Eco Friendly Cleaning Products

f_21310681190_all-bottles-group-640x520.jpgEco friendly cleaning products should not pollute the environment in any way and also help keep your home clean as a whistle. Our homes are overloaded with toxic chemicals. There are many more then we would like to believe. So why add more to our home when there are perfectly good eco friendly cleaning supplies that have proven to be as effective as any commercial, toxin based products? For one I think it’s just easier to buy them off the shelves. They are also more convenient and a lot of times we don’t have time to make our own.
Eco friendly cleaning products can be found if you do the research and they also can be “homemade”. You can’t make from scratch baking soda but you understand what I mean. Making your own natural supplies takes no more effort then shopping for the name brands at the store. We don’t need a specific cleaner for every item of our house and for every different type of surface.
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Housework it seems is never done and often it is all too easy to resort to harsh chemicals and energy guzzling appliances to get our chores done. These shortcuts can save us bags of time but quite often they have a negative effect on the environment.If you have white vinegar, baking soda, regular liquid soap, lemon juice and peels, cornstarch, borax, and washing soad you can clean 99% of your home already.
Think of the time and money saved if you use these simple products instead of buying commercial products all the time for all the different surfaces in your home. Money is tight all around and high priced cleaning products are unnecessary to clean your home. Eco friendly cleaning products should be on your shopping list next time you go to the store.

Eco Friendly Wedding Favors

f_01310563176_goinggreen.jpgBeing green and environmentally friendly is top of the agenda at the moment across the world and it seems the need to be eco-friendly has spread to weddings too. Even if you don’t apply eco-friendly practices to much of your wedding, you can still give your guests eco-friendly wedding favors.
Here are my top suggestions for ‘green’ favors:
Organic Edibles: Custom cookies are all the rage at the moment for favors so have yours made with all organic ingredients and naturally colored icings. If you didn’t want cookies you could apply the same to cupcakes or mini cakes as well. Present either in card boxes made from recycled paper.
Fair Trade Edibles: There is a wealth of choice here, including chocolates, tea, coffee, cocoa, wine and more specialized edibles. Take a trip around your local supermarket as most have Fair Trade products on their shelves these days or have a section dedicated to them.
Depending on what you buy you need to think carefully about the packaging.
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Eco-friendly wedding favors are fast growing in popularity and what a wonderful thing that is. To incorporate a green wedding theme into this special day speaks volumes about your commitment to the betterment of our environment. But that doesn’t mean that you want your wedding favors to be anything less than spectacular. So what are your options? How to Choose Great Wedding Favors

Normally when you attend a wedding the bride and groom will offer a token of appreciation by giving small gifts or wedding favors. This is quite traditional for most weddings in many countries. When choosing the ideal wedding favor for your guest, you want to choose a gift that says thank you. Here is how to choose great wedding favors.Things like tea and coffee would be best presented in small tins, this not only keeps the contents fresh, but the tins are also recyclable when empty – although they do make useful little containers for other things. Chocolates and other ‘solid’ food stuffs could be presented in card boxes made from recycled paper. As long as the packaging itself is ultimately recyclable then anything goes.
Plants and Seeds: Plants, seeds and flower bulbs are probably the ultimate eco-friendly wedding favor, although there is an argument about introducing non-native species to an area (but we won’t go into that here!). You can choose to give small plant seedlings, packets of seeds, plant-able cards which have seeds embedded in them or bulbs.
Take this a step further by looking for those that have been grown or produced organically, that is without any chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
If you give seeds then add in a small info card about growing organically.
Candles: Candles are a popular wedding favor choice with votives and tea lights being the most popular sizes. However, many candles are made with harmful chemical ingredients which release pollutants when lit. Look for candles made from organic ingredients or beeswax.
Recycled Favors: Check out items made from recycled materials, not just paper or card but things like car tires, glass, metal and plastic. Things like pencils to notebooks, cards to photograph frames can all be produced from recycles.
Organic Skincare: Many favor stores sell small boxed sets of soaps, so look for similar versions made from organic ingredients. Be careful though that what you are buying is made from 100% organic ingredients, one look at the label should tell you what’s included and you will be able to see if any chemical ingredients have been used. If organic ingredients have been used you will recognize them.
Other options to soap include bath salts, bath bombs and small bottles of hand cream, body lotion or shower gel. These can all be bought in large packs and then decanted into smaller containers such as packets, bottles, tins etc at home.

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And planting couldn’t be easier and takes only a minute. Either plant the card whole or tear it up into smaller pieces and put it under a bit of soil. Water daily and within a couple of weeks you’ll see the first seedlings begin to sprout.
Eco friendly birth announcements should be made out of 100% recycled paper waste and embedded with seeds (Be sure to ask what kind of seeds are embedded in the paper).They often come in a variety of styles and colors – even plantable photo announcements are an option. Some you purchase ‘as is’ (meaning that it is like selecting a package of birth announcements  at a store) while others let you custom create your own. 
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Custom plantable birth announcements: When researching this option look for choices that allow you allow you to choose from several styles. If you don’t like the suggested wording ask if you can provide your own. When going with a custom card – make sure that you receive a proof of the card, for your approval, before it goes off to print.