Tuesday Spotlight 01-05-12: Kids Koala Bags

Last week, in the Roundup we mentioned a selection of bags we've received from a group of nuns in Sri Lanka, well, here they are!

The children's bags we have available currently come in two styles 'Koala' and 'Turtle', the bags we've decided to spotlight today are of the Koala Variety, but you should definitely check out the Turtles too!

Now onto the bags! These bags are handmade in Sri Lanka from Pure cotton in support of the "Project of Single Mothers" and the Good Shepherd Convent in Maravila, Sri Lanka. They are ethically and fairly traded.

Because of the handmade nature of these bags, no two designs are ever the same. These really are great bags for kids and we're happy we managed to track them down! You can find the Koala bags here.

Well, that's all for the Spotlight for this week, we hope to see you soon! 

Because May is, traditionally, our busiest month we might deviate from our blog schedule as the Blog Team (i.e. Me) will be getting (temporarily) reassigned to packing and processing orders. 

Regular service will resume at the beginning of June! Until then we'll try to update as much as possible! See you Thursday for the Roundup! 

Sadly, our BUILDABOXEY code has ran out! So sorry if you missed it, hopefully it (or something like it) will be back soon! If you want free shipping, you'll have to be quick as the code FRIDAYFUN run out on the 4th of May.

As always, for 12.5% off of all our items, use the blog code to the left, we also have a discount code currently active on our FaceBook adverts, so get hunting!

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Tuesday Spotlight 17-04-12: Ecoist Coca Cola Clutch

Well hello there! Did you all have a fun weekend? Luckily you're here in time four our Tuesday Spotlight. What's the Tuesday Spotlight? Well, it's a small piece of the blog where we can pick out one of our products and lavish them with attention and praise before we make them fight to the death... no wait, thats The Hunger Games. We just do the lavishing bit. With the explanations out of the way, bring in the Tribut... Product.

This week, we're going to spend a little time to take a look at one of the first products we stocked, the recycled clutch bags from Ecoist:

The Coca Cola Clutch is our most well-received clutch bag (and it's easy to see why!), it's dimension are 8x3.5x2 (in) and is handmade from Coca Cola bottle wrappers.
It's fun, distinctive, and good for the environment, all in all it's everything you could want or need from a clutch bag made from Coke wrappers.



As well as the distinctive Coca Cola pattern, we also stock clutch bags made from Coke Zero, M&M's, Twix and many more! If it's a wrapper, and can be made into a bag, it probably already has been by the lovely people at Ecoist (who have been honoured as a hero of 2012 by Sustanatopia, so congratulations are in order).

Anyway, thats all from us this Spotlight, have a good week and we'll see you Thursday for the Roundup.

Remember! Until the 30th of April you can still get 15% off of all makedo items using the code BUILDABOXEY (restrictions apply) and, if that's not enough, you can get 12.5% off of all our products (forever!*) using the code IMFROMTHEBLOG (restrictions apply). I've also heard a rumour that if you know the right places to look, you can find other discount codes of ours...

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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Makedo Week: Elephants, Dollhouses, Flowers and Shops

If you were here on Tuesday, you'd of seen the first four of our Makedo kits and, last but not least, here are the last four of our boxed kits (clockwise L-R)Dollhouse, Elephant, Shop and Flowers.

Just like yesterday it's a hard task choosing a favourite set from these, but if we had to make a decision (and thankfully we don't) we'd have to go with the Shop kit. With this kit, and a few boxes and odds 'n' ends, you can set up your very own ReRetail! Or something else, but I'd make a ReRetail. 

With that, we're almost at the end of our Makedo week here on the ReRetail Blog. But fear not dear reader! We've got something special planned for tomorrow's Friday Fun. I can't say too much right now, but it involves Makedo. And us. Ok, so, that wasn't a great hint.

You can find Makedo on our website here, and rememeber that until the 31st you can get 15% off of all makedo items using the code FRIDAYFUN (restrictions apply).  During the rest of the week, we'll take a look at some of the items form our Makedo range

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Makedo Week: Cars, Planes, Robots and Space Planes!

 











We thought we'd kick off the product showcases with the makedo's range of 'boys toys' which are the (clockwise L-R)Plane, Car, Space Pod and Robot.

 Although all of these kits are innovative and a whole lot of fun, a personal favourite around the office is the Robot kit. Not because it helps us pretend our dream of having a robot butler is coming true. Well, maybe a little. These are all fun ways to teach kids (both big and small) about recycling and reusing products. Check back in Thursday for the rest of our Makedo range (and we've got something special planned for our Friday Fun this week. Stay tuned!)

You can find Makedo on our website here, and rememeber that until the 31st you can get 15% off of all makedo items using the code FRIDAYFUN (restrictions apply).  During the rest of the week, we'll take a look at some of the items form our Makedo range

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Product Spotlight: Scent Unikue Soy Candles

For the first Product Spotlight we decided to focus on one of our newest products; Scent Unikue's range of Soy Candles.

"What are Soy Candles and why are they better than my regular candles?" I hear you say and that's a very good, if suspiciously pertinent, question. Soy Candles are made from Soy Wax and are non-toxic, biodegradable and a fantastic alternative to paraffin wax candles. The flame produced from Soy Wax has extremely low soot emissions and burns cooler and slower, which means the candle has a much longer burn time (up to 40% longer than a similarly-sized paraffin wax candle!).

And thats not all, because these candles are made from Soy Wax they are suitable for Vegans (they have also not been tested on animals) and when you're done with them, the jar can be washed out (Soy Wax is soluble in water) and recycled/reused.

In the shop we currently have three different sizes of candles and we have the following 'flavours' available:

Apple & Cinnamon, Lilly of the Valley, Pineapple and Coconut, Sun Washed Linen, Sweet Pea, Mango & Papaya, Mimosa & Mandarin, Vanilla, and Jasmine & Honeysuckle.

They can be found on the shop here