Gifts that Give Back!
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| Last Edited: Wednesday, 12
Dec 2007, 11:01 PM EST
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| Created: Wednesday, 12 Dec 2007, 11:01 PM EST |
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It's Easy Being Green
Metropolitan Gifts, purveyors of ingeniously designed custom gift arrangements, says no to gift cards and baskets, instead bringing together distinctive products that shoppers would otherwise spend a day trying to put together on their own. The package with proceeds benefiting the Environmental Media Association features: handmade, exotic chocolates by acclaimed pastry chef Jean-Francois Bonnet (Thai basil, green tea and fresh lime); a set of glass tumblers recycled from wine bottles (to be permanently exhibited at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 2008); a green tea-scented travel sachet; a pair of green tea-scented travel candles in reusable tins; a magic message bean plant with the word "dream"; and an Oprah Winfrey-inspired lavender sachet, both handmade and embroidered, and finished with semi-precious stones. Retails for $125.
Visit www.metropolitangiftsnyc.com Heart of Gold, a company founded by two super-cool moms, just launched a jewelry line, which teaches girls, teens and young women to "give back" and follow their hearts to the life of their dreams. The first product in their line - a necklace - is meant to be a cross-generational piece of jewelry that moms can give to daughters, big sisters to little sisters and so forth. Proceeds benefit the American Heart Association and other teen-related charities.
Retails for $48 at www.heartofgoldgirls.comThe "Nothing on Me Is Plastic!" organic cotton tote is made by 20-year old company Eco-Bags Products, Inc., the first in the reusable bag movement. A portion of the proceeds supports the Environmental Media Association. Easy to roll-up and put in a Christmas stocking, this product retails for $16.
Available at www.ecobags.com
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