Russia Bag!

Hello, David and Teresa!
Thanks a lot for sending me bag â„– 18192!
I was very exited and pleased!
This bag will be used like a baby bag, where i will carry toys, diapers, juice and other useful baby's things.
Photos attached.

Happy New Year!!!!!
Good luck!

Best regards,
Elena Derkach

Be still my heart…

I am all aflutter about these upcycled old cameras into night lights by Jason Hull of California. As a photographer who loves upcycling, what's not to adore? Now, if I can just figure out how to get my hands on one or two or three… More info HERE. Teresa

Ohio Bags!

I received my bags and just love them! Here is a link to my blog post about it. 

http://sageendeavors.blogspot.com/2011/12/another-gift.html

Thank you!

Leslie

DandyFlorence Bags!

I have found myself quite smitten with these bags from DandyFlorence's etsy shop. I posted about bags made from suits a while back HERE but they have a hefty price tag. These are more reasonable at just under $60 USD. I have one of hubby's old suits hanging in the closet begging to be a bag. One day old suit, one day… Teresa

Carolina Bag Lady!

Peggy with her GBL bags that she made!

:) You are everywhere!

xo

Harmony

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This photo is true cause for celebration. Harmony Art Organic Design is now GOTS certified! Hope of over to Harmony's blog and congratulate her. The above photo is Peggy who works in the warehouse where Harmony's fabric is stored before shipping. Peggy read about Green Bag Lady on Harmony's blog and started making bags. Go Peggy! We heart you! Thanks for spreading the word in the Carolinas! Teresa

Beach Bag Love!

Last weekend we had a great day at the beach with Marina DeBris http://washedup.us/ who snapped this pic of us luvin' our bag.


Judith and Richard Lang
http://beachplastic.com

Merry Christmas!

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Wishing you all the best today! Teresa

Go Seattle!

source/article

From the New York Times

Seattle Bans Plastic Bags, and Sets a Charge for Paper

By WILLIAM YARDLEY

Published: December 20, 2011

SEATTLE — The City Council here voted unanimously on Monday to ban plastic grocery bags and charge a 5-cent fee on paper bags — and this time city leaders hope the ban actually takes effect.

Three years ago, Seattle city officials became the first in the nation to approve a fee on paper and plastic bags, instituting a charge of 20 cents for each bag provided by many retail stores. The idea was to create a financial incentive to reduce pollution: the fee was supposed to prompt people to bring reusable bags with them to shop.

Read entire article HERE.

Merry Christmas and the Happiest of Holidays to all of you!

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Thank you for being the best blog readers in the world! A heartfelt Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all of you wherever you are in the world. We love you! Teresa and all the Bagettes

My former student…

Teresa--


Just thought you might like to see some of the bags (made from the Green Bag Lady pattern) in action for the International Justice Mission! : ) They all have different superheroes on them but you can't see them in the photo so I included another with the graphics, just on other merchandise.

I have leftovers so I'm hoping to partner with a comic book shop or something after the holidays.

Speaking of... Merry Christmas!

Sarah R. Parker

Crypton FREEBIE - WINNERS!

Congratulations to the following lucky folks…

Winners of the Crypton Super Fabric shopping bags are:

scraposition
Gail Spencer, CA
rl.gillette
JB Pitcher, ID
gaylechoo
jlassonde
colleen3001
tracymcc330
patoswald
smoubray

Please look for an email from Bagette Dad. He will be asking for your mailing address so we can send you your prize. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER. We have issues with emails going to spam. Thanks and enjoy!

The emails will look like this:
Green Bag Lady, CryptonFreebie_12_2011

Quick Gift Wrap Tutorial

Thank you to everyone who entered the Crypton Freebie. You will be hearing from Bagette Dad soon if you won. Here is a little last minute gift wrapping tutorial just in time for the holidays. It is super easy, promise. GO, whip some up! They can be reused over and over! The complete PDF tutorial is HERE. Let me know if you make some. Enjoy! Teresa

Crypton FREEBIE!

I'd like to introduce you to Green Bag Lady's newest sponsor, Crypton Fabrics. They are wonderful! The people AND the fabric that is. Dana sent us several bolts of this great fabric and we have had lots of fun turning it into bags. The fabric is amazing (just ask Bagette Connie, she loves it). It is stain resistant, water resistant and feels great. Many wonderful products are made using this fabric and I feel lucky we get to make bags out of it.

Want one? We have 10 cool polka dot ones up for grabs. They are great for groceries and other shopping of course, but this bag would also be great for the beach or pool. It is perfect for wet suits and towels as the water won't leak everywhere in your car.

Here is what you need to do to enter:

•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, you will not be entered in the freebie.

•In your comment tell us about your holiday plans (we are nosey!).

•DEADLINE FOR THE FREEBIE IS 10pm CST Tuesday, December 20, 2011. (winners will be notified by and post on Dec 21)

•10 lucky people will be chosen randomly from the comments to win one Crypton Green Bag Lady shopping bag. Yippeeee!

Don't forget to leave us your email! 

Thanks for entering and thanks you Crypton for all the great fabric! Teresa

International entries are welcome.

New to Green Bag Lady? Click HERE.
If you like, Like Green Bag Lady on Facebook HERE.

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day! WINNERS!

The 100 WINNERS have been notified.

The FIRST responder was Amy Martin, San Jose, CA.

Please look for an email from Bagette Dad. He will be asking for your mailing address so we can send you your bags. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER. We have issues with emails going to spam. Thanks and enjoy!

