I was at Lowe's yesterday and as I was waiting for some paint to get mixed (I did it...I went orange for one of my walls...still trying to decide if I completely love it...okay, I digress) I went walking around. I was looking for some little pots for indoor plants. I found these little pots and I grabbed them up quick. See...they are made out of recycled candy wrappers. I loved the size of the little pots, but I really loved that they were made of reused items. But then I started thinking, are they really reused??? I can so picture a little factory somewhere making these little wrappers, just to make these pots and other items. I mean are there people really going through trash in hopes that just maybe they'd find a wrapper or two?? So to be fair, maybe that is what is happening, and that doesn't make me feel good, but I really just can't see it. So then I felt like it probably made no difference to buy these or any other pot that was displayed. Anyway, like I said, just thinking.
Ummm, on a totally different note....
I went to a swap meet today. A really HUGE swap meet. It was fun. But I was totally expecting to find THE find. The perfect little old thing I didn't know I needed or wanted. No such luck. I DID see a special little treasure though. One that if it were a few years ago, I would have snatched it up super quick. I didn't today. But I'm still thinking about it!
It was the lunch box I had as a wee little one. I love it. It just makes me happy and smile. So at the time I was thinking, what in the world would I use it for now? And now in hindsight, I think I totally would have used it. Oh well...I took some pics of it. :) The pics make me smile too.
Love the baskets on top. I like to think of all the kids that buy that candy in order for them to be made! Oh, and I SO want to do my dining room in a deep orange-earthy shade. I think of it as the "new red". I would love to see a photo of your wall when you are done.
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