Friday 28 May 2021

Clutching at Straws

In the times BC [before covid] I used to provide an alcohol-free cocktail bar, at parties, youth events and church functions, where people wanted something interesting to drink without booze.

It proved surprisingly popular, and over time I amassed drinks dispensers, 100 wine glasses, and bought umbrellas, cocktail sticks and coloured straws in bulk. But times have changed. Early last year I sold all the glasses on FB marketplace. To a local chap about to open a restaurant - I wonder how that turned out for him?

But all those straws - what to do with them? I stopped using them a while back [a bad example to set people] but could not bring myself to throw them straight in the bin. 

So I packed them in a moving box - then the week after week moved, wonderful Kezzie blogged about her "eco-moves"  And she provided the solution. Lorelai in Yorkshire recycles them into colourful jewellery - and would like people to send her any unwanted straws.

Pru Leith and Esme [Sewing Bee] would like these I think. So I emailed Lorelai and sent a photo of my collection. There were at least a couple of hundred, ranging from thick 'smoothie' straws through 'bendy' ones, to ultra slim shorter blue 'school milk' ones 

She said 'yes please' so then I spent a crazy hour threading the thin into the thick into the thickest, so they would take up less space in a parcel. I finally compacted them into an old cardboard envelope folder.

They've gone off to Lorelai now - I'm so pleased to have found a positive use. I had the most interesting discussion with the lady in the village post office too. Then I came and found one solitary straw which I must have dropped, underneath the dining table. That one has had to go into the bin. It was the last straw...













7 comments:

  1. Could you not have made an 'interesting' bit of jewellery with the last one??

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    1. I should have done something 'crafty' with it, but for once, I didn't bother.

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  2. ... Hyggelig. Fint å lese. Det var en fantastisk tilfeldighet. Du gjorde det fantastisk.
    Nå er jeg nysgjerrig på om du vil kjøpe et av disse ganske fargerike halskjeder ... det ville være flott.

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  3. Oh, I like the idea of turning unused plastic straws into jewelry! Ha, ha, the last straw, indeed! :D

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  4. I think she'll be really pleased with this colourful selection! She recently made a lot of good use of the white ones from the excess milk cartons I saved her from school. They made a background for rainbow pieces and looked like a rainbow Terrazo patio. Don't forget that you can claim your postage back from her if you want to.x

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    1. Thanks Kezzie for directing me to her site.

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