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50+ Reusable Grocery Bags You Can Make: Free Patterns

50+ Reusable Grocery Bags You Can Make: Free Patterns
earthgirlfabrics.com.au Quick Carrier: Design features short handles that don’t require turning and french seams, quick to whip up. For Market: Nice ‘n sturdy, designed to last yet look stylish while using. bijoulovelydesigns.com marthastewart.com Repurposed T-Shirt: A simple, clever craft to help everyone be “green.” Simple: Available in pdf or word doc format (also an animated web tutorial). morsbags.com daisyjanie.typepad.com Fabric (For Produce): Requires one fat quarter or one 18” square. Oilcloth: Made with 3 panels of sturdy oilcloth and features a circular bottom. purlbee.squarespace.com spiderwomanknits.typepad.com Pillowcase: This tutorial will show you how to turn one standard case into a very functional piece for shopping using every bit of the case, minimal sewing, minimal cutting and very little of your time. With Sturdy Straps: Nice and big, use a substantial fabric for this project such as canvas, heavy cotton duck or an outdoor fabric. sew4home.com wisdomofthemoon.blogspot.ca

Crochet Plastic Grocery Bag Pattern; Plastic Bag Tote Here's a simple and 'short' crochet plastic grocery bag pattern. It works great when you crochet with plastic bags. So, you can enjoy an eco friendly crochet grocery bag! Make one plastic bag tote for yourself and MANY for gifts! Thanx to CassieMarie for sharing this wonderful crocheted grocery bag pattern. She made her eco-friendly grocery bag with cotton yarn, but to be even greener - recycle plastic bags. I've heard that this particular crocheted tote might come out a bit small. Read here how to make plastic bag yarn to crochet with plastic bags. Crocheting with plastic bags is a good pass time activity. If you're a novice crocheter, then plastic bag yarn and patterns are so very forgiving and it's hard to have your mistakes shown. Then again, if crocheting a plastic bag tote seems a bit too difficult, then a carpet is a wonderful project to star with. If you'll ever be trying this (or some other) crochet plastic grocery bag pattern, I'd love to hear how it goes.

Zombie Manor House Experience - book online with free delivery | Wish.co.uk Buying multiple tickets? Save £24 on each pair you buy. Discounts are applied automatically in your basket. From the people who brought you the Zombie Shopping Mall comes the Zombie Manor House. You’ve heard of Downton Abbey? Well get ready for Downton scabby! Manor houses tend to be the domain of divorced weekend dads desperate to win over the love of their ambiguous offspring in a craven attempt to get one over on the woman they used to love. Something has gone very wrong in deepest, darkest Cheshire. It’s up to you and the rest of ‘Grey Squadron’ to take instruction and investigate. You’ll be trained in all aspects of zombie hurting by a large man who is adept at shouting. Upstairs and downstairs you’ll trawl the fearsome, abandoned halls, not knowing what lurks behind those ornamental balustrades and praying it isn’t one of those shuffling, unpatriotic goons of Satan. Where is the Zombie Manor House and how do I get there? How many people can take part? Do you take group bookings?

Crochet Produce Bag All Three Sizes Pattern PDF by LoopsInLoops Eco-Friendly Toothbrush Review 08/24/2013 Update: My new favorite bamboo toothbrush is called Brush with Bamboo. Read the full review here. It wasn’t around back when I wrote this post. What toothbrush would you choose? Recycled plastic in returnable packaging or natural wood packaged in plastic? Nylon bristles or natural pig hair? Preserve Recycled/Recyclable Toothbrush Materials: 100% post-consumer recycled polypropylene #5 plastic and Nylon bristles. Origin: Made in the United States. Why it’s good: I don’t use the word “recyclable” lightly. Preserve toothbrushes are made from recycled yogurt containers and other post-consumer #5 polypropylene plastic that is returned to them through their Gimme5 program. Less Than Perfect: Keep in mind, though, that Preserve’s recycling program does not actually close the recycling loop. Also? How it Works: I have been using these toothbrushes since 2007. Giveaway: I have 5 Preserve toothbrushes to give away to one winner of the drawing. Environmental Toothbrush 9.2.

Wednesday’s Pattern ~ Market Bags « Peacefully Knitting Wednesday’s Pattern ~ Market Bags Photo courtesy of Linda Skinlo Today’s patterns feature the ever-growing popular market bag. Here’s a few patterns to check out: Market Bag by Vicki Square is a bag created in linen that was tested for its durability as a market bag with a few canned goods, some oranges, and a bunch of bananas. This season, give a gift that will help the environment by creating a wonderful, light, stretchy and durable bag. Like this: Like Loading... About Tina I admit that I am a yarnaholic, fiberholic kind of gal who loves knitting, spinning and crafting in general!

