Lots of little AMAZING bits to share with you today. (Not to mention a big cheer for the weekend!)
First up : the winner of five handmade produce bags from Flourish Pets & Home is Aimee. She says, “I’ve been trying to figure out how to make reusable gift bags, but I’m not much of a seamstress!” These bags should be just the ticket.
The problem is that products like tampons and sanitary pads create a lot of trash. Even when you choose more environmentally friendly products that are 100% unbleached cotton or don’t have plastic attachments, those products still wind up in the garbage can.
Can you believe it? We’re each throwing away 16,800 pads or tampons. Over 12 million pads and 7 million tampons are heading to the US landfills alone.* Ouch. That’s killing our environment, and if you think about it, it’s not exactly cool for the wallet, either.
I think that one of the best gifts we can give ourselves is the brief celebration of something good.
Sometimes you read about these sorts of ideas – but they’re often associated to buying something like a latte, a manicure, or lunch out. You know what the best celebrations are in my eyes?
The free ones.
It’s hugging or shaking hands with someone you don’t see every day. It’s giving high fives for a new sale in your handmade shop or a credit card paid off. It’s getting a “woohoo!”
I’m an American splitting life between a 480 square foot apartment in Berlin, Germany and – get this – a house made of old tires in the Rocky Mtns.
This blog chronicles the journey of Making This Home.Meet Katie.
