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Fenton Sunset overlay iridized beaded melon vase 5 1/2″ $50.00 |
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Vintage Fenton Ivy Overlay Beaded Melon Vase,1950-53 $50.00 |
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FENTON ROSE OVERLAY MELON PATTERN CANDY BOX ca.1940’s $3.25 |
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Fenton Blue Overlay Melon Vase ! $14.99 |
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FENTON HP BLUE OVERLAY BEADED MELON SQUAT PITCHER QVC $19.99 |
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FENTON 2002 BLUE TOPAZ OVERLAY MELON HP POPPIES BASKET $9.99 |
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FENTON*** YELLOW SWIRL OVERLAY***MELON BASKET $39.99 |
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FENTON SIGNED BASKET MELON CELESTE BLUE OVERLAY QVC1995 $39.00 |
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FENTON RUBY OVERLAY MELON DIAMOND OPTIC MINI OIL LAMP $33.99 |
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Fenton Rose Overlay Powder Box, Melon Style, Clear Lid $15.99 |
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Fenton Rose Overlay Large Melon Vase SALE $38.00 |
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FENTON ROSE PINK OVERLAY MELON VASE-LG 8″ 1940s $44.99 |
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Fenton Heritage Green Overlay Melon Vase 11″ $49.99 |
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Fenton Rose Overlay Hand Painted Melon Powder Candy Box $69.95 |
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Fenton Glass Blue Overlay Beaded Melon Pitcher 8 5/8″ $169.99 |
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Fenton Pitcher Beaded Melon Twilight Blue Overlay QVC $95.00 |
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FENTON PINK ROSE OVERLAY MELON SQUAT PERFUME c1943-48 $79.95 |
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FENTON PINK ROSE OVERLAY MELON 7″ T PERFUME c1943-48 $79.95 |
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FENTON PINK ROSE OVERLAY MELON CANDY BOX c1943-48 $79.95 |
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Fenton Pink w/ White Overlay 6″ Melon Vase $44.95 |
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Vintage Fenton Ivy Green Overlay Melon Vase,1950-53 $79.00 |
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Fenton Blue Overlay Melon Squat Candleholder $32.00 |
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FENTON Rose Overlay flared Melon form Vase $59.99 |
Earth-Friendly Tips for children's parties
Any parent who has thrown a birthday party for a child knows all about the consequences: lots of padded up paper towels, stacks of paper plates smeared with trans fat meringue filled with ice and melted bits of piñata strewn amid the wreckage of the sugar of partying and guests, and the remains of several Goodie bags "filled with candy and cheap plastic trinkets useless. That's a lot of waste and poor supply – difficult for an eco-conscious, health-minded parents to swallow.
Is there another way – so that your child will not complain that his party was not as cool as your friends party? Can you throw a birthday party of a child in a way that reduces waste and waste more food offer nutrients, and improve the quality of experience for each child? Try these land-friendly tips to help make your child's birthday memorable and environmentally responsible.
Start by updating the old practice of sending paper invitations to parties: go paperless! Paperlesspost.com offers elegant, invitations online exclusives that are quick, easy and affordable. The site is well organized and easy to use, is a complement to create a beautiful invitation and economic for any occasion.
Try bamboo tableware or compostable. How are you becoming more popular options, more choices and more appear in stores and online. You may have even less impact on the waste stream if you use raw coffee filters or large grape leaves instead of paper plates, this is very funny I tried with children everywhere!
If you are considering having place cards for parties or to consider unconventional, eco-friendly items such as packages of organic seeds, stones, small potted herbs, or glass jars filled with colorful organic candy – you can find organic or candy worms locally or order them online. If you want to do these favors for double duty as place cards, just write a name on them.
Try making treatments napkin enchanting garden wire wrapped several times around a cloth napkin wrapped and tied with a loose knot. Tuck in a couple of Yummy Earth Organic lollipops href = "http://www.yummyearth.com/"> (http://www.yummyearth.com/) for the color – another way of offering favors party without the dreaded plastic and fabric waste 'goodie bag. "
Plant a "patch of fruit" for your school: Pre-order a flat of wheatgrass from your local farmers market "and" plant "with a variety of organic melon balls, berries, grapes and other fruits into wooden skewers. Cover the edges of the flat putting in a strip of cloth around all sides. Use wheat grass juice to make a healthy to a great start to the day after (any model blender that works for vegetables should work for wheatgrass) or leave the tray of grass for their cats and dogs to bite. Return the flat plastic producers to reuse Visit your farmers market next.
As an alternative to standard supermarket cake or cake mixes, try the wonderful vegan cake recipes Babycakes in the new cookbook by Erin McKenna (Clarkson Potter, 2009). These are some of the tastiest cakes I've ever eaten, vegan or not – cupcakes from the bakery vegan McKenna in New York was voted the best city for New York magazine in 2006! If you want to serve ice cream also serve in Let's Do Organic ice cream cones, that are delicious and free of debris (http://www.edwardandsons.com/ldo_shop_cones.itml).
Create a cozy outdoor room using strong rope tied between posts or trees wrapped in burlap, you can buy very cheap at a store remnant. The remains may be held in place with wooden tongs, or use large safety pins to secure them. You can reuse later tissue to create canopies or tablecloth overlays for alfresco dining. I have six panels of the remaining burlap store I have used dozens of times – just be sure that the air was about days before the party!
For the outdoor tea an elegant girl party, you could set up a table and chairs in your room outdoors. Layer the table with vintage linens, organize recycled jars filled with flowers, organic farmers market, or "place of fruits" central patch described formerly at the center of the table for a lovely holiday. favors, buy small jars of local honey and some assorted tea packets. Bundle in natural soy wax paper and tie with a ribbon recycled to create the perfect luxury tea party favor! Tuck a sheet with the name of each person on the tape and the gift will double as a card of place.
If sustainability is important to you, you will really enjoy the way it shows in all these lovely details. I hope that we will use these tips as a springboard for his own creativity. After all, the design of a party can be a big drag, if not find a way to use an expression yourself and the guest of honor!
How can you create a beautiful earth-friendly game that everyone can enjoy and remember? As soon as you start to play with these ideas, see how easy and affordable it can be to have a high quality, low-waste party for your child's special day.
About the Author
Merryl Brown is the President of Merryl Brown Events, a Santa Barbara based sustainable events company that is known for its elegant, classic events that are created within a framework of sustainable practices.
www.merrylbrownevents.com
Monday Melons Ep. #3: Mr. Long Poop
