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Bags

MiniFlare Eco Handbags for Hot Summer Nights

by Jennifer on June 18, 2009

For a night out on the town a cooler than cool bag helps move the evening along smoothly. Bonus points if your bag is also eco-friendly, shiny, and fun. I’m currently loving the eco-bling offered up by the MiniFlare Handbags.

Vintage Violet MiniFlair
Not too big and not too small, these adorable little bags will be a [...]

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Fair Trade Protection for Sunglasses

by Jennifer on June 2, 2009

Bambootique has the cutest little Fair Trade accessory – the Silk Sunglasses/ Cell Phone Case.

Silk Sunglasses/ Cell Phone Case – Tangerine
These sweet little padded cases are built to protect your sunglasses, reading glasses or cell phone in summer style. Each case is handmade by women who work with the Fair Trade company Rajana Crafts. The [...]

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Turns out that you’d have to drink around 1,600 cans. At least if you want this bag…

The Masha messenger-style bag is made with 1,600 plus recycled aluminum pull-tabs. Frankly, I wouldn’t have that kind of patience. But the skilled women at Escama Studio do. Escama Studio is a San Francisco based Fair Trade company partnered [...]

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I know this isn’t the perfect place for me to wax poetic about reusable water bottles. Especially since a water bottle isn’t truly a fashion or beauty product; no matter how darn green it is. Still, I can’t help but share these water bottles because they’re too luscious to believe. PLUS, I did at least [...]

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Six More Fabulous Eco-Etsy Bags

by Jennifer on December 26, 2008

In Seven Fabulous Eco-Etsy Bags I noted that I had found six more cool bags to share – that would be happening now…
First up, in total tweed bliss is the Little William bag from Mandinka Designs. Mandinka makes the Little William, and all their other bags, from reclaimed and recycled men’s suit coats. Each bag [...]

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Seven Fabulous Eco-Etsy Bags

by Jennifer on December 19, 2008

Actually, I found about 13 fab reusable Etsy bags the other day, but that would make for a pretty long post, so we’ll start with seven.
Etsy is sometimes the only place you need to find great green goodies. Beautiful, eco-friendly bags, clutches, and coin purses are especially prevalent at Etsy. They have so many to [...]

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Felted Wool Satchel

by Jennifer on December 6, 2008

Look how adorable this satchel is! It’s almost enough to make me forget this flu that’s making my life miserable right now. (Almost). Too bad it doesn’t come with hot tea. In any case, this satchel is way cute. It’s hand-scrubbed and pounded by Nepalese and Tibetan villagers, the the felted wool is soaked, heated, [...]

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