Monthly Archives: December 2009
Green Gift Guide: For Her
| December 9, 2009 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
Here are some of my favorite gift ideas for the women in your life. Many of these items are on my wish list.
Beads For Life’s beautiful jewelry is made by women in Uganda. They pay fair wages so this jewelry is not only pretty but is making women’s lives better. As another bonus the beads are made from recycled paper!
These pretty bracelets are made from acai seeds. They are also fair trade and when you buy them from The Hunger Site you help support a cause.
This is my favorite planner, not only are they cute but they also are recycled and made with soy inks
These beautiful organic scarves are also sure to please. They are made of soft and warm organic cotton and are printed using water based inks.
How about some organic shea mousse? Winter means dry skin and this stuff is sure to help keep it at bay! Plus it’s handmade.
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Green Gift Guide: For Him
| December 6, 2009 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
Not sure what to get the men in your life this Christmas? Here are so ideas that won’t bring you eco guilt!
This very cool razor will save you money and waste.
How about this cute shaving cream kit to go with the new razor? It’s vegan and organic.
For the sports fan this recycled basketball from Wilson is sure to be a hit.
Who can’t use a stainless steel water bottle? Klean Kanteen is my husband’s favorite. They come in many styles and colors.
This stainless steel travel mug is great for the coffee lover. It even has an autoseal so you won’t spill!
Christmas Meme
| December 6, 2009 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
I stole this from Crunchy Green Lovin’ Mom. 
1.) Have you started your Christmas shopping? Yup, other than a few little things for my husband I’m done.
2.) Tell me about one of your special traditions. We get up really early to go out to my parents house to eat breakfast and open gifts. It’s a fun lazy time then we come home and make lunch for the in-laws and have our Christmas with them, the rest of the day is totally lazy and relaxing.
3.) When do you put up your Tree? Well my husband LOVES Christmas so we put it out right after Halloween lol.
4.) Are you a Black Friday shopper? Not at all, I’m not much of a shopper, period.
5.) Do you Travel at Christmas or Stay home? Stay in town but go to my parents house, I sometimes go to my g-parents as well but all are in the same town.
6.) What is your funniest Christmas memory? One day my mom and brother asked if I still believed in Santa because I was around 9 years old, well I hadn’t for years, honestly don’t remember when I did believe but I faked it because I was the youngest and I was afraid if I didn’t believe we wouldn’t get the gifts that “Santa” brought.
7.) What is your favorite Christmas Movie of All time? That’s hard. I really like It’s A Wonderful Life, The Santa Clause, Home Alone and Miracle on 34th Street
8.) Do you do your own Christmas Baking? What’s your favorite treat? I do lots of baking all year but I normally bake some gingerbread cookies and other cookies around Christmas.
9.) Fake or Real Tree? I’m very allergic to the real thing so fake
10.) What day (as a Mom) does the actual panic set in to get it all done? not a mom
11.) Are you still wrapping presents on Christmas Eve? Rarely
12.) What is your favorite family fun time at Christmas? Christmas morning at my parents is always fun, I also like driving around the park to look at lights with my husband, we normally do that on Christmas Eve (which is our dating anniversary).
13.) What Christmas craft do you like the best? This year I’m making our Christmas cards and that has been fun. I also like crocheting gifts.
14.) Christmas music? Yes or No. And if yes, What is your favorite song? Love Christmas music. Oh Holy Night is my favorite
15.) When do you plan to finish all your shopping? This week, just need a few small things.
Any blogger is welcome to participate in this meme, even if you haven’t been tagged yet. Just simply copy and paste the questions into your blog, and then answer them. Then tag 5 or more of your favorite blogs, and leave them a comment telling them they’ve been tagged.
When you post your blog, please spread some Christmas cheer, and leave a link back to Heather’s Top Ten Christmas Blog, and the blog that you were tagged by.
Green Gift Guide: For The Kids
| December 6, 2009 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
Each year there are more great options for green gifts for kids, green toys are no longer boring! I have found many toys that are would have loved as a kid and I’m sure your kids will enjoy as well.
Funky Green Machine has many great gift options for everyone on your list including organic fun dough for the crafty kids on your list.
*Get free shipping from Funky Green Machine with the coupon code: welovefree until December 31st, 2009.
Wild Dill has so many cute toys, the Green Toys Cookware set is one of my favorites. I would have loved this as a kid. You can even win a $40 gift certificate to Wild Dill on this site!
