UPrinting Business Cards {giveaway!} – US Only

May 17, 2012 By 11 Comments

I’ve got a fun and fast giveaway for you today!  If you’re a blogger, small business owner, creative Mama or Papa, or someone who is interested in promoting anything… you’re gonna want to enter this one!

UPrinting is giving one So Easy Being Green reader 250 Customizable Business Cards!  I’ve been thinking about printing up some business cards since So Easy Being Green has started getting a bit more busy and their prices and choices are some of the best that I’ve scoped out so far!

Think you have no need for Business Cards?  Think again!  Other than the originally intended purpose, you could use them for:

  • Tickets {think fun for your kids!}
  • Decorative Bookmark
  • Hang Tags for Merchandise
  • Gift Tags
  • Baby Announcement
  • Save the Date – Wedding, Birthday – ANYTHING!
  • Anything else you can think of!?!

Win It:  One So Easy Being Green reader is going to win 250pcs Customizable Die-cut Business Cards.  You’ll be able to choose from the following styles: 2×3.5″ Rounded Corners, 2×2″ Rounded Corners, 1.75×3.5″ Rounded Corners, 2×3.5″ Leaf, 2×3.5 Rounded one corner, 2×3.5″ Half Circle Side, 2×3.5″ Oval, 2.5″ Circle 14pt Cardstock Gloss / Matte / High Gloss (UV), or 13pt Cardstock Uncoated.  If you have won a giveaway from UPrinting in the last 6 months, you are not eligible to win.

This giveaway is open to US residents only.

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The Top Three Uses For Beads

April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The world that we all reside on provides us with many different natural materials that we can use to our benefit. For example, there are plants that can be used for foods or medicines, water that can be used for basic hydration or to assist us with providing life to our plants, and then there are stones.

Stones are also extremely useful to the world, they have many different uses. While some of these materials have been harvested to make metal, there are other types of stones that are used to create artistic accessories. In fact, due to the advancements in technology, we are now able to create imitation stones, which are commonly referred to as beads. The imitation stones, or beads, also have a wide array of different uses, and are popular all around the world.

Beads can be used to help create jewelry accessories, as an additional clothing accessory, or as some type of decorative ornament. Beads are commonly found in a lot of the modern day jewelry that women and men adorn today. A lot of necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings are made from this material.

When used in clothing, beads will add a little bit of contrast to your outfit. They add more valuable to the attire that you are adorning, making it appear elegant and decadent. Aside from being used to create clothing, beads are also commonly being used to create household ornaments.

Household ornaments such as door knobs, bird feeders, and other types of crafts can be made from beads. Beads are extremely popular with women and girls, as opposed to guys. The reason being is because women desire to be surrounded by pretty things, beads fall into this category.

These are only a couple of the uses for beads, there are so many different things that you can do with them, it is difficult to name all of the uses that these materials have. Regardless of what you choose to use your beads for, there is one thing that will be evident about your creation, it will be absolutely stunning. Now, with beadsbarn.com you can get top quality beads and other jewelry making supplies.

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Prams, Pushchairs and Strollers, Oh My!

February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Depending on where you live, you will probably use varying methods of transportation for your baby. You may not be surprised to know that many countries have completely different ways to carry or move their babies; some regions even have varying names for exactly the same product.

Contrary to popular opinion the stroller is a relatively new invention, and is still used mainly in the west. Traditional methods used to transport babies include slings, which have been traced back as far as the pharaohs, and cradleboards, a method used by Native Americans. Both are widely used
throughout developing countries, and have recently been introduced into western culture in the form of baby wrap carriers that allow a mother to carry a child cradled against her chest, while leaving the hands free.

