~!A Spring Wedding!~

Every Bride is a work of art on her wedding day, and every one deserves to be such.  But who says you have to sacrifice the planet for the sake of a fairytale wedding? We have managed to make everything from the rice we throw to the carpets we walk eco-friendly, and now one clever company has made the Wedding Gown part of the Eco-friendly line!

“Threadhead Creations, founded in 1999, is a two-person business located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, in Knoxville, TN. While it may take us a little longer to reply to your email or restock the site, there are many benefits to being a small, homegrown business. We (and our guest artists) create every item by hand; all items are inspected for quality before they are ever listed on the site. We are confident in the quality of our products and want you to be confident, too. Each piece is created individually; we do not use any mass production techniques. You can feel assured that we use only new, quality materials to create our items. Each piece is constructed on a 5-thread serger, all stress points are reinforced, hems are double rolled, fabrics are prewashed, items are topstitched where needed, and every seam is checked before your purchase ever leaves our hands. We believe all of these steps (and others not listed) are required in the creation of a quality garment.”

And their advertisements are just as eco-friendly as their products! Each business card, mailing label, and envelope is made from recycled paper, and all energy is purchased from a Green Energy company. They reuse shipping supplies and cards, and even the scrap material from a previous project is reused in a new design, nothing is wasted!

As well as being amazingly eco-friendly, They are incredibly crafty and produce amazing products. This strapless wedding dress is a prime example.

A true wearable work of art! This dress is pictured in natural hemp/silk charmeuse lined in 100% silk. It is a strapless a-line silhouette, shaped with princess seams for easy alterations. This dress features boning and a center back zipper. Two extra wide sashes in java and pink create a dramatic back. The true highlight, however, is the front appliqu�d panel.

The landscape panel was handcrafted using many lovely colors of hemp/silk charmeuse. Over forty pink blossoms accent the intertwined tree limbs. The flowers are sewn to the dress only in the center, allowing the petals to add texture and dimension.

The dress starts at $1250. The total price will automatically update as you use the drop down menus above to design your dress.

Each dress is made by hand when ordered. Please allow 12 weeks for delivery.

To see more visit their site:

(http://www.threadheadcreations.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=policies)

~!Good Morning Sunshine!~

As children we await every instance of our lives with joy, and anticipation and excitement. As we grow older, sometimes we lose sight of that feeling, and we can be irrational in our attempts to recapture such youthful excitement.  However, The Surprise Flower offers, on a calmer scale, the opportunity to feel that excitement again.

the Surprise Flower is bought as a prepackaged poy sewn with a seed.  Inside the lid are instructions on how to grow the plant, but no hint as to what sort of plant or flower it is.  It becomes an adventure, nurturing and growing this plant as you wait to see what sort of flower it becomes. It is very symbolic of the nature of humanity, watching children as they grow and mature to see the flower they become.

~!Refridgerator Box 2.0!~

It seems that this Earth child’s older sister Gilding, has found a gilded future for us all today!

Hurricane Katrina tore apart Louisianna, killing, maiming and changing the lives of millions.  In response, disaster relief provided them with temporary housing, “mold and lead lined trailers” as Gilding refers to them, to tide them over whilst waiting for their new houses to be built. However, in the face of this great disaster it seems that one track-mind-America had forgotten about it’s promise to be a greener place, until now.

We all remember childhood holidays and birthdays where we would wait for that one super large gift that came in huge cardboard box! And why? For the box of course. With that lovely cube of cardboard we could have a spaceship, a race car, a fort, a robot, you name it! It was everything! Essentially, that was the idea behind this amazing, and beautiful piece of work created by Peter Stutchbury and Richard Smith.

Now this is not to say that it provides you with interplanetary transport. However, it does provide practical shelter without deepening your carbon footprint! Besides being nastolgic, this house also provides a pretty substantial list of Environmental Features.

Environmental features
- Uses 85% recycled materials
- All materials are 100% recycleable
- Recycling the house saves 12 cubic metres of landfill, 39 trees and 30,000 litres of water
- Extremely low cost, transportable, and flexible, this is a genuine housing option that could be used in a variety of temporary applications
- Autonomous servicing: uses only 12-volt batteries or small photovoltaic cells for power generation
- Composting system produces nutrient-rich water for gardening

Now i know this all sounds great, but still at the back of your mind you’re thinking “That’s great, until a rain storm or a nice gust of wind, or a Bully with an ego problem comes around. But thankfully Stutchbury and Smith have taken that all into account! As quoted from an article about the amazing structure on IDasia.org. (http://www.idasia.org/peter-stutchbury-richard-smith-the-cardboard-house/)!

“The Carboard House is made of recycled carboard supplied by Visy Industries. This is completed with a waterproof roof made from HDPE plastic, which also forms the material of the flexible under-floor water tanks and the novel kitchen and bathroom ‘pods’.

The Cardboard House is conceived as a kit of parts comprising a flat pack of frames, and infill floor and wall panels. It uses minimal fixings: nylon wing nuts, hand-tightened polyster tape stays and Velcro fastenings are used to assemble the frames and protective skin system.

The building can be assembled by two people over a six-hour period using appropriate scaffolding, and is transportable in a light commercial vehicle.

A series of repetitive portal frames are both spaced and stabilised by a standardised secondary structure, similar to the interlocking spacer sheets found in wine boxes. Once assembled, the structure provides a creative architectural frame from which the house derives its aesthetic.

Fixed and moveable furnishings, floor systems, door and opening frames, lighting and other services all relate to the structure and layout.

The roof covering is a lightweight material that is as transportable as the structure. Similar to a tent fly, the roof fabric assists in holding down the building, providing a diffuse light in the day and a glowing box at night.

Water is collected in bladders underneath the floor which double as ballast to hold down the lightweight building. A composting toilet system produces nutrient-rich water for gardening. Low-voltage lighting can be powered using a 12-volt car battery or small photovoltaic cells mounted on the roof framing.”