Monday, October 25, 2010

Green Halloween Costumes for the Spook-a-Look Halloween Photo Contest

This was last year's foray into making sure my kids had "green" Halloween costumes.


The predator stalking the prey

My daughter's vampire costume was a creation made from clothes in my closet, an ebay cape, and a pair of vampire fangs she already had.

We dug through my closet and found a red skirt overlaid with black see through material, a long sleeved red top and a long sleeve black lace top that she put over the red shirt. She also snagged a pair of my black heels.

My little guy couldn't say trick or treat, he said "Twick or tweat"

My little guy wore a second hand costume that was big sister's. This cute little kitty was her favorite costume that she wore for years- right until she grew out of it.
Then she was still hesitant to part with it but now her little brother loves it.
This costume was probably one of the best ever purchased because it's made it through countless Halloweens and 2 kids and it's still as cute as ever.



My daughter vamped out in our closet creation





I am posting these photos as a contest entry for the “Spook-A-Look Halloween Photo Contest” sponsored by http://www.giveawayblogs.com and http://www.uprinting.com
Please leave a comment on this psot and help me win the Halloween Photo Contest

Create a Wedding Registry with CSN Stores


Have you discovered CSN Stores?

They might be the perfect place for you to create an online wedding registry.

They have over 200 stores in the network which means they have over 1,000,000 millions products to choose from.

They have almost everything you could need for your newlywed home- outdoor furniture, bar stools, kitchen items, beds, end tables- you can even find the perfect dining room table for your post wedding house.

You can add items to your registry together at your leisure from the comfort of your home at any time day or night.

Wedding planning can get hectic but creating your registry doesn't have to be. Drop by CSNStores.com today to create your wedding registry.


Saturday, October 16, 2010




Bridal Flowers: Bouquets, Boutonnieres, Corsages showcases a huge selection of gorgeous bridal bouquets and maids' bouquets. Along with those beautiful designs you'll find stunning boutonniere designs for the gentlemen and fun ideas for hairpieces, corsages, baskets and spheres for flower girls and flower laden pillows for the ring bearers.

Bridal Flowers: Bouquets, Boutonnieres, Corsages displays the latest styles for wedding events organized by color and showcased in stunning full color photographs. You'll find quick tutorials for creating bouquets, corsages, boutonnieres, tussie-mussies, and floral spheres for the flower girl.

Even if you don't plan on going DIY for your wedding flowers this book will give you ideas for exactly what you want in wedding flowerss. You can also consider a flower delivery service for your bouquet.

I highly recommend taking a copy of this book along with your to your floral appointment when you pick out your bridal flowers.I see so many new stunning styles that it makes me want to get married all over again- and coordinate my whole wedding around a couple of these designs.

Keep reading here.

Friday, October 15, 2010

A Review of The Natural Wedding: Ideas and Inspirations for a Stylish and Green Celebration by Louise Moon


"Green is the new white for environmentally conscious couples".

Author Louise Moon, founder of EcoMoon, is a leading wedding planner in the UK and loves to focus on green weddings.

In her new book The Natural Wedding: Ideas and Inspirations for a Stylish and Green Celebration Louise Moon shows couples how to "green" their wedding day.

From thoughtful features that focus on organic and locally grown food for the reception to imaginative solutions that will make the entire event as low impact as possible, The Natural Wedding has great advice green couples need to make their big day naturally romantic, eco-conscientious, and stylishly sustainable.

The Natural Wedding: Ideas and Inspirations for a Stylish and Green Celebration demonstrates that green weddings can be more stylish than a traditional wedding with a little bit of thoughtfulness and green planning. All aspects of greening the wedding day are covered: natural beauty, tasty menus, the perfect location, eco-invitations, gorgeously green wedding attire, beautiful flowers, a perfect ceremony, the eco-reception, green gifts, even after the wedding Louise gives advice for greening the honeymoon and living an eco life after the honeymoon is over because being green doesn't stop at "I do".

Louise focuses on four main styles for natural-weddings: vintage, eco-chic, seasonal, and DIY (do it yourself). She takes these four style ideas and applies them to every area of the green wedding. You can mix and match to create your perfect day or follow her guidelines for one main theme to run throughout your eco-event.Vintage obviously focuses on styles from bygone eras from the reused vintage gown to heirloom jewelry. Vintage styles are for the bride and groom who love antiques and simple elegance.

Keep reading here.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Win a REVEAL Recycled Handbag


Sexy and sustainable. That’s what you get with REVEAL’s eco-luxurious handbags.


These stylish new bags are made from recycled plastic bottles and transformed into micro-suede and satin. The bags also feature vegan friendly 100 per cent cruelty free leather and zippers made from recycled materials.


REVEAL is a truly innovative and sustainable handbag and accessories line. Their new line features eco-friendly handbags, wallets, messenger bags and bamboo accessories, all made with the highest-quality eco-friendly materials.


Today you have the chance to win a luxury REVEAL handbag. That’s right! Thanks to REVEAL CAGW is giving away one REVEAL Ivy wallet/handbag in ebony.

If you would like to shop REVEAL you can get 15% off your entire order by using discount code CRAFTGREEN15