Thursday, 24 March 2011

Bags for Japan

Domokun Display

I've been thinking that I want to do more to help with the efforts in Japan.

I'm not remotely athletic, so physical feats like doing a sponsored run are out of the question.

I don't really bake, so I don't want to provide paltry efforts for the wonderful Cakes for Japan.

I've not really got the time to auction stuff on eBay for the brilliant Bento4Japan campaign, much as I would like to take part.

Then I realised that I had lots of rather nice photos that I'd taken in Japan which languished in this weird half-life on Flickr, as I'd never got round to printing them out.

So I thought to myself, "I really like tote bags and I reckon others do - let's use those photos to make some bags for Japan".

I played around with all the designs to make them a bit funkier, and I'm pretty pleased with how they came out.

The bags are only £8 each and all proceeds will go directly to the Japanese Red Cross (that's £1.10 per bag). And there's free shipping till 31 March with the code HELP4JP.

And if you don't fancy buying a bag, you can donate to the British Red Cross using the links below.

Posted by MiMi Aye at 11:28
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16 comments:

  1. knit nurse24 March 2011 at 12:29

    What a brilliant idea, and great photos too!

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  2. Anonymous24 March 2011 at 12:48

    What a great way to help! Love the Totoro Sign tote...

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  3. weebesom24 March 2011 at 12:51

    What a lovely idea.

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  4. Miss Whiplash24 March 2011 at 13:31

    Oh yes yes yes! I am going to buy many Domokun bags, make Domokun cookies and fill the one with the other...
    Yes :-)

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  5. meemalee24 March 2011 at 14:21

    @knit nurse - Yay, thank you!

    @sauerkrauttosushi - Thanks, I do like its simplicity :)

    @weebesom - Thank you, graphic designer lady!

    @Miss Whiplash - Domo Domo Domo KUN!

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  6. Katy Salter24 March 2011 at 20:11

    These look amazing - so professional! I've got my eye on the robot...

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  7. Dennis K.25 March 2011 at 02:06

    Great idea and initiative Meemalee. I love the octopus one!

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  8. Michelle Peters - Jones25 March 2011 at 05:53

    Will you post to Canada MiMi? How much would the shipping be?

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  9. meemalee25 March 2011 at 09:29

    @Katy Salter - Thank you - yeah, the robot one is cool :)

    @Dennis K - Thanks Dennis! I hope your friends and family are okay - your folks are mainly in Okinawa right?

    @Michelle Peters-Jones - The site posts internationally. The free shipping code may work for Canada but I'm not sure - try it :)

    Otherwise it should automatically calculate shipping for you but shouldn't be too much as the bags are very light.

    I don't control any of the physical side - all I did was make and upload the designs :P

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  10. Niamh25 March 2011 at 11:31

    Wonderful MiMi! These are great and such a fab idea.

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  11. WalshyMK25 March 2011 at 11:59

    Such cool bags! I will purchase one when I can decide which to get!!

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  12. The Grubworm25 March 2011 at 13:59

    Great idea and some cool bags (bagz?) MiMi. I particularly like Totoro. Ghibli rocks.

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  13. Patrick25 March 2011 at 15:51

    I like them so much I've bought 2

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  14. meemalee25 March 2011 at 22:21

    @Niamh - Thanks Niamh!

    @WalshyMK - You could always get more than one ;P

    @The Grubworm - BAGZ? Pff. Ghibli does indeed rock :)

    @Patrick - Aww, thank you!

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  15. Katy Salter29 March 2011 at 13:29

    Just ordered a tee! x

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  16. meemalee29 March 2011 at 22:43

    @Katy Salter - Oh YAY! Thank you :) x

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