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By: I Never Grew Up » Homeade Happy Birthday Banner

I Never Grew Up » Homeade Happy Birthday Banner — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:37:25 +0000

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By: Evonce

Evonce — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:02:40 +0000

I {heart} Vanessa!! She is so creative. I would have never thought of using mason jars for packages in picnics. GREAT post!

By: pamela

pamela — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:27:01 +0000

Very cute ideas, Vanessa

By: Joie at Canned Laughter

Joie at Canned Laughter — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:53:13 +0000

Aww, Tracy must’ve been scarred for life by a mama who said “Clean your room. It smells like a compost heap.”

Your ideas are great. Don’t let the cranks get to you.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:55:22 +0000

Too bad you have been suckered into this “carbon footprint” lie. I am all for taking responsibility for the earth, it is a beautiful place; some of us have been brainwashed into this carbon footprint, carbon credits, go green lie.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:12:00 +0000

I once read “something they want, something they need, something to wear and something to read” and that is what we do for xmas.

Holiday decorations- I am someone who has boxes of decorations for each and every holiday- I decorate the mantle & almost all flat surfaces in the main rooms. I even made switchplate covers for each holiday for all the switchplates in the main rooms. But I re-use everything year after year. The coverplates I made using recycled wrapping paper- and every year folks ask me to make them some from their paper. And everyone knows not to crumple their paper with me around!

I want to have the kids make one ceramic plate for the birthday child to use all day but wanted to wait until their art skills were a little better (oooh- am I a bad parent for saying that out loud?)

By: Camille

Camille — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:39:37 +0000

Love it, LOVE it, I say! Such great ideas! Thanks for sharing (and thanks for the field trip.) :)

By: hunnybunny

hunnybunny — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:20:36 +0000

I love your ideas for the drinks especially. We just had an eco friendly birthday this last weekend, and made sure that everything wasn’t recycled could be reused. We also had a drive for the local animal control office. It was all the birthday girls idea, and I think it was a wonderful birthday for her to remember. It was one of the most fun and affordable parties we’ve ever thrown.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:12:40 +0000

Love this post! I just started a store on Etsy that will be full of kids party stuff that has been recycled and repurposed; there are all kinds of great vintage items out there that can be reused instead of buying new every year. I’m working on getting a circus party pack up now. check it out and let me know what you think: http://www.vintageparties.etsy.com