World Environment Day 2012: Rock it with Dirtgirl!

As some of you know, there's a bit of the bleeding heart leftie about me. There are many aspects of my life that border on the hippy la la and I make no bones about that. You'd not know it to look at me, but I'm a little bit of a greenie.

Today, June 5th, is World Environment Day.

I am well aware that we are big consumers of all sorts of finite resources. The Supertrucker drives trucks, you can imagine the kind of resources that chews through! But instead of getting all woe is me about the state of the world, I think today is a great opportunity to focus on the changes that we CAN make in our own environments.

Having moved from a suburban block to 5 acres in the country, we're looking forward to establishing a large veggie garden and getting some chookies. But you don't need to be in the country to make little changes that will help. We're having solar installed very soon in order to cut down our electricity consumption. We've had potted veggie gardens in the past and a worm farm takes up very little space as well. We've switched out all the old school light bulbs and turn off lights and heating when we aren't using various rooms.


You may remember a few weeks ago I posted about the Dirtgirl Scrapbook. Dirtgirl is an ambassador for World Environment Day and with good reason... she's a fantastic advocate for kids to get outside and enjoy their own environment.

The Scrapbook launches today and as promised I have one to give to a lucky reader! Valued at $39.95, it will be great for your own little environmentalist and you may even find it a helpful resource yourself! My big girl has plans for her own little patch of garden and I'm so happy to help her with this. Not garden space? Flowers in pots can be great fun for little people to post and water every day too.

If you're looking for a beautiful gift for a little grubby one, you can purchase them here. Alternatively to win one simply leave a comment with your best enviro-tip for everyday living. Please be sure to leave a valid email address, and the competition closes at 5pm on Tuesday 19th June.

Smiggle: Because I can.

I was going to link this post to our recent move by talking about setting my kids up with gear for their new school and how Smiggle stationery is awesome. That was my plan.

Then a package arrived full of bear-y Smiggle goodness.

I confess. My big kids have scored a few bits and pieces, but the rest has stayed with me because I love it too much to share!

Here's a bit of trivia for you. When I was at Uni a beautiful butterfly girl nicknamed me bear. I think from memory it was because I had this brown fluffy jacket that I loved to death and it looked kinda like a teddy bear. We also refer to our Little Miss Thing as bear on occasion. So bear stuff was surely meant just for me yes? Surely.

I'm loving having the two little pens and notebook in my handbag. Nifty as anything. And I've totally put the bear keying on my keys, much to the Supertrucker's embarrassment when he borrows them... Or maybe it's the pink frilly headband that I'm using as a keyfob that doesn't float his boat. Either/Or.

Truly I could rave but I know you all know how fabulous Smiggle is already. If you can walk past a store without a longing gaze you are a stronger person than I am.

So I'll cut to the chase. You want it right? Of course you do.

I have a Smiggle pack to give away worth more than $80 and containing heaps of goodies including a drink bottle, bag tag, notebooks and more. If you want to share them with your family that is your business. My tip is hide them when they arrive and give yourself first dibs though.

To enter, pop over to Smiggle then come back and tell me which product you love the most and why. I am going to admit that the disco-esque bear keyring is giving me a happy every time I look at it!

For an extra entry you can tweet about this competition using the hashtag #Smiggle and making sure to ping @KateSaysStuff as well, then let me know in the comments that you have done so.

The competition ends at 5pm Monday 18th June and is open to Australian residents.

Good luck!


Disclosure: I received an amazing bundle of goodies from Smiggle that have have shown me how selfish I can be when it comes to cute stationery. Ah well. No payment was offered or accepted and all opinions are my own.

WAHM Weekend: Mm is for Me

I know you're all bored of me banging on about how cold it is here already. Bad luck, Winter is only beginning. And it is COLD HERE!

Shortly after we moved I stocked up all our wardrobes with warm tops and hoodies. I am a hoodie girl. My Mummy uniform consists of my sparkly purple Cons, skinny jeans or flares and one of my many hoodies. Love.

The lovely and talented Ashleigh over at Mm is for Me sells hoodies with a cute twist. As with all her products they are personalised to your child. This appeals to me on many levels... Both in terms of letter recognition and uniqueness in the garments themselves.

My Mr Terrific and Little Miss Superbaby were lucky enough to receive a very warm hoodie each. Boyo was SO excited about the trucks. They wore them on our zoo day adventure and stayed toasty warm whilst maintaining their style factor.

Ashleigh is a WAHM with a range of products that you and your littles will love. She has generously offered one reader a customized letter hoodie and personalised cushion cover so your small person can be toasty, stylish and snuggly too!

To enter, pop over to Mm is for Me then leave a comment here telling me which product you love the best. Please be sure to also leave a valid email address so I can contact you when you win!

You can find Mm is for Me on Facebook, and follow on Twitter as well.

Entry is open to Australian residents and the competition closes on Sunday 17th June at 5pm.


Disclosure: My little two received these gorgeous, warm and cosy hoodies thanks to Mm is for Me. So they will not be whingeing about how cold it is here even while I am. No payment was offered or accepted and all opinions are my own.