Monaluna + Organic '12 Freebie!

Sweet Jennifer from Monaluna was kind enough to send some beautiful organic fabric our way. And, we have some lovely things for you! How about one of these fat quarter stacks?

 Or, one of these cute bags? They are all up for grabs and they are all ORGANIC COTTON, yay!

To enter this freebie:

•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 collection of Monaluna fabric!

•DEADLINE FOR THE FREEBIE IS 10pm(CST) Tuesday, May 1, 2012. (winners will be posted here and notified by email no later than May 2)

4 fortunate people will be chosen randomly from the comments to win one of the fat quarter stacks and 4 lucky people will win the Monaluna fabric bags. 8 lucky peeps total! 

Don't forget to leave us your email! 

Many thanks to Jennifer + Monaluna fabrics! Good luck everybody! Teresa

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Aunt Frances Bags…

My Aunt Frances (aka Vice Mom) strikes again. She makes the best bags. Really. She can take a hand full of scraps that I would normally put in the pet bed stuffing pile and come out with something gorgeous. These are 2 bags she has sent me lately…

They are both from fabric sample strips from THIS wonderful company. We usually make handles out of the strips but Aunt Frances took the time to sew them together to make beautiful and unique bags.

I really love the angle of the patchwork, yummy!

Thank you for the bags Aunt Frances, you are the best! Teresa

Read more about Aunt Frances in the following posts:
The Amazing Aunt Frances
Amazing Aunt Frances Part II
From Aunt Frances…
Yummy Muffin Recipe

From Bed to Bag…

Remember our camping trip a couple of weeks ago? Well, we discovered one of our air mattresses was leaking like a sieve. Sheesh! We could not find the hole/holes to patch and it seemed like an awful lot of plastic to send to the landfill. I started looking at it and told my husband I thought it could be bags, he agreed.

Here is the before…

I cut the whole thing apart and the sides became handles. Next, I trimmed the plastic connectors off that were part of the interior…

And made seven bags (one didn't make the photo)…

They are great! Very sturdy and waterproof. Perfect for the beach, pool or frozen foods at the grocery store. So there you go, anything that can be a bag around this house, becomes a bag! I think the kids have started hiding their clothes from me… Teresa

Birch Fabric Organic '12 - WINNERS!

Congratulations to the following lucky folks…

WINNERS of the Commute fabric fat quarters are:

Emily S, MA
Jennifer W, CANADA
Beth T, OR

WINNERS of the Commute fabric shopping bags are:

Serena W, CANADA
Maria P, BELARUS
Heather D, OH
Ramona P, LA
Jessica G, CA

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, BirchFabrics_4_2012

Birch Fabric Organic '12 Freebie!

The lovely Cynthia Mann at Birch Fabrics has once again sent organic fabric along for another freebie. Thanks Cynthia! This is from her Commute line. Isn't it great? I can see this as so many things, quilts, shirts, curtains and of course, bags…

This is what we have for this yummy freebie…

3 sets of fat quarters of all 10 of the cute Commute fabric…

 And, 5 Green Bag Lady bags also made out of the Commute fabric…

Yipee! How great is this? A HUGE thank you to Cynthia for donating 40 fat quarters!

To enter this freebie:

•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 thing to make with organic fabric.

•DEADLINE FOR THE FREEBIE IS 10pm(CST) Tuesday, April 24, 2012. (winners will be posted here and notified by email no later than April 25)

3 lucky people will be chosen randomly from the comments to win one of the fat quarter stacks and 5 lucky people will win Commute fabric bags. Don't forget to leave us your email! 

Many thanks to Cynthia + Birch Fabrics! Good luck everybody! Teresa

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Happy EARTH Day!

Source NASA

Happy Earth Day everyone! What a great day to celebrate all the life this great blue ball sustains. Appreciate it, it's all we've got! Teresa

Surfing for Change

Thanks Janet for sending the video. Surfing for Change site HERE. Happy Saturday, I'm cleaning, you? Teresa

Ukraine Bags!

Hello!
Thank you for such beautiful bags!
On the feast of Easter in these convenient bags carried into the church to consecrate Easter cakes. :-)


Viktoria & Galina
Zaporizhya, UKRAINE
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Ok, I want in on that Easter festival next year! I'm honored that Green Bag Lady bags could be a part of it! Teresa

Arggggg!

