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When you begin drawing time with your child, you quickly realize just how fast you go through paper.
An eco-friendly alternative to encourage your growing artist is to laminate some paper in different sizes. Purchase non-toxic washable markers, like these e-color-gy markers. After drawing time is over, you can quickly wipe clean the laminated paper and use over again!
Tags: Activities, Drawing
Your baby is going to be spending a lot of time in his nursery during the first few years of his life. It’s important to create the safest, healthiest environment possible.
City Living Baby offers a collection of affordable luxuries including stylish and organic must haves. They also provide fabulous, green nursery design services. Whether your concern is paint colors, green resources, or style, they will guide you and help transform your space into the nursery of your dreams.
Check them out at CityLivingBaby.com!
Tags: baby's room, decor, Nursery
World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour– Earth Hour – to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.
So tonight at 8:30 pm (local time), I’ll be having a fun candlelight dinner with my husband and kids. It should be fun! I don’t know how the dishes will turn out though…
Tags: Earth Hour, World Wildlife Fund
Shortly after the birth of my son who is now 18 months old, I became more concerned about exposing my family to harsh chemicals including those in household cleaners.
After doing a little research, I decided to try out some non-toxic homemade cleaners. I was pleasantly surprised on how well they worked. As an added bonus, homemade cleaning formulas cost about one-tenth the price of their commercial counterpart.
Making your own non-toxic cleaning formulas will take you no time at all with these simple, straightforward recipes. Try them out, and let me know how they work for you!
Scrubbing cleanser
For bathtubs and sinks, shower doors, tile, or stubborn stains on pots and pans.
Is there anything baking soda can’t do? Try this formula for large areas. For smaller spaces, just sprinkle baking soda directly onto a wet sponge and gently scrub away grime.
½ cup baking soda
Liquid soap
In a small bowl, slowly add the liquid soap to the baking soda, a tablespoon at a time, stirring with a plastic spoon, until the consistency reaches that of a spreadable frosting. Spoon the cream onto a damp sponge, wash the surface, and rinse well. Note that rinsing may take a few minutes.
Floor cleanser
For tile, linoleum, wood flooring; and inside shower doors.
This formula removes dirt and dissolves stubborn, gummy stains. The smell of vinegar dissipates after a couple of hours; you can substitute lemon juice for the vinegar, but any unused cleaner will not last more than a day.
¼ cup liquid soap
½ cup white distilled vinegar or lemon juice
2 gallons warm water
Combine the ingredients in a large plastic bucket. Use with a mop or sponge, and clean as normal. There’s no need to rinse.
Oven cleaner
For removing grease and caked-on residue inside the oven.
Store-bought oven cleaner is one of the most hazardous household cleansers on the market. This substitute takes a bit more work, but the results are blissfully nontoxic and effective.
One small box baking soda
Water
Sprinkle the bottom of the oven with baking soda to cover. Spray with water until very damp, and keep moist by spraying every few hours. Let set overnight. In the morning, simply scoop out the baking soda and all of the oven grime that attached itself to it. To clean the sides of the oven, make a paste of baking soda and water and smear on with a damp sponge. It’s important to completely rinse the oven with water after this treatment; this may take a few minutes.
I came across boopalina + bebe, a modern line of high-quality children’s bedding, decor, and accessories. These eco modern baby cushions are perfect for the modern mom who is looking for an alternative to dull, traditional changing pads. They’re generously sized to accommodate babies and tots. Contemporary prints paired with an absorbent organic barrier and soft organic bamboo fleece suitable for delicate skin. Quick, no-fuss elastic loop closure. Perfect for home use or on the go travel.
Tags: Changing Pad, Diapering, Modern Bedding
PLAY+SOFT creates vibrant, safe, stimulating and flexible environments for children to explore and enjoy. The product line is truly inspiring! Perfect for domestic, public and educational settings, PLAY+SOFT embodies one simple idea: children have a right to beauty. They have been exhibited at various museums and design events throughout the world.
There are over 250 individual pieces in the PLAY+SOFT portfolio, creating a world of possibilities. Each piece is made from eco-friendly materials that contain no PVC or rubber latex. As well as being soft to the touch it is also fireproof, wipe-clean and extremely durable.
You can check out the complete product catalog on the feelgood designs website.
Tags: Kid's Room, Nursery, Playroom
Eliminate plastic at your party by adding cloth goodie bags as the perfect finishing touch to your give-aways! There are 6 designs to choose from, something to match the personality of all party guests. Compliment your give away item with one of these bags, tie with a hemp string and add a candy or tag. You’ve created a special and unique way to wrap up your guest’s give-away. These cotton party bags are made to last so your guest can re-use them to hold special treasures of their own once they return home.
Tags: birthday party, goodie bags
We are super excited because our new portal JaydaOnline.com is finally Live! We can’t wait to see how people respond! Check out some of our favorite JaydaBaby designs. What do you guys think?
Tags: baby announcement, baby shower, birthday party invitation, eco friendly stationery
For those who strive to be eco-friendly, pregnancy can add extra challenges to your life. Pregnancy is a crucial time in your baby’s health and well being. Eating organic food as much as possible will eliminate many harmful chemicals from entering your system as well as ensuring that you are doing what you can to help the environment. The following article will discuss ways to be eco-friendly while you are pregnant.
Instructions
Step 1: Eat organic foods. Organic foods are pesticide, hormone, antibiotic, and nitrate free. These are all things that you want to avoid as much as possible during your pregnancy.
Step 2: Avoid mercury. Do not eat fish that is high in mercury. Mercury can cause myriad problems for your unborn baby or infant.
Step 3: Use organic beauty products. These can include makeup, shampoo, soaps, lotions, and face creams. Try to find green beauty products at your local natural food store.
Tips & Warnings
* Buy organic cotton products for your baby. Conventional cotton production uses huge amounts of pesticides and insecticides.
* High-mercury fish includes king mackerel, orange roughy, shark, swordfish, marline, tilefish and tuna steak.
* Eating all organic foods can be very expensive. To be cost effective, buy organic versions of the food that you eat the most. Also, try to buy organic produce as much as possible since fruits and veggies have the highest exposure to pesticides and chemicals.
* Many common makeup brands contain a chemical called phthalates. This chemical has been linked to birth defects.
* Do not use pesticides or insecticides in, or around, your home while you are pregnant.
How to Be Eco-Friendly When Pregnant article by eHow.com
Tags: beauty, mercury, organic, pesticides, pregnancy, products
We are so excited! Jayda was chosen to do the baby announcements for Casey and Ethan Jones, the proud parents of quintuplets. The four girls, Ryan Elizabeth, Lila Addison, Brooklyn Faith, Britton Grace and the lucky boy Jack William, where born on January 16th 2009 with the help of 30 doctors, nurses and medical professionals in Austin, Texas. The announcement, which happens to be one of the designs of our new line, had to be tweaked a little bit to accommodate two more “onesies”. We are very happy to know that they will be able to share the news with their family and friends with one of our announcements. We will be launching our newly designed site in a few days, where you will be able to order your own announcements. So make sure to visit our shop at JaydaOnline.com or send us an email to info(at)jaydaonline.com.