The stroller, or pram as it was originally called, was invented by William Kent in England during the 18th century. From the initial concept more modern inventions came about, including buggies and tandem pushchairs for twins or siblings, which hailed the popularity of the compact stroller. The pram, a term generally used in the UK, is still used for new born babies, as it allows babies to lie on their backs, and the mother to keep an eye on her pride and joy. A pushchair on the other hand is a forward facing stroller that is generally used when a baby is slightly older. In America we know these to be strollers, but in the UK the terms are separated to denote two different products. A cradleboard, although not used widely in the west, is a Native American baby carrier used to keep babies secure and comfortable. Not unlike swaddling, which has become increasingly popular over the last few years, a cradleboard involves wrapping up your baby in order to carry them on your back. This allows mothers to work with their children on their backs.

With so many different types of transportation, babies almost have more ways of getting about than we do! Not to mention many modern strollers with detachable car seats, and more bells and whistles than a luxury car. A little perspective can be thought provoking sometimes – how do you prefer to carry your little ones?

Filed Under: baby, sponsored, toddler

November Group Sponsor Spotlight

November 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I haven’t had the chance to spotlight the fabulous SEBG Sponsors {that can be found on your left} in awhile because they’ve all been sticking around for quite some time!  I love promoting these great businesses that have so kindly decided to share their products and sites with all of you!   There are a couple of Veterans in the line-up, as well as a few newbies that I’m excited about!  Today, I’m going to gush about them introduce you to all of them individually!

Three Happy Trees

This lovely little Etsy Shop is ran by a wonderful WAHM, Mandi. She was the first to introduce me to the wool side of cloth diapering and I’m happy to report that her Wool Soakers are still my favorite to put on Sophia… and I’ve recently invested in a few more for her, including the cutest pair of Cashmere Longies you’ve ever seen!  You’ll see more from Mandi and Three Happy Trees during the “New Year, New Babies, New Mommies of 2” Event!

If you love Wool or haven’t tried it yet, I would really recommend Three Happy Trees soakers. They are incredibly affordable, but don’t let the price fool you. These are wonderful creations and work perfectly for daytime and especially nighttime diaper covers {which is why I love wool so much!}.

Etsy Shop // Facebook

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Forward Thinking Cloth Diapers

Forward Thinking Cloth Diapers have created quite the following on their Facebook page.  Just take a look around at all of her great creations and it’s easy to see why.  Although I haven’t had the chance to personally try any of her cloth products, I hear they come highly recommended!  4wardThinking believes in providing cloth diaper solutions of different types to preserve the enviroment. Offering Pocket and All in One diapers, Covers and fitteds for babies and children but not limiting to such items. Also offering items for Moms like Bamboo Breast Pads.  Don’t miss out on their FABULOUS Black Friday Sale, where you can save 40% off your ENTIRE PURCHASE!

Facebook  //  Twitter

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BetterClothDiapers.com

If you are always on the lookout for more cloth diapers to try or new online retailers {like me}, you’re going to be happy you found Better Cloth Diapers!  This is a fabulous site that sells the very popular line of diapers, Tiny Tush.  In addition to carrying these diapers, Ina’s online shop also carries Diaper Covers, One Size Diapers and Covers, Hemp Diapers, Organic Cotton Diapers, Ameda Breast Pumps, Bumkins Diaper Bags, Gift Baskets, Parenting and Breastfeeding books and information.   Their site is set up in an easy-to-navigate fashion and I clicking in periodically to see what sales are happening!

Right now, you can save 10% on anything in the store with the code: holiday10!  And don’t miss the great giveaway of a Tiny Tush OS Elite during the “12 Days of Gifts Galore” Event and you’ll see Better Cloth Diapers again during the “New Year, New Babies, New Mommies of 2” Event in January too!

Website  //  Facebook  //  Twitter

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Life With Levi

Jen is the fab blogger behind the Life With Levi blog.  While her son is usually a huge focus of her blog, she also loves to blog about breastfeeding, cloth diapers, and parenting. I have a huge fascination with pirates, I love fru-fru cocktails, and you might see an occassional zombie reference here & there.  Life With Levi has been on my blog roll list for awhile, one that I try to read everyday.  Jen just makes me laugh, encourages her readers, and makes you feel like you’re a true friend sitting in her living room, listening to her stories!

