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Posts By Janie Lee

Reusing Envelopes

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We love to hear about fun projects that use everyday items around the house. It's even better when you can use up something that otherwise would be tossed...

Great Ideas for Repurposing the Crib

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At some point it's going to happen - you'll no longer need the crib. Maybe you've converted it to a toddler bed but even that comes to an end. How do you repurpose parts of your crib? Jump below for some of the great ideas Benita of Chez Larsson came up with...

Reusing Baby Bottles

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So you've seen a clever and pretty way to reuse glass baby food jars. But what about baby bottles? We have quite an assortment, both plastic and glass, that we would hate to toss. Reader Tracy sent in her idea for reusing her Medela breastmilk bottles...

Graze Organic Reusable Snack Bags

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We've blogged about reusable snack bags and sandwich bags before. While we thought they were a great idea, our first time using a similar fabric snack bag came this past week with the Graze Organic bags...

Reusing Baby Food Jars

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Reusing glass baby food jars isn't a new idea. The chubby pots make for great containers for all manner of items - craft and sewing supplies, spices, spare change. But we always have one complaint about the jars that Craftynest resolved...

Carton Series Furniture

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Design Milk just featured this cardboard kids' furniture series called Carton. Cardboard, especially for childrens' furniture and play houses, is super chic and we've featured a lot of it here at Ohdeedoh. But what is interesting about the Carton Furniture Series is the date of its original design...

Green Idea: Carton Chic

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The name says it all. Armelle Vetillard created the Carton Chic collection of cardboard toys - all made of recycled or recyclable cardboard.

posted originally from: AT:Nursery

Green Tip: Recycle That Cradle

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Bassinets are notoriously short-lived, with most babies growing out of them within the first few months.

Buying something ultra expensive might not make sense, but that doesn't mean you have to sacrifice style.

posted originally from: AT:Nursery

Greener Lifestyle With Baby

2007-07-23-lotteklaverWe conducted an honest assessment of our own lifestyle this past weekend to determine how green we really are.

No impact man, we are not. But as it turns out, we've made significant lifestyle changes that have a greening effect because of baby.

So much of the discourse focuses on how having a child can negatively impact the environment (e.g., disposable diapers and wipes), but the story doesn't just end there.

posted originally from: AT:Nursery

Finish Your Self Cardboard Chair

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Employ child labor to assemble this chair. The Finish Your Self chair by David Graas is made of 100% recyclable corrugated cardboard. Just pop out the pre-cut pieces from the packaging, puzzle together and enjoy!

posted originally from: AT:Nursery