Camping and Rain

You all know that I love rain.  I do.  The only time I don't like rain is when it floods (of course) and when I am camping. We went camping yesterday morning.  It was a beautiful day.  We went hiking. . .

Saw gorgeous Tennessee landscapes. . .

And some fun wildlife. . .

And then it started to rain, and rain, and rain. . .the rain stopped, we were happy and then it rained again.  Nothing like packing up soggy tents to return home.  We had fun while it lasted though.  I hope you have had a nice holiday weekend.  Teresa

PS--Come back tomorrow, I'm going to post a freebie!

Recycling 103

More info on recycling. . .to read the first post go here.

Again, I am going to assume that ALL of you out there are doing basic recycling of bottles, jars, cans, etc.  Here are some helpful ways to recycle some other things too:

Styrofoam. . .I heard a while back that you could recycle styrofoam at Publix grocery stores, but when I did the last post, I went to their website and couldn't find any information on it so I didn't post about it.  Well, lo and behold, I was at Publix the other day and look at this. . .YAY!  Go go go to Publix and do a little dance while you recycle your foam. However, if you save some of your styrofoam trays, you can do this great project with kids!

I talked about Gimme 5 in the last post too.  But did any of you go and look at their website to see what they do with all the plastic?  Did you?  DID YOU?

They make cool stuff like toothbrushes, kitchenware, etc.  Gimme 5 drop off location are all listed here. They also use the plastic to make Tom's of Maine deodorant packaging. Raise your hand if you use Tom's of Maine deodorant.  Good, ok, I'm going to talk about this a little more in a future post that will include a FREEBIE. . .stay tuned.  Teresa

Have you heard about Smilebooth?

The Smilebooth is:
...a fresh, new rendition of the classic, old school photobooth.
...a dummy-proof way to get professional photos from your event - NO PHOTOGRAPHER needed!
...a mini photography studio that inspires creative, silly, fabulous-looking photographs.
...an exciting addition for any memorable event, party, wedding reception...

This self-functioning booth takes the guesswork out of producing professional photos of your event. It's an effortless process for documenting events in an atmosphere that encourages a hot mess of fun and spontan eity

camera + you + fun = SMILEBOOTH
Big Girl and I were at a wedding recently and they had a Smilebooth there.  We had a great time!  See. . .

Smile! Teresa

Nashville Farmers' Market Today!

We had a wonderful time at the Nashville Famers' Market today.  We survived the heat, gave out 150+bags and even came home with some goodies!

Presenting 2 of our newest helpers, Bagette Sarah Beth and Bagette Barbara!

Here are some happy new bag toters!

How cute is this?

This is the Luffman family that we know from pre-school, aren't they adorable?

Here is Bagette Barbara with her goodies. . .

And Bagette Alicia, I got some too, how could I resist?  

Have a great holiday weekend!  Teresa

BIRD Feeder. . .

I bought a bird feeder because the one Little Girl and I made one from a juice carton got wet inside and the seeds were sprouting.  We needed a real one.  The kids LOVE to watch the birds come and go and we have some nice cardinals in our yard.  THEN, Little Man and I were eating breakfast on Monday and saw this. . .

At first I thought it was a strange bird. . .below is the path the critter took.  He would hang upside down and eat the seeds. . .hmmmmm. . .

I'm going to try and move it up higher.  Sheesh.  Teresa
(pics are poor quality due to being taken through the window)

That Artist Woman Bag!

This is the fabulous Gail, from this post with the bag I send her a few months ago. Thanks for the photo Gail.  Have you visited That Artist Woman yet?  If not, you are missing out!  :)  Teresa

10 minutes

Spend 10 minutes of your time to watch this, it is great. . .promise.  Thanks to Bagette Alicia for sending it to me! Teresa

Nashville Bags!

Teresa,

Thank you for the lovely bags that went home with the ladies.

Thanks, Nancy Fullerton

Cumberland Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution members display their green shopping bags.

