Wanted Wood Cigar Boxes

I am working on some craft ideas and I am in need of wooden cigar boxes.

I am going to be checking with some local stores to see if they have any. I heard a lot of places just throw them away!

Can you imagine throwing away a perfectly good cigar box?

Anyway I have some ideas I would like to try and am in need of some wood boxes.

If you have any you'd like to get rid of email me and we can make arrangements.

Thanks.

A Review of Re-bound

There's something about books...the secrets, the mystery, the history that they can hold within their bindings, the amazing words and pictures that grace the pages...Books are wonderful things.

I can remember as a child and teenager my books were my most prized possessions, both the ones I read and the ones I made.Now my little books were never anything too fancy or too phenomenal, often just simple pieces of folded papers that were stapled or glued together to create little books filled with stickers or drawings but my mother always seemed to love them and I adored putting together the little books.

Somewhere along the line of life I abandoned bookmaking for writing and for other crafty endeavors. Then I recently came across this book at the library, Re-bound by Jeannine Stein.

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Review of The Salvage Studio

The Salvage Studio: Sustainable Home Comforts to Organize, Entertain, and Inspire is the perfect book to get you in the mood for Spring cleaning, creative organization and inspiration, and some very inspired eco-craftiness.

This book even made me head out to the local antique mall and resale shops to see if I could find some amazing stuff to get my creativity flowing. Unfortunately my trip was a bust but the book is still a must.

The Salvage Studio: Sustainable Home Comforts to Organize, Entertain, and Inspire has me wishing it was summer now so I could hit yard sales and flea markets with abandon.

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Dilly Giggles for Girls

Green health and beauty products abound but how many are there that cater just to the younger ones? I found one that offers unique and eco-friendly lip balms created just for girls.

Dilly Giggles is an inspired creation by a mom who wanted to give her daughter a safe alternative to the chemical-laden lip balms commonly found at local stores. It all started as a mother-daughter kitchen experiment that worked so well it grew into Dilly Giggles Organic Lip Balms for girls.

The fun and whimsical lip balms designs are catered to appeal to young girls. They come in four flavors: Magical Mint, Fairy Cherry, Sassy Citrus, and Cocoa Kisses featuring cute little critters on the labels- a mermaid, a fairy, a unicorn and a cat.

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Earth911.com Earth Day Contest

Check this out- I am giving away 2 signed copies of The Everything Green Wedding Book for this contest

Earth911.com recently launched a special section of its Web site to mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. The channel not only features 40 tips about reducing, reusing and recycling, but also hosts a Twitter contest beginning March 29 and ending in a giveaway on Earth Day, April 22.

“We hope that people participate in our contest not only to learn more about how to improve their waste output and environmental footprint, but also to encourage their friends, family, and followers to do the same,” says Colt Melby, CEO of Earth911. “This Earth Day should be a celebration not of what we will accomplish on April 22, but what we will do the other 364 days of the year.”

During the contest, two tips will be released each day on the Earth Day channel, counting down to Earth Day itself. By simply tweeting the channel’s Web address each day a new set of tips is released (http://earth911.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83da47614bd8be66468397bfc&id=dab9a65664&e=e9a5d88bdb),

members of the Twitter audience will be entered into a drawing to receive eco-friendly prizes from organizations and authors such as:

- One home composting starter kit, courtesy of SunChips

- Two copies of Disneynature's EARTH, courtesy of Disneynature OCEANS

- One historic tree sponsorship, courtesy of American Forests

- One copy of "Ten Ways to Change the World in Your 20s," courtesy of author Libuse Binder

- One Interactive Boxed Set of stationery, courtesy of Ecosaurus

- Two desk clocks and one photo frame, courtesy of Corrugated Art

- One, certified CarbonFree® Certified GoECOlife™ SOHO 8

-Sheet ULTRA-QUIET™ Paper Shredder, courtesy of Carbonfund.org

- One copy of the e-book "Small Spaces, Fast Paces: New York Organizing Secrets," courtesy of author Sharon Lowenheim

- Three pairs of Performance Toesocks™ in CoolMax® EcoMade™, courtesy of Injinji

- One copy of "Celebrate Green!" courtesy of Celebrate Green!

- One iPad sleeve, courtesy of First World Trash

- One therm-o-tote, one acrylic cup, one stainless steel water bottle, and two reuseable grocery totes, courtesy of LittleFeet Big Feats

- One copy of "Suddenly Frugal: How to live Happier and Healthier for Less," courtesy of author Leah Ingram

- Two copies of "The Everything Green Wedding Book: Plan an Elegant, Affordable, Earth-Friendly Wedding," courtesy of author Wenona Napolitano

- Eco-friendly T-shirts, courtesy of Earth911.com

SunChips will also sponsor tips about newly introduced compostable products, as the company recently launched the world’s first 100 percent compostable chip bag that decomposes in 14 weeks when placed in a hot active compost bin.

The contest will culminate on April 22 when the winners from the giveaway will be selected. Those interested in participating can visit the channel for official rules, a list of prizes and daily tips to tweet and also follow Earth911 (@Earth911).

Easy Ways to Add a Little Eco to Your Easter

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Easter is right around the corner. Have you thought about greening Easter this year?

There are several easy ways to add a little eco to your Easter without much effort.

One of the biggest wastes when it comes to Easter is the baskets that get tossed in the garbage every year. This year keep the baskets out of the trash. If you use cheap throw away plastic baskets or other disposable containers every year think about finding a nice, sturdy basket instead that can be used again and again. I found heavy duty wicker baskets that get used year after year for my children. It’s an Easter tradition. Each child has their own basket that is refilled with goodies every year.

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