Furoshiki = Japanese Eco-Friendly Gift Wrapping!

Furoshiki is a method gift wrapping for many different shapes/sized items, which uses beautiful decorative cloths that can then be reused for this purpose again and again. Check out recyclenow (image link below) for a great video presentation on how it works, as well as step-by-step instruction...


Here are some Furoshiki cloths for sale on Etsy.com:


Furoshiki by Zabelou - $50.00


Mini Furoshiki by minitoko - $15.00


Batik fabric gift wrap by miszisz - $23.00

BTW, Merry Christmas Eve to all of you readers who celebrate the holiday!!!

Re-Wrap It

Why buy wrapping paper year after year, only to have it ripped up and tossed into a landfill after one use? Seems kind of unnecessary, right? That's where the following items can step in as eco-friendly alternatives to throw-away wrapping paper and paper gift bags:


Gift Wrap - Tinsel Tidings by Plumcreekmercantile
Straight up wrap it up with cloth! These cloths are decorated beautifully, and are made to the size of common gift boxes, to easily wrap right over them!



Fabric Gift Bag/Tote by GreenWillow
The gift tote that just keeps giving! Prettier than many paper gift bags I've ever received to boot!


All Occasion Fabric Wrap by loneweever



Reusable Shopping Bags Made from Upcycled Shirts by ZJayne
Here's a mind blowing idea: Bags made of reclaimed materials that can be used to put gifts in and be given as gifts in themselves... Once these bags are finished with their initial task of "wrapping" gifts, the giftee has them to use as shopping totes!


Reusable Gift Wrap Fabric Pouch by sistermaide
For the tinier gifts you're giving.

Have other fun and eco-friendly gift wrapping suggestions? Please share them in the comments!

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EcoKate

What does plastic do?

Listen to this eco-friendly shopping bag by jpharris, it knows what it's talking about. The design is hand printed on a 100% recycled cotton material, just to upstage flimsy, ugly, throw away plastic bags that much more. You should go get yourself one today!

Cloth Saviors!

Let's stop wiping our mouths with dead trees already. It's getting old, the trees don't dig it, and neither do I. If you're serious about consuming less, wasting less, saving yourself money, and being all around awesome, you'll seriously consider cloth napkins like this set made by WeeBeaks: