Friday Features - Earth Day

Every day is a good day to celebrate Earth Day :)

This year we will officially celebrate on Sunday the 22nd. It's always nice to have a reminder to take a look around and see how we can make our lives more green and environmentally friendly.

Around here, we recycle our glass, plastic and tin cans. And I reuse everything I can! Good for the environment...bad for our ever-growing clutter...LOL :)

Etsy makes it easy (and fun!) to be more eco-friendly. Just take a look at all these green finds I came across!

paper and sterling beaded earrings

by storybeader

Repurposed Burlap Coffee Bag

by ManilaExtract

Every Day Is Earth Day - Plant Marker / Garden Marker - Vintage Silver Plated Spoon
by BrambleBunny

Up-Cycled Bottle Cap Magnets

by BeansThings

Friday Features-Eco EtsyBloggers

In honor of Earth Day yesterday, I went browsing through my fellow EtsyBloggers shops for some eco finds. I am always amazed at the talent this team possesses! And when it comes to upcycled, recycled or eco finds...this team doesn't disappoint!!!

ORIN, Tea Kettle Character

by CoffeePotPeople

Upcycled Sweet Pink Pear Pincushion

by NicoDesigns

Edgar Allan Poe - Tis The Wind and Nothing More - a raven - original mixed media drawing

by tapestry316

Martini - Bottle Cap Pendant

by AKeepersJackpot

Happy Friday!!!

Happy 40th Earth Day!!!

Earth Day has been a public celebration for 40 years now! I think it's awesome that people have been environmentally friendly for so long and continue to be more and more so as the years go by! I realize that everyday should be Earth Day, but it's nice to have the reminder once in a while to make the extra effort and take the extra step to be more eco-friendly.

I try to be environmentally conscience in all aspects of my life. At home we recycle plastic, metal cans and glass. And we burn our trash rather than take it to the landfill. We also recycle our cans and bottles at the redemption center.

Along with recycling, I'm big into reusing as well. I write notes on the backs of junk mail envelopes. I reuse tubs from butter or cottage cheese to take food to work in. And I reuse plastic pop bottles for crystal lite drinks.

In my scrapbooking I find ways to use every scrap of paper I can :) Little bits of paper are great for greeting cards or other smaller projects. And I can always punch shapes out of other small scraps. I also use old magazines as protection when using a glue stick to keep my workspace clean.

I do my part at work too. We have recycling centers set up for paper, cardboard and plastic and I use these everyday in my work. I unbox parts and it is my job to decide what gets recycled and what goes to the trash. I make sure to recycle every bit that I can :)

I hope you will take time today to think of all the small ways you too can help out our environment :) Every little bit helps to make big difference!