Darfur Project- Eclectic Bags: We've Taken Our Toys And Gone Home

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Read about the project here.
Read about the history of Darfur here.
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Re-joyce.
I've always been a scrounger. Raised by a frugal prairie farm woman who reduced, reused, and recycled long, looooong before it was trendy; I've come into the concept of re-purposing honestly. I am silly-in-love with anything vintage-ish, and am powerless against it when I discover it stacked on card tables in someone's garage, or stale and lonely in a thrift shop.

As a responsible consumer, here's what you can feel good about:
*the bags are primarily made from recycled fabrics purchased at thrift shops, garage sales, and fabrics donated by generous supporters.
* Most of the thrift shops are themselves humanitarian aid fund raisers.
*while keeping this stuff out of the landfills, you get to enjoy little pieces of history. Fabrics that used to function as tableclothes, aprons, bedspreads, sheet sets, coats.... Well, you get the idea.
*the proceeds of the project are intended for food aid to people in camps in Darfur, Sudan via the United Nations World Food Programme.

The bags are distributed in "good faith"; the fabrics within each piece can not be warranteed due to their unknown fiber contents. I myself treat my bags with little caution- throwing them in the wash, hanging them on the line to dry. I cannot offer any guarantees though, and do not offer refunds or returns; although I am certainly willing to do reasonable repairs. Although in a sense one is purchasing a bag, the bigger vision is to partner in feeding the hungry.

I prefer old fashioned cash or cheques for payment, but can process through paypal if you are not local.

Check the blog between Monday and Friday of every week for bag auctions. A minimum donation of $45.00 is accepted for all of the delicious bag specimins. You can bid on a bag by clicking on the "comment" button beneath the blog post. It will show a window where you can leave your comment ( numerical amount, and a name of any sort). If you have a blogger account (easy to get) you can follow the links as such. If not, simply choose "anonymous", and your comment should publish. Unless blogger is grumpy, in which case, try again.

Feel free to copy the "bag button" on the sidebar if you would like to place it on your own blog or web page.

Thanks for your interest!

Darfur Project- Eclectic Bags

Friday, May 1, 2009

We've Taken Our Toys And Gone Home

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