I am still recovering from Friday night! The 2nd Annual Costume Swap was a great success. The night was filled with eager moms looking for costumes, yummy food, and local businesses showing off their wonderful products and services and women just enjoying a night out.

I'd like to thank all the local business women that came out to support our Swap. Baby Pop Designs is a mom owned business that makes the most adorable cape - mask sets that would make any boy or girl feel like they were a real Superhero. HAPPYFAMILY sell organic foods for babies, kids and now adults. The SQUEEZES they were passing out are amazing, in one there is the same amount of protein as in 1 egg! WOW...it's like breakfast in a pouch! Print Art Kids is able to transform your child's artwork into note cards, framed art, stationary, coffee cups etc.. great for holiday gifts. Doula Kate offers amazing child birthing classes, breastfeeding support groups and private sessions. Kate also creates amazing items from recycled materials. Jamie Siever Photography, creates special moments with her camera that you can save forever. Eden's Touch Bread Company is a new start up company that makes the most amazing breads, spreads and now makes bread kits so all you have to do is add water....how easy is that?! Everyone wants to feel beautiful right? Well, Stella Dot makes me feel beautiful every time I put a piece of her jewelry on. Tastefully Simple makes entertaining easy, and the samples of pound cake were mouth watering. Thirty One Gifts had some amazing bags that were suitable for the whole family. Great lunch totes, sport totes, reusable bags for groceries. I was introduced to Choffy about a year ago and I fell in love with the idea. Choffy is brewed chocolate...yes I said it CHOCOLATE!  It's made from the finest organic cacão beans, roasted and ground for a rich full flavored drink. While it brews like coffee and supplies you with long lasting energy, Choffy promotes whole body wellness without the negative effects found in other drinks. If that wasn't enough we had amazing Swag Bags filled with many goodies from our vendors and also special items from Sun and Earth, Eat Cleaner and Main Line Parent. My partner in crime Jessica from Delco PA Moms came through with the fantastic space at the Swarthmore Community Center and got some amazing food donated us by local restaurants.

We were also thrilled to have so many people donate items to our charity Cradles to Crayons, I know that all those children are going to be so excited with these items.


Here is a sideshow of our FUN night

 


I am so thankful for Celebrate Green for giving us the inspiration to do this in our own Community. This is an amazing way for parents to save a little money at Halloween and also help save the planet at the same time. Did you know that swapping half of the kids costumes would reduce the annual landfill waste by over 6,200 tons? Just think if every community (large or small) had a costume swap, how much waste we would reduce! Your swap doesn't have to be as large as ours, you can just call up a few friends and do a girls night out and swap costumes, clothes, toys...the possibilities are endless!

National Costume Swap Day is TODAY October 9th. People are celebrating this movement throughout the whole month of October so please check to see if you can find one in your area. Celebrate Green also gives you amazing ideas of how you can not only make Halloween a little more eco-friendly but other holidays as well. They even have a Celebrate Green Book with recipes, tips and creative ideas to help you along. My friends at HAPPYFAMILY is also giving a copy away so ENTER to WIN!

Do you have any eco-friendly holiday tips that you would like to share?