2 Free, Quick, & Easy Ideas To Make Your Life Easier
I don't know about you, but I LOVE to discover simple and easy ideas that make life easier, greener, and cheaper!
You know what I mean, ideas that you could file under the, "Why didn't I think of that?" category.
In the twitter world, today is #EcoMonday, which means lots of great #freen posts too.
Here is where I show you 2 amazing "freen" ideas that don't cost you a dime and make life way easier!
But what does "freen" mean?
"Freen" is a word created by my green blog bud, Shea Gunther, from Mother Nature Network.
It's a whimsical word that is both full of meaning and has no meaning at all.
Around the blog and twitter worlds you'll sometimes see this word used in place of the word "green". Why? because green has become so commercial.
As a result, "freen" is sometimes used to refer to things, people, or ideas that are authenticly, affordably, creatively, and truly green.
On that note...
2 Easy & Creative Ways to Live Greener Freener
Reuse a Ketchup Squeeze Bottle for Perfect Organic Pancakes:
This idea (pictued above) comes from CrafterHolic, via LifeHacker. Everyone loves great saturday morning pancakes (espcially if they're organic), but who wants to deal with the gigantic mess they involve?
Exactly...me neither.
This great idea can and will make your pancake or waffle making experience way easier...and it obviously doesn't cost you a dime!
After I posted the LifeHacker link on my facebook profile yesterday, my friend Heather commented on it saying,
"Great idea for camping. Make ahead and put in a condiment bottle! Brilliant!!!"
That's a great use for this idea indeed!
Make Your Own Reusable Bags Out of Old T-Shirts:
I absolutely LOVE this idea!
I've written a lot about reusable shopping bags here at The Fun Times Guide to Living Green, but this idea may be my favorite so far!
This simple & fast 5-step Instructable will have you crankin' out your very own reusable shopping bags in no time...and with a novice level of sewing that even I could handle.
The awesomeness of these 2 projects is so obvious it's not even funny. Why pay for something when you could reuse something to fulfill the same purpose?
Are you going to use either of these ideas to help you live green and live freener?
Follow me as @JSDavis82 on Twitter to see great green and freen convo and ideas.
Love the recycled t shirt totes! I have made several and use them at the grocery store and for pool bags-
I love the idea to use an old t-shirt sewed up to make a reusable tote bag. Thank you for sharing that. I definitely passed it on to my readers!
I'm totally using BOTH of these ideas! I like to make pancake batter ahead of time, so it'll be easy to just give the bottle a shake and squeeze!
And with as many old tee's as I have, I'll never go bag-less again. ;) Yay for freen conveniences!