Here at the Our Everyday Earth Green Blog we look forward many things which happen every year in and around our home. One of those recurring things is that we always get nesting doves, the nesting doves are a beautiful thing to see and we wanted to share them with you. You can view the [...]

Our master bed was about five years old and its metal frame had broken joints and chipped paintwork, we felt it was time for us to do a little master bed makeover! We decided to build ourselves a custom upholstered headboard with a reclaimed wood frame and reclaimed wood footboard, our challenge was to complete [...]

Do you ever wish there was a more personalized alternative to those store bought resuable bags? We all know that every time you use a canvas shopping tote instead of a plastic bag that our landfills get less clogged with plastic but did you know that your eco canvas tote can be groovy, customized, head [...]

You may have tried LED light bulbs in your home and found them to be too expensive or perhaps you thought the white light was too cold or harsh? The Our Everyday Earth Green Blog is proud to announce that there is now a relatively inexpensive and extremely warm white LED light bulb available. We [...]

The hottest trend in wedding favors right now are eco friendly gifts that keep on giving long after the wedding celebrations are over. Plant paper is seeded with your choice of wildflowers, each original handmade paper favor is embedded with seed,  natural fibers and botanicals, anyone who receives a plant paper favor can simply bury [...]

Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield star in this fruity sketch from The One Ronnie Show. It highlights how modern phone technology has been heavily inspired by the natural world of fruit! We now have Apples, Blackberries both of which can be operated on the Orange network, the sketch shows a conversation between a struggling technophobe [...]

If you live here in Fort Worth or the greater metroplex you might think that the zoo is the best place to learn about wildlife and local flora, but there is an alternative… We first discovered the Fort Worth Nature Center back in March when we found two baby opossums in our back yard; The [...]

My wife and I brought our first baby home from the hospital about three weeks ago and his first Christmas has been filled with baby clothes, blankets, cuddle toys and rattles! Our friends and family all know how much we love eco friendly products and many of our baby boys gifts were organic or made [...]

On a visit to our local antique store this morning we found an excellent use for old bed springs, you can make ornamental Christmas tree toppers in a matter of minutes and decorate them with all manner of old objects like odd buttons! You simply cut an old bed spring from a metal sprung mattress [...]

There is an ongoing debate about whether a real or a fake Christmas tree is more eco-friendly. We wanted to share some alternative ideas to guarantee that you have an “Eco Christmas Tree” this year! 1. Discarded Plastic Bottle Christmas Tree We found this wonderful tree on the Panama Casco Viejo blog; We found larger [...]

I grew up in England where the Ford Fiesta was a car you could see on most streets in my neighborhood, in fact Ford pretty much dominated the car industry and in my home town of Manchester the Ford Fiesta and Ford Escort dominated the streets. We called them “boy racers” and young drivers would [...]

OK, this has nothing to do with being eco-friendly or green but we wanted to share another speed painting video with our readers! This time we have a painting from start to finish of a pirate ship anchor! This painting is for our nearly arrived baby boys nursery. We hope you like it… You can [...]

The holidays are almost here and my wife and I are expecting our first baby boy so I wanted to create a painting for his nursery wall inspired by nature. We ended up choosing a whale for his nursery wall and below is a video of the painting from start to finish. I painted the [...]

Today is the 160th birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson, so to honor his memory and celebrate one of my favorite books of all time “Treasure Island” we wanted to ask the question; “How Green is a Pirate?” To measure how green a pirate is we first have to consider their lifestyle… Yo, ho, ho a [...]

Are you looking to make an eco-friendly homemade Halloween costume this year? Well you’ve come to the right place, here is our top ten list of homemade Halloween costume ideas; 1. The Recycled Alien! A colander mixed in with some recycled plastic cups and plastic plates make for an awesome recycled alien! 2. Plastic Bag [...]

Have you been considering starting a home decorating project but wanted some ideas to make your renovation more eco friendly? Well this article is our attempt at helping you with some of our own green decorating ideas…. With our first baby on the way my wife and I have started taking on those small renovation [...]

The following video was created by the US department of energy. The video uses simple graphics to explain the science behind turning sunlight into electricity. It provides a solar panels 101 guide covering the basics of solar voltaic panels and solar cells. We have also provided a quick transcript of the video below; Transcript of [...]

If you read our previous post about the Garden View Super Composter then you might be wondering what the composting performance was like? Well, it wasn’t great, the static bin style of outdoor composter needs lots of work from watering to turning the compostable waste with a pitch fork. It also takes about 2 – [...]

Prepare yourself for our gruesome recipe for some spicy severed monster fingers! Just the right level of spookiness and spiciness for your Halloween night this year… Those with a nervous disposition or queasy stomach may want to stop reading now! We recommend buying between 10 to 20 jalapenos from your local farmers market, a couple [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing an amazing local artist, DeAnna Cochran, who specializes in crafting gold, silver and bronze jewelry. At first glance her jewelry is visually stunning and very unique but don’t be fooled by the pretty looks, there is a complex and very clever process that goes into making her artwork; [...]