Thursday, January 14, 2010

Snack Bags help the Earth


Shortly after we finish our PB&J, slightly used, the bag gets tossed in the garbage and heads to the Landfill where it takes 20 YEARS to decompose! However, if it escapes the massive garbage heap and drifts to, say... the ocean, it takes 10 years to decompose. Turtles mistake them for jellyfish and suffocate, and birds break them down when trapped inside. The Plastic Bags lifespan is cut in half at natures expense, but this can all be avoided!

Think green and reuse, spend that extra $1 when you go to Safeway and buy a Cloth bag, wash out that Ziploc that's been used for crackers and use it again! Or if you want to steer clear from Plastic baggies all together buy these cloth ones! Easy to rinse out and use again, dishwasher (top shelf only, no dry) safe, cheap and cute as all get out!

Set of 3 (1 sandwich, 1 snack, 1 treat, which will last you years) $5
Set of 7 (2 sandwich, 2 snack, 2 treat and 1 gallon size) $10

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Tealight Holder With Meaning


Along with gift cards, candles have always seemed like a last resort gift. A gift you pass out when you know the person too well to send only a card and not well enough to know what they really want.

These candle holders, however, have been a big hit in my family because not only are the sleeves handmade but they are customizable to say anything you could imagine. I mean comon'... this is a 3-D card with fire behind it, could it get any cooler!? And if that's not enough to have you writing a list of recipients, imagine how special your friend will feel when their favorite scented tealight is added! You've got sight, touch and smell there folks. That's more than half of the normal persons 5 senses! Alright alright I'm done promoting, however, they are a great addition to any mantle or desktop, enough said.

One $5
Set of three $12

Stockings hanging with cheer


I debated long and hard this year whether to hang tattered old stockings, from some time in my youth, or pay $20 for ones I wasn't overly fond of at the supermarket. After much deliberation (and even more time failed sock shopping, something I'm actually quite good at) I came to the conclusion that could make better ones myself!

These stockings come in any color you like and include a fur lining, at the rim, along with a satin inner lining which makes digging for treasures even more enjoyable (if that's possible).

$12 each.