Jen is super active on her Facebook and Twitter pages and just happens to run some fabulous giveaways on her blog too!

Blog   //  Facebook  //  Twitter

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Lullaby Organics

Lullaby Organics is the newest addition to the group of SEBG’s Sponsors.  This fabulous store, ran by a wonderful lady named Erin, is a one-stop shop for all of your green products, especially those to be used at bedtime!  They are stocked with products and brands that share their values: to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals, toxins and allergens, promote safe and healthy working conditions, and minimize environmental impact.  The online store came about after Erin decided to taker her family’s health into her own hands and use only the safest of materials and products!

You’ll find a wide array of green products and you’ll see more from Lullaby Organics in the next couple of weeks, including a fun giveaway!

Website   //  Facebook  //  Blog

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Interested in becoming a So Easy Being Green Sponsor?
There are 2 Small Ad Spots opening up in December!
Please visit my Advertising Page for more details and rates!

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Eco Home Store Facebook Giveaway!

November 11, 2011 By 2 Comments

You might remember my feature on the Eco Home Store.  It’s a great website that features some of the coolest, green-est products available in one place… very convenient!

And they want to celebrate America Recycles Day with you… by giving 3 people the chance to win ANY recycled product from their website!  WOWZA!

Here’s the details…

America Recycles Day 2011 – The fourteenth annual national America Recycles Day (ARD) is Tuesday, November 15, 2011.

Since 1997, communities across the country have come together on November 15 to celebrate America Recycles Day. More than a celebration, America Recycles Day is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to the promotion of recycling in the United States. One day to educate and motivate. One day to get our neighbors, friends and community leaders excited about what can be accomplished when we all work together. One day to make recycling bigger and better 365 days a year. Get involved!

The goal of America Recycles Day is to build consumer demand for recycled products and to educate all Americans about the environmental and economic benefits of recycling and, to make consumers aware of the importance of “Buying Recycled.”

In honor of America Recycles Day, Eco Home Store is sponsoring a Giveaway Contest where three lucky winners will win ANY recycled product of their choice from our website.

So take a look around the website to find the recycled product you would like to win, then click on this link and enter the contest to win!  Contest runs from November 9, 2011 through November 15, 2011.  No purchase necessary.

The contest is being hosted on Eco Home Store’s Facebook Page, powered by Rafflecopter and it’s SUPER EASY TO ENTER… as I already have!  ;)   Good luck and here’s to hoping a So Easy Being Green reader gets lucky!

Filed Under: blogging, Green, sponsored

It’s Starting to Smell Like…

November 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Christmas!

I may be just a bit guilty of starting to bake a few batches of Christmas cookies early… just to start feeling even more in the Holiday spirit.   There is just something about the Holiday scents that take me back to all of the Christmases’ with family as I was growing up.  While we were visiting Dollywood this past weekend, I loved the scents of all the live Christmas trees around, the aroma of the freshly made glazed Pecans, and even the wafts of Hot Chocolate that made even the air feel warmer!

Although I’m a sucker for the sweet smells of Christmas, there is just something about the natural scents that come along with the Holiday.  We are definitely considering using a real Christmas tree after the girls get a bit older, as I would just love to have the fresh pine scent in our house during the Winter season.  There’s just something about bringing those lovely outdoor scents inside!

If you’re familiar with any type of green cleaning agents, I know you’ve heard of Seventh Generation.  They have created a new line of dish liquids featuring natural scents from real lemons, clementines and lavender. Seventh Generation’s Natural Dish Liquid scents come from fields not factories, and honor the careful hands that cultivated them.  So, for a scent lover like me, this line is definitely something I’m looking forward to trying!

Seventh Generation is the nation’s leading brand of household and personal care products that help protect human health and the environment. Established in 1988, the Burlington, Vermont based company remains an independent, privately-held company distributing products to natural food stores, supermarkets, mass merchants, and online retailers across the United States and Canada.

