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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EARTH MAMA ANGEL BABY BASICS:

Earth Mama Angel Baby is an eco-friendly, natural and organic company that offers an entire line of products that support mamas through the entire process of birth, from pregnancy through labor, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, baby care and even the loss of a baby. They also offer yummy products that allow you to pamper your baby and keep him happy and healthy.

ECO-PERKS OF EARTH MAMA ANGEL BABY:

• All EMAB products are vegan and lanolin-free and safe for you and your baby, made with organic herbs, no toxins or hidden ingredients. Products are also bee product and nut oil free.
• EMAB products are baby-safe. Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash, Angel Baby Bottom Balm, Natural Nipple Butter, Angel Baby Lotion and C-Mama Healing Salve are clinically proven to be non-irritating and are allergy tested.
• Compact signer of the Environmental Working Groups’ Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
• EMAB uses only high quality organic ingredients and herbs in their products for mama and babe unless the herb or oil is not available safely in a sustainably organic variety.
• Eco-packaging used for products.
• Loads of green office policies in place – 100% post consumer recycled paper used in office printers and fax machines, used office furniture, they wash and reuse their 5-gallon pails, for storage, laundry and compost, and got special permission from their local county to recycle any pails that they can’t use. They compost kitchen garbage and herb waste from the lab and only use earth-friendly cleansers. They offer electronic gift certificates and even have recycled toilet paper hanging in company restrooms.
• Member of a ton of eco-minded organizations.

OTHER COMPANY PERKS:

• EMAB is a one-stop shop for all the goodies you need for an eco-friendly, healthy pregnancy and a healthy, happy baby.
• They offer the most adorable packaging which which means you won’t have to wrap these items when giving them as a gift – ah, less paper use.
• Positive birth-friendly website with nice extras like a create your own FREE birth plan feature.
• A great gift registry feature.
• A EMAB blog.
• Decent prices for organics and some amazing monthly deals.

As noted, stay tuned in June for some specific EMAB product reviews and most likely an awesome Earth Mama Angel Baby giveaway event.

Visit Earth Mama Angel Baby to learn more.

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Green gifts can cost a little more; but not if you make them yourself. I’m going to give you some ideas for homemade eco gifts that won’t cost too much to make and that people will actually adore. Some are from Tree Hugging Family’s past, and others are new.

If I see any more over the next couple of weeks, I’ll post those too.

Great little homemade green gifts for party hosts:

Pennyroyal, Cinnamon, & Lavender Air Freshener

Flower & Spice Table Toppers via Family Corner

Organic homemade beauty gifts:

Following are some of the organic beauty recipes I’ve posted here over time. These make great low-cost homemade eco gifts. If you’re going to give one of these as a gift, make sure you spice it up. Put the product in a nice vintage looking jar or bottle and be sure to label it. You can make a wonderful custom label on your computer, or for say grandma, have your kids make the label with crayons and markers.

Lemon Bath Cookies

Organic Facial & Body Cream

Organic Cleansing Creams

Homemade Sugar Body Scrub

Homemade eco crafty gifts:

Solar Art Project – if you can find some sunshine, a solar print makes a great gift when matted. Image via Sunprint Gallery.

Make some homemade paper, then bind it into a journal with a beautiful cover. To learn how to make a homemade journal watch one of the following videos – Junk Journal (a pop and his daughter make a journal out of recycled trash!) or Basic DIY Book Binding Demonstration.

Make everyone a homemade reusable shopping bag out of old clothes or fabric you already have on hand.

Yummy green homemade gifts:

Cookie and Brownie Mix In a Jar – replace conventional items with organic.

Cornmeal Rosemary Biscotti or Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti

Get Out Those Canning Jars – by the timely Linette who must have known I was going to post about this.

Great homemade eco stocking stuffers: 

Homemade Organic Paint Soap for Kids

Homemade Recycled Stickers

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Recycled and molded crayons: Grab those broken crayons and learn how to mold them into cool shapes (use holiday molds).

Bonus homemade joke gift for bad co-workers, mother-in-laws, or your lame ex: Homemade Anti-Tree Hugging Beauty: Bacon Soap!

