Tag Archives: environment

From Afar

Long distance romantic relationships can really bite one in the butt and make it hurt. For T, she opted to stay in Los Angeles when her partner moved to the East Coast for work. But after a few months, it got too hard, so she put in her two week’s notice, made quick arrangements, and moved out to the East Coast.

This ought to have put K in a pickle because T had, until recently, been less an hour’s drive away. Now, a direct flight could bring them together from 5-6 hours. Or, with layovers, longer.

However, T was optimistic and convinced K that everything was possible still through mail. So, with this optimism that she always seemed to have and use, T packaged all the Valentine’s Day merchandise into a box and sent it off to K.

To K’s horror, the information showed that the merch wouldn’t reach until too close to V-day. But, thankfully, it reached within 5 days, as T had been promised by the USPS. And so, mail did seem to be a very good option for them.

Still, it’s difficult for two besties who often visited, chatted, and met up to catch up to be so far apart. However, K’s kitty is T’s self-proclaimed god-daughter. And K has fond of T’s floofs, too. So, they’re also connected through fun cat videos and photos, and stories, too.

Even more than that, K and T text almost daily. Because of the technology available, they are able to shoot of texts and videos that may seem boring to the passing person, but will excite and make T giddy with glee.

So, yes; though distance separates the two buddies, they’re determined to remain close friends! Which is always possible, given the venture they’ve undertaken together.

First Sale Report!

Hello friends and visitors, welcome to our blog!

As the Lunar New Year craze hops away from us, Valentine’s Day looms ever nearer. With so many options available on Etsy, we understand that it can be difficult to make your choices. So, we thought we’d put it more out there that we are environmentally forward thinkers and hopefuls.

As it is, T is making the stars and crafts on the East Coast and will send packages across the country to K, on the West Coast, to put into jars to be sold. This means a lot of thought goes into how the stars are packaged, what material are used, and how to remain environmentally friendly despite plastic being the much easier and cheaper solution.

Paper Soup Cup with lid & Cleanomic Compostable Zip Snack Bag

As for T, she has opted to used paper soup cups with lids for holding her stars she is making and once she has made an abundant amount to fill the cup, she will count out 100 at a time and put them into the Cleanomic compostable zip bags. Then, once the box is ready to be packed, the bags and packed and then sent off. No extra materials are added because paper and air don’t need much cushioning. And no unnecessary taping is required after the box is sealed.

As for K, once she receives the stars, she keeps them in their packaging and uses them in bags to store until she needs them for a design. Once the baggies are emptied, she can reuse them for other uses around her apartment and/or to package food. Because these bags are compostable, she can just recycle them, too.

For the boxes, paper is mostly used to cushion everything. Paper can be recycled and reused for multiple purposes and some harder papers can be used for animal usages and etc.