Left to right Emily Robinson, Virginia Rubin, Virginia Warden, Joan Strauss.  The DAR is a service organization composed of women who can trace their ancestry to persons who fought in or supported the American Revolution.  They engage in patriotic, conservation and educational activities. 

Fairy Gardens. . .

We have been busy around here trying to get plants in the ground, pots and baskets. I saw this in the fall and tucked it away in my head for this spring. I was so glad to pull it out and make them with my kids and the neighbor girl (Little Neighbor). It is also a green project. I already had the pots. I found the houses and fairies while thrifting. Most of them were a dollar or less.

Pieces of broken pots were used for drainage rocks as well as the "paths" to the houses.

Make them, kids love it and it's really fun. My kids keep playing with theirs and changing them around. Thanks for the great project idea from THAT ARTIST WOMAN aka the amazing Gail. She has a ton of great ideas on her site. Keep your kids busy this summer!  Teresa

DESIGN MOM FREEBIE UPDATE

Thank you to everyone that entered the Design Mom Freebie.  I agree, Gabrielle is adorable and I love her blog too. :) We appreciate your comments and will pick random winners soon.  I will post the winners here and you will get an email from my father (Bagette Dad) who helps with the project, asking for your mailing address. We have found that emails tend to go to spam folders so make sure you check there!

If you didn't win, check back often, we are big on freebies over here, since giving things for free is what we do!  Teresa

WINNERS HAVE BEEN PICKED, CHECK YOUR EMAIL!  TERESA

Design Mom--TEN WINNER FREEBIE!

We are giddy to have been mentioned on Design Mom yesterday!  Thanks Gabrielle!

For those of you hopping over here that don't have a bag, please leave a comment and we will be sending bags to TEN LUCKY WINNERS! Yes, we will ship internationally.

FYI--Very easy shopping bag pattern is HERE. How to video is HERE.

To enter this freebie do the following:

•LEAVE A COMMENT, IN THE COMMENT LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THIS FORMAT: name(at)something(dot)com it is important to spell out dot and at so you don't get spam, if you DO NOT leave an email address, we will not hunt you down to send you a freebie, thanks.

•IN THE COMMENT TELL US YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT DESIGN MOM.

•DEADLINE FOR THE FREEBIE IS MIDNIGHT (CST) MONDAY, MAY 24, 2010.

•10 (yes, TEN) LUCKY WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN FROM THE COMMENTS TO WIN!

Good Luck! Teresa and the Green Bag Lady Team

We Are Nashville. . .500 bags!

After the flood and destruction here in Nashville, I wanted to do something. Nashville based Cool People Care was screen printing t-shirts with a We Are Nashville design on them, the proceeds going to Community Foundation Flood Relief Fund. It occurred to me that bags could be screen printed too. I contacted Sam Davidson at Cool People Care and we got the ball rolling. . .

THIS thread donated by Lane. . .

PLUS labels donated by NameMaker. . .

PLUS this bolt of organic fabric donated by Harmony. . .

PLUS this AMAZING 2 day Sew-A-Thon at Belmont University including MANY Belmont faculty and staff (and of course several Bagettes) about 15 people each day. . .

EQUALS 500 bags to donate to Flood Relief.  Yes, really.  500 in 2 days.  2 days.  It was amazing.  The bags look like this. . .and you can buy them online here (all proceeds go to the Flood Relief Fund). . .

The bolt from Harmony made a bit over 300 bags.  We made others from fabric we had on hand.  They look like this. . .these will be given away in exchange for donations around Nashville. . .

More pics from the amazing Sew-A-Thon, that was organized by Bagette April (front). . .sewers hard at work, at one time we had 8 machines humming!

Bagette Carole modeling a finished bag. . .

Sam Davidson from Cool People Care picking up finished bags. . .

Why did we do all this? Because WE ARE NASHVILLE. . .

Thank you to EVERYONE that participated.  I feel truly blessed. If all goes as planned, we will donate over $7000 (or more if people are generous) to the Flood Relief Fund. You can also see the 500 bags project on the news here:

WZTV FOX 17/Nashville
Have a great weekend everyone!  Teresa