NEW ITEMS!!

Finally getting some new items in the shop

Sandstone bead and bamboo cord bracelet

Floral Bead Earrings

Bamboo and Button Bracelet

Hemp Fashion

When I lived in New Orleans, I used to sit in Jackson Square with a couple of boxes of cool beads and lots of embroidery thread and braid peoples hair. I charged $1 per inch plus whatever bangles, beads or bells you added you had to buy from my box. Making simple macrame knots around a braid in a persons hair using whatever color combos they wanted seemed a fun way to pass the day and make easy money. That was when I first learned how to make hemp jewelry using those simple knots and a a few more.

 Suddenly I was selling my jewelry along with braiding peoples hair with cool colors.

Then bags came along. I found that you could get thick weaves of hemp and using large knots you could make cool bags for groceries and knocking about.

Washed hemp, I discovered with its softer texture was great for crocheting little bags of all sorts

and hats...

and thick shirts for the winter

..and holy crap even bikinis for the hemp fanatic! (  I REALLY like these :) )

In any case its always been one of my favorite fibers to work with. Super versatile and you open your imagination ( no you don't have to smoke it to do that :P)

I love Green!

Two of my newest additions to my shop show how much I love green :D

Green six strand bracelet
7 inches long
$15 GET IT NOW :D



Green Crackle glass bracelet
7 inches long
$18 Don't miss out!





Stop by my etsy store now and see what else you may like. Great gift items
available.

www.tethyis.etsy.com

Green muse

Had a moment of creativity hit me today :)
Green oh my favorite color!






Soon to be listed for sale in m shop at www.tethyis.etsy.com

LEAPIN' LIZARDS!

I've been taking care of a sickly water dragon at my job and its put me on sort of a lizard kick. So today I am featuring Etsy Artist's lizards :)

ENJOY!

KATZ's shop

LeadedGlassWorks's shop

SUZANNEGLASS's shop

Bijunea's shop

BOGO! SALE!!

Hey!

Here is a sale just for my blogger folks! :)

Buy one pair of earrings get a second pair of equal or lesser value free!!

50% off bracelets!!

Just put BLOGGER in your notes to seller and wait for a revised invoice before paying :D

Check out the shop

www.tethyis.etsy.com

Plastic Bags. What a waste.

Plastic shopping bags are one of the largest wastes we have today.
Those plastic bags that seem to pile up and pile up. My Mom has a cute bag that hangs in her kitchen that is specifically made to hold these bags so she can reuse them for sending home food with relatives or packing my Dad's lunch in when he goes fishing. Still they inevitably wind up in the trash. There is NO need for this when these bags can be recycled.

Reduce reuse recycle.
My parents still aren't getting it. I keep trying though.

At our local store there is a recycle bin just for these bags. Most stores that use these bags now have these recycle bins. You would be amazed at what can be done with these recycled bags. Most plastic bags are recycled into composite lumber but can also be reprocessed into small pellets, or post consumer resin, which can become feed stock for a variety of products such as new bags, pallets, containers, crates, and pipe. Each ton of recycled plastic bags saves the energy equivalent of 11 barrels of oil. Want to find a recycle bin near you? Check here :D http://www.plasticbagrecycling.org/01.0/


What else can you do to help reduce this waste? Use the reusable bags! Many stores now offer Reusable bags for sale pretty cheap near their registers! There are also many places online that you can buy these. Check GreenFeet for a great selection. These are a wonderful alternative. Be sure to keep them in the car or one in your purse so you don't get caught without one at the store and have to but a new one every time LOL. These can ALSO be recycled. Like anything it will at some point wear out and throwing it away sort of defeats the purpose of the reuse reduce recycle mantra. ChicoBags will recycle reusable bags. Read HERE about the great program they have that not only helps the environment but helps people by working with their partner Greatful Thread supporting victims of domestic violence.




Now this wouldn't be my blog if it didn't take an artistic view on recycle reuse reduce :D

Check out what some great Etsy artists have made with those wasteful plastic bags!

DaniellesDesigns

Lovely earrings

carataylor's shop

Cute purse




PlaSchtick

Yoga mat


kimquilts's shop

Lunch bag




Also REUSABLE BAGS!!
Reusable bags!!!

zJayne
olivebrown's shop

GreenBaggingIt