All of these beautiful nursery rhyme collages are original designs created from scrap papers reproduced for her collection of nursery rhyme prints and posters are printed on high quality 100% recycled paper with soy ink. You can see many more amazing eco-friendly art pieces at Print Pattern Paper.

See a close up of these cute designs in the gallery below!

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What you can win:

One reader will win a spooky set of 10 “Halloween Crow” postcards (shown above) AND a sweet limited edition “Pommebirds” print (shown below). The 10 postcards are 4×6 chipboard kraft 103lb thick, with soy based ink and the lovely print is a letterpress limited edition (one of just 300 prints); 8.5×11 acid free archival Stonehenge printmaking paper and soy ink (frame and matte not include). This is an amazing prize and arrives just in time to perk up your autumn.

How to enter:

Since we’re giving away some Halloween goodies, leave a comment on this post telling me how your family are planning to celebrate a green Halloween this year (no it’s not too early to plan!). Are you handing out Fair Trade treats? Making recycled costumes? What? Let me know. IF your family does not celebrate Halloween, that’s cool too. Instead tell me one thing your family is doing to green your life this fall.

RULES:

1. If you don’t follow the ONE how to enter rule above I’ll delete your comment. Comments that say, “Hey, enter me” will be disqualified.
2. Anyone with a mailing address in the U.S. can enter. Sorry, no international or Canadian entries on this giveaway.
3. Comment entries must be posted by September 11, 2009 – midnight my time (west coast).

I’ll randomly draw one winner on Sept 12th, post the winner here, and send the winner an email with more details.

Good luck!

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About INK + WIT:

The company was founded by artist Tara Hogan who also does all the illustration and design for INK+WIT’s lovely products. Her visions and pieces are beautiful and often nature based which I like. About her perspective, Hogan says, “I have a loving appreciation for nature’s intricate beauty combined with modern urban style. I see the world as organic and bright.”

INK + WIT products:

The INK + WIT collection consists of calendars, children’s prints and posters, letterpress note-cards, wedding invites, children’s invites, tea towels, postcards, and more. Hogan even recently partnered with BabyBe Organic Baby Clothing for a line of adorable organic clothing. See a gallery below of some awesome INK + WIT products.

What makes INK + WIT eco-friendly?

• The company letterpress and offset print in all of their paper products.
• 100% cotton paper made from tree free fibers along with 100% post consumer recycled paper is used.
• Ink is soy and water based.

All of Tara Hogan’s designs are beautiful, whimsical, sweet, or all of the above as you can see in the gallery below.

Coming up an amazing giveaway from INK + WIT that you won’t want to miss so stay tuned.

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About Activity Dough: This colorful play dough contains organic and all natural ingredients.  It contains zero amouts of lead, heavy metals, bromine, and bisphenol-A. This award winning Activity Dough is also free from all artificial coloring and dyes and is Wheat and Gluten Free. It is Physician Approved, Celiac Sprue Approved, and Feingold Accepted.

About the information site:

Besides selling play activity dough, bluedominoes is set up to be a go-to parent resource for safe and non-toxic home item info. The site was created by Debbie Lindgren and Linda Manaster after Debbie’s youngest son was diagnosed with lead poisoning from their family’s dinner plates. According to co-founder Debbie…

“My husband and I didn’t know that lead is allowed in small quantities in everyday items such as dinnerware and artificial food coloring. Once we realized our son was suffering from lead poisoning, we diligently researched potential sources of exposure and minimized those to aid in his recovery… According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 22 children have high levels of lead in their blood, and we wanted to provide a resource for parents to turn to as well as safe lead-free products.”

Some of the resources offered at the site includes:

• Information on child health, learning and behavior.
• Resources for kids who want to make their school green.
• Lead resources and information.
• Autism resources.
• Homeopathy & natural resources.
• Plus much more.

Bluedominioes Activity Dough is a safe alternative to artificial and chemical art supplies (of the clay sort) and it’s a bonus that the site offers green and healthy parenting info and tips as well. Visit Bluedominoes to learn more.

[image via Bluedominoes]

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Just in case you happen to be both a Tree Hugging Family reader and an art fan I thought I’d let you know about the Aaron Chang Gallery Grand Opening Event.

