Gift the Lampe - Feel the Ripple! The #LampeBergerCanada Ripple Effect @LampeBerger_CAN

Create Your Own Ripple Effect by Gifting Lampe Berger

You gift a Lampe Berger lamp: it purifies the air and destroys undesirable odours for the person receiving it, which improves their sleep, which improves their mood, which improves their work experience and overall feeling of well being. This results in an invitation to their house, where you breathe fresh air and diffused fragrance, which makes you happy and improves your mood, and so continues the ripple effect. All this because you were thoughtful enough to give the gift of fresh purified air and diffused fragrance in a beautiful lamp.

Oct 27th ... this year's first snow fall. We didn't even make it until Halloween, before we hit the cold weather lock down. The first snow is always a jarring reminder Christmas is around the corner. Only two months to get the holiday shopping done. And two months of stale air and odours trapped in our homes as a result of tightly closed windows and the cold weather lock down. Lampe Berger provides a single solution to both of these problems. 

No sprays, open flames or windows required with Lampe Berger's lamps. Instead a process called diffusion by catalyse purifies the air, eliminates undesirable odours and diffuses long last fragrance.

We should start a movement: Lampe Berger it Forward. Just think of it: All around waves of people paying the Lampe Berger positive feeling forward, and causing ripple after ripple of positive energy, purified air and feel good fragrance diffusion. And just in time for the holiday season Lampe Berger Canada has made the gift of purified fresh air easy with the beautiful new lamp designs, fragrances and gift sets. Looking for a special gift for that hard to buy for person, a colleague or a hostess gift? Gift sets like the Satin Lamp box set, which includes either a White or Red Catalytic Lamp and 180 ml bottle of Orange Cinnamon fragrance make it easy. This design is understated elegance perfect with any decor or for any room. It's the perfect pairing of form and function.

It's better to give than receive, but ... in this case the Lampe Berger ripple effect makes it a bit like having your cake and eating it too, and the perfect gift to give or receive. 

Gift the Lampe, Feel the Ripple! 

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Yep, just me Cathy thinking out loud about the ripple effect of gifting Lampe Berger.

Disclosure: I received product free of charge for the purpose of this post. All opinions are my own.

Five Clever Crocheted Cleaning Tools To Make #ItsEasy2BGreen #GreenIdeas

Five DIY Reusable Cleaning Tool Ideas You Can Make Today

It's Easy To Be Green

Can you crochet?

I can't but these ideas may just motivate me to learn!

Below are five great ideas. Make being GREEN easy by making a basket of these as a hostess gift for easy after party clean-up, for a college student's first apartment, someone you know moving into a new house, or just for yourself. 

Reusable Swiffer/Swoofer Pad via Ravelry

Crocheted Bar Soap Savers via Danyel Pink Designs

Reversible Dish Scrubber via Mrs Green

Crocheted Dishcloth via MidWesternMoms

Crocheted Bottle Scrubber via SnappyTots.com

For more Green ideas look under the blog BEING GREEN tab, 

or check out my Recycling and Green Ideas Pinterest Board

Yep, just me Cathy thinking out loud about being GREEN.

Note: I was not compensated for this post. The purpose of the post was merely to share with my readers. All opinions are my own. Links to instructions and full details can be found at the link under the image. (image via site linked to)

Art Accessible to Everyone, At Every Budget with @Artollo #LiveWithArt

In my opinion art should evoke a response. What that response is, is personal but there needs to be one, whether to make me smile, cry, remember, or ponder.

But sometimes you need to live with the art to truly appreciate it.

When Sandy from Canadian Blog House introduced Artollo to me I spent hours looking through all their many prints. Some catching my eye because of the colour, or humour, technique, or shape. After many hours I had narrowed my choices down to about 30 prints, including the two below. I liked the elephant print because it reminded me of Babar the Elephant a favourite book of mine as a child. And it was the colours that drew me to the Zebra watercolour print. 

Image via Artollo

Image via Artollo

I asked my husband to take a look at my choices and help me decide, all of which he rejected. He chose two small prints, not large or bold in colour or subject matter. They were understated and quiet much like my husband. They would not have been my picks, but they are the ones I ordered. 

I sat with these prints for few weeks. Each time I walked by my eye was draw back to them, and like my quiet understated husband there is depth and subtle details you need to look a little deeper to find. 

Mixed in with the muted neutrals are splashes of colour, and texture. The backgrounds are not solid colours but instead textured and have a feel of patina, depth and age. 

I wonder who the boats are carrying and where are they going. If the circles of smoke were "thought bubbles" what thoughts would be in them? 

I wonder if the birds are family or friends? Is the yellow bird just relaxing or being shut out of the conversation? 

That's the wonderful thing about art it means different things to different people. It means different things to the same person at different times. 

The Artollo collection of art prints is large and diverse.  Some are fun and whimsical, some watercolours of animals or cityscapes, while others like the Orange Optimist collection uses a unique technique. 

Image via Artollo - Orange Optimist collection.

Artollo offers prints made with high quality archival paper and inks, that are trimmed by hand. Their price points and 30 day return policy makes art accessible to everyone and every budget. Plus you'll find regular promotions and discounts on the website.  

But there's more to Artollo than just prints they also offer a variety of other art objects including totes, mugs, cushions, and my favourite fantastic wall decals. 

Artollo on twitter and facebook.

Yep, just me Cathy thinking out loud about about art!

Note: I received 2 prints from Artollo free of charge for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own and reflect my personal experience with the brand and product.