When it comes to electricity, we all want it. We all need it. We keep creating more and more items that use it to make our lives easier o...

Even though I’ve been living a green life for longer than the three years I’ve been blogging about it, I don’t consider myself a dark green...

Oh gift bags how you make wrapping gifts so speedy! Gift bags are fabulous for wrapping odd shaped gifts like soccer balls and stuffed anim...

My favorite type of recycled craft projects is the type that completely transforms a seemly simple item into something amazing and unrecogni...

When I first met Husband, he made laundry a one time only task by shoving everything he owned into one load in the washing machine – whites,...

I had the Christmas crafting itch but no time to get involved in a huge project since I was leaving town for Thanksgiving.What’s a creative...

I Christmas shop year round for items as well as for ideas. That way I have time to make sure my gift is meaningful to the recipient. It...

To save energy and heating costs I don’t turn on my furnace until it’s consistently 40 degrees (F) outside. That makes for some nippy night...

I don’t support laws that ban plastic shopping bags because it ends up hurting people that cannot afford to buy reusable shopping bags. I’d...

My friends and family consider me the Energy Saving Maven because I reduced my home’s natural gas and electric use by 32% using cheap ho...

I love decorating and doing projects with reclaimed and recycled materials. I also like hardwood floors. Schlabach Woodworks is an Ohio comp...

Monday I talked about how my family is doing a blind tushie test of two brands of recycled content toilet paper . White Cloud sent us two ro...

One of the drawbacks of living in a condo community with nicely planned blocks of houses with sidewalks is that we are ripe for the picki...

Toilet paper and paper towel roll crafts are an elementary school staple. Lately, adults are dipping into their recycling bins, making toile...

Shopping thrift stores, consignment shops, eBay, etc. are all ways to shop green. However, sometimes when I’m looking for something specific...

 After I saw the Gray Gardens HBO movie, I knew I wanted to be Edith Bouvier Beale or “ Little Edie” (she was named after her mother who ...

The water in my toilet tank ran after each flush. I did a temporary leaking toilet fix by turning off the water to the toilet by turning ...

I am the undisputed Queen of Stripped Screws. I strip screws with a manual screwdriver because I don’t have a lot of strength in my hands. I...

This month’s One Small Green Change is to switch from plastic ice cube trays to silicone ice cube trays. Silicone is synthetic but it is ...

I love dressing up for Halloween. Now that I have a dog I want him to love dressing up for Halloween too. But he doesn’t. You wear a d...

I hate that summer is leaving because I will miss drinking coffee on my patio in the morning and enjoying the warmer summer sun. I am really...

After I painted the kitchen , I started putting artwork back on the walls for my family’s enjoyment. One family member didn’t have anything ...

Ceiling fans are an inexpensive way to cool and heat (by running the blades in reverse during the winter) your home. I had a ceiling fan and...