Comments on: Are You a Thread Head? http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/ A rabbit in a tree. Whoopeee! Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:46:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: dawn http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/comment-page-1/#comment-788 dawn Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:54:54 +0000 http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/#comment-788 Awesome site! What a neat idea! Awesome site! What a neat idea!

]]> By: Bag Monster http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Bag Monster Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:24:20 +0000 http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/#comment-10 So I take it you don't like single-use bags? What a bunch of Bag Monster Busters! There's a blog for people who want to be entertained and informed about the bag crisis: www.BagMonsterBusters.com Nobody seems to want us around anymore... It's hard being a Bag Monster in the Age of Bag Bans! I can't even get a job because of those new-fandangled reusable ChicoBags. I just got back from getting trashed at Mardi Gras! To see my latest shenanigans go to my blog: http://www.BagMonster.com With competition like ChicoBag, I don't know how long we'll last without endangered species protection. *sigh* It's tough being a Bag Monster. So I take it you don’t like single-use bags? What a bunch of Bag Monster Busters! There’s a blog for people who want to be entertained and informed about the bag crisis: http://www.BagMonsterBusters.com

Nobody seems to want us around anymore… It’s hard being a Bag Monster in the Age of Bag Bans! I can’t even get a job because of those new-fandangled reusable ChicoBags.

I just got back from getting trashed at Mardi Gras! To see my latest shenanigans go to my blog: http://www.BagMonster.com

With competition like ChicoBag, I don’t know how long we’ll last without endangered species protection. *sigh* It’s tough being a Bag Monster.

]]> By: dawn http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/comment-page-1/#comment-11 dawn Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:58:13 +0000 http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/#comment-11 Lauren: Thanks for the link. It sounds like a fun way to recycle plastic bags. I did stumble upon this while searching for reusable bag sites but forgot to include it in my post. I do have plans in the very near future to crochet a bag with plastic bag yarn. I plan to do a post about it with a link to video instructions so stay tuned. More links to fusing plastic bags: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html http://blog.betzwhite.com/2007/07/bag-this.html http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/diy_more_fused.php http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/2309732/ Lauren: Thanks for the link. It sounds like a fun way to recycle plastic bags. I did stumble upon this while searching for reusable bag sites but forgot to include it in my post. I do have plans in the very near future to crochet a bag with plastic bag yarn. I plan to do a post about it with a link to video instructions so stay tuned.

More links to fusing plastic bags:
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html
http://blog.betzwhite.com/2007/07/bag-this.html
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/diy_more_fused.php
http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/2309732/

]]> By: Lauren http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Lauren Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:14:08 +0000 http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/#comment-9 hey-- thanks for stopping by, and for the link! I didn't check out all of your links, but here's one that might interest you: http://etsylabs.blogspot.com/2007/05/long-overdue-fusing-plastic-bag.html You may already know how to do this, but it's a tutorial on fusing plastic shopping bags together to make reuseable shopping bags, wallets, etc. I've been meaning to try it! hey– thanks for stopping by, and for the link!

I didn’t check out all of your links, but here’s one that might interest you:

http://etsylabs.blogspot.com/2007/05/long-overdue-fusing-plastic-bag.html

You may already know how to do this, but it’s a tutorial on fusing plastic shopping bags together to make reuseable shopping bags, wallets, etc. I’ve been meaning to try it!

]]> By: dawn http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/comment-page-1/#comment-787 dawn Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:46:55 +0000 http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/#comment-787 I agree! It definitely feels a lot better to just not bring them home in the first place. Even if they are recycled it is so much effort to store them and bring them to be recycled not to mention the energy spent to actually recycle them. If I do end up bringing some home (with has happened on occasion) I can bring them in to a local health food store which gives you an option of using either a new bag or a recycled bag. If you choose no bag, bring your own or use a recycled bag (i.e. do not use a new bag of theirs) they donate $.10 per bag to a different local non-profit organization every month. Those bags can really add up as the non-profit I volunteer for was given a donation of over $600 one month from this store. I agree! It definitely feels a lot better to just not bring them home in the first place. Even if they are recycled it is so much effort to store them and bring them to be recycled not to mention the energy spent to actually recycle them. If I do end up bringing some home (with has happened on occasion) I can bring them in to a local health food store which gives you an option of using either a new bag or a recycled bag. If you choose no bag, bring your own or use a recycled bag (i.e. do not use a new bag of theirs) they donate $.10 per bag to a different local non-profit organization every month. Those bags can really add up as the non-profit I volunteer for was given a donation of over $600 one month from this store.

]]> By: The Kept Woman http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/comment-page-1/#comment-8 The Kept Woman Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:06:44 +0000 http://www.dawnshumate.com/2008/02/06/are-you-a-thread-head/#comment-8 I bought some cheap-o reusable bags at Wally World and every single time I shop and don't come home with a plastic bag I get this warm fuzzy feeling. We've always recycled them but it feels so much better to not bring any home in the first place! I bought some cheap-o reusable bags at Wally World and every single time I shop and don’t come home with a plastic bag I get this warm fuzzy feeling. We’ve always recycled them but it feels so much better to not bring any home in the first place!

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