eBay has been a fabulous way for me to green my home lately.  I’ve always been big on donating things that I no longer want (I really don’t throw anything out) but there are those items that were on the pricier side and thus I hate to part with them – even if I haven’t used them or worn them in years!  So silly I know.  However, now that I’ve rediscovered eBay I’m cleaning out closets like crazy!  I’ve sold clothing, sunglasses, books, and more.  For some reason I’m totally ok parting with those Coach sunglasses that my husband hates and I haven’t worn in 2 years as long as I get money for them – otherwise I just wasn’t willing to part with them.  Getting rid of the clutter feels great – I love the feeling when I free up more space in my closet.  Yes, this could mean more room to buy more stuff, but for now I’m enjoying that light feeling.  Another great thing is that I’m selling some designer goods at prices that allow someone who wouldn’t be able to afford to purchase them new, to get them slightly used but in great condition for a great price.  It’s great to know that my items will be re-used when someone opts against purchasing something new from the store and shops on eBay instead.

Consider doing a bit of mid-summer cleaning yourself – you’ll find eBay is rather addicting – it’s so fun to watch the bidding wars on your stuff!

sorry for the bad blackberry photo - I was too lazy to pull out the good camera

Over the weekend I was organizing my sewing stuff and came up with this idea.  I had some bits of fabric left from the napkins I made for my parents for Christmas and had gotten two bunches of dried lavender as a wedding shower gifts so I made some lavender dryer packets.  I’ve used them already and they made everything in the dryer smell wonderful!  What an easy thing to make and a great way to use fabric destined for the trash and to avoid using dryer sheets!

They were very easy to make.  I cut a strip of fabric, folded it in half and sewed together both sides.  I turned it inside out and filled it with lavender then rolled the open edge in to put the frayed ends inside and then ran the top of it through the machine  – I could have hand sewn the top to avoid seeing a hem but it didn’t really matter to me since they’re bound for the dryer.

Eric and I did a bit of decorating in our bedroom recently.  I’ve been wanting to make a headboard for quite some time so we finally made the time to do it.  I’m very pleased with the results!

It was pretty simple to make - we used this tutorial from HOUSEographyas an inspiration.  We used a piece of peg board since it’s light, around the edges Eric glued a trim of something a bit heftier to stabilize it, he cut out notches to allow for the chair rail we have on the wall, I covered it in thick cotton batting and then my beautiful fabric with a heavy duty stapler and then Eric hung it on the wall behind our bed!  So easy!  It makes a huge difference and looks lovely with our organic cotton bed set from West Elm.

We also finally got around to putting something on our bedroom walls!  We used scenery photos from our wedding and honeymoon…

(I even made the brown and blue curtains you can kind of see around the window behind the TV!)