Cloth Pad Giveaway - Earth Day 22nd April 2011 (Preparing the prize)

I have been working on the prizes for the Cloth Pads Earth Day Give Away...  I almost have the pads ready for all the winners and had even posted 1.   Plan to post the rest today...

The original prize

More liners for ladies who commented in the post and haven't tried cloth pad.

The below is additional for the winner, Ms M..  An insert type pad so that she can make her own soakers from T-Shirts/Towels/Handkerchief etc.   I hope this will make her switch to cloth pad a lot easier...

I have chosen microfleece as the top of the base as I found that the blood from the soaker doesn't stain it.  So, the base stays clean even though the soaker could be very wet...

The envelope with the cloth pads to Ms M in the Philippines is 85 gram.  I checked out the postage rate on Pos Malaysia website and the postage isn't too bad..  :) :
http://www.pos.com.my/pos/homepage/homepg_rate.aspx

Hoping to post the prize today...  

Have a good long weekend,

Anic

Green Idea 4 - Plastic Bags & Shopping Bags

I started using shopping bags awhile a go but I still have some plastic bags from before..   And sometimes, when I forgot to bring my own shopping bags, I collected some new ones...  :(    (see at the end of this entry on how to organise plastic bags.)

To avoid forgetting,  I now keep a shopping bag in my handbag.    It is very small when folded and doesn't take up much space in my handbag.   I bought it at Guardian, about RM6 (I think).   But you could sew one...

When open up, quite big.. carry quite a lot of things.

Repurpose pillow case as shopping bag:

I have this unused pillow case and turned it into a shopping bag...   Quite happy with the result.

Another shopping bag added to my handbag.  :)

Useful way of organising plastic bags:

If you have lots of plastic bags at home, fold them neatly and keep a few in your bags and many in your car.  :).  There are many ways of folding them.

1) Triangle (my favourite) : 

How to do:

http://www.origami-resource-center.com/grocery-bag-folding.html

http://www.xiaoyenzi.com/2009/11/how-to-fold-a-plastic-bag/

2) Square : http://www.doflick.com/ViewVideo.aspx?vId=260

3) A knot: http://www.xiaoyenzi.com/2009/11/how-to-fold-a-plastic-bag/

Bye now,

Anic