free gmail stickers courtesy of google!
true, these stickers are made out of paper (i’ve contacted google to see if they’re recycled), but email reduces SO much of our paper use that we can afford to pay a little homage to it.
i am such a sucker for unicorns…
send your self-addressed stamped envelope (along with a note if you’re so inclined) to:
Send me some Gmail stickers already
P.O. Box 391420
Mountain View, CA 94039-1420
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never buy another envelope again
staples sells the most common size of envelopes, #10, by boxes of 500. yes, the envelopes are made of recycled paper, but what about the energy and gas it takes to assemble those envelopes and then deliver the heavy boxes to the store?
with the exception of those of us that own our own businesses, or just really like to send letters all the time, most of us will buy a box of 100 or 500 envelopes for $10-$30 because we need 1 envelope, use the 1 envelope, and leave the remaining 499 envelopes in a drawer in our desk until we need another envelope…someday.
if you’d prefer not to go through all that trouble, there’s an easier way. just make your own envelopes! here’s how:
take an envelope that you like (it can be one that you received in the mail so you don’t have to buy one), and after taking note of where the envelope is folded and glued, deconstruct it. then lay it on top of a piece of paper or magazine page that you want to recycle.
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trace the outline of the envelope onto the paper
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cut along the line you traced and fold the piece of paper in the same way that the original envelope was folded. then glue where the original envelope was glued. you can decorate the envelope any way you like.
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voila! free and you won’t have that box of envelopes wasting any of your space. plus it looks pretty neat.
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why is this a site?
swyyne has always been an experiment for me. with all of the other super eco sites out there, i've been feeling like i want to contribute something just a bit different. so for now, here are my random musings.
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