Hey Friend!

School’s out! Whoo hoo -

Of course, now our neighborhood is overrun with noisy kids that are now annoying me instead of their poor teacher. Great.

Teachers, enjoy your break

Exciting News!

The end of May marked our Grand Opening of our new
All Natural Me Etsy Shop conveniently located in cyberspace at:

http://allnaturalme.etsy.com

Check out the shop for recycled crayons, handmade bags and our upcycled envelopes called Recyclopes. Shop sales help keep the lights on at All Natural Me dot com so please spread the word to all your friends. We appreciate your support!

As always, the All Natural Me Blog is a super fun place, so come hang out!

Our Top Commentator in May was MamaTaney,
who got hooked up with this lovely prize pack:

- Signed copy of The Adventures of Blackberry and Whiskers by Ray Ferrer

- Independent Artist Joy Katzen-Guthrie album Favorite Melody, Vol. One

- Set of handmade cards by five-and-dime posts

- All Natural Me Recycled Confetti

- Handmade Totebag by Grace Lee from Retrogalfashions.com

Much love to the artists who donated the loot
Please visit their websites and tell them how much they rock!

Visit the All Natural Me Blog for these fascinating posts:

- CD and DVD Recycling
- Kiss My Butt Soap
- Etha-what? Naturally Us Comic
- Global Warming Mind Maps
- Honeybees Go on Strike
- Smart Disposal of Your Meds

Comments and added information are always welcome.
See you soon!

Much love,
Sadie from allnaturalme.com

ps - remember to get hooked up with Free Karma Kards!

All orders from the All Natural Me Etsy Shop include
a set of Karma Kards and a surprise gift!
allnaturalme.etsy.com

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Lead is an unwelcome guest at play dates and here’s your chance to voice your concern and encourage congress to vote for the strongest consumer protection.

Why? Because Bush wants to water down our protection. Although we’ve learned that lead is all too common in our children’s toys, Bush opposes a requirement that manufacturers test all children’s products before they reach our shelves. He also opposes a public web site that would give you more timely information about unsafe products.

Tell Bush to quit being a douche bag!

Sign the petition here…

The petition will be sent to your Representative to say that you want the strongest testing for toys before they reach the market, higher fines for companies that have lead in their products and more consumer information.  Just so you know, the petition will not go to George W. about the douche bag thing.  But I’m pretty sure you can easily find a petition with that message or you can always start one

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Recycle your CDs and DVDs!

I think everybody has that drawer or stashed box somewhere - you know, the old cd collection. I was noticing last week how my cd tower only had empty jewel cases as the CDs had all made their way into binders. What to do with all the CDs and DVDs and the cases you do not want?

RECYCLE THEM!

You can ship your stash (just make sure it’s all separated) to the CD Recycling Center and they will recycle all components of your unwanted CD collection. Cool huh?

Become a Supporter, send in your CDs, cases and even the paper. You can keep track of your recycling on their website and you’ll get to put your name on their map of supporters.

Ready to take the next step? Spread The Word!! Encourage your local school, library, and business owners to set up local CD/DVD collections so together we can have a huge and positive impact on our sweet Mama Earth!

CDs and DVDs are used everywhere and thrown away everyday. Let’s close the loop: reuse them, donate them, swap them with friends, buy used and if you don’t want them anymore, you’ve got to recycle.

We should be seeing collections like this everywhere:

Use the Share This link below to tell all your friends about cdrecyclingcenter.org

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Well, I learned my lesson again for not buying handmade. I purchased some affordable mainstream all natural soap from the grocery store this week instead of visiting my local dealer at Talking Tree.

Hey, it was Sunday, Talking Tree was closed, I was getting stinky and the soap rang up to be less than two bucks. I saw no harm in buying the honey and olive oil bar. I like honey. I love olives. Okay!

From the instant I unwrapped the bar at home releasing the rank smell, I knew this was not going to live up to my usually suds. The smell was everywhere, which is usually what I love about buying new soap, that the lovely scent infuses the bathroom to mask the little boy pee smell that tends to linger at our house.

This Kiss My Butt soap, as it’s now referred to, was so offensive that a week later, I can’t believe I’m use to the smell now. Since it was my last two bucks, I’m even using up the stinky stuff, although, it does gross me out how slimy it gets especially because it’s brown! The brown slime drips all over the shower and the kids keep asking who pooped in the bathtub. Blah!

But I guess if the biggest thing I have to complain about is strangely scented slimy brown soap, I should just feel thankful that’s the worst thing going on.

So what kind of soap do you use?

Do you have a local dealer?

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Well…

It seemed like a good idea.

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