Stay tuned because soon we’ll also be looking at some more homemade gifts (hopefully) plus eco-friendly wrapping ideas. In the meantime, Eco Street had a great post last year -7 groovy handmade recycled gifts to make and give, that has plenty of cool ideas, even for pets.

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Sunflower – Espresso Cap Sleeve Baby Doll or Owl – Chocolate Cap Sleeve Baby Doll – I couldn’t decide…

Daffodil – Eco Hoodie

All are hand screened, made with organic cotton, and are totally cute. Plenty of colors too – I just like these shades. These would make a great eco gift for a teen girl, or someone older (like me!) B Hive Designs carries men, women, and kids clothing, jewelry, and the cutest cards.

$36 – $52 – Organic women’s clothing

+ B Hive Designs

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Zoom to the Moon is a great eco-friendly, inexpensive holiday gift for the littles. The set comes with everything you see above and each space happy figure is made of sustainable rubber wood.

$27.00 Zoom to the Moon

+ Modern Tots

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I think that they’re the perfect holiday gift for all tree hugging families with little ones. And no, I don’t get a bonus for saying that. In fact, I’m going to order my own soon – for a friend who is expecting.

The tees feature ‘Habby’, the Inhabitot owl mascot, and are made from 100% organic cotton. They’re hand-printed with eco-friendly, water-based inks and available in sizes 3-24 months. The super fly old school-like tagline reads ‘I give a hoot’. Bonus, these are economical kiddie organic tees (just $20 a pop); not something we see every day.

Get your own little one a hip organic owl tee.

[images via Inhabitots]

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The gift idea:

Recycled Vinyl Art!

Now, I’ve discussed said vinyl art created by Daniel Edlen here before. Well twice actually. Please see:

Recycled Vinyl Art and Win Vinyl Art for specific information about these cool recycled projects.

While you can’t win any right now, I’m posting again about this art because one, I think it would make a wonderful gift for a dad who likes music, and two, Daniel is a cool kid. He recently emailed me about a special deal he has going on.

The deal was to celebrate his 100th blog post. (I’m a little late – again I get a break, right?) In any case, Daniel says, “To keep costs down, as well as give the customer more choice, I’m selling them also unframed, with a clear coat to protect them, for $100 shipped. That way, people can frame them as they’d like, or simply hang’em with a nail through the hole.”

This is a super deal on original and cool recycled art. Just in case you forgot how cool these are, here are some recent additions that your pop might enjoy:

Bono

Billie Holiday

John Lee Hooker

I’m not sure if there’s a limit on who you can get painted for this nice $100 deal, but you can ask questions about this at the 100th post. I think you can get whoever, but don’t quote me on it. Maybe Daniel will come by and let us know. Even if you don’t go with the new deal, any of the albums in Daniel’s gallery would make a fine gift for dad. There are plenty of choices that span from rap, to country, to rock, to my fave, hippie folk.

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

[Images all thanks to and belong to Daniel Edlen - visit his website and blog]

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Baby carriers! I love baby carriers a lot. I had one with Cedar, and he was in it all the time. It left my hands free to do things (like eat) and even better kept him relaxed and calm. I’m convinced that the more you carry your little one, the less fussy he’ll be. Doudou bebe has some cool baby carriers.

The Ellaroo Mei Tai – Helsinki is really nice. Versatile and sturdy – it’s an all-around baby carrier that can be worn on front and back. According to the product description, “The shoulder and waist straps are tied on however you like, the pack can be easily shared between parents of very different sizes.” This not only benefits parents but makes it a great gift, because you know it’ll work for a friend. All color choices are reversible to solid 100% organic cotton canvas and recycled polyester batting is used. You can use this carrier for babes from birth up to 35 lbs.

Or, you could go with the handpainted batik Moby Wrap. This wrap is really pretty, I wish it came in organic fabric, but that’s the only downside. It’s not too stretchy and can be used from birth onward.

See more carriers and slings in many different designs and colors at Doudou bebe.

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In case you haven’t looked at a calendar lately, Mother’s Day is less than a month away. If Mom is a tree lover, consider this adorable Tree Hugger Necklace from The Happy Woman.

The necklace features an image from a vintage children’s book and glass from a reclaimed window. Each copper-patina pendant is hand soldered and comes on a waxed cotton cord. It’s also affordable at only $25.

Image via The Happy Woman.

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