What is an evening celebration without illumination?  DARK!...and boring.
In fact, some venues need little else but clusters, rows and layers of mood setting candlelight. 

Being EcoCHIC with candlelight is so easy!  
Simply dig into the cupboards and reInvent jars, glasses, bowls and plates to get the room all aglow. 



Mason and other jars are a great way to incorporate flare into your wedding day. 
There are so many uses and they come in so many different shapes and sizes as well be hung with wi...

I can, and will turn just about anything into a vessel to hold blooms...whether it be a cigar box, cereal bowl or wall sconce...if I can get it to hold a bit of water...it's a vase!




Popcorn tins make for a fun vessel ~ especially if given as a gift to a girlfriend in memory of a special date night. 


Any boot will hold water...simply slip a glass cylinder or plastic cup down inside and voila'...it's a vase!


Slip a little Oasis (floral foam) down into a few shells and cover with moss to hold a fe...

Need a feel good project on either a cold snowy day or too hot summer scorcher? 
Clean out your closet! 

Get organized while perking up your home decor by reInventing some unused t-shirts, flannel pajamas, shrunken sweaters and other tid bit fabrics into something useful like t-shirt pillows for your home...

 

...or these super darling dress shirt pillows... (body+soul)





Better yet ~
 ~ check out a project or two on the Cancer Action site and make something very needed for a cancer patient suc...

'It's easy to get caught up in the idea that to live a greener, healthier life, you have to completely reinvent your ways.  But more often than not, lasting change comes by making things simpler, not harder.  Instead of thinking about all you should do, try a gentler, easier approach ~ one that goes back to basics.  Reusable shopping bags, manual can openers, a walk to the corner store, handmade gifts.  A sustainable future doesn't grow out of a to-do list, but from a desire for the kind of l...