Ways to green your holiday...

We celebrate Christmas here at the weeBgreen household and I've been searching for ways to have a greener holiday this year. Some of the things we did this year are:

• upcycled our childs artwork as wrapping paper for cousins and other young children
• recycled last years holiday cards into some gift tags
• reused gift bags from last year that were in good gift-giving shape
• used our Send Out Cards account to schedule and send recyclable holiday cards with our childs photo embedded right on the card
• shopped online with Etsy and other area retailers (75% of our holiday shopping was done via Etsy)
• reused shipping boxes as gift boxes and boxes to transport gifts for our trip to visit family

What did you do this year to have a greener holiday? Every little bit counts!

Philly Green Fave: Big Green Earth Store

	The Big Green Earth Store is having a sale. We love this store...it's a great way to give the gift of earth-friendlierness this year! Spread the joy of caring for our environment this holiday season. Check out Big Green Earth Store for more fab gift giving ideas.
"Offset the carbon footprint incurred by your morning routine of blow-drying your entire body in front of the blasting A/C with today's Groupon to Big Green Earth Store. For $25, you get $50 worth of eco-friendly electronics, handbags, and more. Eco-friendly holiday gifts let your friends believe you see them as socially responsible adults without neglecting their materialistic desires for awesome iPod speakers ($16.99) housed in funky gift wrap ($4.75)."

Cyber Monday Sale - Philadelphia eco-friendly items 50% off

In celebration of the coming holidays, we'd like to share our gratitude for your support over the last several months with you. Join weeBgreen for our first ever Back in Black Monday sale!!!

Chesapeake Ribbons and weeBgreen are both offering a super Cyber Monday SALE!!

Just hop over to http://www.weebgreen.com/?code=backinblack, pick out your items, and your discount will automatically be applied.

Then, crawl on over to http://www.chesapeakeribbons.com/, select your holiday gifts and enter 'blackmonday' when checking out!

Everything at weeBgreen & ChesapeakeRibbons is on sale for 1 day only, Monday, November 30th.

All items marked down 50% for Monday only!

Hop on over and join us for this amazing sale.

Due to the custom nature of some of our products, and the rush to make anything ordered on Monday so that you receive it before the holidays, we will only honor returns on a case by case basis.

Green cleaning products to check out

If you're like me, you'd rather use a cleaning product that is less toxic and safer for use in a home with small children. I honestly don't use earth-friendlier cleaners all the time, but I try to as much as possible. And I've contemplated making my own as well...I just need to find the time!

Here is a list of greener cleaning products with the location in which they are manufactured, so you have the option to support a local or regional provider if you decide to:

• Sun & Earth -- produced in King of Prussia PA, this earth-friendlier choice offers hand, dish, and laundry soap, as well as, all purpose cleaner, fabric softener, and window cleaner. Sun & Earth products can be found at their website (link above) and at these retailers.
  
• Simple Green -- with world headquarters in California, Simple Green offers an array of non-toxic cleaning supplies for the home or office. You can find Simple Green here on the Where to Buy list.
• seventh GENERATION -- produces household cleaners, baby products, household paper and supplies and more. They are headquartered in Vermont. Find local retailers here or shop online.
• GAIAM -- a full range of earth friendlier products for the home, GAIAM offers cleaning products as well. Their corporate headquarters is in Colorado with a distribution center in Ohio.
• Seaside Naturals -- located in Connecticut, this company offers multi-purpose cleaners, natural cleaning products, air fresheners and more.
  

If you have other earth and home friendlier cleaning products you use, share them with us! We'd love to hear what others are using.

Shop a little greener this holiday season...weeBgreen holiday gift guide.

Thought we'd share our 2009 holiday gift giving guide. Products listed here can be found at www.weeBgreen.com or www.ChesapeakeRibbons.com (just click on the product you're interested in seeing and it'll take you right to it).

If you have any questions please feel free to email info at weeBgreen dot com.
Happy "greener" shopping!

Gifts For…		Product	Price
Mom Sister Daughter		Interchangeable Headband	$12.00
		Key Fob	$8.00
		Ribbon Watch & Interchangeable Bands	$20.00 $5.00
		Kidzsack Recycled Content Activity Bag	$19.95
		Socket-Lockits Outlet Covers	$5.99
Dad Brother Son		Sports Belt	Starting at $12.00 for kids
		Fun Novelty Belt	Starting at $12.00 for kids
		Kidzsack Recycled Content Activity Bag	$19.95
		Socket-Lockits Outlet Covers	$5.99
Baby Toddler		Classic Barrette Set	$10.00
		Baby's 1st Barrette Holder	$8.00
		Organic Cotton Mary Jane Skimmers	$16.00
		Elements Organic Cotton T-shirts (Earth, Wind, Fire, Water styles)	$14.00
		Build a Cardboard Play Kitchen Step-By-Step Instruction Kit	$15.00
		Ecoleeko Organic Plush Toys & Rattles	Starting at $16.00
The Furry Family Member		Dog Collar	Starting at $15.00
		Or email for a custom cat collar!	Starting at $15.00

Greenfest Philly

Over the last month or so we've been so busy; busy enough to neglect our blog and share fun green news, products and information for the Philadelphia area and beyond. We're working on getting back into the swing of things, adding more products to our boutique, and gathering up one-of-a-kind products for a mom-to-be show coming up soon...but first have one last vacation before fall truly begins.

We did have the opportunity to head over to 2nd and South in Philadelphia on Sunday for the Philly Greenfest. Check out the who, what, when, where, and why here. It was a great event jam-packed with great vendors, music and reminders of how we can all do our part.

Catchya in about a week or so!

Philadelphia Green resource of the day

Quick note here as we start the weekend. We wanted to share with you a fab new green resource we found and the best part is they are local to the Philadelphia area!

SAVE with Mambo Sprouts Printable Natural & Organic E-Coupons

Hop on over and check them out! We thrilled we found another fabulous local earth friendlier living resource.