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Tips on Sustainable Gift Wrapping

12/16/2019

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Want to know one of the easiest ways to be more environmentally friendly this Christmas? Use less gift wrapping paper. Or if you’re up for a challenge, you can try not using any wrapping paper ;)

Fortunately, wrapping with less doesn't have to mean less beautiful or less fun. Here are our favorite eco-friendly ideas to keep the garbage at minimum and still be thoughtful and festive.

Here are some tips for gift wrapping alternatives this holiday:


  1. Use colorful pages from magazines to wrap small gifts
  2. Use old maps for wrapping  larger boxes 
  3. Use an old calendar and mark the day 
  4. If you end up buying wrapping paper look for a recycled paper
  5. Use old tins, boxes, baskets 
  6. Use cloth ribbons instead of plastic bows 
  7. Unwrap gifts carefully and save wrappings for reuse next year
  8. Grocery store paper bags 
  9. Use brown Kraft paper which is recyclable and biodegradable
  10. Mason Jars
  11. Cloth 
  12. Tote bags 
  13. Use paper tape 
  14. Use twine, leather cord, strips of scrap fabric, metal wire for tying everything 
  15. Use a card written on recycled paper or cardboard 

Think beyond paper. Its good for the environment but it's also a fun way to personalize your gifts and save money.

It’s kind of crazy to think we spend billions each year on something that is forgotten in minutes and needs to be cleaned up after it is tossed everywhere around your living room.

If you’re curious, and want to know more about wrapping paper and the environment you can visit www.use-less-stuff.com.

Visit the website and use the checklist to reduce your waste this holiday season!

Written by Orjana Hysenaj


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A Happy Home EVERYDAY of the year!

12/26/2018

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Don't you love the warm fuzzy feelings around the holidays?
We take extra time to make our home cozy, adding little details with decorations and special food. When I was thinking about what to share for the last post of 2018, it hit me - this happy holiday spirit is how we should live all the time.

Of course this time of year is special because it's only once a year BUT there are certain habits we have around the holidays that we could adapt more into our everyday life.
For example, that little extra effort to turn simple moments into something special. I've started trying to do this is with cooking..


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How my WORST MOM moment turned into a source of EMPOWERMENT

7/11/2018

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During my last year in college, I took a class called Gender and Development where we studied women's’ lives in different countries.  My professor always emphasized how everywhere, in every country, women’s work in the home is undervalued because the home is a private space. Therefore it's difficult to ‘quantify’ or measure all the skills involved in managing a household in comparison with other lines of work. When I became a stay at home mom myself, I thought about this class a lot.

Suddenly it wasn't someone else's life anymore, it was mine.


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What Having a 'Balanced' Life Really Looks Like

5/28/2018

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I had a BIG and really DEEP epiphany recently. And guess what? It all starts with DESIGN, yup yup. Balance and Harmony are both principles used to make something aesthetically pleasing.

Somehow in everyday language we tend to confuse the two words and this has led to some MAJOR struggles and stress. The words we use have an impact. If you don't believe me, Google: Tim Ferris -- he talks a lot about 'using the wrong words' as the source of most problems.

When I think about balance, I think about time, especially as a mom. How to find enough time for my relationships and my responsibilities?


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When you disagree about decorating

3/28/2018

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Here's a typical scenario that used to happen to me ALL the time.  I’m walking around a shop with my husband, I see something I think is perfect for our home. I point it out to him and he just shrugs his shoulders like whatever or shakes his head "NO WAY". 

Ugh. Now
I'm frustrated. Not because of the "No" but because I want to have a real conversation about home decorating and that's hard when he doesn’t seem interested at all. What I didn’t know, was that the real issue wasn’t with him but that I was asking the wrong questions in the wrong situations!


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