What’s up?: Aaron Chang Gallery Grand Opening Event

When & where: February 28th, 2009 (7pm) at the corner of North Cedros and Cliff Street at 124 East Cliff Street, in Solana Beach, California. Click to RSVP.

About Chang: Chang is an award winning photographer with over 100 magazine covers to his credit. His client list includes names like Macys, Sanuk, Mercedes Benz, Nike, Levi’s, as well as his own brand.

Eco-Chang: Chang’s new gallery work (large format photo) premiered at the W in San Diego. The nature based collection is inspired from Aaron’s lifetime of traveling the globe – i.e  waves in Tahiti, waterfalls in Bali, deserts of Southern Africa and San Diego beaches.  Chang’s images can be printed on paper as well as recycled aluminum, copper, plastic, wood and glass so they can be used both indoors and outdoors as unique design elements. Chang also uses earth friendly dies and organic wood frames.

According to Chang, “I have always had a true passion for capturing nature’s beauty through photography…” Plus Chang is donating some of the profits to the Surfrider Foundation because he feels, “It is essential to support organizations like them who help to preserve our earth.”  high quality large format prints on a variety of materials.

I really like Chang’s work at the galley. He covers many topics, all of which are interesting, but my favorite images are the amazing surf and ocean pieces – very bold, but still casual and real. That said, I do adore this tree image below as well…

If you’re going to be in California, I’d highly recommend stopping by this event – the work is amazing, and life size, I’m betting it’ll be even better. Visit the Aaron Chang Gallery to see more of his beautiful work.

[images via Aaron Chang]

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Recycled Blooms: Ok, this may seem like a spring-based craft, but consider making some autumn toned blooms for the Thanksgiving table this year – cheaper than real organic flowers for sure, and your kids will be proud to have their blooms displayed.

[Craft image via Parents Magazine]

Eco-Friendly Halloween Crafts: Instructions are included for Egg Carton Bats, Egg Carton Spider, Milk Jug Pumpkin, Pumpkin Masks, Ghost Windsock, and a Toilet Tissue Roll Bat.

[Craft image via Kiwi Magazine]

It’s a little early to plan for winter holidays but I can’t resist these cute recycled pumpkin pie tin crafts. The point – save your pie tins and recycle them into fancy tree trimmings.

[Craft image via Family Fun Magazine]

Have fun!

Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes, and green challenges going on at Tree Hugging Family in September 2008

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While sunprinting paper in itself is not exactly sustainable, you can make beautiful, frame ready art that you’ll love having around the house, and kids think sunprints are magical.You simply place an object on sunprint paper, expose it to the sunshine, and then give it a dip in water, and your custom print appears.

Visit Sunprint Kits to learn more and to purchase paper.

Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes, and green challenges going on at Tree Hugging Family in August 2008

[Images via The Regents of the University of California Sunprint Gallery]

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Voting ends tomorrow. So right now you can go vote or even still submit, if you’re quick. There are all kinds of things to see at the event page. I picked out a variety of interesting entries… 

• Easy Recycled Compost Barrel
• Solar Powered Trike
• How to Turn Junk Mail and Paper into Very Nice Bowls
• Film Canister LED Flashlight
• A sort of odd butter pen
• Make Your Own Biodiesel Processor
• And more.

There are some very cool items entered, and also some that might make you go hmmm? But it’s fun to see everyone being creative.

Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes, and green challenges going on at Tree Hugging Family in June 2008

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Colorful envelopes made out of old magazine or calender pages.

Bird feeder from a milk carton

One of their links will take you to the KinderArt Art From Recycled Materials page, which is great. You’ll find stuff like…

• Egg cup flowers
• Keychain
• Art Savers
• A Bug Village
• And lots more

Another of their links will shoot you over to the Goddess of Garbage a dumpster diving, creative sort, who makes things like candle holders from found objects.

Plenty of reuse projects for the whole summer. Plus at the bottom of the creative reuse project you’ll find some cool reuse links, that will take you to even more reuse ideas.

Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes, and green challenges going on at Tree Hugging Family in June 2008

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