From Pinterest to Real Life: September Edition

by on September 30, 2011
in inspiration & creativity · 35 Comments

Today marks the start of our new monthly link-up!

On the last Friday of the month, I will show you a thing or two I’ve made in “real life” from some of the inpsiration I’ve found on Pinterest. Then I’d love you to link up a blog post showing what you’ve done with your pins as well. I’ll even choose a few posts to promote on Facebook and/or Twitter.

Last month I made a succulent wreath; this month I’ve been all about new recipes. I’ve made several new dishes, drinks and treats that I had pinned to my yum yum board on Pinterest. Prepare to start salivating…

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Learning, Inspiration, and Encouragement For Your Green Journey

by on September 28, 2011
in living mindfully · 26 Comments

Written by contributor Emily McClements of Live Renewed.

Green living is such an extensive topic, it can at times be overwhelming.  I loved reading both Stephanie’s post on Natural Living Fatigue, and Nicole’s post Dreaming in Green.  I related so well with both of their views, it is so good to hear from and be inspired by others who are on a similar journey, who understand the choices and changes that my family has made, and who have similar dreams and goals as I do for going even “greener” in the future.

While I definitely connected with Stephanie’s take on getting overloaded and weighed down with green and natural living sometimes, I also loved Nicole’s take on it, that sometimes we need to dream big, and set goals, that can keep us moving in the direction we are trying to go.

I have been on my frugally green journey for over three years now, and while by no means do I think I’ve “arrived,” and I know there are still so many more areas I can make changes in, sometimes I get stuck.  

It’s not so much that I get tired, or want a break, from green living.  It’s more like I just can’t figure out what I should do next, where the next step on my journey should take me.

So while we definitely need to be careful of information overload, as Stephanie talked about, I also think that sometimes we need a little kick in the pants to jump start our dreaming and goal setting, we need some encouragement and inspiration for our journey.

I wanted to share a few ways that I have found new ideas, inspiration, and continued to learn about green and natural living and ways I can incorporate it into my life.

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Getting a Spouse on Board with Natural Living

by on September 26, 2011
in living mindfully · 30 Comments

Sometimes, married couples journey towards a greener lifestyle together, and I think that’s wonderful. I’m not sure how common it is though. In many cases, one spouse begins learning, researching, and implementing changes that the other spouse may or may not agree with, or maybe they just don’t care that much about it.

In my own case, it definitely started out as a more personal journey.

Overall, my husband is thankful that I’m making efforts to raise our family in the safest, healthiest way possible, although I can guarantee he never would have started cloth diapering or trying to eat real, whole foods on his own. And he’d be the first to tell you that.

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Weekend Links

by on September 25, 2011
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A group of my crunchy blogger friends have started a new weekly linky, called Your Green Resource. Each week you can link up on any one of the blogs and it will show up on all of them (fancy!). If you’ve got some green resources to share, be sure to link up your blog posts with SortaCrunchy, Live Renewed, A Delightful Home and The Greenbacks Gal. The first link-up had tons of great posts!

I’m so excited as today I’m heading off to a one-afternoon blog conference called Blog Sugar. If you’ll be there by chance, be sure to say hi!

Fighting Yeast Infections with Natural Remedies

by on September 23, 2011
in personal care & beauty · 14 Comments

This post was originally published on September 17, 2010 and was written by Katie Fox. Since we were already getting personal around here this week, I figured this was a good post to re-run. I’d also add coconut oil as a great supplement to anyone who is fighting a yeast infection. ~Nicole

Yeast infections are pretty common to the female experience.  We all have yeast inside of us, both “good” and “bad”, but there are times that things can get unbalanced, and the “bad” yeast takes over.  It’s never pleasant, but it doesn’t have to mean that we immediately reach for over-the-counter medical concoctions or prescription pills. Here are a few tips for both prevention and treatment of yeast infections – naturally.
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