Our Home Air Quality is Superb Thanks to aer1™!

There may just be an itty bitty family living in this home, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have our share of air quality compromising moments. *cough* I could list each and every offender, but I can easily summarize with the top: Felines. Well, and sometimes Charlie. But the fact that we have two indoor [...]

Feather Your Nest with Red Clay {giveaway closed}

Have you ever happened across a company that resonates with you on every level? Their eye for design is impeccable, the quality of materials is admirable… That’s how I feel about Red Clay. I’m in deep smit. Our ambition is to bring vibrant, not beige, eco-friendly design to the masses. We want our designs to [...]

Deliciously Dairy-Free with Earth’s Own {giveaway closed}

One major part in keeping kosher is the separation of milk and meat. In the last year, I’ve gotten pretty darn creative when faced with a conventional recipe that calls for milk. Thankfully, there are great substitutions available that don’t compromise the quality or flavor. Earth’s Own has debuted two fantastic products for those in [...]

Vaska Review

Becoming a parent made us really think about products we use in the home. Actually, I think my shade of green grows a little brighter as time passes. Laundry detergent was the first item up for judgment. Since Charlie was a cloth diapered baby, I had to be careful what ingredients were in the detergents [...]

Pits and Peaks

You know how once you get back from a vacation, you feel like you need another one to recuperate from the first? That’s what I’m feeling now. “Just another week so I can get ahead of the game and pre-schedule posts and cut a million emails… that’d be nice.“ Of course, it’d be different if [...]

Making Dishwasher Soap

A while back I posted an easy “recipe” for HE laundry soap. Since then, I’ve also made dishwasher soap. This takes even fewer ingredients & is even more cost-effective. What you will need :: 1 cup Borax {at the hardware store in the cleaning section} 1 cup Arm & Hammer Baking Soda {we buy huge [...]

Making HE Laundry Soap

We’ve had our new Maytag washer and dryer for a few weeks now. We bought an all-natural J.R. Watkins HE laundry soap so I could get caught up on the massive mountain of laundry that had accumulated. Let me just say, I like how well the soap cleaned, but the price even for 32 loads [...]