Wednesday, July 25, 2012

What is the "new" fabric of choice? Bamboo of course!

Readers will of course know that I am 'besotted' with bamboo - it is such a sustainable product, and we can easily ditch many items made of plastic, timber, and expensive fabric when we discover the possibilities with bamboo.  It has been slow coming, well, perhaps I should say, slower than I would like, but almost every day I discover how many new products are making into mainstream retailing.


The large retailers have office, kitchen, laundry and other house hold items in bamboo - and these are regularly featured in the catalogues that are stuffed into our letterboxes on a regular basis.


Today, while on the hunt for some advertising products I visited 1300epromo at Manly (Qld) and while I found what I was looking for, my eyes caught a display of bamboo work socks.  I am now sitting at the computer wearing a pair of these socks - they are long, black comfortable socks (warm too, but I know on a summer's day, they are also cool!), which I will get a lot of wear out of. These are 92% bamboo, and are 'awesome'.


When I was chatting with Tammy Taylor of 1300epromo, she told me that they also stock bamboo polo shirts - and she showed me some - 50% bamboo, and 50% viscose - in navy and black.  Either would make a great gift too - and with Father's Day not far away, it might be a good place to go to get something a little different.  Even if the Dad in your life shies away from 'socks and jocks' for Father's Day or other gifts, I am sure he will be thrilled with the bamboo socks or a polo shirts.


The blurb on the socks packaging says


 organic fibre construction using naturally antibacteral fabric which eliminates foot odour.
  superior wicking (dry and cool feet) 
promotes foot health
ultra fine fibre for more comfort and blister protection
antistatic natural fibre

For those who live in the Bayside South (Wynnum Manly Tingalpa area) , the show room is not far from the Manly Railway Station, and they have a huge range of promotional material and uniforms.

For more information about 1300epromo, contact (07) 1300 377 666 or visit their website.





Tuesday, July 17, 2012

More Bamboo Products

More and more bamboo products are turning up in stores everywhere.  Just look in the 'junk mail' that appears in your letter box and you will see almost weekly that there are more items making it to the market, which is good.

If you are interested in sustainability, and keen to use 'natural' products or products not made from precious trees, look at the options with bamboo products.  It is such a renewable product and much  better than plastic or anything 'man made' - it should be better for everyone.

This week I found a wide range of products in Howards - from items for the home/office, items for the bathroom.  I am a great fan of Howards stores as they have such amazing storage ideas, and let's face it, we weem to be overloading our homes with so much "stuff" that storage ideas are very important.