Look what Harmony and her friends found at the beach. Can you believe it? A HUGE hunk of styrofoam! I wonder how long that thing was floating around until it washed up. Speaking of, I am reading Moby Duck, almost done, have you read it?

Thanks to Harmony and crew for helping to keep the beaches clean. Wish I could have been there to help. Hugs, Teresa

My lunch…

Since all of you shared your lunch with me, here is what I eat on most days. I love a BIG salad! It is what I order at restaurants most of the time too. When I make them for myself they typically include the following items:

lettuce or spinach or BOTH (yes!)
cheese, I love sharp cheddar
sliced carrots
cucumbers
almonds or cashews
hardboiled eggs
dried cherries or craisins
diced apple

for dressing I either make my own or buy one from this guy or this girl the salad above has this on it. YUM! Teresa

Harmony + ECOlunchbox - WINNERS!

Congratulations to the following lucky folks…

WINNERS of the ECOLunchbox Solo Cubes are:

Melissa C, Nashville
Dawn E, WA

WINNERS of the Harmony Art shopping bags are:

Dana K, NE
Michelle L, SINGAPORE
Jennie J, VA
Shayla Sharp, OR
Sarah P, IL
luvditto2008 (NO RESPONSE)
Elaine M, ENGLAND
Elena C, ARGENTINA
Tara B, NM
 Robyn A, IN

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, Harmony+ECOlunchbox_4_2012

Harmony + ECOlunchbox = Organic '12 Freebie!

While visiting Harmony in San Francisco I noticed she was using a handy metal lunch box for snacks. She then told me an old school friend of hers owned the company ECOLunchbox. Awesome! I have a couple of metal containers for my kids for school but really needed a couple more. I ordered 2 of these and in the process ended up chatting with the wonderful ladies at ECOlunchbox. They offered to send me 2 boxes to give away to YOU! Yay! 

So, in keeping with the Harmony/ECOlunchbox connection, I made some bags out of Harmony Art organic cotton to give away too. Wahoo! This is what is up for grabs, 10 organic cotton bags…

 And two ECOlunchbox Solo Cubes…

Twelve lucky winners will run off with these great prizes! 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 your favorite thing to pack for lunch!

•DEADLINE FOR THE FREEBIE IS 10pm(CST) Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (winners will be posted here and notified by email no later than April 18)

12 lucky people will be chosen randomly from the comments to win one of 10 Harmony Art organic cotton bags + 2 ECOLunchbox Solo Cubes. Don't forget to leave us your email! 

Also, check out this lunch math from EcoLunchboxes!!!

Many thanks to Harmony and ECOLunchbox! Good luck everybody! Teresa

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My friend John…

My friend John Guider is an amazing photographer that lives here in Nashville. He used to make a lot of money working commercially, now he travels around in a hand made boat taking beautiful photos of his adventures along the way. Follow John on his newest adventure by liking his Facebook page, you won't be disappointed. Bon voyage John, have a safe trip! Teresa

Today I am…

…taking photos for my next freebie (coming SOON!).

…making a birthday present.

…cutting jeans into shorts for Big Girl (from a stack of hand-me-down denim, love that!).

…thinking about all of you and how much I appreciate you stopping by to visit!

Teresa

Australia Bag!

Please find attached a picture of your lovely green bag (no. 15783) being used. I use it every Sunday morning when I go to the farmers market.

Kind regards

Suzanne

Hamilton, QLD, AUSTRALIA

Israel Bag!

Dear Teresa,
I received your gorgeous bag and I'm sending you a picture.
Thank you very much.
God bless you and all your family!
Tatiana
Ariel, J-S, Israel
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PS from Bagette Dad: The bag was mailed Apr 5!

I want to be a Philadelphia Dumpster Diver…

Except I don't live in Philly! Teresa

Ukraine Bag!

Hello, Teresa! Yesterday I got a bag and two small bags. I'm very glad, it was a holiday for me because I got presents. I really liked the bright, cheerful and colorful bag. The number is 19310. In this photo, I went to the shop for bread with this bag- now I do not need plastic bags! This saves the nature! Thank you again!


Olga
Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine
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You are welcome Olga, I'm glad you won a bag and 2 produce bags in the Colorful Freebie! Enjoy! Teresa

Gino Rizzi

Gino Rizzi uses all kinds of domestic plastic that most people don't consider as valuable materials. He started recycling and looking for costless materials, when starting his artistic carreer in Paris after finishing his art studies in Urbino, Italy. He engaged children and their parents in this act of recycling, organising art workshops. This while working for a cultural centre and as an art teacher in public schools.