These surprise mugs are super cute and made in the US. What fun it would be to drink some fair trade hot chocolate out of these this Christmas! You will find other great toys at the Magic Cabin
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Earth-Opoly is a fun game for the whole family. You can find it at Amazon.com, Toys R Us and other toy stores.
Plan Toys makes all kinds of very cute wooden toys like this Eco Home. I would have loved playing with this as a kid!
And don’t forget to use organic candy canes and fair trade chocolate this year in your kids stocking!
Guest Post: Go Green & Save Green This Holiday With Shaklee
| December 3, 2009 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
Giveaway: Tiny Box Company (UK Giveaway!) *Closed*
| December 3, 2009 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
The Tiny Box Company sells eco-friendly packaging great for your holiday gifts. The boxes are strong and can be easily reused each year, they are also recycled and recyclable.
The Tiny Box Company has been kind enough to offer a £20 e voucher to one lucky UK reader. This is the first UK giveaway on this site and we are excited to be offering it!
And now for the rules-
1. Post your e-mail!!!!! Every time people forget, you can’t win if you don’t leave an e-mail address. (if you have a blogger account that has your e-mail that works as well, or if you fill it out in the info, just somewhere please!)
2. Go to Tiny Box Co and tell me what you would buy.
3. Enter by December 11th at 11:59 p.m.
It’s open to anyone in the UK.
Extra Entries (post separate comment for each):
1. Blog about the giveaway, post link.
2. Post on Twitter, post link.
3. Add me on Twitter @retrohousewife5, leave username in comment.
4. Follow me, let me know which way you are following. (Google, NetworkedBlog, E-mail, other)
5. Add my button to your site. (the button and code are on the right side of the page) Be sure to leave a link for where you put the button.
6. Become a fan of Retro Housewife Goes Green on Facebook.
Remember post a separate comment for each of the above ways to enter! They will only count if they are separate.
*This giveaway is sponsored by Tiny Box Co. The prize comes from them. I was not paid for this post. These are my honest views on the product.
Giveaway: Green & Chic Naturity Organic Products *Closed*
| December 3, 2009 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
If you haven’t looked at Green & Chic you need to! It’s a very cute green store with all kinds of great green gift ideas. You will find lots of great brands of bath and beauty products. One that you will find is Naturity. Naturity is 100% natural and 99% organic!
And guess what! Green & Chic has been kind enough to offer one lucky reader their choice of the Naturity Organic massage, baby or belly massage oil in any scent. This would make a great gift to a friend or yourself.
And now for the rules-
1. Post your e-mail!!!!! Every time people forget, you can’t win if you don’t leave an e-mail address. (if you have a blogger account that has your e-mail that works as well, or if you fill it out in the info, just somewhere please!)
2. Go to Green & Chic and tell me what product you would want to try the most.
3. Enter by December 11th at 11:59 p.m.
It’s open to anyone in the continental US.
Extra Entries (post separate comment for each):
1. Blog about the giveaway, post link.
2. Post on Twitter, post link.
3. Add me on Twitter @retrohousewife5, leave username in comment.
4. Follow me, let me know which way you are following. (Google, NetworkedBlog, E-mail, other)
5. Add my button to your site. (the button and code are on the right side of the page) Be sure to leave a link for where you put the button.
6. Become a fan of Retro Housewife Goes Green on Facebook.
7. Follow @CarlaRose on Twitter, leave your username in comments.
8. Become a fan of Green & Chic on Facebook
Remember post a separate comment for each of the above ways to enter! They will only count if they are separate.
*This giveaway is sponsored by Green & Chic. The prize comes from them. I was not paid for this post. These are my honest views on the product.
Giveaway: EarthLust Water Bottle *Closed*
| December 3, 2009 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
With the Sigg BPA controversy many are looking for safer stainless steel, unlined bottles. EarthLust is one of my favorite options. They come in many sizes and great designs.
1. Post your e-mail!!!!! Every time people forget, you can’t win if you don’t leave an e-mail address. (if you have a blogger account that has your e-mail that works as well, or if you fill it out in the info, just somewhere please!)
2. Go to EarthLust and tell me which bottle you would pick.
It’s open to anyone in the continental US.
Extra Entries (post separate comment for each):
1. Blog about the giveaway, post link.
2. Post on Twitter, post link.
3. Add me on Twitter @retrohousewife5, leave username in comment.
4. Follow me, let me know which way you are following. (Google, NetworkedBlog, E-mail, other)
5. Add my button to your site. (the button and code are on the right side of the page) Be sure to leave a link for where you put the button.
