Sewing bloggers

I have found so many creative bloggers who are extra generous and share their patterns and tutorials online.  Just finished a skirt. x
Check out this great website if you want to be inspired by Jessica's creativity: running with scissors

Christmas in 1 month

Convinced my husband to climb a tree in our yard and saw off a branch as our Christmas tree.  Sustainable and no carbon emmissions on production, manufacture or transportand no petrochemicals used!  It does look a little creative, lobsided and rather odd, but I've put up some energy efficient LED lights from IKEA and a few wooden decorations.  There's a greener way to do everything! 

Precious junk

Purchasing a 50 year old house without intending major renovations and driving 1 small family car which is over 10 years old makes me feel very eco-friendly.

Until I calculated my ecological footprint.

Easy changes:
Growing veggies & herbs
Planting a lemon tree

Other changes:
Removing a dead tree by hand/axe/saw without electrical tools
Installing a heat pump solar hot water system (thankfully our house had this)

Really small changes:
Switching off electrical items on standby, even my husband is doing this now
Reusing toilet roll tubes as decomposable seedling pots
Washable in place of disposeable kitchen cloths

Biggest change: I'd planned to furnish my home with wonderful IKEA goodies, but found a perfectly great lounge set on council pick up day. Spent time recovering the seats and am enjoying the results.