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Get out your calendars, ladies and gentlemen bloggers, and mark down the dates for a 10-week rotating carnival called Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out!
We’re going to spring clean here at Kitchen Stewardship in a unique way. Instead of focusing on your physical space, we’ll look at a myriad of issues that you may want to get out of your diets, cleaning cupboards, bad habit collections or mental baggage. Each week, a different blog will host a theme that fits their mission and a linky for YOU to link up any pertinent posts.
Related posts for the linky might include a tips post, a recipe, a personal story of getting that issue “out”, or even questions you have about the issue.
Here’s the list of hostesses and weekly themes so you can plan to participate. There will be giveaways for each week, with entries both for linking up at your blog and for leaving comments for all you non-bloggers. New and old posts welcome!
- Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship: antibacterial soap/bleach LIVE!
- Amy @ Simply Sugar and Gluten Free: gluten LIVE! (link here)
- Beth @ Fake Plastic Fish: plastic food containers LIVE! (link here)
- Donielle @ Naturally Knocked Up: refined sugar LIVE! (link here)
- Micaela @ Mindful Momma: parabens LIVE! (link here)
- Lenetta @ Nettacow: food additives LIVE! (link here)
- Kelly the Kitchen Kop: CAFOs LIVE! (link here)
- Laura @ Heavenly Homemakers: pesticides LIVE! (link here)
- Mandi @ Organizing Your Way: clutter LIVE! (link here)
- Claire @ Saving Money Plan: debt LIVE! (link here)
The Monday Mission here at KS will correspond with the week’s theme, and you’ll find information here about WHY you might want to “get out” a certain topic…then head on over to the hostess blog every Tuesday for multi-level options to help you make a change. You’ll get ideas to take Baby Steps, Making Strides, or a Leap of Faith to get it all out!
I’m thrilled to have such an incredible panel of participants here and a wide range of topics. I think we’ll all be challenged and learn something new along the way.
Take a look at the themes: What do you have questions about? What will be the hardest topic for you to tackle?
If you’re in whole hog, feel free to grab a button for your sidebar that will direct your readers back to this post, where the carnivals will remain updated as they happen. You can get the code from the right sidebar or save this image to your own site. Thanks!
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Thar sounds very exciting! I can’t wait to see the posts
kanmuri´s last blog ..Winter Wonderland
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This will be exciting! Most are things I have been working on. But motivation is lacking for me during the dreary winter months. A spring cleaning is in order!! A am grabbing the button
Jenny´s last blog ..The telltale sign of Spring
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Looking forward to the carnival.
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Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out Carnival | Organizing Your Way // Mar 11, 2010 at 1:34 pm
[...] reader, subscribe to my RSS feed! Thanks for visiting!Katie from Kitchen Stewardship is launching a Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out carnival this week! I’m honored to have been invited to participate, and I will be tackling the [...]
Hi!
I’m really excited about this. Just need a hand with something – I put your button on my blog, but it was HUGE – I had to take it down as it was cutting into the posts column, and and second sidebar.
Is there a way to resize it? (I’m not tech-savvy enough to be able to answer that question on my own!)
Thanks!
A Green Spell´s last blog ..The Cloth Toilet Paper Diaries: Preparing the System
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Katie Reply:
March 11th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
A Green Spell,
Katie
Sorry about that! I’m just a copier of others’ code, mostly, but I answered your Q at Fake Plastic Fish already. Hope that fix works! Thanks for participating!
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Tried to grab the button, but it wouldn’t work on my site, could it be too big for my side bar?
Danielle´s last blog ..Projects!
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Katie Reply:
March 11th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Danielle,
I could have sworn I tested and retested it, but apparently not! It is all fixed now. If it’s too big for your sidebar, put this at the end after .PNG”
I’m so sorry! I had some bad code in there today.
width=”75%”
and before />
You can play with the % until it’s right for your blog.
Hope that helps!
Katie
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Danielle Reply:
March 12th, 2010 at 12:10 am
thanks, got the button up!
