Yeah, I crossed that line.  I’m making my own granola.  This is from a recipe I found over at Angry Chicken via her recipe cheat sheet.  I wish I was like 1/3 as self-sufficient as she is!  I felt pretty cool eating my own yogurt AND my own granola for breakfast today.  It is pretty [...]

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I have a thing for lunch boxes.  Some people love the aesthetic of tea pots, some people love vases or wine glasses.  Me, I love lunch boxes.  When I was a kid I’d spend weeks with my mom going to every store in the greater North Texas area to find the perfect lunch box.  I [...]

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One month in the middle of America has made me re-appreciate how hard it is to go green.  On the coasts, I’ve lived in DC and CA and OR, green is easy, hip, and almost expected.  Out here, there is a natural food coop but that sh*t is pricey.  I still wash my hair with [...]

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Too much information for a Tuesday morning?
Maybe I’m not fully period positive, more like period neutral. As I’ve been on this eco-friendly and anti-plastic kick it hasn’t been the food or transportation stuff that’s been tough to change, it has been all the personal care. The TreeHugger.com guide to women’s personal care emphasizes [...]

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Is a green car trip an oxymoron?  On one hand, I feel like I drive an ULEV (ultra low emission vehicle) and Good Magazine’s recent infographic about cost per mile made me feel a lot better about my little gas sipping Civic.  Nevertheless, being green while you travel is tough, you’re either buying bottled water because [...]

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Yesterday I had one of those moments when I really, really didn’t like what I’d become. I was one of those people, the people who get taunted on StuffWhitePeopleLike. Yes, I was at Whole Foods trying to buy an eco-friendly deodorant that was in a no or low plastic container and, AND I [...]

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I know that when I started this little blog at Bashfully Designed that I swore up and down I was going to be writing about my own creativity and crafting. Of course, I’ve also said that almost nothing in my life is really coherent so I’ll also be talking about my work with Planned [...]

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Making my own yogurt isn’t as hard as I thought. I should say, we don’t actually eat breakfasts like this every day… or even usually. The kiwi were on a ridiculous sale and the croissants are the Trader Joe’s frozen ones, which are actually really good for frozen baked goods. The yogurt [...]

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