A Plastic-Free Way of Life- Be Part Of The Change

Posted on December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 by AVRIL Charles

Do you think it’s possible living a plastic-free life? Here are a few ways to help you take a new approach.

Zero waste living comes with a conscious effort. We live in a world controlled by plastic packaging and changing the lifestyle or habits would take tremendous effort.

The future generation needs to see a plastic-free environment and in order for that to happen, small changes need to be implemented now. Plastic-free comes with an added cost, yet using these products enables you to take a step by step approach towards zero-waste living.

Residing without waste doesn’t suggest you need to stay without life’s luxuries, it’s merely a method of greater awareness of your choices. By saving money on wasteful expenditures you eventually reduce your own environmental footprint, and you would be doing yourself a favour.

Wooden Christmas Tree from One Two Tree Designs — Plastic- Free Living

Here are 10 ways you can go plastic-free

Say no to plastic bags
Shop for environment-friendly products
Buy wooden/ handmade toys for kids
Give up plastic bottled water and carry your own reusable bottle
Shop from your local manufacturers
Shop for plastic-free presents
Encourage a plastic-free Christmas tree
Plan plastic-free birthdays and return gifts
Preserve food without plastic
Use plastic-free cookware

It is equally important for children to get involved and understand the process of plastic-free living and encourage eco-friendly habits as they grow older. This practice starts at home and hence involving them in hands-on activities is a way of teaching them.

Plastic- Free Playhouse Treasure Board in Omri's Room - One Two Tree Designs — Handmade Treasure Board for kids

You can streamline your life by streamlining your shopping list and what you embrace inside your home. You will find that you have more time to do the things that matter as a result.

You will also help solve the flourishing plastic epidemic of our world by refusing to buy items stored in single-use plastic. It really is a great start to living a plastic-free way of life.

Great Eco-Friendly Christmas Gift Ideas

Posted on December 3, 2020December 7, 2020 by AVRIL Charles

It’s the most wonderful time of the year to have an eco-friendly Christmas by going green, reducing waste, being kind to the environment, and buying eco-friendly gifts this season.

Christmas is the most loved time of the year that brings the family together, yet it also consists of lavish meals, gifts, unnecessary gift wrapping, and lots of wasted food. These habits are built over the years and are usually difficult to get rid of.

A few new traditions can be created, keeping the old ones also intact that would bind families together and make them feel safe and comfortable, and we can create those traditions this year by opting for eco-friendly Christmas decorations, trees, and gifts.

Australia Treasure Boards - Floating Wall Shelves by One Two Tree Designs — **Display your favourite toys, trinkets, and collections on our** **Treasure Boards**

Child Friendly Wooden Shelf - Floating Wall Shelves by One Two Tree Designs — **Our child- friendly** **Treasure Boards** **to gift your loved ones**

Christmas gift ideas -An interior shoot of the Wally Wombat Treasure Board, by Petite Interior — **Treasure Boards** **as Christmas gift ideas**

Minimal changes can make a big impact in reducing our environmental footprint during the holiday season.

Christmas Tree Baubles Set - Tree Decoration Ornaments by One Two Tree Design — **Handmade Bauble Set**

Christmas Tree Decorated with Wooden Reindeer, Santa Hat, and Angel Ornament Set — **Wooden Santa Ornament Set**

Hand Made From the Love - Mini Sandwich Message Board from One Two Tree Designs — **Custom Message Boards**

Buying sustainable gifts can be part of the holiday season ritual

Simple ways such as the following can help the environment

Buying a wooden Christmas tree
Consider buying sustainable gifts
Shop locally
Buy eco-friendly Christmas decorations
Wrap gifts with recycled paper
Buy plastic-free presents
Use LED lights
Minimize food wastage
Send out handmade cards or Ecards

By taking these small steps towards saving the environment is a great lesson to be passed on to the next generation who will continue to preserve the environment

This way you can show people in your life how much you care for them while still caring for the environment, by giving sustainable, eco-friendly gifts.

