I have had it with people trying to make a buck off of saving our planet. I'll shell out $25 to a woman who hand makes bags from reclaimed shirts, blankets, sheets, and what-the-frig-ever-else she can find.
Why?
Because it is worth it. I don't give a flying flipping frog turd if something is organic, I am not going to pay $40 for a bag. I'm from cotton growing country, if I want an organic bag bad enough, I'll grow my own darn cotton, spin the yarn, and weave it on a cardboard loom reclaimed from a darned cereal box.
You’re probably wondering what has me in such a tizzy. Over on TreeHuggingFamily, Jennifer blogged about this nutball creation of a reusable bag. Having a reusable isn’t nutballish, it is the insane price of this thing. $40 for a bag. Puh-leez! There are other places that sell bags much cheaper and are probably of better quality.
I mean, who cares if Kermit the Frog is on the front (like the $40 bag) or if it is a plain, functional bag. You are carrying things in them. Things that might leak, have a sharp point to poke through the material, or get slammed in a car door to get a grease mark. Grease can sometimes stain forever.
Instead of buying bags, you can make your own. There are plenty of resources online to give you instructions on how to sew a reusable bag. Any bag or tote pattern will work or make up your own. I mentioned a lady (actually two of them) who make bags from reclaimed shirts. They’re called BaggyShirts. You can buy some of these or make your own from clothes you’d otherwise never wear again.
This has me ticked enough to begin another blog just for ranting about this type of thing. Stay tuned.
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