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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
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 Posted - Jan 04 2019 : 08:37:14 AM
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So as is my custom, I am finally applying for all my badges that I've worked on over the past year. Sigh. I really need to start doing this more often! Last year I only applied in January! Anyways, to apply for the Build it Green intermediate level, I need to share with you dear friends what I've learned...
Most of us probably already have started decorating our house in a green manner and do not even realize it. My first thoughts were decorating with house plants. Then I thought about using beeswax candles and essential oils, rather than those plug ins you can get at the grocery store. But then it dawned on me... perhaps one of the greatest ways we decorate in a green manner is simply by reusing items to make things! Our Christmas tree, which will be up until after the 16th, is decorated with homemade ornaments made from wooden spools and tin can lids, and so many other reused items. When I decorate for Valentine's Day after the tree comes down, again there will be items that are reused or recycled into a new craft. Rather than throwing things into the landfill, we use them to beautify our homes. This is a great way to decorate green! |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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GinghamGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Joyce
PE
Canada
895 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2019 : 08:58:33 AM
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| Fun!! I'd love to hear more about how you decorate for valentine's. I've never done it - other than the odd mugrug - so I would love to get more ideas! |
Joyce Hein
Sister #6071
April 2016 Farmgirl of the Month |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
2695 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
2695 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2019 : 11:07:40 AM
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Shannon, that is a great idea, recycling projects into new projects! I need to learn to think more outside the box. When you mentioned thread spools, it reminded me of a dear lady that I grew up with. She lived about an hour south of the nearest town out on a cattle ranch. I didn't realize it then but she was the ultimate recycler! One of the things that she did was to save her thread spools and then she strung them in rows, with the spools laying on their sides. She had rows and rows of them and she hung them in some of her windows, kind of like curtains. You'd have to see it, it sounds kind of weird, but it was so charming in her little cabin of a house. Another funny idea that I saw recently was done by another older cowgirl lady. She had cut off the cuff of an old western shirt, the kind with pearl snaps. She used it on her curtains in her cafe for a curtain tie back. It was quirky and totally fit in with the look of her place!
I would also like to know more about your Valentine decorating ideas! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
2695 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
2695 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2019 : 12:45:48 PM
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No, I do decorate for Valentine's Day! I was just excited to see how you decorate!!! Those ideas are super cute...thanks for sharing!
I usually do heart themed meals that day, as well. |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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GinghamGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Joyce
PE
Canada
895 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2019 : 1:04:01 PM
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| Thank you for sharing, Shannon!! I'm getting some creative fun green ideas :) |
Joyce Hein
Sister #6071
April 2016 Farmgirl of the Month |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jan 04 2019 : 7:00:44 PM
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Thanks for posting the web addresses Shannon. I looked at each one. Cute stuff. Years of teaching young kids, meant having to come up with ideas...or look at another's decorations, tweak and change them a bit...present it to the young artists and let them be creative! I love this time of year.
One of my favorite things to do with kids is to set up a card making station. It means you must cut out a lot of small and middle sized hearts so they can glue them onto the cards they will make! Then be ready to spell for them...or make word cards and stick to the wall. Then have them sound out the word they want...as they look at all of those words on the wall. What a teaching opportunity! You may have to show them but soon they will show another child. To be sure they will write and read "I love you!" You also need to provide a mail box so they can 'mail'their special cards. An oatmeal box or ???? Decorate it or let the kids do it. They are such busy little bees working together in.love and happiness. |
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Edited by - TexasGran on Jan 04 2019 7:02:59 PM |
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