Squirrel this one away for fall…Delica created this set of six, giant-sized felted acorns that are filled with sweetly fragrant Camphor lavender buds from a farm in Oregon.  The lavender-filled felted acorns can aromatically enhance your vanity top, intimates drawer, or table.

Delica creates the acorns by felting a very thin sheet of renewable merino wool felt (using water and organic olive oil soap).  Small pieces are then cut out of the resulting fabric making a small lavender-filled sachet.  The sachet is then glued to an oversized, Connecticut acorn cap.  Clever indeed!

$20 a set @ delica’s supermarkethq store

A few of my favorite perennial fashion staples are from Seattle-based, Prairie Underground.

From Olivine, the first retailer to feature this thriving eco design line — find some of Prairie Underground’s hip organic cotton jackets, dresses and leggings @ shopOlivine.com.  I’m not a must-have kind of person, but I am drawn to the Long Cloak Silverleaf, (lower right, above; $232).  Free delivery with a minimum order of fifty bucks.

Recycled jean insulation, all-natural plaster, and “consciously cool” ceiling fans–when Pollie Gautsch and her husband purchased 1.3 acres of San Diego land on which to build their dream home, they set to work researching all of the latest in green building technology.  What they found was a lack of resources for eco-minded homeowners in southern California… so Pollie took it upon herself to create a site that would point people in the right direction. She founded SanDiegoGreenHomes.com to not only chronicle their own building process, but also guide others along the same path.

Recently, we asked Pollie a few questions related to her environmental endeavors:

AC: What kind of feedback has San Diego Green Homes received from the community?
PG: We have had an amazing response from the community — from inquiries about what types of green products we have used, to requests for consultation on their own project.  It is wonderful that our community shares our vision to build green and use local products.
AC: What’s been your favorite green home improvement find so far?
PG: We have been very pleasantly surprised by large companies like Kohler’s commitment to water conservation and making green and sustainable products.  We also really love our FSC Certified Teak floors from Indo Teak.
AC: If you could give one piece of advice to an eco-minded, DIY home builder, what would it be?
PG: It’s very important to be aware of where your materials come from and what is in them.