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We think its ace.

More lovely things by Emily can be seen here

She also helped to design the website for The Great Outdoors too. You can see this here

We were positively inundated with questions from interested people - which is always a good thing!

The second round of our workshop collaboration with the V&A will be on Friday 27th August as part of their Friday Late Retro Hollywood Glamour (ooh - check us out!) event at the V&A itself.

There is no booking for this - just turn up on the evening. See their website for more info vam.ac.uk

We have two new dates for screen printing workshops at the studio.

On Saturday 18th September we will be running a graphic printing workshop, where you will spend the day learning all about screen printing and have the chance to print your own art print or mini zine. And ...

On Saturday 20th November we will be holding one of our ever popular t shirt printing workshops, where, yep, you guessed it - you will spend the day learning all about t shirt printing and have the chance to print your own t shirt!

Limited places are available. See this page of the website for more details Screen printing workshops ]]> Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:32:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/new-dates-for-screen-printing-workshops http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/preview-of-our-new-logo We have been working on a new logo for I Dress Myself for a while now, and we are really pleased with the final design.

So much so that we thought we would give you a little sneak preview!

Here is the design on one of our packages. The image is simple representation of a printing squeegee going across a rectangle of ink. We are really excited about it as the design gives us so much scope to do different things with it; with possible hand drawn versions, different colours and so on.

We will be updating our website with the new logo and a lot more interesting things in the next few weeks, so do keep checking back!

He will be running some screen printing workshops with the Victoria and Albert Museum, printing scarves with a great 50s design by illustrator Sally Elford.

Check out their website for more information. vintageatgoodwood.com

Harriet has done some amazing illustration and design work for lots of magazines and newspapers, things like Jamies School Dinners and The Poetry Trust, some lovely book covers and has also created books for children, like the brilliant Envelopes and A Colouring Book for the Lazy.

We are really pleased to be working with her.

Have a look at Harriets website here

The bag has a brilliant hand drawn graph paper design on both sides. We like it a lot and so decided to make it available in both black and turquoise.

Turquoise graph paper tote

Black graph paper tote

The other day we received an email with an attached photo from Jon: "Britney went down a storm in NYC"

Our Britney tee ]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:15:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/burgerman-and-britney http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/new-jon-burgerman-print A brand new limited edition art print by Jon Burgerman is now available on our website.

Named Vomit Comet it really is something to behold!

There are 60 in the edition and each one has been signed and numbered by Jon.

Vomit Comet ]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:06:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/new-jon-burgerman-print http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/the-human-printer-tote-bag-coming-soon.. We have collaborated with Louise Naunton Morgan on a new tote bag design.

As well as other amazing things she is a a human printer.

We will leave you guessing for a little while as to what the tote design will be ...!

In the meantime, though, check out Louises website to see her work louisenauntonmorgan.com

Image by Louise Naunton Morgan

Particularly relevant is their campaign to clean up cotton, in relation to child labour, pesticides and the use of water involved in cotton production.

Their website ejfoundation.org is definitely worth a look.

Julia is an illustrator and animator. When we came across her website we just knew we had to work with her!

Check out the print in our shop

Also brand new today is a great limited edition mens tee called Big Bear Once.

We printed this tee as part of our screen printing demos with our friend Norm from Waste Yourself Design at our Spring Fling event.

They turned out to be so good that we decided to put some on our website!

Big Bear Once

We had a lovely day of screen printing with Norm from Waste and Nick Saunders. Jon Burgerman came by to sign his brand new prints and the cakes were amazing!

You can see photos from the event on our facebook page: Spring Fling photos

Norm from Waste will be printing this great three-colour tee live. These tees will be on sale at a special price of £15 on the day before going onto our website for £25. Norm will also sign each tee bought on the day.

Nicholas Saunders will be screen printing an ace two-colour A3 poster. These will be available at the special price of £10 on the day before going onto our website at £15. The edition will be signed and numbered by Nick on the day.

Finally, Sloop Jon Burgerman will be giving away a free personalised doodle with each purchase of his brand spanking new screen print. This limited edition screen print will be available on the day for £30 instead of the usual price of £45.

