Putting
the Joy in Recycling
Bag
of Joy News – March 2017
St.
Patrick’s Day is March 17 and in honor of the patron saint of Ireland, Bag of
Joy is offering a 10 percent discount all month long on the purchase of any item with green on
or in it. Not just all-green – any green! Find a leaf on a bag or a frog on a
journal and the discount is yours. I’ll even do the green-hunting for you. Shop in my Shopify Store on Facebook or Joy of Recycling on Etsy.
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| New! Joyful Beads made of fabric and thread leftovers. |
New
from Bag of Joy
Each
month in 2017 I’ve introduced a new product (Busy Blankets in January; Joy of
Journals in February), so what’s new in March? Fabric beads! As a lifelong hoarder I admit I save most
anything that comes my way, especially small scraps of whatnots in my studio.
My new fabric beads are made from small bits of leftover fabric, rolled tightly, sealed
with clear coating, and wrapped once more with leftover threads. I use my
Joyful Beads as bling on bags and mixed media artwork and they are available
for purchase individually. Prices range from $5 to $20 each. Email or message
me for more information.
Nonprofit
Partner of the Month
The
Spring Fair (formerly known as MUC’n’Stuff) is coming to Makawao Union Church
on March 25th from 8 am to 2 pm. My Bag of Joy booth will be set up
on the grassy area in front of the 102-year-old community hall, as will
numerous other booths showcasing the best of Maui’s arts and crafts. A huge
rummage sale will be going on inside the hall; a bake sale on the lanai; and
food booths will offer hamburgers, hot dogs, Indian cuisine and more. All sales
in the Bag of Joy booth will benefit the restoration and maintenance of the
church’s Community Hall, with a donation of 25 percent of the sale price.
I
also continue to designate 25% of the sale price of my Busy Blankets to the
Aloha Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
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| Annie's Own, green for St. Patrick! |
Bag
of the Month
Annie’s
Own is a green bag (go back and read the first paragraph). Made from a vintage
placemat with a length of soft cord that doubles as a cross-body strap and side
tassels, it closes with a magnetic snap and has a handmade flower and vintage
button embellishment. You’ll find it in my Shopify Store.
Bags
in Books – a monthly contest for readers
Can
you identify the book this passage was taken from?
“They
carried shopping bags and baskets, cloth bundles, chickens in crates, flowers.
The streets were overflowing – as they had been, I thought, for sixteen
hundred years.”
The
first person to correctly name the book title will win a gift from the Bag of
Joy collection. Just make a comment below or send me an answer through any of
the contacts listed. If you live off-island and are the first to answer
correctly, I’ll be happy to mail your gift.
We have a winner in our February contest! Chuck Cohn from California
correctly identified "Silas Marner" as the source of the Bags in
Books quote last month. His gift was mailed to him as our thank you for joining
in the fun.
Welcome
to the Recycling Department.
Can I help you?
Compost
As
I stated in my December blog: Saying something is compostable doesn’t mean it
really is! Read on:
Plastic products sold in California with “biodegradable” and
“compostable” printed on their labels cost Walmart nearly $1 million in a
settlement earlier this month. County district attorneys say the world’s largest retailer ran
afoul of a California law that bans products labeled “biodegradable” and
requires those using the word “compostable” to meet ASTM compostability
standards.
Walmart is not the first company to find itself at odds with
California law: The first
lawsuit citing the law came in 2011, when three water
bottle companies were sued by California’s attorney general for making “false
and misleading claims” about how their products break down. The case was
settled the following year. It’s a scenario that could be popping up more and more as advocacy
groups push for more states to follow suit, according to the US Composting
Council, which has written
model legislation for
regulating labels.
As states pass similar laws, “then certainly you’ll see cases
being brought using that legislation,” said Cary Oshins, associate director of the
US Composting Council.
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| Last year's Honorable Mention winner, a wall hanging with 20 panels made of old dryer sheets and "stuff." |
Recycled news you can use
Art of Trash is coming up in April… receiving day for entries is
April 1 from 9:30 am to 3 pm at the Maui Mall. If you haven’t started your trashy art
yet, you still have time to finish a stupendous piece of artwork using all recycled,
upcycled, repurposed and reclaimed materials. Give that stash of old, broken
and battered stuff new life. For entry forms and more information visit the Sharing Aloha website. See you on April 1.
The wide world of recycling
(as reported in Resource Recycling):
United Kingdom: Coffee chain Costa has begun a countrywide program to recycle
paper cups, and not just its own brand. According to Chartered
Institution of Wastes Management, Costa will accept any
cup at any of the
company’s 2,000 locations.
New Zealand: TerraCycle and Glad are putting on a contest that lets New
Zealanders win prizes for
schools and nonprofit organizations by recycling used Glad food-storage products.
According to a press
release,
participants who send in the most products will earn $1,000 toward their chosen
beneficiary organization, with $250 second- and third-place prizes.
Recycle
this thought
What’s new today will soon be old. And what’s old will soon be
vintage. And vintage turns to antique before you know it. Many times, the older
it gets the more valuable it becomes. Now, don’t you wish you had stored those
original Star Trek dolls and goofy paint-by-numbers kits?
Contact
information
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Joy-of-Recycling
Shopify:
https://www.facebook.com/JoyofRecycling/shop
Twitter:
@SJoyWebster
Email:
joyofrecycling@gmail.com
Phone:
808-572-6303