Not only has Seventh Generation created this lovely new line of dish soaps, they want to share the origins of the natural scents with you!  The Nature Makes Perfect Scents is a sweepstakes where you can enter to win a trip for two to one of the regions where lemons, clementines and lavender grow!  Where?  Oh, the inspiration came from France, Italy, and Vermont {Seventh Generation’s headquarters} and they want to send you there!  What are you waiting for?!  Go enter now!

Although I’m in love with the Holiday scents right now, citrus aromas are definitely some of my favorite… and what you’ll find if you look at my collection of hand soaps.  I’m excited to try this new line of Dish Soaps from Seventh Generation and let the aromas take me off to a faraway land while I’m scrubbing the grime away!

I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Seventh Generation blogging program, for a gift card worth $50. For more information on how you can participate, click here.

Filed Under: Green, sponsored

Back When I Was In School…

November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Yeah, I don’t feel old enough to say that, but technically I guess I am.  It’s been 7 years since I graduated from college.  My plans to go back are still up in the air… I really, really want to earn a Masters Degree in Accounting, but I’m nervous as can be about going back.  I know things have changed in that amount of time and money is a huge issue with our family, being a one-income household.

Although, I ran across a service that helps with some of the costs of going back to school.  Have you ever heard of the option of being able to rent textbooks?  I hadn’t until I found CampusBookRentals.com.  When I was in school, I always tried to save some money by buying used books, either online or in the school bookstore.  But even then, when you went to go sell them back, you always lost money compared to how much you paid for the used books in the first place.

Textbook rentals seem to me, an obvious choice for me in the future and should be for you too… if you’re looking to save money while going back to college, or attending for the first time. 

What are the perks of renting rather than buying college textbooks?

  • Save 40-90% off the cost of buying books new, at bookstore prices!
  • Free Shipping {ding, ding, ding!} Both Ways.  Shipping books, especially, costs so much money usually!  This is a huge bonus for me.
  • 30 Day Risk Free Returns – Just in case you drop a class.
  • Treat the books as your own – Highlight in them, make notes… pass that class!
  • Flexible Rental Periods – So helpful if you’re taking a Summer Class or your class isn’t the typical Semester-length.
  • Super Easy Rental Program – You simply type in the book you need {by Title, Author, or ISBN}, choose the book and the amount of time you need to rent and pay!  Super simple.
  • CampusBookRentals.com donates a portion of proceeds from each book that is rented to Operation Smile.  Don’t know about Operation Smile?

Operation Smile, an out of this world, awesome organization, that performs life changing cleft lip surgeries on children whose families could not otherwise afford it. The long term Improvement in quality of life for the children that receive these surgeries is almost incomprehensible.

So, when I do make the commitment of going back and getting my Masters, which I will do one of these days… I will definitely be renting my textbooks now that I know about this awesome service!

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I’m ready for a Vacation!

October 29, 2011 By 1 Comment

Ok, so maybe it’s only been a little over a month since we went on a mini-vacation to the Smokies, but I’m ready for another!

I guess it’s the impending arrival of Miss Moreaya and me thinking that I’ll never be able to travel with 2 children.  We just now got the traveling with 1 kid down pat and now we’re getting ready to add another to the mix!  Don’t get me wrong, I’m super excited, but I’m a tad bit nervous… which has set in this need for adventure!

So, since I’m 7 months pregnant, we probably won’t be taking a cross-country trip, although I have heard that you can find some great cheap flights to Los Angeles.  We’re thinking of finding something a bit more local, although warming up in sunny California would be really nice after this cold, rainy weather in east Tennessee.

Rob and I’s third Wedding Anniversary is coming up in a few weeks and we’re trying to decide if we’re going to go on a short overnight trip, with Sophia, or not.  It’s basically a money thing, but isn’t it always?  Our Anniversary lands just a month before Christmas and now that we have 2 baby girls {or will soon}, we’ve found we definitely have different priorities.  I’m so glad that we took the amazing Honeymoon to Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora Bora when we did because we would never sacrifice that money for our family now, but we made such wonderful memories!  We have yet to go on a mini vacation to celebrate our Anniversary and we’re thinking that this just might be the year we do it!

