The trend today and of the future is to "be green", and to think of the environment. Many of us are already using our own bags for our grocery shopping and the use of the plastic bag is meant to fade into the "past". Many of the chain grocery stores offer their own cloth bags for you to purchase for approximately $1.00 and while they are serviceable (to a point), they are not really very attractive. Long wearing they often are not.
I think of the women in Europe who shop with their totes and baskets and how chic that looks. Grocery shopping is not a chic event, it is really a necessary chore, one we carry out in order to eat and feed our families. That said, there is no reason why we cannot look, and feel a little more elegant when we make this trip. True enough, many of us shop for a week at a time and not daily as they do in Europe so one chic little basket will hardly do the job.
What about trips to the library or the beach, carrying items for your children or for the commuter to take on the train for books, umbrellas, a lunch perhaps (for those feeling the pinch in the economy who have decided it's time to return to the brown bag)?
Kimberly of Mimi Charmante creates some of the most fabulous organic canvas tote bags which she sells in her shop, Little Blue Bird Studio. At present she lists shipping only to the U.S. but if you live elsewhere and send her a conversation, I'm sure she would consider arranging purchase and shipping costs.
*photographs are from Little Blue Bird Studio and are not to be copied.
5 comments:
My nain and taid (grandparents) always carried big bags for their shopping. I have lots of canvas tote bags but I always forget to take them out with me! Sometimes, I threaten to purchase one of those tote bag trolleys to save my hands..... thats a thought :0)
I really have to get on the bandwagon with these bags. I have some - but not for the grocery store (which would make the biggest impact).
And the number of people I know who have them but forget to take them along... That will be me.
I have some pretty tacky ones that I use so perhaps it's time for be to be a chic shopper! I am off to get a couple :)
Love,
LuLu~*xoxo
I don't know....I'm not using the organic bags yet. I reuse the plastic bags from the grocery store, so I like to get them. It's just not practical for me. I buy too much in one trip. But that's just like me not wanting to change anything until I have to.
these are really great. I love their simple, natural quality.
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