These experiences made him develop a whole new vision on plastic, which appeared an omnipresent sculptling material and also feed for discussion on very contemporary themes. His work, inspired in great extend by nature's beauty, expresses in a poetic way his concern about our planet or in his own words 'the plastification of nature'.

Click HERE to see more of Rizzi's incredible works! Teresa

An email from Ukraine…

Dear Green Bag Lady team,

A few days ago I got acquainted with your project. It happened occasionally. I was driving home with my friends. The weather was quite dull. We stopped at the local supermarket. After having bought a few necessary things we were returning home. After we have returned I parked my car near the road.
Later that day I was going to park it in the garage and noticed that a used and dirty plastic bag was blown by the wind to the front glass of my car. It just stopped there. After having looked around I noticed another one by the house of our neighbors. I took the bag from the window of my car and the one that was lying on the road and went home.
I was quite angry with the fact that so much garbage is just flying in the city and nobody cares. Later that evening one of my friends told me about the times we had at our school. Sometimes we had an Eco-week. On this day all our class went out to clean the environment. The school days are now gone. But my friend told me about your project and I was happy to know that somebody else cares.
Maybe it does not change the world, but it definitely will change the attitude. Thank you for your work and for your project!

PS. I have attached the photos I took that day. If you can send me one of your bags, I will be happy to become a part of your project and show it to my friends.  

Ganna Candyl
Ukraina
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Yes, we sent a bag! Teresa

The Weekend…

What did you do this weekend? We spent a couple of days at Big South Fork camping…lovely…

 We went hiking and made new friends…

 Spotted some flora…

…and the biggest angora bunny I have ever seen. My kids are on the right and that is Bagette Ann's sweet daughter on the left. She LOVED that bunny!

I hope your weekend was filled with friends, family and fun too! Teresa

Happy Easter!

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Wishing all of you a wonderful Easter Day! Teresa

Dan Phillips, my new favorite guy…

Dan is a designer and builder in Huntsville, Texas. In 1998, he and his wife Marsha started The Phoenix Commotion, a construction company that builds affordable houses from reclaimed and recycled materials. Their mission is to divert landfill waste while creating sustainable housing for single mothers, artists, and families with low incomes. The Phoenix Commotion keeps labor costs low while reclaiming human potential. They use an apprentice program to teach sustainable building skills to individuals that volunteer or intern on the Phoenix Commotion Crew.

Wow. Worth the 18 minutes. Teresa

Russia Bags!

Hi, Teresa!

This is Elena from Russia. My daughter and I want to thank you cordially for the bags we have received from you recently (#18870 & #18871).
They are great for shopping. We now completely refuse from plastic bags, we do not need them any more!

My mom immediately fell in love with our bags. She told me that she would love to get one of these. She goes to the market every day and badly needs a nice bag. I was astonished by the fact that she still uses plastic bags. Trying to persuade her to switch to fabric. My mom would be happy to receive one of your super cute bags if you have some.

Thank you very much again for the bags. Now we can make both our motherland and our mother Earth even better and cleaner!

Please find attached the pic of my daughter Arisha going out for shopping. Of course, carrying her and my new fabric bags along.

Remember me to your kind father!

Best wishes from Russia,
Elena
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An email and photo like this makes all those hours of sewing worth while! Thanks Elena for your very kind words. Your daughter is adorable! We will send a bag to your mom. Teresa

Awesome Facade!

1,000 recycled doors are enough for the South Korean architect Choi Jeong-Hwa to transform a dull ten-story building into a fresh-looking landmark. This ‘skyscraper’ in the center of the Korean capital Seoul has become a pixelated landmark, that tells the story of thousand people who once chose a fitting color for a door in their apartment.


via Recyclart

San Francisco

Ok, so wow, I am finally catching my breath. Over a week ago I flew out to the City by the Bay for a photography conference. Great people, great food, some interested lectures and all that. Yup. Then, Harmony came down and met me there, accompanied by Ling-Yen (and here) and her hubby John. First, we went to the DeYoung museum and saw the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit. Crazy stuff. The mannequins talk to you!

I told my hubby I'd make him pants like this. He isn't going for it…

Lunch at DeYoung, me, Harmony and Ling-Yen…

Every day is better with jazz hands, Harmony, me and John…

Walk on the boardwalk, nice…

Hope your week is going well! Teresa