Ideal Bite: Regifting 2.0

June 19, 2009 Trouble viewing this email? Read it online... REUSABLE GIFT WRAP Regifting 2.0 If 10,000 Biters spring for reusable gift wrap instead of the conventional stuff for just one present, we'll keep about 64 trees standing. Wanna take regifting to the next level? You beta. In honor of Ideal Bite's fourth birthday (tomorrow!), think about packaging your presents in materials that the giftee can use again (like cloth) for a less-wasteful version of gift-giving. More trees for the next gen. If every American family wrapped just three gifts in reused or reusable materials, we'd all save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields, every year. A new wave of fuller wallets. If your circle of friends and family start doing this, you'll all have to buy a lot less wrap. Heather wraps small presents in a pretty cotton tea towel so that the "wrap" becomes part of the gift. But with her and Jen's mutual ban on obligatory gifts, Jen's feeling a little towel-poor. WrapNatural Wrapping Cloth - cotton cloths with four pretty designs ($13 and up). Bobo Wrapping Scarves - made from vibrantly patterned - and in many cases reclaimed - fabric, the larger sizes fold into purses and even sarongs or shawls ($9 and up). Lucky Crow Organic Collection - just tie the included ribbon 'round these organic cotton gift bags for a good-lookin' gift; we also like the wine bags ($6 and up). Wrapsacks - drawstring-bound cotton gift bags in many different prints and sizes; you can even track where your sack goes after you gift it ($4 and up). DIY Bite: Try wrapping gifts in a tea towel or bandana (organic cotton or hemp preferred). In math, the Birthday Paradox states that if there are 23 or more people in a room, there is more than a 50% chance that at least 2 of them will have the same birthday. SPONSOR SHARE           FORWARD TO A FRIEND           ADD TO MYBITES           BLOG WITH US           COMMENT ON THIS TIP Friend Us Up Fan us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Check out our top 10 Father's Day gift ideas or share your own in the blog! EDITORIAL POLICY  |  PRIVACY POLICY  |  TERMS AND CONDITIONS PRESS KIT  |  ADVERTISE  |  CONTACT US Copyright 2009 Ideal Bite, Inc. 340 Brannan St. Ste 402 San Francisco, CA 94107