Lets go Green - Glass not plastic

Hope you liked my Go Green article last month. I'm hoping to go green every month... *wink*

One very common way of reducing or eliminating your plastic usage, is by using glass. Yes!! Use glass… whenever possible. Buy products that are sold in glass, eg. Milk or juices – buy them in glass containers. In this way, the manufacturers will be forced to sell in glass and plastic companies will be required to manufacture only biodegradable plastic. Or atleast I hope so!!

I am totally in love with glass … aren’t you?

 

Here are a few simple tips to use glass –

1. Don't buy beverages bottles in plastic. Glass containers are just perfect and can be reused.
2. Do you get a coffee to work? I do sometimes… Carry your own reusable flask or stainless steel coffee mugs. All drink lids & linings are plastic, which will live on for over a 100 years. Yes!! Be proud of carrying your own reusable mugs.
3. Your leftover can be stored in fashionable glass containers.
4. Purchase consumables that are bottled in glass. Clean it & reuse it. (eg. Jam, peanut butter, maple syrup)
5. Use perfume or deodorants (roll ons) sold in glass bottles.
6. Don’t use plastic cutting boards… the glass or wood ones are lovely!!
7. Use baby bottles made of glass – why use plastic?

Bookshelves

I've been hunting high & low for some bookshelf designs... Actually... thats not true.. I started looking sometime last year... then lost the plot completely... (I do that sometimes!!) And now am back to looking at these images I saved from google... and wondering what I really want.. Do you have creative images or designs of bookshelves. I dont have a huge wall like the above picture.... but want to keep my books & magazines.... Share some inspirations with me on torresp27@hotmail.com

My cup of joy...

It was a school / college girl feeling... We bunked classes, only to gossip & dip our hands into paint!!

Have you been to Cafe Ceramique.... I love cafes... but this one is special!!

You walk in... and choose what you'd like to paint!! Let your creative mind get to work... Then ask for the paints that you will use...

In the meanwhile.... order your coffee... and start gossiping as well!!

I love this place... the decor is just right... Can you spot the long vase with paint brushes in them??

The lovely wrought iron chairs, wooden ceiling... and lots of ceramics around you.... set you in the right mood!!

A closer look at the floor...

The food is great as well....

You can paint... anything you want.... I painted my cup of joy..... for a special someone - who fills my life with joy!!

My cup of treasured memories...

Painted floor

As I walked into Bab Al Shams... I noticed what I was walking on was not a carpet.... it was a painting!! I fell in love with it and just had to share this with you....

I've featured a lot of paintings on walls.... here is paintings on the floor!!

A wider look... Dont you think it looks exactly like a carpet??

Now I have this urge to paint a carpet at home......