More will be added to this section to our Etsy shop within the next 1-2 days. In the meantime, both of us need to take some serious rest before working full force again.
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Waiting for the final touch to call this ready – hopefully over the weekend. All fingers and toes crossed! ;)
Over the last 1-2 years, we’ve talked to plenty of people about what we do. Not a lot, but plenty. I personally find it difficult to explain to people what EXACTLY we are doing. At one point when we mentioned that we make ‘recycled bags’, people got stuck with the assumption that we make those mass produced non-woven advertising-purpose bags that, well, are not really ‘recycled’. They are ‘recycling’ ‘reusable’ bags. Not ‘recycled’ bags. As far as I understand, most, if not all of them, are not made of used materials – oh and in fact, a lot of the suppliers that I’ve met can’t even explain to me what is ‘non-woven’. And then there were also times when we told people that we make and sell handmade, they gave us the look of oh you make key chains and small little souvenirs? Well I guess my point is, it’s very difficult to continue the conversation if the other party’s perception is, well, far away from what you really do. Or maybe it’s just me. Me, being lazy to explain and all. Lately I’ve settled myself into telling people that I’m a designer. And since a designer can be ‘designing’ anything, I stand a chance to tell people what I really do. I design and make cool bags and accessories using that billboard banners that you see along the roadside. Urm, what? You mean those things hanging out there with advertisement on them? Yes. That’s what I was saying. I make cool bags and accessories using that. You must be kidding me! And now we can continue with the conversation.
Most people are keen to learn about what we do in details. We often share our stories and our beliefs – you know, things like why we do what we do. Every now and then, when we share about how some banners are not up to our standard to be made into a product, or how some retailers or printers would rather have the banners going to the landfill instead of letting us giving them new lives, or how dirty used banners are (every one of them must have either dust or bird s**t on them, or both, or more!), some will ask: Why don’t you print your own banners? That way you can design the pattern as you like, and since they are new, they are not dirty! I really appreciate that you have asked. If I didn’t reply you in a clear manner before, I hope this time around I can explain better. Yes, of course we can do that. In fact, we can buy and use new vinyls or tarps in many fun and stunning colours for our creations. Not only it’s easier to work with, we can basically decide the design we want. But the beauty of each and every one of our creation is its uniqueness. About 99% of the time, there is no second one alike, because we strive to do the dirty job finding the treasures otherwise buried in underworld. And when the dirty job is done, not only you are getting a cool handmade, you have also contributed to reducing the wastes that will affect the earth your children, grandchildren, or great grandchildren will be living on. Maybe one day, we can also say that we put our tiny little effort into preserving the earth for the next generations. Hmmpphh… that’s kinda shameless. :P
It’s been a while since we last added new product in the line. We’ve been working on a lot of ideas from family, friends, and customers. Some are still in progress, some are stuck somewhere and left aside so we could rethink the whole idea, some are just sketches, yet to be worked on. It’s amazing to see so many different ideas from everyone! :) And then we finally have a new coaster set in the shop. This coaster set has a really LOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNG history. Wah has had the idea of doing it and actually did come out with a few prototypes since few months ago (erm, can I say it was last year?). But I didn’t like the materials that he suggested. We debated – well, we argued – several times and decided to put them aside for a while. And that was last year. Time flies! And then we picked it up and worked on it again. This time, after plenty of arguments (still!), we finally settled with something that both of us are happy about. Structure, material, everything – well except when I was trying to shoot some photos he came and commented again. Never mind, this is just one tiny little part compared to our previous arguments. Teehee!
Introducing the new Recycled Billboard Banner Tic-Tac-Toe coaster. So tell me, when was the last time your mother told you not to play with your food? ;) We’ll be slowly including them in our Etsy shop. One set is already up, more to come! :) |
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It was raining very heavily yesterday afternoon. We had to drop the plan of going over to my grandma’s place to bath Scooby. Wah continued working on some prototypes while wearing one on himself. I asked him why, as he carried it everywhere for a few hours. He said he wanted to feel it.
