[Green Thursdays] Urban Forest

I'm in the middle of redoing my bedroom and want it to be industrial chic but also eco-friendly. I was browsing one my favorite blogs, Modish, and it featured these amazing organic options from Urban Forest. Early birthday present anyone?

Birch light: $40

Set of Coasters: $20Art Shelf - $30

[Friday Link Round-Up] DIY Winter Face Masks, NYE Looks, Adorbz Necklaces, Nicki Minaj

1. MAKE a DIY winter-themed, vegan face mask. Love this entire vegan beauty blog.

via Lady Obama

2. WEAR these amazing looks for NYE. Or just drool over them. From the intermix lookbook.

3. OBSESS over these adorable hand-made necklaces, rings, earrings, and more. Sora Designs is my etsy shop obsession of the moment. They had their stuff at the SF Bazaar Bizarre a few weeks ago, and it was just as cute in person as online.

Jardin de l'amour necklace

4. LISTEN to Nicki Minaj. She's so hot right now.

[Scissors + Glue] Etsy Planners for a New Year

A new year is creeping up on you and you better start planning for it!

I am obsessed with planners. I like mine plain and simple for the most part, with lots of room to doodle and write random notes and recipes. I use an ecosystem life notebook, and I swear by them over Moleskine any day. They come in more colors, cost less, still have the nifty pocket, and are made entirely of recyclable materials (Moleskine notebooks are manufactured in China and they had to recall a lot of their notebooks last year because their dyes did not meet environmental standards).

Even though ecosystem's planners are great, I think buying from crafters near and far is an equally sustainable option because they keep creative people working and are not mass-produced. Either way, the planners are being shipped all over the world, so you might as well buy direct from the source instead of from China.

Without further ado, here are some of my favorite 2011 planners on etsy!

Shine On planner from Phiziwizard.
$25

Lots of room to write, comes in tons of colors, and is super simple.

Handbound leather journal from MyHandboundBooks.
$30

Clean, beautiful, small, and even has a little pocket in the back!

Rodney the Raccoon Desktop Calendar from NOTESbyredletter.
$14

So it's not technically a planner, but it's ridiculously adorable and perfect for work. Each month has a themed raccoon. And at $14, this is a steal.

Clothesline weekly planner from Nicopapergoods.
$23

This shit's adorable. No questions asked.