Beverly/Bibay wins the bag giveaway!

I was touched by all the entrants for my organic sateen bag giveaway. It's got lovely floral handles and a fresh pastel color to make it distinguishable from everyone else's bag.

Random.org chose comment 88 which was

"I always use my cloth bag whenever i am shopping =D"


Beverly/bibay will have an email to confirm. I just visited her weblog, which you may also want to do -- it is full of giveaways (and The GoGo's!).

Bag Giveaway

I've spent a good amount of time with the Green Bag Lady bag that I was gifted. Here is my Green Bag Lady bag to giveaway. I've signed this one, just like the Green Bag Lady does. Read on if you'd like me to give this bag to you.

The bag is light blue with blue floral handles. Fabric by Harmony Art (organic design). It is roughly 18 x 18 x 3 inches plus handles.

I will give this bag away by choosing a random comment. The writer of the comment wins. Easy!

For a chance at this bag, you will leave a comment here. You must include your email address or have a blogger account so I can tell you that you are a winner.

You can leave up to four comments -- which increases your chance of winning the bag. Comments will close on Jan. 16; I'll choose a winner by random on Jan. 17, 2010.

1. Read my article on reusable cloth bags. [Leave a comment at the examiner.com article site if there are other stores that offer monetary credit for bringing your own bags.] Leave a comment here telling me if you use cloth bags.

2. Subscribe to my Examiner column or follow this blog -- your choice -- for a second chance. If you currently or newly subscribe or follow, tell me in a comment here.

3. If you are willing to pay it forward, leave another comment. If you win, I will supply you with pre-cut fabric to make and then give away _another_ bag . It is truly the easiest bag I've made. [I'll post instructions soon for anyone who cannot wait to make their own. It takes very little fabric.]

4. Tweet about this giveaway for another chance, then comment here about it: RT @threesisjulia Win a handmade shopping bag! visit http://wanderingknits.blogspot.com/2010/01/bag-giveaway.html

I won again

I cut coupons. I also join manufacturer websites so I can get more coupons. Land O Lakes (who doesn't want coupons for butter?) recently asked for Christmas memories and stories, so I submitted one of mine and won. This means that the email newsletter that all the Land O Lakes subscribers get included my story, along with a couple other stories. I also got two coupons for free butter.

The other winning thing I've done is make a Green Bag Lady bag. This was one of the easiest things I've ever made. Ever. The only thing I would change about the pattern would be to note WST or RST on the pieces. That would be Wrong Sides Together or Right Sides Together. You can also figure it out on your own but a pattern marking would have been faster. I did view the video once I was done sewing . It's a six minute time suck. I will be giving the new bag away soon.

I have used my yellow Green Lady bag twice, and I like it. Here is a photo I took of it last night. I've read a few articles about reusable bags -- USE THE BAG seems to be the moral of all the articles. If you want to have an impact, environmental or financial, you have to use the bag frequently.


Hauling stuff to meetings in it keeps my stuff from being mixed up with someone else's; everyone has store bags. It holds a lot and is strong, so I'm hoping to get 100+ uses out of it within the year.

Speaking of meetings, I attended the last meeting of 2009 for one of my homeschool moms groups. About half of us participated in an ornament exchange. It's a lot like winning, even though it's trading. I gave a quilled tree and received two handmade snowflakes. The snowflakes are already on the tree, so no photo yet. One mom had her kids make ornaments, the other mom made the snowflake herself. Pipe cleaners and some beads in really neat shapes make very nice snowflake ornaments.