The emails will look like this:
Green Bag Lady, SewMamaSew_12_2011

Update 19dec, so far, bags are going to these countries:
RUSSIA
BULGARIA
ENGLAND
GREECE
KENYA
PORTUGAL
UKRAINE
GERMANY - 2
AUSTRALIA - 3
CANADA - 11
USA - 64

NOTE: 2 emails bounced to: loops AND meggers
If that's you, leave a comment here and I will try again.

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day! 100 WINNERS!

It's that time of year again! 

The Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!

Guess what? 100 of you will win prizes from us! 

Yes, 100 WINNERS!

Here is what you will win, one official Green Bag Lady shopping bag (color and pattern will vary)…

 AND, one produce bag to go with your shopping bag! (color, size, and pattern will vary)

 The set will look something like this (color and pattern will vary):

 After shopping, it will look like this. Less plastic at the grocery store! Yay!

To win one of the 100 bag sets up for grabs 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, you will not be entered in the freebie.

•In your comment tell us your favorite holiday food!

•DEADLINE FOR THE FREEBIE IS 5pm(PST) (7pm CST) Friday, December 16, 2011. (winners will be notified by email no later than Sunday, Dec 18)

•100 lucky people will be chosen randomly from the comments to win a set of one Green Bag Lady shopping bag and one produce bag.

Don't forget to leave us your email! 

Thanks for entering and thanks to Sew Mama Sew for hosting Giveaway Day! Teresa

International entries are welcome.

New to Green Bag Lady? Click HERE.
If you like, Like Green Bag Lady on Facebook HERE.

From my alma mater…

I went to the University of Minnesota for my undergrad degrees. Go Gophers! Hope you enjoy the video! Teresa

Interview in The Clothes Maiden

I'm excited to share with you The Clothes Maiden. Stephanie Anderson lives in the UK and publishes this lovely online magazine. The illustrations are really fun! Stephanie contacted me after she found out about Green Bag Lady. I am happy to report, there is a nice interview in the latest issue. Take a look HERE (page 30). Thanks Stephanie. Enjoy! Teresa

Just Label It…

Dear Green Bag Lady Readers,

I was shocked to find out that the United States is one of the only developed nations not to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods. Even China and Russia label them! Don't you think we have a right to know what's in our food?

It's estimated that 60%-70% of processed foods likely contain some genetically engineered material. And the majority of the livestock that Americans consume have been raised on genetically engineered grains (like corn and soy). But without labels, we'd never know.

And after almost 20 years, genetically engineered crops have yet to deliver on promises of increased yield, drought tolerance, better nutrient use efficiency, or reduced need for pesticides, while credible health concerns linger.

That's why I submitted a comment to the FDA demanding that genetically engineered foods be labeled. And with just a few clicks, you can join me! Will you tell the FDA that you support mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods too?

http://www.JustLabelIt.org/TakeAction

Please, click on that link and contact the FDA today. They need to hear from more people like you and me!

-Teresa

Joint Freebie!

We have teamed up with Pétra from Sew Paint Create to bring you a really fun holiday freebie! Look at her adorable gift wrap bags above! Go enter the freebie HERE. Good luck! Teresa

DO NOT ENTER ON THIS POST, you need to go to Pétra's site to enter! :)

Awesome!

I so very much LOVE this kind of thing! The city of Kaunas, Lithuania has constructed a 13 meter high Christmas tree out of 40,000+ recycled green bottles and zip ties. YES! At night it is lit from the inside and is lovely! More info HERE. Teresa

My son will LOVE this!

May the force be with you this December! Teresa

California Beach Bags!

Dear Teresa,

Late afternoon yesterday after everyone had headed home, we headed to Kehoe- it was a super low tide- not a bit of wind- a perfect sunset. And we quickly collected two bags full of plastic. Our new custom Green Bag Lady bags are GREAT! The mesh at the bottom works really well to separate the plastic from the sand. Just give the bag a shake-shake-shake (shake your booty) and out goes the sand. And the fluorescent orange fabric with the words One Plastic Beach not only identifies our project- it makes us and the bags visible even at dusk. It will be hard to get lost now that we can see the bright glow of the bag hiking along the edge of the surf.

Hope all is well with you- busier than ever?  Whenever you get a chance Electric Works would sure like some more bags to give away.

Thanks and Happy Holidays,
Judith and Richard

England Bag!

Hi,
Thank you once again for the Giveaway. The bag is lovely :)

I've attached a photo of me having just got back home with some shopping in the bag :)

Kind regards
Elaine Maul
Cheshunt, HRT, ENGLAND--18171

More bags from Ludmilla!

Good morning, Teresa,

I send you a photo of my next Christmas-bags. It was a little tablecloth from a second-hand store. I think, the fabric is very good for bags.

Regards,
Ludmilla Zajkova (and HERE!)
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At this rate, Ludmilla should move to Tennessee and become a Bagette!

Russia Bag!

Dear lady Tereza! Many thanks that have allowed to join your command! Your remarkable Bag very much was pleasant to my children! Know that in Russia it is a lot of people who support you and love! 


Yours faithfully from far Russia 
Vitaly Streltsov
Azov town

Milk Carton Wreath!

How cute it this?

It's made out of milk cartons. Really! Tutorial HERE. Thank you to Adry for sharing! Go make one! Teresa

Don't forget, one more day!

Only one more day to get your Green Bag Lady fat quarter pack! I like it so much I even ordered one!

More info HERE! Teresa

Argentina Bag!

Thanks for the bag, i use it a lot!!!

Lucia

La Cumbre, CORDOBA, ARGENTINA

California Bag!

Thanks for the bag. I use it all the time. It's saving me money too. Target gives me a 5 cent discount every time I use it. Love it! Keep up the good work.

Tina #17473