Creative way to REUSE

Creative twist on reusing items

I decided to find some pictures that will inspire you to let your creativity flow in your house and turn normal everyday items that you may no longer need into something else.

Hope you enjoy and try some of these ideas

All images: Pintrest

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Amazing ideas right? Have you done anything special in your house with re-used products? Rather put a fresh spin on something then let it be thrown in a landfill!

REUSE

xXx

The Glam Green Girl





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Spier - Glam and Green

The Glam and Green Spier Wine Farm

A few weeks ago before my move back to Pretoria, my mom and I decided to have lunch at Eight, a restuarant at the Spier Wine Farm - turned out to be a glam and green lunch -YAY for The Glam Green Girl ;)

Their menu is on a chalk board as it changes everyday - so they saving paper! Its all wholesome, healthy and tasty food that they serve. They don't serve juices that come from cans or bottles like coke but rather make fruit juices, iced teas, coffees etc. Even the glasses that your drinks are served in are made from recycled glass!

Even in the bathrooms, they remind you to help conserve water - if you go on their website www.spier.co.za they have a link to their sustainability programme - so many wonderful things they are doing!

In the upcoming photos, you will see a 'jungle gym' similar to the one I photographed for my post Stunning Sunday Snaps about Franschoek and Tokara

So if you are ever in the Stellenbosch, Western Cape area - I would suggest a weekend lunch that you know will be Glam and Green at Spier Wine Farm

xXx

The Glam Green Girl



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A Few Simple Tips

A few simple tips on how to be Glam and Green

Small changes, its what I'm always going on about. But its true, small changes can really help! Here are a few tips on how to become more Glam and Green - easy tips that will help the environment but wont make a drastic change to your routine.



• I like to keep two boxes in my bathroom, one for paper and one for plastic. My recycling bins are downstairs in the courtyard so sometimes I'll leave an empty shampoo bottle on my bathroom counter with the intention of taking it down to the recycling bin later but when I go fetch it, unfortunately its already been thrown away in the trash bin. So by having these two boxes, I can rather fill them up and take it all down to the recycling bins. There is a lot in your bathroom that can be recycled - products that have finished for eg: a body cream (plastic); toilet paper - toilet roll equals to paper; You get new products that are first packaged in paper; I always cut the tags off new clothing in my bathroom equalling to plastic and paper. You'll be surprised how much you'll actually be able to recycle! Those boxes will be full in no time!

• Are you like me and obsessed with making lists? I know you are! Unfortunately this means using lots of paper, which means cutting down trees. If you like to write it all down, use up every free space of the paper and then when you're finished recycle it! Otherwise your phones, iPads, laptops all have apps that allow you to write notes and memos - use them!

• Choose organic beauty products - but dont throw out all your products so you can go green - that defeats the point, you will just be causing waste. Rather 'convert' slowly, only buying when neccessary. Look out for reviews soon from Naturals Beauty, Mioja and Soil!

• Working on your laptop/computer all day? Rather switch it off at the end of the day instead of allowing it to 'sleep' - save electricity

• When doing laundry, rather use cold temperatures. 90% of electricity goes into heating water, and most loads dont need hot water. Save water and electricity

• Use matches instead of lighters - lighters just end up in landfills

• Choose organic food - better for you and for the environment

• Swap your magazines with your friends - instead of all buying the same magazine, make a list and each friend buys one - and then recycle it, or use it as wrapping paper like in this post

Simple and easy hey? Even if you just manage a few of these, you'll be helping! High five to you ;)

What are your simple green tips?

xXx

The Glam Green Girl

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Glass Trees

Recycled Glass Bottles = Eco Cool Trees

Go through a lot of glass bottles? Vino? We all know my love of Appletizer bottles ( check it out here to see how I've incorporated them into my decor here ) so I found these cool pics that might inspire you to spruce up your garden while being eco-friendly at the same time

one of the R's in being Glam & Green is RE-USE

 

   

All images: Pinterest

what a fun and cool way to re-use glass bottles!

let me know what you guys think

xXx

The Glam Green Girl

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