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Starting this week, join Tread Light Gifts on Thursdays from 12-4pm PST for our Eco Happy Hour.  During Eco Happy Hour, one item will be available at an incredibly low price. Savings up to 50% off.   Treat yourself or send a gift all while saving your precious dollars.

We are only announcing the weekly happy hour specials online.  Make sure you become a fan of Tread Light Gifts on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to find out the latest deal of the week.

*Item quantities may be limited, so scoop up the savings while they last.

Did you know that current estimated number of fathers across the nation is 66.3 million.Yet, one of the most underappreciated holiday’s on the calender is Father’s Day. This year, let’s honor those millions of dad’s by showing them we care and value them in our lives.

Here’s our top choices for eco-friendly and fun gifts for your dad.

Rock Star Snacker

Your dad can rock on with this all natural and organic snack gift basket. Perfect for the music lover in your life, this gift basket is packaged in a bowl that was created from a single LP record.

Theo Organic Chocolate Beer Pairing Kit

Explore the flavor pairings of beer and dark chocolate with this handsome gift-and-go pack featuring five organic chocolate bars. Theo Chocolate Company choses five of their bars for their flavor balance and their pairing potential with various styles of beer. Their selections prepare you for a magnificent chocolate and beer pairing party.  Beer is not included in this gift set, so you may want to pick up a 6 pack of your dad’s favorite beer to complete the experience.

Bike Chain Bottle Opener Key Chain

This unique and original bottle opener is made of discarded bicycle parts. One sweet extra: it’s also a key chain.  It’s a small and thoughtful gift that will be used often by dad.

Reusable Produce Bag Set

If your dad travels a lot, he will surely appreciate these reusable bags.  Yes, they are great for storing all your produce from the store but we have also found them very useful for packing travel toiletries, shoes, or other little odds and ends.

All of these eco-fabulous Father’s Day gifts and more are available at Tread Light Gifts.

Just in time for Mother’s Day, the arrival of UrthBags at Tread Light Gifts. These  stylish bags are hand-crafted from recycled and biodegradable materials by Fair Trade Women’s Organizations & Artisans. What’s extraordinary about these bags is the recycled materials they are made with are everyday items in your house: juice boxes, magazines, telephone books.

Take a sneak peak:

This bag is made from the inner-silver insulation lining of a juice box.

Old magazines are used to create this fashion forward bag.

Can you guess what materials this one is made from?

We love a product that is functional, stylish, and sustainable.  This key chain, now available at Tread Light Gifts, fits the bill.  Made  with discarded bicycle parts, this key chain by Resource Revival not only holds all your keys but also opens all your beer bottles.

Resource Revival creates recycled products with bicycle parts that are unique and original. All of their products are made by real people, not mass produced.  We especially love that resource Revival Revival works with Opportunity Connection, an organization in Hood River, Oregon, that provides jobs for developmentally disabled adults.

Do you have any old bicycle parts sitting around your garage?  Don’t throw them out.  Resource Revival has teamed up with bicycle shops across the country to collect and reuse old parts.  To find a shop near you that accepts old chains and parts, check out Resource Revivals ReBicycler Program.

Just think – This picture frame could be made out of your old bicycle.

How will you show your love this Valentine’s Day?  Here’s our handpicked list of eco and budget friendly gifts that will impress. All items are available at Tread Light Gifts

Plantable Eco-Valentine Day Cards:Ten eco-friendly Valentine’s Day cards are packaged with 10 plantable wildflower seed embedded hearts that grow wildflowers when the heart is planted.  What a great card alternative for your child’s classmates!

Flip & Tumble 24-7 Bag – Berrydots: This stylish shopping bag get around the problem of remembering the bags because they are small enough to simply live in your purse or messenger bag all the time. The elastic pouch design makes it a snap to convert the bag into a small ball quickly.

TikoSoy Candle: Escape to a luxurious spa in your own house. If you are after an awe-inspiring aromatic experience, look no further than these hand-poured soy candle made with 100% natural wax and containing no paraffin.

Garden Bon-Bons: This line of garden truffles is for planting, not for eating. Handcrafted bon bon balls of clay, organic compost and seed wrapped in a lovely presentation package. They are a perfect gift for novice and expert gardener alike.

thinknow Bouquet Earrings - The thinknow jewelry line is made from 100% natural materials and water-based adhesives. All wood products are sourced from managed growth forests, and sealed with beeswax and linseed oil.

Simple, Elegant, and Sustainable.  These words design the new line of jewelry by thinknow newly available in our store, Tread Light Gifts .

We meet the designer of this fabulous jewelry line, Becky Ellis, over the summer and were blown away by the simplicity and beauty of her creations.  When designing the jewelry, Becky sets out to create pieces that fit into 4 core values:

• Have we created a simply elegant product that is unique and beautiful?
• Is this product as green, recycled, rapidly renewable, and harmless to the environment as possible?
• Is each design special enough, different enough, and unprecedented in a wide world of international fashion?
• Have we captured the essence of simple materials and cultural patterns in such a way that is attractive, inspiring, and even innovative?

Visit Tread Light Gifts THIS SATURDAY, May 9th, as we join some of the most creative artists and craft folks in Seattle for the annual Who’s Your Mama Sale.  If you are looking for a fabulous and unique Mothers Day Gift, then stop by this one-day sale at SPACE Design Center in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle. I will be there sporting some eco-chic spa products, plantable gift cards, and more at amazing prices. Stop by to say hi, have a snack, and meet these great ladies.  Added bonus that day: This sale is running in conjunction with the Greenwood -Phinney Art Walk. After you stop by the Who’s Your Mama sale, stroll up and down Phinney/Greenwood Ave to take in some art, food, entertainment, and probably some great sales at the local boutiques.

When::Saturday May 9th 11am-5pm

Where: SPACE Design Center, 7601 Greenwood Ave N, Suite 103, Seattle, WA 98103 (Entrance is on 76th Street).

Now on to your shopping preview -

Stylish Container Gardens by Sacred Spaces

Modern Sustainable Designs by Dinah Coops

Vintage Modern

Eco-Chic Spa Products - Tread Light Gifts

Each spring, we celebrate the gains we have made in protecting our environment and create new visions to accelerate environmental progress. While the official Earth Day is April 22, I think every day is a time to act to protect our earth. Here at Tread Light Gifts, we are always finding new ways to give back to the earth while doing business. Some of the things we do throughout the year include:

• In our office and business, we employ eco-friendly practices by using recycled, recyclable, biodegradable, post-consumer, and/or all-natural materials, and using efficient energy, and minimal toxic chemicals whenever possible
• Purchasing carbon offsets for our company vehicle. While conservation (driving less, lowering the thermostat) is key to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, purchasing carbon offsets can balance out 100% of the emissions you can’t eliminate through conservation.
• Donating 1% of our annual revenues to environmental and social justice organizations. We take pride in knowing that as a company we are helping the earth become a better and safer place to live.

What will you do this year to protect our earth? There are many ways to get involved this Earth Day or any day. Check out the Earth Day Network to find events and others ways you can take action. Remember – The small things we can do everyday to leave a cleaner footprint can really make a difference on this planet for generations to come!

To celebrate everyone’s accomplishments in keeping the earth clean and green, we are giving away a Tread Light Gifts Super Green Snacker Kit. Organic popcorn, chocolate, nut mixes, and more – what’s not to love. This gift kit (gift basket) is packaged in our exclusive Tread Light Gifts 100% Organic Cotton Bag and completed with a no-waste, plantable gift tag.