Green gifting gives you a range of eco-friendly gifts that will allow you to take part in the holiday season without compromising your sustainable values.

So head up to your local store, eco-friendly product websites, flea market, or an antique emporium! An eco-friendly gift will always be unique, and shopping for handmade gifts can be lots of fun too. You never know what treasure you’re going to discover.

The love for handcrafted decorations

Posted on November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 by AVRIL Charles

Wooden Christmas Tree with Golden Star Topper and Baubles Ornament - Modern Tree Decorations by One Two Tree Designs — OUR SMALL ONE TWO TREE WITH A HAND MADE WOODEN STAR & HANGING BAUBLES

While we set foot into the holiday season, we want to interact with people and connect with things that make us happy and feel cheerful. Christmas is one festive season that depicts lights, candles, handcrafted decorations, sharing meals with the family, and waiting for Santa to arrive. All of these invoke strong childhood feelings.

As we unwrap the Christmas decorations from the previous year, it leads us to a pathway of emotions of excitement. The bittersweet nostalgia brings back fond memories of family gatherings, unwrapping gifts together, putting up decorations, cooking together, and a lot more.

So the joy is extended by putting up those Christmas decorations early and feeling the spirit of Christmas.

This season we can make it a lot more special by adding more decorations to our existing collection. We can buy handmade decorations that would last us over time.

Remember when you purchased a product that lasted so long and you kept telling your friends and family about it? Yes, that is the story of handcrafted products. The material withstands the time and will last you years together and you know that you have made a good purchase.

Also, recent times have only shown us how technology can replace skilled workers with machines this also means that when we support skilled work we are supporting local production which is good for the community and breaks away from machine-made goods. This also works well for the environment.

Handcrafted decorations are unique and each product has a unique difference. A lot of our products are personalized and made according to your specifications with a whole lot of love and care in Australia.

Eco-friendly products encourage natural and organic decorations. You will also be contributing to the sustainability of the environment.
So let’s go green this season and make it a Christmas to remember!

What will Christmas 2020 look like?

Posted on November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 by onetwoadmin

2020 will go down in history as one of the hardest and most talked-about years in our lifetime. Most of us have never experienced a pandemic, nor have ever been told to stay home, isolate and stay away from our friends and families. As the seasons have passed, we are still very much on high alert, the worry and fear are still present within our communities and our global and Australian borders are still not fully open for us to freely visit our loved ones afar, so what will Christmas 2020 look like?

Before we all fly off the handle in despair lets embrace how we can turn this frown upside down. Yes, Christmas 2020 is going to be a lot different. Sure maybe drinks at our neighbour’s this year might be cancelled, the highly anticipated Christmas staff party will be on zoom and our children’s kindergarten end of year concerts scrapped but we can still rejoice by appreciating the little things and keeping it so very simple and, of course, eco friendly.

Modern Design Wooden Christmas Trees by One Two Tree Designs

Christmas in December is one month that everyone looks forward to and it remains to be the most beautiful time of the year. With only 36 days until Christmas, the COUNTDOWN has finally begun.

Santa Wooden decorations One Two Tree designs

While we are mostly all at home and we have an immense amount of time on our hands to really plan our Christmas 2020, it might just be the most organised yet! Why not decorate the house from head to toe, start dog marking your Christmas pudding recipes, drafting your Christmas playlists, pre-order the seafood and the ham and above all top up on quality time with the family that you can see, they will be the most rewarding memories yet.

Happiness will be found in simple things and that goes hand in hand with buying your very own Christmas Tree and putting up your favourite decorations.

Why not make this Christmas eco friendly? One Two Tree offers you a Christmas tree which is handcrafted and made sustainably in Australia. Get a lovely wooden tree from https://onetwotree.com.au/ this December which will last you year after year and you can decorate any way you want.