Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Tips

Parenting Magazines

November 27, 2011

In addition to my green magazines, I get a handful of parenting magazines that a new parent may enjoy as a stocking stuffer holiday gift. Some are consistently great, some are consistently okay, and one is consistently poor, but I wanted to review them all. We got several for free as gifts or when we […]

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Green Magazines

November 26, 2011

A friend posted on her blog, Building Cathedrals, about giving magazine subscriptions as a gift for the holidays for her kids. “American Girl and the Cricket magazines have been hits here, as well as Magnifikid, Which Way USA and Top Secret from Highlights.” I thought it was a great idea that can also extend to […]

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Thanksgiving with Our Outdoor Friends

November 24, 2011

In years past, my parents, sister and I had a tradition of heading down to the local pond to feed the geese on Thanksgiving Day or weekend. I would love to start a similar tradition with Tomato and this year, we are giving it a go with some of our homegrown treats for our own […]

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Small Business Saturday

November 22, 2011

We have never been a Black Friday shopping house. The crowds don’t interest me, the mania makes me nervous and when I shop, I like to take my time, do some research about what I am buying and then stroll through the store. So that doesn’t fit in with the theme of the day. It’s […]

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Orange Rhino Kids Etsy Shop Review

November 21, 2011

Etsy has been a great site for us to find organic clothing for the Tomato. We came across Orange Rhino Kids about a year ago and got some gorgeous, well made onesies and a shirt. The clothes made it through a lot of wear this past summer and spring and cleaned up beautifully each time. […]

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An Organized Pantry is a Green Pantry

October 31, 2011

Part of our goal in living greener is to be less wasteful. I think we do well when it comes to recycling, figuring out where to consign clothes, having Pickup Please come and get unwanted household items, and growing our own food. However, this has not been my forte when it comes to grocery shopping, […]

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International Babywearing Week

October 13, 2011

I was pleased to see on the web that this week is International Babywearing Week. It also happens to be Attachment Parenting Month, so this post fits into two notches, I guess. We have definitely leaned toward the Attachment Parenting methods in our house and babywearing has been a wonderful part of the experience. The […]

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A Child’s Birthday: Local, Simple, Crafty and Green

October 8, 2011

When we started to think about what to do for the Tomato’s first birthday, we talked about keeping it simple and tried to figure out how much we could do on our own before we looked to buying new items or prepared foods. Below you will find the details of what we did (I was […]

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We Love Boon Review

September 8, 2011

We are big boon fans here at Casa Crafty Garden Mama. Not only do we like the design aesthetic of this company, but we also like their efforts to be a green and safe company for kids. We first found boon products when we were doing Tomato’s baby registry at Buy Buy Baby (an incredible […]

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That Was Then….

July 24, 2011

Cough, cough, sputter, sputter, Excuse me while I dust off the blog here. Suffice to say, I have felt like a bee and beaver combined this summer. Busy, busy, busy. Tutoring always kicks up during the summer as I and students have more available hours and caring for the house, the Tomato and the garden […]

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