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Five Green Paper Printables
I’m loving this digital age of PDF printables. You buy them, download them, then they’re yours to keep and use over and over again! A brilliant option for party decorations and invitations, and unlike store bought party packs, you don’t end up with a bunch of extra waste – 10 extra invitations and party hats that you never…
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Ikea Hacking at home! Join the Mini Maker Faire!
We all have that one piece of furniture that no longer seems to fit in. You bought it at a time when you had a need, and sometimes those needs change. You may be tempted to walk it down to the curbside for the karang guni man, and in the name of decluttering and simplifying our lives, this might…
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Green Cleaning
Singapore: There’s a brand new green cleaner in town! This brand is from Brooklyn NY, they’re a small business with big plans to help clean up the earth! They make all of their products with earth-friendly ingredients and lovely scents. If you are looking for hardworking but safe household cleaner – Check out Common Good – that’s…
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How To Get the Cleanest Windows and Mirrors! Naturally!
I’m about to show you how to get crystal clean glass and mirrors, without the use of nauseating chemicals. You’ll be using only all-natural ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen! Here’s my hand behind my glass door! Bet you can’t see a streak! The first thing to consider is, what you are…
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Decorating with Nature
I love decorating with fresh flowers, but I don’t always like having to buy them. Here’s a fun DIY to create a pretty floral arrangement made of flowers found right outside your doorstep! This is my neighborhood park and often the lawn is speckled with the most beautiful flowers… Flowers – You can pick flowers fallen on the…
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My Dream Home
When I imagine my dream home, I imagine a space that inspires creativity, that reflects our idea of living a natural lifestyle. Something simple, a little weathered and worn and alive with greenery. A bit like living in a tree house – a clean, open space. Lots of reclaimed wood and green plants. A library…
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10 Repurposing Ideas That Make Life Easier!
Need a creative dessert? Turn a muffin tin upside down to create a cookie ice-cream cup! Stop clothes from sliding off – put rubber bands at the end of your hangers Use extra lens cases as a travel pill box! Make perfectly round pancakes! Make fun shapes! Bread tag wire labels! Use a colander as…
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Linen, a Natural Beauty
BE LINEN MOVIE from Benoit MILLOT on Vimeo. If you have 15 minutes over your lunch break, this video is absolutely worth watching. It’s a beautifully-shot film which tells the story of linen; from the farmers who harvest the flax crop to the weavers who handle the fibers… When we look to sustainable fabric, natural…
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The 20% Guide
For many of us, choosing to eat organic food is not a matter of principles or beliefs, but simply a matter of economics. We know and understand why it’s important – but, when feeding a family on a budget, it’s hard to know where to make those decisions. Here’s a good way to look at it: Ask…
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End Junk Mail Today!
Junk mail is a big problem in my home in Singapore. Well, it was. What was so frustrating, aside from a mailbox full of ads, was seeing all this paper, ink and dye going to waste. The natural resources consumed, the toxic chemicals used – all for that piece of paper to reach your mailbox in a vain attempt to capture your attention……
