Category: Green Living
Green holiday gift wrapping
December 17, 2016
I’m so excited about the wrapping for my gifts this year. Usually I stick with brown kraft paper or kraft paper wrapping with a holiday print on it so it can easily be recycled. Wrapping paper with shiny parts, foil, and glitter often cannot be recycled. Mindful Momma’s Instagram post inspired me. She wrote […]
Self-catered Wedding Menu and Timeline
August 4, 2015
For my wedding, I was extremely fortunate to have my mom head up the catering. In our family it is sort of a tradition to serve our own food. At least that’s what happened at 3 of my cousins’ and my brother’s weddings. I helped prepare food at most of these because they’re family and […]
How to Make a Raised Garden Bed
May 2, 2015
Our house had a garden before we moved in, but it was only about 8″ tall. This is fine if you don’t have a dog. So last year after we remodeled our kitchen, I used the old kitchen drawers to plant vegetables and give the garden some character. The post on how to build a […]
Lasagna Recipe with Garden Fresh Tomatoes
September 5, 2014
This year my garden included three tomato plants, plus a few plants from last year grew back. (Normally they only produce one year). With an abundance of fresh tomatoes, I decided to make lasagna. My dad and I also made salsa with the Ninja blender – one of our cool wedding presents. Here’s the recipe […]
Sam’s Stuff: Tacoma Artist, Blogger, and Etsy Seller
June 18, 2014
Connecting with other people and putting yourself out there is so important to growing your network, skills, and business. That’s why today’s blog post is featuring Sam’s Stuff – a local Etsy seller and blogger right here in Tacoma. Shelley and I met in an Etsy forum for Puget Sound sellers. We both love and […]
Repurposed Drawers for a Raised Bed Garden
May 23, 2014
Here was the dilemma: a 100 pound (and growing) Saint Bernard who loved to dig in the dirt. We have a square foot garden in our backyard filled with… you guessed it… dirt. I knew we need to raise the garden or build a fence somehow to keep Sherman out of it. I didn’t really want […]
Prepare for Summer Entertaining
April 30, 2014
This will be the nicest week of the year so far in the Pacific Northwest. With our wedding rehearsal being held at our house in about 5 months, we have been hard at work making our lawn, gardens, house, and garage look nice. Here are some ideas I’m thinking about implementing in our backyard – depending […]
Happy Earth Day!
April 22, 2014
In undergrad, I was president of GREAN (grass roots environmental action now), which was the student environmental club. The project I was most proud to be part of was instituting the student green fee fund, which raises about $70,000 per year for green energy credits and sustainability projects. The first major project was subsidized Nalgene […]
Cheese Grater Jewelry Holder DIY
April 5, 2014
This is an easy and useful project for your spare cheese graters. Somehow we acquire many cheese graters and other small kitchen tools. I hate throwing useful things away, so they either go the Goodwill or turned into a new use. Materials Cheese grater Paint Steel S-Hooks for Plants & Towels Instructions All […]