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| Family Cloth is now available at Natural Family Supplies! |
Some of you may remember my post back in January, 2010. If not, you can read it here. Back then, we were in the midst of cutting out paper products all together. While that change was a big one that we don't necessary adhere to consistently, the gist was that there are ways to find reusable alternatives to any disposable product. Using "Family Cloth" is not something that everyone wants to do. I can understand that, and I don't expect that it's something most folks view favorably, however, I do hope that you will make some considerations when it comes to what paper products you use and throw away on a daily basis.
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| The Rainbow Mix! |
Family Cloth doesn't have to be just an alternative to toilet paper! I'm guessing a lot of you are glad to hear that. Family Cloth can be used for a wide variety of purposes. Use can use them as an alternative to kleenex, disposable baby wipes, hand towels, napkins, skin care, face wipes and more!
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| The Earth Tones Mix! |
I have recently added some beautiful, soft and colorful Family Cloths to the shop! I am especially fond of these because they are a bit less bulky than my homemade version. The family cloths that we now carry are one layer, which is perfect for little noses, little hands, little bottoms and for your own needs. Use them in the bathroom for extra comfort, and especially if you are already a cloth-diapering family or a mama who uses washable pads. They fit right in with that sort of laundry. Otherwise, they do come in quite handy for the other myriad of uses that I mentioned above. May I suggest that you keep one set for the dirty work, and another for hands and faces? That's what we plan to do! Color coding your cloths (even for kitchen/bathroom/household cleaning) is a great way to keep track of what cloth is meant for certain jobs!
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| Colorful, Comfortable, Eco-Friendly: The Family Cloth! |
As always, I'm happy to answer your questions, give suggestions or just chat in general! Please feel free to drop me an email anytime: nicole{at}naturalfamilysupplies{dot}com
As we near Earth Month and Earth Day, I encourage you to take steps to Green-Up your lifestyle. Even if you aren't ready to be a part of the Super-Green movement, every small step you take helps out the Earth, your pocketbook and your family's comfort!
Wishing you all the best in life and love,
~*Nicole*~
I love this post. I'm so glad you linked to it on facebook. I had an accidental family cloth experience a few months ago. Ran out of paper products in the WC but I survived. I love using cloth tissues and napkins. So much better and softer.
ReplyDeleteI use momma cloth (pads) for AF. I cloth diapered my 3 littles (not exclusively) and I use cloth sometimes for toilet paper too. We use cloth for napkins and for noses! It is
ReplyDeleteThis is a really interesting post...I keep learning about more things that can be switched to cloth! In the past 6 months we've started using cloth diapers, cloth wipes, and cloth instead of paper towels; also planning to make the switch to mama cloth this month. I'll be keeping this in mind too now!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, and your family cloth is sooo pretty. Definitely makes me want to update ours.
ReplyDeleteWe use a larger size cloth (handkerchief size)for noses and such and then to keep the t.p. cloth separate from our regular washcloth size clothes we also do color coding. For us if it is green it is clean and everyone in the house (we have 7 kids) knows to never use the green ones for bottoms. Easy Peasy once you get use to it and it leaves you feeling so much cleaner.
Yaaaaaaa family cloth, particularly when it comes in bright beautiful colors! : )
We already use Cloth diapers, cloth wipes, Skoy's, and I use cloth towels in the kitchen. I haven't thought about some of the other ways that you mentioned in using cloth. Very interesting read. I have, and hope, to try mama cloth:) New follower of your blog!
ReplyDeleteThose colors are very nice! I'm trying to switch us to all cloth, haven't gotten to the TP though! But the other uses you mentioned are great ideas for me, thank you!
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