I love NPR. I love Celebrate Green. I don’t love birthdays so much (all that work) but I know my son Cedar loves them. In any case, smoosh NPR, Celebrate Green, and birthday parties together and you get a killer interview with Celebrate Green authors Corey Colwell-Lipson and Lynn Colwell plus regular mama contributor to NPR Jelene Ivey about how to plan a low-cost, eco-friendly, imaginative birthday party for your kids.

Some of the handy tips include:

A cardboard box maze.
Buying thrift store plates and cups instead of paper then re-donating them when the party is over (just as cheap as paper …read more

When I mentioned making your own bouquets, corsages, and floral arrangements for weddings and special events, Lynn of Celebrate Green, shares with us the lovely story of how she made the bouquet for her son and daughter-in-law’s wedding.  Such a lovely memory!
This post [Flowers for Weddings and Special Times] brought back memories. When our younger son got married, his wife was so busy she had no time to prepare for the wedding, so Chip took over. When we arrived, he had a two-page spread from a Martha Stewart wedding magazine ready for me. It outlined how to make a bouquet. He’d bought …read more