I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas…..

Our environment doesn’t take time off for the holidays, and neither should we!
Being “green” is a 365 day a year responsibility. There are many ways you can continue your environmentally friendly trends during this holiday season.

Let’s start with your tree. An artificial tree will last for many years, but when you are ready to replace it – what happens? It will end up in a land fill and last forever! Your best bet with a Christmas tree is to purchase a pine tree with the roots still intact. Then after the holidays, you can plant the tree outside and watch it grow! When purchasing the lights for your tree, remember to buy the LED ones. They cut down on the amount of electricity used.

Decorating the tree is fun and easy. You can use old ribbon laying around the house as garland, or pop some popcorn and gather the family for a popcorn stringing party! Have a contest for your kids and let them create ornaments using items you already have in the house (or that they find outside).

My Mom was green before being green was cool! I remember Christmas mornings at my house – we used a seam ripper to open our Christmas presents. My Mom was able to re-use wrapping paper for YEARS that way. If you don’t want to take it to that extreme, you can use the funny papers to wrap presents, or any section of the paper. Finish it off with a red bow – and wha-lah – a great wrapping job friendly to the environment! If you are having to ship presents this year – please avoid those styrofoam peanuts! Instead use old newspaper as package filler or do as a friend of mine does, save your children's Ziploc baggies and blow them up to use as cushions inside the boxes.

So many easy ways to stay “green”. E-mail cards rather than snail mail, online shopping rather than driving from mall to mall – just a little common sense goes a long way in helping Mother Earth!

If you don't know much about recycling, ask or do what we do and search the web! Don't forget to buy eco-friendly gifts as well this Holiday season!

Happy Holidays!

On Friday, don't go black, go GREEN!

Obviously we are coming upon the famous “Black Friday” and at Seed Sucker, we figured we would join right in!

Starting on Friday, November 27th through Monday, November 30th you can receive 30% off your entire order! You must use code BF30 when checking out to get this great offer!

If you are exhausted from all the same old gifts, its time to give Seed Sucker organic shirts a try! Why not spend money on something that helps the earth and give the most unique gift of the season! You will be the talk of the gift-giving day!

There are so many items to choose from at Seed Sucker, so don’t forget these great buys on Friday:

Make A Change Baby Onsie for the little ones
Giving Back To The World One Seed At A Time Organic Shirt for the females
H2O: Don't Waste The Taste shirt for the man in your life
It's a Global Thing (for the one who usually does the shopping)

Remember that at Seed Sucker, every tag (label) is a plantable tag and at Seedsucker you can also give back to the environment by registering your Seed Sucker product with us online. For every item registered, .50 will go into the Seed Sucker Foundation fund.

Act quickly on Friday morning and get those Christmas gifts early, set your alarm if you have to, but whatever you do…. make sure help "MAKE A CHANGE"!

Tired of the same old fundraisers?

Kids are great, but the stuff they want to do sure can be expensive. Whether your child is involved in youth sports like little league baseball or soccer, dance, cheerleading, band or a club like boy scouts or girl scouts, there is a good chance that you will be asked to do some fundraising at some point.

Personally, I am exhausted from the wrapping paper, the cookie dough and the candles. I know that I am to help out the organization but really, a 8 oz candle for 18.00? Seriously?

Seed Sucker is the perfect place to help you raise money for your organization. This fundraiser offers a FAST, EASY, and PROFITABLE way to help you get the funds you need, just in time for the holidays. You don't have to worry about, messing with products or collecting money, because Seedsucker offers online fundraising. You get a easy fundraiser that is Eco-friendly, lucrative and a "No Hassle" fundraiser. Check out the great catalog of Seedsucker shirts that you can choose from!

Fast: Your supporters need only log into www.shop.seedsucker.org and shop away! Using the unique promotional code (assigned to your group upon program enrollment) during check-out will automatically tag each sale for your organization. What a great way to take advantage of the times with computers/internet and secure ordering!

Profitable: All Seedsucker fundraiser t-shirts are discounted to the public by 25% off retail and each unit sold will net your organization 30% of the sale price less shipping and applicable taxes. At the close of your fund-raising event, Seed Sucker will issue payment directly to your organization within 2 weeks, no more waiting 6-8 weeks for payment.

Easy: Complete the enrollment form on line, or download the paper form and fax or email to them. They review your application, and once approved, you'll receive your unique promotional code and send your announcement (be sure to include your promotional code in all announcements so that sales for your organization are accurately tracked).

All orders will be sent directly to the purchaser, no more hassle of trying to set up a "pick up time".

