and drive together, you kill to birds with one stone and have an automatic DD. Either that or cab it, I figure they're driving around wasting fuel either way, why not be in the car with them.
10. Tote your own. I bring my trusty Trader Joes bags everytime I go to the market, and even if I'm not at Trader Joe's but at another grocery store, I still bring them (tucked away in my cute hobo bag).
- Posted by Girlmeetsglamour
- over 2 years ago
An ebay steal...
I found this faux bamboo mirror (21 x 44) on ebay just now...currnet bid: $15.58. Um, can you say steal...thought I'd share it with you, bidding ends in 4 days, click here to see. Oh and I found a few foo dogs as well...
- Posted by Girlmeetsglamour
- over 2 years ago
Rustic Glamour
(Fashion Designer Jenni Kayne, featured in Domino/Dec./Jan. '07)
(Image via Leah at morewaystowastetime blog, click here to see her post on horns)Here are some other horn finds I thought I'd share with you...
(Buffalo horns from Z Gallerie, only $39)So, what do you think...are horns the next big thing? Have you been seeing them around much more these days?
- Posted by Girlmeetsglamour
- over 2 years ago
Get real!!
Well, I mean only if you want to. See this has been a real interesting last couple of months...chalked full of "get real" moments. My mom seems to think this comes with age, but I'm thinking it's because I'm just finally opening my eyes. So in while in bloggerland today I was visiting what I believe to be a great and fairly new blog Design for Mankind , when I stumbled upon a website called Picture of Walls...
I may be wrong, but the owner's behind these graffiti slogans...well, are documenting their "get real" moments... just for use all to have a good laugh. I tried to keep it clean and non-political, but there's some real good ones, do check it out!
- Posted by Girlmeetsglamour
- over 2 years ago
If you're going to mix it u...
(Design by Jeffrey Bilhuber featured in House and Garden/Oct. '05, image via Katiedid blog)Well, do you love all things Platner now, like I do...
- Posted by Girlmeetsglamour
- over 2 years ago
