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No gift wrap challenge #2: Note paper set 29 Jun 2013 | 03:25 pm
This set of floral sticky note paper already had such a pretty pattern, it almost didn't require gift wrapping at all. Almost, because the center of the cardboard container was printed with a label. B...
No gift wrap challenge #1: Tees 24 Feb 2013 | 05:40 pm
Last December, I received a gift that included tips on how to live greener in the new year. One of the tips was about doing with less packaging. Since I've been using cloth shopping bags for years alr...
Roll 'em 20 Jan 2013 | 08:30 am
I love gift packaging, but I also find it very wasteful when they're just thrown away after the gift is opened. So I always try to reuse gift bags and ribbons. To store used ribbons—and stretch them o...
Patchwork gift bags 18 Apr 2012 | 12:24 am
If you're like me, you have a gazillion paper shopping bags at home. I now carry my own reusable shopping bags and always turn down store bags, but I think I've accumulated enough through the years to...
Say NO! to SM 15 Apr 2012 | 06:57 pm
I've been an SM girl for as long as I can remember. I love the convenience of shopping for almost everything in one place, and the fact that I can choose from a wide range of prices and quality. I lov...
Sturdy little things 6 Apr 2012 | 05:33 pm
Back in 2010, I wrote that I use old wall calendars as drawer liners. Though not quite card stock, the paper of these calendars is thick and, therefore, very strong; except for a good wiping every now...
Magic green powder 18 Mar 2012 | 12:53 am
I started getting gray and white hair when I was only in my twenties, and I started coloring my hair when I was thirty. Everything was fine until six years ago when I decided to get a temporary tattoo...
Baubles, bangles & beads 26 Jul 2010 | 11:54 pm
Ever since college, I've always loved big, chunky beaded jewelry. I'm kind of limited to necklaces nowadays because I've developed allergies to earrings that aren't real gold or silver, and keyboardin...
The Universal Prayer 29 Apr 2010 | 01:28 am
Lord, I believe in you: increase my faith. I trust in you: strengthen my trust. I love you: let me love you more and more. I am sorry for my sins: deepen my sorrow. I worship you as my first beginnin...
Hanging on for dear life 25 Apr 2010 | 03:04 am
When I saw the Cupmen in a Japanese website, I just had to ask my sister in Tokyo to buy some for me. If there ever was a most useful useless gadget, this has got to be it. A plastic man whose job is ...
