News — Zero waste

With spring slowly making an appearance, I was thinking it’s a good time to formally introduce our line of Zero Waste kits.  We have put together 4 different kits to help with laundry, visibly mend and get a good scrub with felted soap. These are all great for beginners, no experience needed. Our first kit is a great introduction to needle felting while creating a set of your own dryer balls. In this kit you will learn the basics of needle felting by creating the balls and adding decorations also. You get enough wool for three small dryer balls, plus...

Come out this Saturday and participate in The Great Trash Giveaway!

Recently we had a belated giveaway for Earth Day and one of the entry requirements was to comment an Earth Day tip. There were some awesome tips so I've compiled a list here, enjoy!  Home 1) Water plants with pasta water 2) Use a rain water barrel to collect water and then use to water the garden 3) Hang laundry and use  wool dryer balls when drying to cut down drying time, and to replace dryer sheets and fabric softener (we recommend Splat And Co dryer balls of course)  "Hang laundry, If you must use a dryer use adorable dryer...

I started making our own granola about 5 years ago and it has become a staple in our house. I started off with an awesome recipe from Soulemama which she had posted from one of my now favourite cook books Feeding The Whole Family by Cynthia Lair. Over the years I've tweaked that recipe until it slowly became my own. We eat this granola at least a couple mornings a week and pair it with our homemade yogurt and fruit sauce. Another bonus for our zero waste journey is you can buy most or all of the ingredients in bulk...