christmas wish list for you… part 1

if i have the time…  if i have the chance to see you…

1. i will ask you for one of your old shirts that i can overhaul and turn to this nice re-useable shopping bag found in this post. 

it can be neatly folded so you bring anywhere

or this one from martha stewart :

very easy to do!

2. i will ask you if you have an old furniture that is needing mending and new paint, and i will spend one (or maybe 2) weekend sanding it, then i’ll buy an earth-friendly paint and i will try my best to turn it into this…

very nice pieces

3. i will ask you for little pieces of papers you have saved from your travels, like a train ticket, a stamp, a receipt from a really nice restaurant, a post card or flyer for marketing, i will buy a nice blank notebook from a book store and turn it into this travel scrapbook from martha stewart ….

this one is no glue but i will need adhesives to secure your memorabilias

or i can buy a frame to keep them together like this one from this link..

so you can share to your house guests

ang dami dami ko pang ideas… i wish then i have the time, and hopefully i can see you…

bakit nga ba?

today, this lovely blog post from chuvaness :

 

photo by cecile van straten

 

chuvaness : Why does a single tablet need to placed in a plastic bag?

why indeed?!!!

i have read somewhere that your re-useable/eco bag used 2x a week for 2 years saves up to 832 plactic bags which is equivalent to 11 lbs of garbage and enough petroleum to drive you 60miles.

food for thought today and tomorrow and everytime you are given a plastic bag

eco bags from bangkok

back to posts about bangkok

my bangkok trip will not be complete without any shopping! and so with limited time to do some really serious shopping i would sneak from my group and do some shopping on my own

one thing that delighted me in bangkok “mall” shopping (e kasi nga no time to go to the bazaars) is that they are into re-using ang saving the planet too! because the emporium mall is just beside our hotel and office, this is where we would bump into each other while we do our shopping. i bought some dresses and remembered i forgot to bring in with me my reuseable bag because we came from the office. as i prepared to take my purchase, i was feeling bad kasi nga they will be put in a plastic, they handed these really nice paper bags made of recycled paper with some green reminders : think green, nature never goes out of style !

my favorite paper bag todate!

and then i saw this advertisement inside the mall that i can buy playhound’s limited edition eco/reuseable bag for only 400 bhat! so off i go to the basement level and looked for the bag. the bag is not an ordinary eco tote!

it's a body bag!

it has adjustable starps, you can easily tie it to what suits you. the fabric is so soft, you can fold it into a small square so it fits your purse and you can carry it along with you everywhere. the bag itself is a work of art so it’s stylish enough to carry with you anywhere.

upclose

green head is a dog!

more than that, emporium mall sell this very chic and durable re-useable bag as well for 299 bhat only , this is my pasalubong for my ate. she loves it and guess what, i can borrow it anytime i want

nice right?

emporium mall in thailand offers a complete range of shopping from clothes, to shoes, bags, home appliances and furniture and grocery, too! we bought cheese, dried fruit and nuts and some wine there as well…

mmmm.....

more bangkok experience on the next post.

pinoy designer eco totes

intermission muna or singit sa “seoul series”…

ayala malls celebrate “greenology” starting august. and part of this on sale now in ayala malls are these 6 pieces of designer eco tote bags! cool! for just P400 you get a designer eco tote – P100 goes to world wildlife fund and the rest of the proceeds goes to the designer’s chosen organization. read the rest of this in stylebible.ph.

photo from stylebible.ph

so, before i left for seoul i have seen ayala malls’ greenology ad along c5. of course the eco totes lauch caught my attention, and soon as i’m back i went to glorietta and searched for them.

my bag of choice is the one by michi calica-sotto.

the red bag

my choice - the beige bag

the description up close

the random wrinkling of the bag symbolizes the cracks of Mother Earth caused by our collective abuse. but here’s good news : choose to reuse, reduce and recycle resources today, and we can help reverse the effect in 10 years. made with love, repurposed canvass and tarpaulin, this reuseable tote by michi calica works and looks better than any plastic bag.

we reuse em' all

the bag’s underside is made of re-used tarpaulins to further promote waste management. michi calica’s choice is the earth day network.

his art, our heart

i saw this re-useable bag at kultura. kultura is a store at gf megamall, bldg a full of everything na gawang pinoy.

the back reads – his art, our heart. sabi din visit the site www.amorsoloretro.com. pero wala naman ang mga products dun. instead i re-discovered the great - fernando amorsolo.

he is our first ever national artist for painting. ang mga gawa niya reflects mostly of being filipino – from fruits, women, sceneries among others. he captures filipina at their loveliest and filipino traditions that we are proud of - celebration of a first born, pagtatanim ng palay, paglalaba sa sapa, etc. there will be a series of celebration ng mga arts nyang ito in various museums :

UP JORGE B. VARGAS MUSEUM AND FILIPINIANA RESEARCH CENTER
Amorsolo, His Contemporaries and Pictures of the War: Capturing Anxieties
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF MANILA
Philippine Staple: The Land, The Harvest and the Maestro
AYALA MUSEUM
Amorsolo’s Women Concealed and Revealed
—————–

malamang pupuntahan ko ang nasa ayala museum.

rustan’s celebrates with them, too. meron din silang re-useable bags featuring his works. galing diba? a work of art that you can carry with you anytime you want

photo from :

http://heart-2-heart-online.com/2008/10/07/rustan%E2%80%99s-celebrates-the-art-of-amorsolo/

save a bag, save the world

saw this at SM marikina supermarket last Saturday. meron na rin akong re-useable bag ng SM pero sana meron pang further discount para ma-encourage ang mga tao to re-use!

si joaquin with tatay nya

julia roberts re-use

i try to re-use as much as i can. pag nasa grocery ako, i’m mindful of the number of plastics they give, i tell the bagger na pag kasyahin nalang as much as he can sa one or two palstic bags. if they allow me to just put the purchase inside my bag, then hindi na ko kumukuha nas plastic/shopping bag especially those na alam kong hindi ko magagamit ulit.

as much as i can i try to help reduce waste and reduce plastic usage.

saw this on this link :

http://keetsa.com/blog/eco-friendly/do-those-superstars-go-food-shopping/

not too big a star to re-use

i’m not a fan like my friends, now after seeing this and reading the link above… i’m beginning to really like her .

ang eco bag ni GandaDai :-)

Thank you kay Daileen!!!

from www.ilayastreet.net

take a way bag

nagsisimula na ko ma-addict mag search ng eco friendly bags. i want to design one and the more i see the good stuff out there, na di-discourage na ko. gusto ko nalang bumili !

do habang nag search ako online, nakita ko ang bag na ito. this one that really, really amuses me. cool diba? pati ang pangalan nakakatuwa – take a way bag ni diane steverlynck. so high end ito as in made of leather.

from www.style-files.com then search for diane steverlynck

kenneth cole’s ecotote

i’m always facinated with eco bags. re-useable and eco-friendly! i’m trying to be eco-friendly right now. whenever i shop i ask the bagger to use only one bag, if maliit yung item then i will just put it inside my bag. yun, small things that i’m hoping will make a difference.

check out this ecotote by kenneth cole. galing nya talaga sa mga statements !

the ecotote bag

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