Gynotex Soft Tampons DiaperFreeBaby New Leadership at DiaperFreeBaby Posted by: melinda on 11/19/2013 10:28 AM To the Community of DiaperFreeBaby, Today I share with you the news that I am passing on leadership of DiaperFreeBaby to a new generation of parents as passionate about Elimination Communication as I and my co-founder Rachel Milgroom were ten years ago! Leading the organization from this day forward are Lisa Baker and Melodie Stenger, two fabulous women and moms who have committed significant volunteer time and even more extraordinary emotional commitments to this organization for many years. From our very first meetings in our homes and in the parks to our biggest moments of publicity, we have stood proud of what we can learn and what we can share and have been thrilled to see how many people have joined us in caring for their children with the loving approach of EC. Having been one of the founders of this organization, it is very dear to my heart and always will be. Enjoy your EC Journeys! Click here to buy it!

Snowboard wedding Skier – Snowboarder Wedding January 31st, 2012 Skiers and snowboarders are getting married and nobody can do anything about it. Non-traditional wedding shoes for this bride and groom. Intimate New Year’s Eve wedding ceremony on Mammoth Mountain. Pretty bouquet contrasting nicely with the white wedding dress. Snowboarders and skiers can find true love. Tender moment caught between our bride and groom. This photo is just awesome. Check out our awesome bride and groom. This definitely is a mixed marriage of sorts. Downhill boarding in your wedding dress is cool. Wedding dress taking a break after all that snowboarding. Too cute. Colorful snowboard contrasts nicely with the white wedding dress. Mammoth Mountain is a very picturesque area. What are you looking at? Designer ski boots and snowboard shoes. True love. Snowboarding Bride And Groom August 31st, 2011 Enjoy this beautiful outdoor wedding that took place on top of scenic Mammoth Mountain in California. Photo booth fun for the guests.

Living Wisely During Hard Times at Wise Living Journal - StumbleUpon July 31st, 2008 Most homesteaders know as well as anyone that the current state of the US economy isn’t very good. Are probably aware enough to see that it’s not getting better any time soon, either. Hopefully the homesteader has been wise enough to purchase his/her chunk of land far enough away from the ‘boom’ cities and regions that they got a good deal on it, as it probably represents the only real assets that family has. Of course, there are the other assets related. But there are some issues to be considered as the retail marketplace takes as hard of hits as the banking sector is taking. Then there are the “downsizings.” This has so far translated into the loss of roughly 100,000 retail jobs. Luckily for wise homesteaders, we’re not too proud (or too rich) to go ahead and bargain or barter for the things we need. Links: Credit Crunch: How to Survive the Recession15 Real Ways to Conserve (and save money!) Related Ads:

Anti-Boredom pocket kit What I put in my Anti-Boredom kit may be different then what you would put. Here's what I gathered for mine (my kids helped). The tin is an Altoids tin that I painted Black. Inside: -Tiny deck of cards-Small vial of touchable bubbles-Two tubes of plastic bubbles-Tiny colored pencils-Note pad-String for cats cradle-Quarter to vend treats (a dollar fits nicely too for bigger treats)-Balloon (for playing don't touch the ground or keep away) Other ideas: Tiny harmonica, Fortune telling fish, Small sand timer for timing word games or how long you can hold your breath, Small deck of fortune telling cards (I saw some on ebay), Stickers, Small stencils and markers (sharpie makes a nice little marker that fits perfectly) I bought all the things in my fun kit at local craft stores and party supply stores.

Wendell Berry: People, Land and Fidelity M. A. Grubbs University of Kentucky Wendell Berry lives and farms with his family in Henry County, Kentucky, and is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. In a commencement address delivered in June 1989 at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, Berry gave some advice that to most modern graduates would sound old fashioned, indeed backward. Beware the justice of Nature. Viewed in the context of Berry's canon, this sequence represents far more than a neo-romantic or agrarian appeal to return to "simplicity." Although Berry's tenets echo those of many of his literary ancestors in American literature, his advice is more critical than that of his predecessors, for we now more than ever threaten our existence with destructive potentials unimaginable only a few decades ago. Berry's life, his farm work, his writing and teaching, his home and family, and all that each involves are extraordinarily integrated. Man cannot be independent of nature.

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