Finally! I can sew again!

So, I'm getting started...

cutting lining and fabric...




making labels...




sewing...


a bunch of finished bags! Yipee!

Frustrations....

I'm trying to stay positive! My supplier of lining fabric has been out for months. I ordered some new stuff from Wazoodle who said they had "lots" and come to find out... they didn't and are waiting for their supply! urgh! I so badly want to sew and get new bags in my shop, but I can't....must be paitent!

Bag Dryer

Check it out!! This is a new thing... after trying to dry all my bags on spatulas... now I'm trying this. I made it using some wood wheels, dowels, candle holder, and a flat base. After many attempts drilling... it looks like this. It can hold 6 bags at a time (or baby bottles)!





This is when the dryer is collapsed.


After the testing phase is complete... it will be for sale :)

Measures 12.5 inches tall, 3 inches at the base and 8 inches at the top when opened.

A day at the Disney Store Green Fair

Wednesday, I was invited to show off my sacks at the Disney Store's corporate office Green Fair. It was fun!


Here's my table with my new product tree that I made.

Etsy Green Teams

Etsy Teams are groups of organized Etsy members who network, share skills, and promote their shops and Etsy together. A Team can form around a shared location, crafting medium, or really anything that brings people together. In honor of Earth Day (the annual reminder that we should be environmentally conscious year-round) I've asked some Etsy Teams what efforts they are taking to be as eco-friendly as possible in 2010.

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Treasuries...

A couple of new treasuries in the East :)

How does my garden grow...

Once Upon a Time...


Enjoy!

Santa Clarita Arbor Earth Day

Random had a booth at the Arbor Earth Day on Saturday and it was a beautiful day.

This is my favorite school recycling sculpture... very 'nightmare before christmas'!


My booth and product.






Brandon did a little ladybug release. He had them crawling all over :)

Making my product trees

I decided I need to get my product up off the table... so I made these product trees.

I started out with two 8ft 2X2's and cut a 3 ft section for the post, then four 1 ft sections to make a base. I wanted to make in a way that would come apart for transport to/from fairs. Then I drilled diagonal holes for dowls to hang the product from.







The finished tree with product.


Here's my helper.

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a mission to be eco-friendly

Welcome!

Last year while making my kids lunches, it dawned on me that all of the plastic bags I was using in their lunchboxes were ending up in the trash - then the landfill! I know these bags take a long time to break down. I pleaded with my kids to bring them home and reuse them, but that never happened. So, I ran across some polyurethane laminated fabric that some of my mom friends used to make cloth diaper covers...It's waterproof, really??!! Well, all be darned! I can use this stuff to make bags for my kids lunches! And it began! I found Celtic Cloths on-line that sells PUL in all sorts of colors and started making snack bags. I added fun fabric prints to the outside to appeal to my kids. They loved them! The snack bags came home! I started making them for their friends and now I make them for everyone! :)

My company, Random Sacks Of Kindness, caters to families with children and individuals who are eco-conscious. The eco-friendly items that I have in my shop are made from fun, trendy, colorful, and durable fabrics.

Random Sacks Of Kindness (RSOK) offers an eco-friendly alternative to plastic zipper sandwich, snack, and large sized bags with a hook and loop closure fabric bags with a waterproof liner. We also have a replacement for plastic produce bags found at the local grocery market with muslin cinch sacks. Finally, we have other eco-friendly alternatives for paper napkins & towels and anything else I see that can be made reusable.