Apartment Therapy Tagged: holidays

AT On ... What to Do With Useless Gifts?

I thought this Christmas was going to be different. After many emails and phone calls with my mother, phone calls and emails in which she hounded me for gift ideas, I was confident I had impressed upo...

9 Days of Green Gift Wrapping: Eco Gift Paper
Day 9

Just in time -- the last installment of our 9 days of green gift wrapping. If you want to go the more traditional route and use gift wrap, try one of our recommendations ......

9 Days of Green Gift Wrapping: Repurposed Bags
Day 8

Don't think we forgot about the 9 days of gift wrapping! Here's our 8th installment. Why not reuse a bag? See what we mean after the jump....

Fun Font Gift Wrapping

Taking a page – literally – from Stephanie and Trent’s 9 Days of Gift Wrapping, Bugs and Fishes has a great idea for recycling various papers to use as large font name tags. We love the look of ...

9 Days of Green Gift Wrapping: Green Package Padding
Day 7

Put all that paper you shred at home and at the office to good use....

Survey: What's Your Charity of Choice?

It's the season of giving, and we know (via comments) that some of you will be making donations to charities rather than giving gifts this year. Or maybe you're asking that friends and family make don...

9 Days of Green Gift Wrapping: Newspaper
Day 6

Yay for day 6 of our 9 days of green gift wrapping! We think newspaper (especially the comics) is an obvious choice when looking for a wrapping paper alternative. ...

Wrap Your Gifts in a Dishtowel, Furoshiki-Style
Un-Gift Guide 2008

Furoshiki are Japanese cloths that are used to wrap gifts and other items such as bento boxes. They can be used as book bags, grocery bags or to wrap any small items for transportation. They’re al...

9 Days of Green Gift Wrapping: Brown Paper Bags
Day 5

Next time you're at the grocery store, you don't have to feel so guilty about forgetting your reusable totes. Ask for paper, and turn it into gift wrap....

Good Quote: Buy Local ... Plus 5 More Gift Buying Rules
San Francisco Chronicle 12.14.2008

"It could be the greenest product in the world, but if it came here from China, it doesn't really matter." - Robyn Griggs Lawrence, editor in chief of Natural Home magazine Get Griggs Lawrence's ex...

What's the Best Gift You've Ever Received ...
That Wasn't a "Thing"?

Brace yourself: This is almost as sappy as the sappiest Hallmark card, but here goes:...

9 Days of Green Gift Wrapping: Recycled Aluminum Foil
Day 2

It's Day 2 of our 9 days of green gift wrapping. We think this idea would work best on smaller gifts -- and could actually be pretty gorgeous. Everyone loves shiny things, right? Get details and a l...

9 Days of Green Gift Wrapping: Reusable Gift Bags
Day 1

We haven't started gift wrapping yet -- but we're just about to. So we decided to revisit Trent's post from earlier this month on ways to green your gift wrapping. There is so much good stuff there! ...

Survey: How Are You Greening Your Holiday?

We've already talked a lot about different ways to green your holiday -- from trees, to gift wrapping, to menorahs. But, now we're curious: What are you doing this holiday season to green your celebr...

Vintage Gifts

Looking for ways to go green this holiday? How about giving vintage gifts? Antiques are often timeless, well-crafted, and they're (sometimes) less expensive than new items. For places to find great gi...

AT on ... Fantastic Billboards in Denver (and a Holiday Message?)

When I saw this image of a billboard promoting water conservation in Denver, I knew I needed to share. It's so clever. And the visual impact of that tiny little square really says it all. I wouldn't ...

Look! An Eco-Wrapper's Delight

Those of you who don't live in the Bay Area ... we feel sorry for you. This isn't some sort of superiority thing, we promise! We're just sad that you don't have your own Elephant Pharm. Everyone sh...

Gift Bag 2007: $50 Gift Card from Ecoist.com

Previous Days Gifts Welcome to our Simple Holiday Gift Bag in which instead of doing a "gift guide", we do that AND give the gifts away to our readers. All the details are below. Happy Holidays! A...

Gift Bag 2007: Organic Cotton Fireside Throw from Gaiam

Previous Days Gifts Welcome to our Simple Holiday Gift Bag in which instead of doing a "gift guide", we do that AND give the gifts away to our readers. All the details are below. Happy Holidays! It'...

Green Holiday Tips from the Sierra Club

When it comes to reputable green sources, the Sierra Club pretty much tops the list. So, when they make recommendations, we listen. We've been looking over their collection of green holiday tips and...

Events: Green Gifts in LA and San Francisco this Weekend

Hey LA and Bay Area readers! Still have some people left on your gift list? Two super cool green holiday shopping opportunities just popped up on our radar -- and they're both happening this coming w...

Wrapping Supplies by Paporganics

Holiday wrapping = crazy amounts of waste. The best alternatives are "wrapping" in reusable containers, bags and boxes (each of those serving as a second gift). And then there's sustainable paper. Hem...

Look! Succulent Wreath at Target

We can now count Target as a supplier of great living wreaths along with one of our favorites, vivaterra. We bought our Christmas tree at the Target in Culver City and spied these little gems in t...

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