Some ideas that we’ve thrown around: Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, Gatlinburg in the Smoky Mountains, or stay home and enjoy a quiet weekend… one of which we’re bound to not have many more of come early January!

So, what do you think?  Where should we go!?

Filed Under: sponsored, travel

It’s Our Earth {giveaway!}

October 15, 2011 By 1 Comment

Have you visited all of the lovely Sponsors to your left {<–}?  If so, you’ve already had the opportunity to check out what It’s Our Earth has to offer… and if you’re like me, you’re going to love their upcycled products!  Or, if you’ve been around SEBG since May, you may remember my feature on their Record Bowls during Sophia’s Rock ‘N Rollin’ 1st Birthday Party!?  The bowls were one of the biggest hits of the party… so much so that one got taken by a party guest!

Although the upcycled record bowls are probably my favorite product for sale at the It’s Our Earth Etsy Shop, they have more for just about everyone {think Christmas list!}.

How cool are these…They’re upcycled Album Jacket Notebooks.  Yes, I’m a huge Elvis fan and I can totally see this as my new blogging journal!

Everything in the It’s Our Earth shop is super affordable, as well.  I think you’ll actually be surprised at just how affordable… the Album Jacket Notebook pictured above… only $9.99!  I would expect something of this quality to be a lot more, especially if you were shopping in a downtown boutique.

You can see an example of one of their Upcycled Coffee Burlap Market Sacks in their Ad to the left {check out that amazing Discount Code too!}.  These bags are super cute and are actually reversible!  These are super sturdy and I can see them making such a statement when toted around, can’t you?!  These bags start at only $28.95!

Now that I’ve shown you just a few of the items that It’s Our Earth has to offer {oh yes, they have much more and I’ll be sharing more as the days go by…}, I know you want to know what Rich and the gang want to give one lucky So Easy Being Green reader, right!?!

Buy It:  You can purchase a 3 pack of Upcycled Record Bowls for only $19.99 {my fave bowls for entertaining!}

Don’t forget to use the Discount Code: SEBG2011 to save 10%!!!

Win It:  One lucky blog reader is going to win their very own 3 pack of Record Bowls from the It’s Our Earth Etsy Shop!  So funnn!

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Fluffy Friday: Diva Diapers {giveaway!}

October 7, 2011 By 7 Comments

Have you heard of this fabulous cloth diaper online store yet?  If you haven’t… you’re truly missing out!  Maybe it’s because my daughter is such a little diva that I love the name of Diva Diapers so much!?  Or maybe it’s because of the selection of cloth diapers and accessories that they carry.  Seriously, they carry pretty much every single big brand out there {that everyone loves} and even a few that aren’t as well known {that are loved by those that do know them}!

Take a look and see for yourself…

Diva Diapers also carries a huge selection of cloth diaper accessories, including: Diaper Sprayers, Wet Bags, Pail Liners, Inserts & Liners, Detergents, and much, much more.

The website is super easy to navigate and I love the fact that their categories are cross-referenced.  Meaning, if you’re searching for a One-Size diaper, bumGenius will show up in that category, as well as the Pocket Diaper category.  It really makes it so much easier on new cloth diapering parents {and us vets} to find exactly what they’re looking for!

If you’re not in need of any more cloth diapers {ha!}, there are other green items available at Diva Diapers…

Diva Diapers is very active in the Social Media scene.  You can connect with them on their Facebook Page, through Twitter, and even their Blog… where they run their own giveaways, from time to time!

On the site, you receive Free Shipping for all orders over $50, a chance at a Free Item on Freebie Fridays {details: one lucky customer will get one item in their order refunded back to them… making it free!}, and there’s always great SALES!

Win It:  Diva Diapers wants to share some fun, diva love with the So Easy Being Green readers!  One lucky reader will win a $25 GC to their store!?!  I’m jealous…

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