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The Little Seed's Blog – April 2010 Archive (24)

Feature Fridays: Crystal (aka clkeyzer)

Introducing our Feature Friday member Crystal. We were first introduced to her by her beautiful Earth Day photographs - and now we know so much more. Leave her a comment or ask her for her friendship. If you would like to be a Feature Friday member, email us your story!

Hello!

My name is Crystal, nickname clkeyzer. I am a wife to this hunk of a man (insert hunk here) and a stay at home mom of two little girls, Adia (2.5) and Liana (4… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 30, 2010 at 8:52am — No Comments

Amazing Kids - Very young talented musician playing a dumbak in Valiasr Tehran

Added by The Little Seed on April 29, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Pick of the Week: Egg by Susan Lazar (comment and be entered to win one!)

For our Pick of the Week we have chosen the very adorable Egg by Susan Lazar. Egg's organic clothing designs for babies and children are irresistible for girls and boys. We are crazy about their unique patterns that often times include animals, like the giraffes in the dress here. Leave a comment for Egg and be entered to win one of these dresses FREE!

Thank to Egg for continuing to keep our kids in beautifully designed clothes that are made in… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 28, 2010 at 6:30am — 23 Comments

Create a Multi-Color Super Crayon!

What you will need:

Ends of old crayons in many colors

Tin can, muffin tin, or other metal mold

Stove (with parental guidance!)

Saucepan

Remove paper from crayons. Put crayons of different colors together in a muffin tin or mold, filling it one-half to three-quarters full. Place mold or tin can on the stove at a low setting. Melt the crayons slowly, so that the colors do not mix. When melted, cool or immerse mold in a sink… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 27, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Such a successful Earth Day in the Store...

Some of our favorite eco-companies donated free samples of their products to our customers over the weekend in celebration of Earth Day. It was really fun for everyone to be able to load up on goodies, that in a lot of cases they had never tried before. Hopefully we have converted them to a healthier lifestyle for good!

A very special thanks to 7th Generation, Weleda, Plan Toys, and Yoga Chips for their contribution to this very special… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 26, 2010 at 11:59am — No Comments

Eco Celebrity Activist Making a Difference!

Even though we know that we can all make a difference, it's still tough to see exactly what our impact is on our environment with all the little things we do in our daily lives. Whether you compost your old coffee grounds or juicer pulp, drink your water from glass, metal, or PBA-free reusable plastic bottles, or drive a hybrid vehicle; we know that there's always more to be done. We love seeing celebs with their pulling power in an eco-conscious… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 24, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Feature Fridays: Michelle Blue

This week we are featuring one of our longest standing members. Michele has been contributing to our blog and debates with her wonderful insight, ever since I can remember. We value her devotion to raising her family with a love for the planet, as much as we value her contribution to our Little Seed community. She does a great job of telling you about herself, so I won't make you wait any longer!

Hello! my name is Michele Blue, although my… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 23, 2010 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

Earth Day Photo Contest Winner!!

Firstly thank you to all who contributed to our Earth Day photo contest! You made this the best Earth Day ever by taking the time to upload your ideas for how we can celebrate the earth each and everyday of the year... so inspiring!

Now without further delay our grand prize winner is Raven Jurisich! This may not come as a surprise since she helped us make our goal by submitting… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 22, 2010 at 6:30am — 8 Comments

Don't Have Earth Day Plans Yet?

There are many ways for us to help in our community every day, and Earth Day gives an excuse to do a little extra. The Environmental Protection Agency has events and ideas listed on their website (http://www.epa.gov/earthday/share.html). You can find activities in your area to take part in, learn about the history of Earth Day and it's founder, Gaylord Nelson. (… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 21, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Rather than buy it - Why not rent it? Well now you can!!

Here at The Little Seed we love all of the new companies that are helping to make it easier for us to live Green. Its so inspiring to see the new ways in which people are using technology to bring people together to share and/ or reuse their stuff, thereby reducing the need to buy more stuff that you may only use once, or may need for a limited amount of time. We reported on a company last year called www.handmedowns.com that… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 20, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Calling for Blog Ideas!

