Birthday celebrations are inevitable, especially if you have kids. From their first birthday, the celebration seems to grow and evolve every year. And every year, I feel like I struggle in what to do, how to plan, who to invite. The details seem to be the most important and the most stressful part of the planning. Then, at the end [...]

Some companies are creating ways to make recycling textiles fun. The Huffington Post reports on some great ideas that can be copied and built upon. Recycling clothing reduces the amount of clothing that ends up in landfills and is one way you can minimize your environmental footprint. 11.1 million pounds of textiles are dumped into U.S. landfills every year. Some alternative possibilities [...]

I have dropped off some hideous clothes to Goodwill many times and honestly, I can’t imagine anyone actually wearing them. Then when I find that wild hair and decide to clean out my mixed assortment of kitchenware, I donate those random items too. However, as the phrase goes, one man’s trash is another’s treasure. So what happens to these clothes [...]

What started as a senior project at a high school to help friends has since evolved into a full-fledged non-profit that continues its mission to benefit hundreds of young ladies every prom season, with a nod to being eco-friendly as well. Katie’s Project in Myrtle Beach offers support in attending milestone social events, such as prom and pageants. Prom can [...]

Have you ever donated anything from your closet? If you haven’t, I highly suggest this practice. We all have stuff. A lot of stuff. We get into the cycle of buying more new stuff and getting rid of old, good stuff. A great resource called The Story of Stuff is a narrative about our consumerist society. You should check it [...]

For Christmas I received $50 cash, so my plan was to visit some second-hand stores and see how far I could go with it. I shall call it my “50 Dollar Quest” mini-series and it will span into multiple posts until my money has been spent. Store #1: Treasures of the Heart, Conway, SC When you visit this store on [...]

It took just over three hours, but we purged through my entire closet and my dressers. We got rid of shirts, pants, shoes, purses and loads of t-shirts. We ended up with five large bags to donate. It was hard, emotional, but very cleansing. My sister and I spent our Friday night cleaning out my clothes and accessories. She was [...]