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Green Wardrobe
Mar. 5th, 2004 04:59 pmWoohoo!!
I got my box of goodies from The Green Wardrobe/aka Leslie Hart today!! I have been absolutely obsessing over DIY and handmade crafty sites lately- I'm just so enthusiastic that this is all going on and the connections are getting denser so fast. It's like something I dreamt up when i was a kid- everyone just making things and being creative and selling things to eachother...instead of going to superstores and buying mass-produced items.
My first similar experience was a few years ago buying something off of novica.com and getting a box of aMAZINGLY detailed handpainted ornaments from India (which I gave as Xmas gifts that year)..the ornaments were wrapped so carefully and with love and somehow it SMELLED like it came from far away....and inside the box was a handwritten note on a postcard (that I couldn't read but!)and a little handcarved owl as an extra surprise gift.(!)
It was such a novel experience. First, on the site, I could learn a little bit about the artisans...they became people, individuals to me. Then I felt like I was directly supporting and encouraging them by buying something. Then receiving something with a human touch....I was hooked.
SO now back to today- I ordered two (2!)handpainted vintage bags that I fell in love with off the Green Wardrobe site. (everything is made of thrift store/second-hand finds that she alters/paints on, etc).One, I think the handbags are gorgeous and fun and I love that sort of thing- two, I'm just so enthusiastic it's as if I've found yet another additional purpose in life- to nurture this type of creativityrevolution as much as I can. I'll, um, just have to make more art and make more money!;)SO, it's getting clearer: I want to support education in developing countries (help build schools and libraries through the Peace Corps) and nurture creativity and expression on and through the internet. But I digress yet again.
So, remember, I ordered two handbags. And that got us e-mailing back and forth and exchanging links about art and such which is crazy and inspiring in itself- you're connecting with a stranger in another state!)But here's what I got today:
Included were a whole bunch of funny extra goodies and flourishes-and how cute is the box!?Each side had a different pic too by the way:
( more peeks )
I got my box of goodies from The Green Wardrobe/aka Leslie Hart today!! I have been absolutely obsessing over DIY and handmade crafty sites lately- I'm just so enthusiastic that this is all going on and the connections are getting denser so fast. It's like something I dreamt up when i was a kid- everyone just making things and being creative and selling things to eachother...instead of going to superstores and buying mass-produced items.
My first similar experience was a few years ago buying something off of novica.com and getting a box of aMAZINGLY detailed handpainted ornaments from India (which I gave as Xmas gifts that year)..the ornaments were wrapped so carefully and with love and somehow it SMELLED like it came from far away....and inside the box was a handwritten note on a postcard (that I couldn't read but!)and a little handcarved owl as an extra surprise gift.(!)
It was such a novel experience. First, on the site, I could learn a little bit about the artisans...they became people, individuals to me. Then I felt like I was directly supporting and encouraging them by buying something. Then receiving something with a human touch....I was hooked.
SO now back to today- I ordered two (2!)handpainted vintage bags that I fell in love with off the Green Wardrobe site. (everything is made of thrift store/second-hand finds that she alters/paints on, etc).One, I think the handbags are gorgeous and fun and I love that sort of thing- two, I'm just so enthusiastic it's as if I've found yet another additional purpose in life- to nurture this type of creativityrevolution as much as I can. I'll, um, just have to make more art and make more money!;)SO, it's getting clearer: I want to support education in developing countries (help build schools and libraries through the Peace Corps) and nurture creativity and expression on and through the internet. But I digress yet again.
So, remember, I ordered two handbags. And that got us e-mailing back and forth and exchanging links about art and such which is crazy and inspiring in itself- you're connecting with a stranger in another state!)But here's what I got today:
Included were a whole bunch of funny extra goodies and flourishes-and how cute is the box!?Each side had a different pic too by the way:
( more peeks )
