A Green Christmas

Cue the Little Drummer Boy.  Ask the trumpeting angels to play along.  Today I am releasing my very first ebook:

a green christmas

A Green Christmas

Over the last few years, I have been consciously changing my holiday habits without wanting to take away from the season’s spirit.  You’ve probably caught a lot of these projects in this blog.  This ebook offers ideas for you and your family to create a holiday with a lot less consumerism and a whole lot of really fun DIY & green solutions – some that you have seen on this blog; most that you haven’t.

And I promise – all of it is based on not changing the meaning of your holidays or the things you do. It’s about rethinking and creating even cooler (greener!) solutions to bring your family together.

What this book will help you with this holiday season:

    ~ Repurposing & creating beautiful wrapping paper without purchasing brand new materials

    ~ Sending beautiful, eco-savvy cards and invitations

    ~ Hosting greener parties (while spending far less!)

    ~ Designing truly appreciated personal gifts that won’t break the bank or Mother Earth

    ~ Really, truly appreciating the greenest Christmas tree… and discovering if you’ve already got it

    ~ Decorating like an eco-diva – from handmade ornaments to updated decor and treasured keepsakes

    ~ Adding “green” to your yummy with simple tricks to green your baking

    ~ Wrapping up the holidays – from what to do with used cards to how to send the most beloved (cheap! green!) thank you notes

    ~ Spending less and embracing more


The book is organized by chapter and subchapter for quick and easy reading.  I’ve included pictures from our apartment… including a sneak peek at our solution to a Christmas tree!

I also include an entire section of tutorials for crafts and computer tricks to make your holidays greener.  The book is 37 pages long.  The price is $10.95.  A family-friendly crafty project you might like from the book (it’s all recycled materials):

recycled ornament

What this book does not include are the obvious, cliched  green ideas like stringing popcorn and buying organic ingredients.  We’ve heard those things a million times.  In fact, after I wrote this book and it came in at 50 pages, I went back and heavily edited.  I pulled out:

    ~ All of the things that weren’t practical for most of us,

    ~ Everything that was too expensive,

    ~ Anything that left me feeling depressed, and

    ~ Of course, any of the obvious popcorn-stringing stuff.

I don’t want to be the Lorax, preaching about what we all need to do.  Christmas is about feeling holly and jolly.  And that’s what this book represents.  It’s a holly jolly holiday with a splash of festive green.


Hope you enjoy my very first book and get as much out of the ideas inside as our family has!