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Ok some choices I will make.

December 8th, 2008 at 07:09 pm

I have to give us some credit, we have been making many changes due to our health, environment, and finance desires.

Not only do we mainly use plastic or glass to store leftovers in (not generally ziplock or saranwrap) we also use paper bags, and often reuse gift bags from year to year. (some bags are a bit of tradition here)

This year I am going to speak to my husband about NOT buying wrapping paper. How about getting a cheap set (or saving some we acquire) of cloth for the angel gifts that are wrapped? And/or using cloth for the 'fancy fudge' (some folk just get foil wrapped...)

And maybe if we acquire a non girly bag he could try to use it for a store or two? It can't hurt to ask right.

I did read of cloth bags for produce..but we rarely use a bag (grapes come in one, bananas don't need one, apples come already in plastic, usually when buying other fruit we only get one and don't need a bag....)

Or cloth for bulk flour...but we don't (yet) buy anything that way.


I am going to look into other places we use plastic and see where else we could cut down... though I am American in putting my garbage in plastic... I wonder what would happen if we put it in paper, would that be better or worse environmentally? paper could be recycled, the plastic isn't very well recycled (usually we use those plastic bags from stores for the garbage)

A bit more thought will have to go into it.

BTW those cloth diapers work ok, not to bad for travel and not to difficult to wash, trouble is, she is sick...so I really don't want to use them.....but I will. Soon as I run out of this sleeve, honest.

3 Responses to “Ok some choices I will make.”

  1. nanamom Says:
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    Wrapping in cloth is a great idea and walmart sells cheap Christmasy cloth. Had I known I would have done it. I will keep it in mind for next year. That is a great idea. I remember when I was little there was a Joseph Horne's box that went back and forth between our family and my big sisters family for several years. I believe we had one that did that for a while too. i know someone who used to put fudge in small tins and if you didnt return them you didnt get fudge. Of course you have to store them but if you got small (or made) cloth bags then they store pretty small or you could use dollar store stockings and put names on them and then you'd know for sure who returned the things for more fudge. I wrapped one of our angel gifts in a beach towel cause the little girl wanted Hannah Montana and I found a cheap towel.

  2. mom-from-missouri Says:
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    I used to get sheets and pillowcases at garage sales for gift bags. I would then make the bag (with a drawstring top) and dye them Christmas colors, or add a Christmas ribbon to them. For the cord, use a gold cording (walmart or hobby lobby). Bags I made 10 years ago still are showing up at family get togethers (although I need to make more as the family is spreading out as it grows.)

    Receiving blankets sewn in a loose stich make great bags for baby items--afterward, remove the stitching and you have a blanket--or you can wrap the gift in the blanket in such a way to make it look like a diaper.

    Bath towels are also a good one to use.

  3. princessperky Says:
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    Those are neat ideas..I might look forward to wrapping again if it were more fun and creative instead of a tape battle.

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