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Introducing Simple Organic

by gidget go green!

Those of you who’ve been reading here for a while know how much I love SimpleMom. If I had to point out my all-time favorite blog amidst many that I love and try to read daily, SimpleMom is that one.
And the only thing better than SimpleMom, is the thought of there being a family of [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Creative Gift-Giving

by gidget faith

There’s a lot of talk about gift giving these days, to do or not to do Santa, homemade or store-bought, a lot or a little… Here’s a little glance at how we do it (or rather, are going to do it as some of this is new for us this year).

For starters, we aren’t doing [...]

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Retro Reading~ Boycott Black Friday

by gidget crafty

This post was originally published November 19, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009.

I love this time of year, because my family has a tradition of camping at the beach for the long Thanksgiving weekend. My dad smokes a turkey and we have a big potluck dinner with our friends and family who are [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 5

by gidget family

This week I’ve been sharing my thoughts on Christmas. Here are just a few ideas to help you simplify Christmas, and make gift-giving simpler, more sustainable, and/or homemade.

Here’s a great starting point for Inexpensive, Creative and Eco-friendly Gift Ideas.
We all know babies often love the packaging better than the gift… Check out SimpleMom’s list of [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 4

by gidget faith

This post was originally published August 18, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009.
Celebrating Christmas

We’ve always been as purposeful and personal as possible in gift giving, so our transition to a different way of celebrating Christmas hasn’t been super difficult. I like how McKibben, in Hundred Dollar Holiday, points out that this change can [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 3

by gidget faith

This post was originally published August 16, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009.
Summary/Review of Hundred Dollar Holiday by Bill McKibben

This short book is packed with information! I want to just give an overview here– the book is such quick read that you’d do better to just read it yourself than for me to [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 2

by gidget faith

This post was originally published August 12, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009. You can read the re-published version of Part 1 here.

When a family close to us decided to stop giving and receiving presents at Christmas a few years ago, I’d say we were surprised (but not really surprised) and in a [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 1

by gidget life

This post was originally published August 11, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009.

Most of us love Christmas, but it can tend to be a stressful season, too. When we’re deep in the season, with all of the hustle and bustle, there’s often little time for reflection. I thought I’d take this week as [...]

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Emma’s Kitchen Remodel – Part 1

by Emma crafty

My husband and I recently purchased a condo in Southern California.  We had owned a home in Australia, and were able to use the profits from selling that back in 2006 to buy here, what an amazing blessing!
The place is a little older, and has some older touches, but nothing so dramatic that we couldn’t [...]

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Do Something.

by gidget crafty

I’d love to be able to say that every day, I accomplished this to-do list. I’m thinking about making it a sticker I can put on my new to-do list each week or else slap it up on the wall where I’ll see it all the time. I would feel very accomplished if I did [...]

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