Habibi the Hippo

My son just had his first birthday and for his gift, I made him a stuffed hippo. I always wanted a huge stuffed animal as a kid and I thought that maybe I could make one for him from old sweaters. Our local thrift store has 50 cent sales every month so I knew it…

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Jeans: Part 2

The tiny little baby shoes used a very small piece of the pants. I had been wanting a new wallet for a while since mine had been slowly deteriorating so I decided to try making one out of denim. It was not the most successful, but I am using it, so that has to count…

Jeans: Part 1

For some reason, my husband wears holes in the crotch of his jeans very quickly. He goes through multiple pairs a year. This means that I have a lot of denim fabric. I wasn't really interested in the usual denim projects...mainly tote bags, and I definitely won't be making a quilt. So here is the…

Stretchy Slouch Hat

I had a jersey cotton dress that I would never wear. I wanted a jersey cotton hat. Back to Youtube I went. This time I followed the video from AmyFamily DIY. The cool thing about this hat is that there’s a hole in the top of it so if you’re like me and wear your…

Reusable Food Wraps

I have a love/hate relationship with plastic wrap. Sometimes it seems like it's the only thing that will get the job done, but then it is so obnoxious to handle! Living in Europe, they don't sell the stuff with the handy box with the serrated metal edge to cut it off, so it's even harder…

Sustainable Snacks

One of the most challenging things about moving toward a plastic free life is the lack of snacking options...were you actually to ditch everything plastic. Since becoming expats we discovered that making the food that you can't get is a great option. It turns out it is also a great way to reduce plastic. The…

New Sustainable Discoveries

I realize that it's been over a month since I've posted! As a teacher, once September begins, my life gets crazy! So, rather than doing a full on post, I just wanted to write a bit about a few new sustainable things I've discovered recently. New thriftshop purchases I've wanted a jean jacket since high…

Sustainable Crochet Solutions

Part of getting into a sustainable mindset is thinking of unique solutions to a problem. Here are three ways that I crocheted a solution to my problem. One problem I encountered was that my Fitbit band kept breaking. I went through several of them a week! After coming across some bracelet patterns on Ravelry (the…

Free Things!

I recently came across someone's blog about the Buy Nothing Project (unfortunately I don't remember who). I was immediately interested and then almost immediately disappointed that there isn't a project located in Lithuania. Not to be discouraged, I looked into starting one here, but I wasn't quite ready to invest the time necessary (It could…

Cheap sheet

Yes. Pun intended. Cheap, budget, low cost, used, thrifty, economical. All these words tend to have negative connotations. And it’s true... sometimes. Because sometimes when you go to the cheap route, you get low quality. This one is hard for me. There has only been about two years in our marriage that we haven’t had…