Yeah! My diaper cover can be found on Parents.com in their holiday collection of "Our Favorite Etsy Gifts for Baby" Below is the link to get to the items that are featured. Mine is number #15 in a list of 24 items.
http://www.parents.com/fun/toys/baby-toys/our-favorite-etsy-gifts-for-baby/?page=23
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Master Recycler
I am proud to announce that I am now a certified Master Recycler. I recently graduated with the first class in the Columbia Gorge in the Master Recycler program. We are a group of 13 who are passionate about recycling and who will do our best to educate the community and make healthy changes in our communities. We are each required to give back 30 hours in our community and I am hoping to spend much of my time in my daughter's school, helping it become an Oregon Green School.
As you may have been able to tell, I am also passionate about diverting waste and finding a new purpose for materials that may otherwise be at the end of it's life. I love using recycled sweaters to make new items and an currently working on a hat pattern that will hopefully soon be perfected.
With my craft business, I am also doing my best to be a no-waste business. I make my diaper covers with new materials, but use every bit of those materials so that none of it is thrown away. The scraps from the PUL (poly urethane laminate), used as the waterproof layer of the diaper covers, is used to make reusable sandwich bags. I also use scrap fabric along with fabric from my extensive stash in the reusable sandwich bags. The cotton scraps from the diaper covers are used to make a variety of crafts; headbands, stuffed animals, a quilt... whatever I can make! The small scraps from all of my projects are given to a friend who uses them as stuffing for pillows.
My wonderful family surprised me with this great sign of congratulations made from what they could find in our home recycling bin. Aren't they creative!
Holiday Sales
Come see me in Oregon for a number of holiday sales:
November 14th, Saturday
Oregon City High School Bazaar
Oregon City, OR
November 21st, Saturday
St. Peter's Altar Society Bazaar
St. Mary's Academy
The Dalles, Oregon
November 29th, Sunday
Handmade NW Portland Arts Bazaar
Pioneer Courthouse Square
701 SW 6th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
11-6pm
December 4th, Thursday
3 Rivers Holiday Sale
Hood River, Oregon
December 6th, Sunday
Handmade NW Formal Holiday Sale
Chelsea Ballroom
1510 SE 9th (SE Hawthorne at 9th)
Portland, Oregon
11-6pm
December 12th, Saturday
Hip Happening Holiday Sale
Sellwood Masonic Lodge
Portland, Oregon
11-6pm
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