Filed under: Handmade & Craft | Tags: beautiful handmade, christmas gifts, craft, ethical, ethical shopping, etsy, expense, gifts, handmade, handmade gifts, handmade pledge, love, love shopping, made with love, mass porduction, saving, shopping, value for money
Take the plunge, take the pledge! http://www.buyhandmade.org/
I know it seems like Christmas is a long way away, but the time is always right to change your shopping habits!
I am a fashion and shopping addict, growing up in a house full of girls will do that to you, but I have long seen the value in making my own clothes, gifts and cards, as well as buying things that were handmade by others. Often handmade items are more expensive than their mass-produced cousins, but they have heart, and a gift made with love is worth so much more than one with a thousand others like it. For students like myself, or anyone who wants to save a bit of money making your own gift cards and wrapping papers from unusual collections of recycled items is a great idea. Try the sports page of your local paper for a sports mad father, the possibilities are endless.
I love recycling things, as a collector of anything and everything my desk is littered with interesting papers, posters, buttons and oddities that I have found, picked up for free or bought for a tiny price in op-shops. Things don’t have to cost the earth, and by re-using things which would have been thrown away you are doing so many good things all at once. If you don’t have the time or the creativity then buying handmade things is just as good. Check out www.Etsy.com for all manner of beautiful handmade creations.
Love, Little Raven
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: blog, education, environment, new, World
I have always wanted to save the world, from something, anything or from itself.
If there was saving to be done, I wanted to be the one to do it. As a child I thought this could be achieved by making a great speech, and getting lots of people to listen. But I am older now, and hopefully a little bit wiser. I don’t really believe the world needs saving, but I do believe we all need to take a good look at ourselves and how we live our lives. No one is perfect, least of all me, but we can do our bit to make this world a little cleaner, safer and more knowledgable.
I’m not sure where life may take me, or where my fingers and mind will carry this little blog, but hopefully I can meet some like-minded people, and some not-so-like-minded people and together we can find out more about ourselves and what each of us is doing to make our world a better place.
Love, Little Raven