Help us to keep the conversation going by adding your blogs to the site! You may submit your ideas to us at littleseedblog@gmail.com along with a photograph and we will post them right here, featured on our home page!

We are also featuring one of our fantastic members each Friday on the blog. If you would like to be featured send us a little about yourself and don't forget to include a picture!

We look forward to your important input… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 17, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Feature Fridays: Jenny Shears and kiddieuptravel

Introducing this week's Feature Friday's Member. She is a mom who is striving for great things while raising a family, something most of us on this site can relate to. We love her and we think you will too. Leave her a comment and definitely visit her family travel website - also ask her for her friendship, its worth it!!

Hi, my name is Jenny Shears and I’m a freelance writer/editor and mom living in the Bay Area of California. I have two… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 16, 2010 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

Celebrate Earth Week at Discovery Science Center!

The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, CA is a great summer vacation destination for learning and imagination. They're joining in for Earth Day, and making it a whole week! We love the great big cube outside the center that creates solar energy using solar panels, and all of their wonderful activities for kids! If you have time to make it out there this month, we strongly suggest it. As one of the only places kids can go and learn hands on science… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 15, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Biodegradable Packaging - The Corporate Movement

What a fabulously eco-wonderful idea! Sun Chips has now begun to use entirely biodegradable, compostable packaging to bag their product! Although we don't sell food at the Little Seed, we still think this major breakthrough in the prepackaged biz is great news for other eco-friendly companies. We support any company that is doing right by the planet, just as we are trying to do. It only takes the first leader to make all the other dominoes start… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 14, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

We have a long way to go!

Thank you to all that have submitted images to our Earth Day contest. We have gotten some GREAT photos, but we still need a lot more to make our goal of 365. Please feel free to enter more than one image and we will in turn put your name in the raffle for each image you submit. The instructions are above on the home page. Its easy and fun. You can view all of the Earth Day images in the slide show on the home page so look for yours, if you have… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 13, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

BYOB - Bring Your Own Bags

We see them for sale at the checkout counter, and we always seem to forget to bring them; reusable shopping bags. It's jaw-dropping to think of how many plastic bags are used, and go unrecycled as a result of all our consumer intake. Every trip to the grocery store, every time you pick up your prescription, or when you take your food to go from a restaurant, it's another plastic bag used.

We were quite amazed to read the figures about how… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 12, 2010 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

April Showers bring May Flowers!

One of the most wonderful parts of Spring is of course the flowers! Our kids love to pick them, and we adults could definitely use a moment to stop and smell them. We can make one of these moments last by putting our beautiful hand-picked flowers into a pressed flower keepsake. Some of you may have a flower press of your own. Spring is the perfect time to show your children how to use it! If not, books are commonly used and just as effective. Try… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 10, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Feature Fridays: Trish Ann Berger

This Friday we are featuring our member Trish Ann Berger. She has a great story about trying to be a real eco-mama and entrepreneur while raising 5 kids and a 6th on the way - wow! Read on for her story and we hope you enjoy it.

I am a Babyshoe Artist and a work at home mother of 5 ½- due in August with Baby #6. I have been making my Babyshoes since 2006, and started because my daughter needed a pair of shoes. I am a certified teacher… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 9, 2010 at 6:30am — 3 Comments

Pick of the Week: Simple Shoes are back at The Little Seed!

Look at these cute booties from the Spring collection of Simple shoes we just got in! We love them and we know you will too. Remember that you get 15% off purchases made online throughout the month of April in celebration of Earth Day. Just remember to include EARTHDAY2010 in the special code at the time of checkout.

You can link to them… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 8, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Ways to Reduce!

We found these great tips on www.globalstewards.org about how to Reduce-Reuse-Recycle! Below we have included these brilliant tips on how to REDUSE and in the coming days we will reprint their ideas on ways to REUSE and RECYCLE so stay tuned! These are wonderful and we should all try to incorporate them into our lives!

Reduce

The critical first step of… Continue

Added by The Little Seed on April 6, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

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