What if you could buy a great looking t-shirt AND help plant a tree?

Tees for Change are comfy, inspirational and hip t-shirts that have been featured in Fit Yoga magazine and The Seattle Times.

Tees for Change has partnered with American Forests’ Global Releaf to plant a tree for every shirt purchased at retail price from their website. By the end of 2006, American Forests had planted 25 million trees in more than 500 projects across the United States and internationally. I especially like the bamboo raglan t-shirts, as seen below, which retail for $32.

With positive, inspiring messages like Seek Balance (hmmmm…I could use that one), Choose Happiness, and Live Mindfully, they are great for yoga class or just any day you feel inspirational and need a little fashion ommmm to kick your karma into gear.

Tees for Change also has a line of wonderfully whimsical organic onesies for babies that would make a wonderful gift for that special baby in your life.

Mompreneur Andreea Ayers founded Tees For Change while pregnant with her first child in 2007. She created a t-shirt for herself with the words “Be Courageous” that she proudly wore during the home delivery of her son. The entire line reflects Andreea’s commitment to living an eco-friendly lifestyle and her belief in positive thinking.

Use the coupon code SAVVY for 15% off any order from Tees for Change now through August 31, 2008.

Summer is primo BLT fixin’ time at our house. There’s nothing better than a BLT made with homegrown tomatoes.

Savvy Dad made BLTs this past weekend and got the fancy Hormel bacon out. You know, the center cut “good stuff.” Savvy Dad noticed that when he took the bacon out of the package, Hormel must have misunderstood center cut and chosen the fatty cut.

Center cut my ass. Or should that be a pig’s ass? Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Below is a photo of what a piece of the center cut bacon cooked down to. The package purports that this more expensive center cut line has 25 percent less fat than their regular bacon. If that’s the case, then their regular bacon is like a can of lard, and I quote Savvy Dad on that bit of commentary.

We are obviously having bad luck with meat this summer.

Heather C., who commented “Thankfully, my daughter goes for cold water. If she needs to replace electrolytes, we’ll get her some Gatorade,” is the winner! Thanks to everyone who entered.

Fall soccer season kicks off soon and my 6-year-old will be starting weekly practice sessions. August in in the South can be brutally hot and humid, so we’ll pack plenty to drink during her practices.

A great alternative to popular sports drinks or sugary juice boxes, Nui Kid Water comes in three flavors: Outrageous Orange, Raging Red, and Purple Power. My 6-year-old tried it and loved it. Nui Kid Water’s mission is to empower kids sto improve personal, social, and environmental health (they also have a great school fundraising program.)

Nui Kid Water is low in sugar because it is sweetened with fruit juice; it has 1/2 the sugar of apple juice and has vitamins, including one serving of calcium, vitamin D, dietary fiber, and antioxidants, and it in low in sodium, unlike many popular sports drinks. Here’s a link to a nutritional fact sheet about Nui Kid Water.

Nui Kid Water is truly a kid friendly product. Not only do they have a cool website, with helpful nutritional information for parents, but they are a for charity company, donating 50 percent of their profits to children’s charities that empower kids with healthy lifestyles, nutrition, and physical fitness.

Here’s your chance to win a Value Pack of Nui Kid Water (one case of each of the three flavors, which is a $40.99 value.) Simply leave a comment on this post telling me what your kids like to drink when they’re at sports practices or just out playing in the heat. For two chances, leave a comment and subcribe to the Savvy Housewife RSS Feed. Savvy Housewife will select a random winner from all eligible comments left by midnight Monday, August 11.

Artemis Woman sent me a Personal Groomer Precision Hair Trimmer to try out. Seeing as I don’t indulge in any type of Brazilian waxes or other adventures in hair removal, I thought it would be great to add to my beauty arsenal to attack stray hairs.

I like it because it’s sleek and compact (it actually looks like an ink pen in a silver case). It helps gently remove and trim unwanted hair from your face, bikini line, and arms, and includes a two-sided shaping comb that is perfect for shaping up your eyebrows.

Fortunately I am blessed with the tame eyebrow gene, and I’ve only had my eyebrows professionally shaped once. I was pregnant and I suppose I figured if I could endure the pain of childbirth, I could endure some stranger ripping my stray eyebrow hairs out of my head with one expert rip of an adhesive strip.

Artemis products are created by women for women. Founders Ann Buivid and Lisa Kable left their corporate careers to found the company when they found they shared a passion for health and wellness products and empowering women. Artemis Woman donated 2% of its profits to suport alternative treatments and screenings for women’s cancers.

Artemis Woman carries an entire line of home spa beauty tools, such as this great Shea Butter Paraffin Spa with lavender aromatherapy for hands and Double Curl Gentle Heat Lash Curler (hey, I’ve been warming up my eyelash curler with my hair dryer for years!)