Dear Friends and Family,
It's May, and I'm already thinking ahead to next January. Because, I was appalled at the level of trash you can generate when you have 70 of your closest friends over to party. Granted, a lot of it is recyclable (e.g. beer bottles), but a lot of it also got thrown in the trash.
I'd been scanning the aisles and the web for affordable, dishwasher safe bowls/plates and cups. And, we found a bunch at Target (of course) for $0.33 a bowl and $0.25 a cup. And, we bought out the store by work, and one of my friends from work bought out her store. And, we bought out the store in Detroit. And, the store by home. And, then, realized we had too many. So, we returned a couple of cups.
So, for our Chinese New Year party next January, we'll have 240 shiny, new, reusable bowls and cups. We've toyed with two different options - letting them become full of graffiti with people decorating on top of decorating each year until each bowl/cup is a unique work of art -OR- tagging each bowl/cup with a phrase so people could remember theirs. We could do compliments (e.g. charming) on the bowls and locations (e.g. London) on the cups. Both options have their appeal. Fortunately, we have months to decide.
Cheers!
mouse
It's May, and I'm already thinking ahead to next January. Because, I was appalled at the level of trash you can generate when you have 70 of your closest friends over to party. Granted, a lot of it is recyclable (e.g. beer bottles), but a lot of it also got thrown in the trash.
I'd been scanning the aisles and the web for affordable, dishwasher safe bowls/plates and cups. And, we found a bunch at Target (of course) for $0.33 a bowl and $0.25 a cup. And, we bought out the store by work, and one of my friends from work bought out her store. And, we bought out the store in Detroit. And, the store by home. And, then, realized we had too many. So, we returned a couple of cups.
So, for our Chinese New Year party next January, we'll have 240 shiny, new, reusable bowls and cups. We've toyed with two different options - letting them become full of graffiti with people decorating on top of decorating each year until each bowl/cup is a unique work of art -OR- tagging each bowl/cup with a phrase so people could remember theirs. We could do compliments (e.g. charming) on the bowls and locations (e.g. London) on the cups. Both options have their appeal. Fortunately, we have months to decide.
Cheers!
mouse
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1 comment:
oh i love this idea - i have been away from the paper and plastic for a few years myself but the fact is, for a large party, it's almost the only way to go. i have stocked up on smaller sized china plates over the years - and although it's not 240, i do have probably 40 which is good in most cases. now, what about that nifty recycled plastic flatware that's made to be washed and reused? probably not cheap. maybe just force us to use the damned chopsticks and call it a day?! can't wait to see the new acoutrements! ;) xoxoxo
(oh and i feel the same way about comments...small pleasures!)
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