Alternation: The Perfect Eco-Chic Gift for Creative Sewers and Knitters

Do you have a person in your family that loves to sew or knit? If so, there is a great book just for them that shows you how to create new clothing and accessories out of old ones. This is a book written by two fellow Clevelanders, Shannon Okey and Alexandra Underhill. Both of the authors are extremely creative people as well as extremely interesting.

Alternation reflects their varied talents. To purchase Alternation, you can link directly to the page on Lake Erie Artists Gallery's website, and I will ship it right to you, or you can buy it directly from Amazon in the U.S. or Amazon in the UK.

Both Shannon and Alexandra are very into recycling and reusing old materials in new ways. Shannon is an expert knitter and crocheter. She has written several other books on both topics, the most well known is the knitgrrl series. For more information on Shannon's books, click here.

Alexandra Underhill (also known as Xan) is most well known as a costume designer, dancer, and stiltwalker. She also is a proponent of eating raw foods. If you see a woman on a pair of stilts, and her hair is blond with other colors mixed in, chances are that it is Xan. This is her first book.

Did You Know? Eco-Chic Green Fact #5

Bamboo fabric has many unique qualities.  Due to its fiber structure it has a natural ability to breathe providing greater thermal stability over cotton or polyester.  The textile keeps you cooler in summer and warmer in winter then another fiber of equivalent weight.  It has the ability to absorb water 3-4 times faster versus cotton which gives bamboo fiber the ability to wick moisture away from the body.

Lavender Wedding Rice Eco-Chic Wedding Favor


I have mentioned before how much I like the eco-friendly favors from Beaucoup. This is another of my favorites, Lavender Wedding Rice, meant to replace regular rice to throw at the bride and groom at the end of the wedding.

Throwing things at a newly wed couple is intended to symbolize good luck, fertility and abundance. This bag contains 100% pure lavender buds which are completely biodegradable. It won't harm birds or the environment. Guests can be given small packets of the lavender buds to throw at the bride and groom, and when everyone leaves the ceremony, they will be walking over the fragrant lavender. Another terrific eco-friendly idea from Beaucoup.

For more Eco-Chic Green Wedding ideas, follow this link.