Happy Green Halloween

Happy Green Halloween

Today we are celebrating a fun filled green Halloween.

Costumes are all closet scavenger pieces, hand me downs, or used items bought on eBay.

We are trick or treating locally and just looking to have some green halloween fun. after trick or treating we'll have pizza and sit back and watch some Halloween movie favorites, maybe The Haunted Mansion. We'll see what we have.

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy and Safe Halloween.

Making Memories with Shadow Boxes

(Happy Birthday Mom!)

I inherited my grandmother’s house many years ago. I still have not went through everything that came with the house. Boxes remain that have not been sorted and organized. My grandmother was a pack rat but the awesome thing is that she left behind memories of her life like pieces to a puzzle for me to put together.

I have found newspapers and photographs from the 1800s, old magazines, some cool handbags and hats and tons of letters, cards, and little mementos of a long life.

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Last Minute Green Halloween Tip: Iconic Necco Wafers Go All-Natural

Now here’s a candy you don’t have to special order online or search high and low for. Necco Wafers can be found at most grocery stores in the candy aisle or currently in the Halloween candy section.

Necco Wafers have been around since 1847 but as a sign of the times they’ve gone “green”.
The 162-year-old Massachusetts company has taken Necco Wafers and made them “all-natural” which makes them the largest mass-produced candy line in the U.S. to get rid of artificial flavoring and colors.

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Jamar Labs Wipes: Clean Solutions for On the Go Moms

It never fails that when you are out with your kids that something messy happens. It can be a spilled drink, a food mishap, or even stepping in something not so pleasant at the park but what do you clean up with if there’s not a bathroom in sight? Many conventional wipes are made with polyester, wood pulp, binders, fillers and all kinds of chemicals but Jamar Labs offer a variety of eco-friendly wipes.

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LITTLE MUSIC LOVERS : Available Online and in Stores in time for Holiday Season

"Little Music Lovers, a four CD series for children was released today by Universal Music Classical in time for the holiday season. The music collections provide parents with an opportunity to introduce their babies and toddlers to the world around them by incorporating beautiful, thought-provoking music from the famous Decca catalog.

Little Music Lovers contains famous works by renowned composers such as Bach, Beethoven and Mozart along with well-known lullabies that will accompany little ones through all of their daily activities including play time, story time and of course, bed time.

Classical music is believed by some researchers to cause “The Mozart Effect,” a phenomenon that can potentially aid in the development of math, reasoning and memory skills, while also giving babies and toddlers a head start on learning language.

The musical pieces found in the Little Music Lovers collection were carefully selected for their melodic content, as well as their impact in enhancing early childhood development. Children will learn from the series, while parents can enjoy many hours of beautiful music.

Little Music Lovers is available for sale at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders among other participating retailers.

For more information regarding this music release, visit www.LittleMusicLovers.com"

I had the chance to listen to a sample of one of these CDs and it is fabulous, the best of what classical music has to offer and specifically geared towards young children.

When my daughter was little she listened to classical music everyday but I lost those CDs long ago.

Now I am glad to have the opportunity to introduce my little guy, who is 3, to this amazing music. (I just wish he would take naps so I could play classical lullabies to him like I did for my daughter, no such luck)

He already loves music and having the Little Music Lovers CDs will open him up to new music that he can enjoy.

Little Music Lovers CDs have four different CDs to choose from: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Lullabies. The CDs are even seperated into categories for what they are best suited for: Activity Time, Play Time, Story Time, and Bed Time.

I haven't heard this Lullabies CD but I had one along time ago that was Classical Music Lullabies for children and it was so wonderful. Put your little one down for a nap and play the classical music....it was great. My daughter slept so good (and she's 10 now and gets straight A's in school, loves to read and is a great little artist).

Maybe it's not too late for my little guy to start listening to classical music...there may be hope for him yet. :-)

Last Minute Craft: Go Batty Before Halloween is Over

Halloween is almost upon us, then it’ll be over in a flash. But before Halloween goes into hiding until next year make one more fun, green Halloween craft to your collection. This time make it out of small yogurt containers and black craft foam. It’ll make you go batty, but it’ll be worth it.

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Fleur D’Amour Phthalate Free Fragrance

Sylvie Beljanski, owner of the Beljanski Wellness center in Manhattan, has created an indulgent phthalate free and very sophisticated French fragrance named Fleur D’Amour.

Sylvie worked with French perfumer Jean Pierre Subrenat to create a distinctly French scent, subtly floral with top notes of bergamot and bourgeons de cassis, middle notes of lily of the valley, Moroccan jasmine, pink peony, and Bulgarian rose and bottom notes of white amber, modern musks, Australian sandalwood, and a drop of Madagascar vanilla.

The result is a very light and feminine scent perfect for night or day.

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Suey’s Scents: Awesome Aromas In Soy

Suey’s Scents offers highly scented candles and bath and body products made with soy and high quality essential oils. The results are awesomely fragrant products that smell amazing.

I love Suey’s Scents because they are a small company and the products are all handmade with care about the environment. The soy is sourced from US farmers and the ingredients are as pure and natural as possible.

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Monkey Moccasins from Nowali

The monkey moccasins from Nowali are the cutest things. Part sock, part slipper, and all cute my little guy fell in love with them as soon as he laid eyes on them.

If you follow my writing you know my three year old is bananas about monkeys so anything I can find with monkeys on it goes to my very own little monkey man. Now thanks to Nowali he can even have monkeys on his feet.

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Kissably Green Lips with NVEY ECO

Ever since I heard that some lipsticks contain lead and many lip glosses and lip balms use petroleum products I have made a conscious choice to green my lips. I’ve found many lip balms that I love but green glosses and true eco-lipsticks have eluded me…until now. I have tried a couple of NVEY ECO’s lipsticks and one of their glosses and…I am smitten.

NVEY ECO’s products offer high performance without chemical fillers and the colors are phenomenal.

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Lab Created Gemstones Are More Eco Than Mined Gemstones

Are you looking for some beautiful bling but can’t stand the guilt of buying newly mined gemstones?

Consider lab created gemstones. Synthetic diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires are nearly identical to the real thing. In fact these sparkling beauties are physically, optically and chemically identical to the real thing. Minus the awful amount of mining waste, pollution, and environmental destruction that mining often creates plus the ethical problems associated with mining in third world countries.

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