Thursday, 24 March 2011
Bags for Japan
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.
Labels:
bags,
Bento4Japan,
Cakes for Japan,
charity,
Japan,
japanese,
tote bags
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What a brilliant idea, and great photos too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to help! Love the Totoro Sign tote...
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea.
ReplyDeleteOh yes yes yes! I am going to buy many Domokun bags, make Domokun cookies and fill the one with the other...
ReplyDeleteYes :-)
@knit nurse - Yay, thank you!
ReplyDelete@sauerkrauttosushi - Thanks, I do like its simplicity :)
@weebesom - Thank you, graphic designer lady!
@Miss Whiplash - Domo Domo Domo KUN!
These look amazing - so professional! I've got my eye on the robot...
ReplyDeleteGreat idea and initiative Meemalee. I love the octopus one!
ReplyDeleteWill you post to Canada MiMi? How much would the shipping be?
ReplyDelete@Katy Salter - Thank you - yeah, the robot one is cool :)
ReplyDelete@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
Wonderful MiMi! These are great and such a fab idea.
ReplyDeleteSuch cool bags! I will purchase one when I can decide which to get!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea and some cool bags (bagz?) MiMi. I particularly like Totoro. Ghibli rocks.
ReplyDeleteI like them so much I've bought 2
ReplyDelete@Niamh - Thanks Niamh!
ReplyDelete@WalshyMK - You could always get more than one ;P
@The Grubworm - BAGZ? Pff. Ghibli does indeed rock :)
@Patrick - Aww, thank you!
Just ordered a tee! x
ReplyDelete@Katy Salter - Oh YAY! Thank you :) x
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