Party Like It’s Your Earth Day

I was named for Earth Day. When my mom found out my due date was April 22nd, 1970 she decided to name me in honor of the 1st Earth Day Celebration.

Luckily for me , being born May 10th instead (Mother’s Day 1970), I still entered this splendid Earth as April (Jennifer was a close 2nd).

Now my mother is no hippie, but she understood the importance of sustaining our planet so that we can be healthy. Back then the only people getting across the message of recycling and litter control were the crying Indian and Smokey the Bear.

My , how times have changed…for the better. The environment and protecting it is ….dare I say…sexy and accepted. Just ask Al Gore, Leo, and hundreds of hybrid owners.

This Earth Day , I stood with a white wine spritzer at the Domino party at ABC Carpet & Home. On Tuesday April 22nd, this party thrown by one of my favorite mags, introduced “the brave and beautiful sustainable design” of the featured products in this wonderland of a store.

As you entered the party Pangea Organics was offering mini facials and hand massages. These beautiful flower arrangements surrounded their delicious smelling organic products.

Past the beauty products lay the gorgeous jewelry. This gold jewelry features raw diamonds that are now conflict free from Sierra Leone.

See Kim Brown’s article on diamonds and the Kimberly Process. The just as beautiful Alicia is showing these gems to another guest (Alicia will help you with all your jewelry needs at ABC).

Beautiful paintings adorn the walls of this 2nd floor gallery (take the stairs up to save electricity) . I believe that all the paintings are made with pigments from plants.

ABC sells many forms of recovered, recycled, salvaged wood furniture and architectural details. I love any large wooden slabs as furniture. These painted tables/ stools are from found , cut logs. The branch sculpture would make a really cool headboard or room divider. And what party wouldn’t center around this giant table….adorned with soy candles.

In the background you can see upholstered chairs and a rack of pillows. Organic furniture and textiles are readily available. Just remember that if organic fabric is used in articles made overseas, they are most likely sprayed with pesticides (to rid them of their not so precious cargo ship hitchhikers.) Shop locally made (or US) products to keep your items truly organic !

Shelves of very practical wooden bowls and terrariums are displayed everywhere. I feel like a wood nymph in the mood for a wine and cheese party…organic, of course!

One of the highlights of the party was seeing Marc Alt…an eco pioneer genius (and major hottie !) Definitely check out his website www.marcalt.com for more info and ways of living green.

Total party success ! I learned about better ways to live more concsiously , drank some wine with friends(below are Kim and Katie with Domino swag bags ) , and saw some beautiful products. Now , if we can only get Domino magazine to stop shipping their newest issues WITHOUT the plastic wrap.