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Spring Cleaning Carnival — Saving Money Plan // Mar 11, 2010 at 6:23 pm
[...] updates or sign up for my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I’m happy to be taking part in Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out, hosted by Kitchen Stewardship. It’s going to be a fun couple months of interesting blog [...]
I can certainly relate to this! I have a little pile of things to take to Goodwill this weekend as part of a little pick me up clutter busting. I’m strange, when I need to burn off some negative energy I clean
I’d love to participate in the carnival but I have to ask. Unless you have a gluten allergy, why would you want to not eat foods with gluten in them?
Condo Blues ´s last blog ..His and His Embroidered Towels
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Katie Reply:
March 11th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Condo Blues,
A little expose on Katie’s last minute working…. 
Katie
Welcome! I assume Amy will have some gem to add on the subject; as for me, I’ll be doing my research Sunday night before that week!
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Thanks so much, Katie! It worked!! Button is up!
A Green Spell´s last blog ..The Cloth Toilet Paper Diaries: Preparing the System
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Announcing The Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out! Carnival : Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free // Mar 12, 2010 at 1:01 am
[...] from Kitchen Stewardship, has graciously orchestrated the event. Here’s what she has to say about [...]
What a wonderful idea! I’ve been decluttering my kitchen and wardrobe so far this year and would love to do more, so I’ll be following your Carnival and joining in myself.
Mrs Green @ myzerowaste.com´s last blog ..National butcher’s week – March 15-20
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Katie Reply:
March 12th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Mrs Green,
Katie
Welcome! Glad to have you!
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I have the link and I can’t wait to read the articles.
Sara Cart´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday
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This sounds like a great carnival. I have a blog about the dietary changes I have made, but I also have made quite a change in cleaning products, plastics, and hair/body care products too. This is good motivation for me to finally share that too
Kat´s last blog ..Vegetables
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Very nice- I’m posting a button on my blog
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I’m still not able to get the code to work…
leslie´s last blog ..Coffee Treat & More ♥
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Katie Reply:
March 19th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Leslie,
Katie
Oh, my goodness, i just battled Wordpress for half an hour, and it keeps messing with my code after publishing. *raspberries!* The code in the sidebar will work, or you can right click on the image here and save it. Thank you for letting me know I had a bug!
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My team will be checking in and linking up to some of your events – hope you’ll all come visit us at The Motivation Station too
Martha´s last blog ..Weekly Round Up
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I’m very excited about this. I blogged about the carnival and posted on my facebook.
Amanda Borenstadt´s last blog ..Spring Cleaning and Natural Living
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Tuesday News: March 23, 2010 : A Green Spell // Mar 23, 2010 at 1:12 pm
[...] sure to check out Kitchen Stewardship’s Spring Cleaning Carnival. It runs every Tuesday for the next few weeks and covers a great range of topics from antibacterial [...]
Sounds like a great line up, I can’t wait.
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Spring Break Staycation! // Mar 29, 2010 at 6:30 pm
[...] week’s topic for the Spring Cleaning – Get the Junk Out! carnival is all about going gluten-free. Since this is a topic that I hardly know anything about, [...]
Homemade Dairy-Free Chocolate Pudding (Plastic-Free too!) | Fake Plastic Fish // Apr 28, 2010 at 3:30 pm
[...] anything else added to this pudding, which is a good thing because the theme of this week’s Spring Cleaning Get The Junk Out carnival is “food additives.” Read about what they are here and how to avoid them here. A side [...]
Brand New Plastic-Free Vegetarian | Fake Plastic Fish // May 5, 2010 at 7:42 pm
[...] so happens that the theme of the Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out Carnival this week is CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, aka factory farms, which you can read [...]
Natural Flea Killer. Need Help! | Fake Plastic Fish | Live Life With Less Plastic // May 11, 2010 at 4:44 pm
[...] addition to being a cry for help, this post is my contribution to this week’s Spring Cleaning Get the Junk Out Carnival focusing on pesticides. You can read the carnival posts about the problems with pesticides and how [...]