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Phone Book Upcycled Crafting – #freefromtrash

Two weeks ago we received not one, not two, but FOUR phone books.  Can I just ask the question – who still uses a phone book?  I don’t even think my 90 year old Grandma still uses phone books (well … Continue reading

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Flats Challenge 2012

Are you participating in the flats challenge this year?  Have you been following the great blogs posting their experiences?  What is the Flat’s Challenge? Kim Rosas (Dirty Diaper Laundry blog) has organized an amazing event this year with over 490 … Continue reading

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2nd Annual Flats & Handwashing Challenge with Dirty Diaper Laundry

Are you a low income family? Have you ever had to choose between diapers and food?  Did you know that you could be using reusable cloth diapers instead of disposables?  You can diaper your baby for $50 or less (maybe … Continue reading

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Cloth Diaper Your Baby for FREE

Would you like to diaper your baby for FREE?  You may recall a post I wrote last year where I explained how you can diaper your baby for only $50.  With the state of our economy parents are finding themselves … Continue reading

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Green and Cloth Diapering News & Updates

Would you like to know the very latest happenings around the green & cloth diapering community?  I thought so! This week I decided I would add in a few fun green living posts with my regular cloth diapering news. My … Continue reading

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Cloth Diaper Terms & Definitions

Learn to Speak Cloth Diaper Slang: AIO:  all-in-one, a style of cloth diaper where all of the pieces are connected and go on easy like a disposable diaper. AI2: all-in-two, a style of cloth diaper that consists of a diaper … Continue reading

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How to Prepare an Emergency Kit When You Cloth Diaper

  (8/24/12) Added a few more notes due to some comments like this:  “No offense, but I think cloth diapering my baby would be the least of my worries during a hurricane!” This week there was an Earthquake in the … Continue reading

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10 Ways to Green Your BlogHer ’11 Experience

Last year I was honored to be on the BlogHer Green Team to help advice them on ways to make the conference a little bit more eco-friendly.  I hope that our efforts and our ideas are considered again this year … Continue reading

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Flats Challenge – the Finale

Want to know how the rest of my week of the flat’s challenge went? I CAVED!  On Thursday life was just getting very hectic and I caved and used the washer.  Then accepting defeat I started using some of our … Continue reading

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Overnight (or heavy wetter) Flats Solutions

Today was the first day in a week that we woke up with a leak!  EEEK!  My tot insists on going pee pee on the potty every night before bed and last night she sat, and sat, and sat but … Continue reading

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