6. Become a fan of Retro Housewife Goes Green on Facebook.
7. Become a fan of EarthLust on facebook.
Remember post a separate comment for each of the above ways to enter! They will only count if they are separate.
*This giveaway is sponsored by EarthLust. The prize comes from them. I was not paid for this post but was given a sample to review the product. These are my honest views on the product.
Giveaway: Grow InStyle *Closed*
| December 3, 2009 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
Looking for a gift for a new mom? Grow InStyle offers organic diaper cakes and other eco-friendly gift options. Diaper cakes have become very popular gifts since it’s a much nicer way to give a new mom diapers. They also make great decorations for baby showers.
Grow InStyle has been kind enough to offer one lucky reader their own Christmas organic diaper cake which you can keep or use as a Christmas gift this year.
And now for the rules-
1. Post your e-mail!!!!! Every time people forget, you can’t win if you don’t leave an e-mail address. (if you have a blogger account that has your e-mail that works as well, or if you fill it out in the info, just somewhere please!)
2. Go to Grow InStyle and tell me something you learned about Grow InStyle and/or your favorite product.
3. Enter by December 11th at 11:59 p.m.
It’s open to anyone in the continental US.
Extra Entries (post separate comment for each):
1. Blog about the giveaway, post link.
2. Post on Twitter, post link.
3. Add me on Twitter @retrohousewife5, leave username in comment.
4. Follow me, let me know which way you are following. (Google, NetworkedBlog, E-mail, other)
5. Add my button to your site. (the button and code are on the right side of the page) Be sure to leave a link for where you put the button.
6. Become a fan of Retro Housewife Goes Green on Facebook.
6. Follow @GrowInStyle on Twitter, leave your username in comments.
7. Become a fan of Grow InStyle on Facebook.
Remember post a separate comment for each of the above ways to enter! They will only count if they are separate.
*This giveaway is sponsored by Grow InStyle. The prize comes from them. I was not paid for this post. These are my honest views on the product.
Send a Green Mom to Copenhagen!
| December 1, 2009 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
As many of you know I’m a member of the Green Moms Carnival and we are trying to get Diane MacEachern to Copenhagen as a citizen ambassador through the Huffington Post’s contest. She is the best selling author of the Big Green Purse, an environmental activist and a green mom. After getting to know her through the Green Moms Carnival I can tell you she is a sweet and wonderful person.
After getting to know Diane through the Green Moms Carnival I am very happy to give her my endorsement. She will do a great job representing us “regular people” in Copenhagen. She is a wonderful mother, tireless activist, amazing writer, and a caring friend.
She is committed to the health of children, the environment, and social justice. She is very compassionate and committed to these causes.
For more information about Diane, take a look at the following links:
http://greenwoman.typepad.com/biggreenpurse/
http://www.biggreenpurse.com/
http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/08/personal- changes-do- make-difference/
To vote for Diane:
1) Please visit this link: http://www.huffingt onpost.com/ 2009/11/19/ hopenhagen- ambassador- con_n_363672. html?slidenumber =QCjRGmul2Ak% 3D
2) You will need to login to the Huffington Post web site or register if you are not already a member. You can also login using your Twitter or Facebook account.
3) Please rate Diane’s entry with 10 stars.
Note: Diane is wearing a red shirt.
Diane also needs the support of us bloggers. If you feel, as I do, that she will be a great representative for the “real people” then write a blog like this one giving her your endorsement. Then please email the link to submissions+ copenhagen@ huffingtonpost. com, saying “Here is the link from xxxx blog endorsing Diane MacEachern for the citizen ambassador to Copenhagen”, along with the link to your post.
FACEBOOK? If you have a Facebook page or fan page, let people know about Diane and how they can help send her to Copenhagen by voting for her. Be sure to include this link- http://www.huffingt onpost.com/ 2009/11/19/ hopenhagen- ambassador- con_n_363672. html?slidenumber =QCjRGmul2Ak% 3D
TWITTER? If you’re on twitter, I would appreciate it if you tweet about the contest using #votehope and @huffpostgreen.
Voting ends in just two short days, on December 4, so Diane needs as much support from you, your friends and your readers right now as possible. Please help us send this deserving green mom to Copenhagen by voting now and spreading the word!