For more information, contact Seedsucker at fundraising@seedsucker.org or fill out the fundraising form and start earning your money today! It is just that simple! Check it out!

Eco-Friendly Stationery and More

Ready for the holidays? Staccato Stationery has your eco-friendly holiday cards and MUCH more.

Staccato is a paper design company offering exclusive designs of stationery and invitations as well as the top designs from great invitation companies. All collections use recycled papers with a minimum of 30% Post Consumer Waste.

And they've recently added the Plantable Greetings line from Botanical PaperWorks, which reminded us so much of our plantable apparel tags - we had to check them out! This line includes the precious Plantable Yummy Cards - the perfect gift or card for those garders and gourmet cooks, the Yummy Card boxed card set grows six different herbs when the card is planted. And that's not all - each card contains a recipe for a tasty dish using the fresh herbs you've grown.


Staccato’s is a small, woman-owned company that focuses on superior customer service with a mission is to bring organic style to the stationery & invitations industry.

And don't forget to check out the Staccato Signature exclusive designs! Check out their “The Anna - Save the Date” invitations and their “Yasmine” invitation (a beautiful retro purple & green floral, 3 layer invitation) that you could use for any event.

Be it a new baby announcement, wedding invitations, party invitations, holiday cards or just stationery - Go Green for your next event and during the hoilday with Staccato - with an eco-friendly solution for your paper-communication needs!

Another Rave Review

Special thanks to Margaret Bochy of Pickles & Lollipops blog for another rave review of Seed Sucker organic t-shirts. She's a single mom to a twenty two year old daughter, and a twelve year old son. With her blog - she shares her opinions, and helps others on a variety of topics from motherhood, to practical tips, tricks & finds.

Rave Review

Seed Sucker has received another great review of our unique product. Special thanks to Colleen - from The Princess & The Monkey blog!

What a rave review of Seed Sucker organic t-shirts - and we know there will be more and more of these as more and more people get to experience the soft, comfortable fabric - and see the hip colorful designs.

In her review, Colleen made a point to mention the soft fabric. It's true! Seed Sucker t-shirts are made of our custom Bamboo-Fit® Fabric - 70% bamboo, and 30% organic cotton. It's like BUTTA!

Thanks Colleen for taking the time to write a little something about us.

Colleen is married and has two kids, both with special needs - and journals her experiences and more along the way on the several blogs she writes and maintains - including The Princess and the Monkey, Mii and My Wii Family, & is a regular contributor to Kidz.

Going GREEN This Halloween

Halloween is quickly approaching. And by all accounts, it is not a very eco-friendly holiday! It is estimated that Americans will spend close to 6 billion dollars on Halloween – on everything from expendable costumes and decorations to individually wrapped candy. So here are a few ideas for a “Green Halloween”……

Start with your costume. Some of the best costumes I had growing up were made from stuff we already had in the house. I remember three of my favorite Halloweens. I was a hobo, a ballerina and a scarecrow. All were easily made from items stuffed in the back of my closet. One year, I painted an old refrigerator box as a "Fruit Loops Cereal" box - and cut holes for my head and arms. (talk about getting good use out of a box - get a fridge, wear it, then recycle it!) Search the web for some great Halloween costume ideas, then shop the thrift stores, your closet – or even better- your parents or friends closets! You can then “recycle” the costume by donating them back to Goodwill or another thrift store.

Decorating for Halloween is fun, but keeping it simple is much better for the environment! Try to resist the urge to buy out the Halloween decorating aisle. Purchase just one or two high quality Halloween decorations and re-use them each year. Simple sheets turned into ghosts swaying in the breeze are sure to elicit many shrieks from trick or treaters. Cotton balls can be made into great spider webs and leaves and candles can be turned into a spooky fall arrangement. Turn most of the lights off in your house (save some energy) light some candles – and a fun and scary Halloween scene will be set.

If you carve a pumpkin – be sure to save the seeds and roast them! They are delicious, just remember to add a little salt. The “guts” of the pumpkin can be turned into pumpkin puree and used to make delicious pies, bread, muffins and pancakes. Certainly you are into natural beauty - check out these organic skin treatments using pumpkin! And don’t throw your pumpkin away – remember to toss it into your compost heap.

Finally, instead of passing out candy – hand out “earth friendly” things. Pencils, fun erasers or sidewalk chalk are great candy alternatives. Or, to really help beautify the planet – pass out seeds that the little trick or treaters can plant.

So many simple ways to have a frightfully good Halloween – and help save the planet, too! For more information on a cool grassroots movement to make holidays more eco-friendly - check out Green Halloween!