We will have back catalogue tees for £10 each, a £5 bargain bin of test prints, misprints and randoms, as well as all our current stock at 20% off.

So remember to come down to the Spring Fling at our studio 32-40 Carrington St, Nottingham, NG1 7FG on Saturday 22nd May between 12 and 4 pm.

We are getting quite excited - hope you can make it!

32-40 Carrington Street, Nottingham, NG1 7FG

Between 12 & 4 pm

Tees and other good stuff for sale. Live screen printing and doodling. Jon Burgerman, Waste, Nicholas Saunders and us!

Cakes and fizzy pop too!

We joined Facebook and Twitter.

So you can now become our friend - or like us! On Facebook Us on the book of faces

And you can follow us on Twitter too Tweetings to see what we are up to.

Norm from Waste is coming down too so we might get him on the carousel for some T-shirt printing.

Watch this space.

Net Neutrality is the idea to keep the net free and open, without restriction from large ISP companies like Virgin.

The internet has been a very influential part of our century, allowing users like you the freedom to create great websites and to have the freedom to decide whose website may become popular. Big ISP companies are asking the government for the power to monitor and control the internet, watching what you search for and download online without any privacy.

Without net neutrality big companies like Disney and Viacom would finally have the power to pay the ISPs to have a faster connection, whilst user generated websites would be constricted and slowed.

Save our internet! Avoid big companies like Virgin and Comcast and spread the word.

savetheinternet.com

All products will be for sale with an amazing 20% off, including a large range of back catalogue tees for £10! There may also be a guest appearance by a certain Nottingham arty type....

So.... COME ONE, COME ALL TO THE SPRING FLING

Save the date - Saturday 22nd May between 12 & 4 pm at our studio: 32-40 Carrington Street, Nottingham.

We are looking forward to meeting you.

Nails. Could be the best.

Could be. But they are not committing themselves just yet.

He has performed and collaborated with some really interesting people and has an equally interesting website with a lovely layout, lots of great images and information.

We definitely thought it was worth a link.

Here you go. Have a look!

thejoyofbox.com

Now we have this weird kind of hatch between the two studios!

I wonder if the amusement of going in there and waving to the others / pulling a face / sticking your head through it will eventually wear off?!

The thing is, we now have to move all of our stuff down and suddenly upstairs has become really messy!

Just gonna have to work through it I guess..!

This is the one she pulled out.

What is so special about that particular boring brown envelope you ask?

This envelope is ten years old!

It is the very envelope Pete received his Suffolk College course results in ten years ago!

Now thats recycling!

We need to go through each one to check the print quality and count up 1,200 to send to the finishing place!

Only another thousand to go then...

We reckon it will be pretty popular!

Tiger

There are three new products for sale on the website: Badges by Beth Buss - Lobster Badge Set

A lovely tote bag by Amy Blackwell - Tweet Tote

And a tee by Peter Conway - I Love Cliff

We also have an amazing limited edition art print named Tiger by Chris Summerlin to go on sale next week. Those on the mailing list would have received a newsletter from me featuring the print today. It is currently only available on presale for those lucky ones!

Here is an example of the beautiful work being created by Chris.

It means that we can store all the inks we mix up for different print jobs and use them again. They were designed to fit two margarine tubs on top of each other as that is what we use to store the ink in. Very organised.

They were built by our friend Tim Allman. He really is All Man!

Today I was given a great present for mine from Pete & Hannah - a blackboard brooch! I will definitely have some fun with this!

It is from a lovely shop in Nottingham called Kathleen & Lilys. They do wonderful recycled, vintage and handmade clothing and accessories.

Have a look at their website if you can kathleen and lilys.com

I thought I would check out their website which is definitely worth a look. As well as cycle powered cinemas they have also organised pedal powered sound systems for music events and hold pedal generator workshops.

Great stuff! Lets hope they come back to Nottingham soon.

www.magnificentrevolution.org

We are pretty excited to get them finished and onto the website but in the meantime here is a little sneak preview!

I think this one is my favourite. Just circle the appropriate words to personalise!

We recently printed some t shirts for them which can be seen on their website. The cards are on there too.

www.mouthtrumpet.com

He is doing work experience for us while studying at university. As well as making us laugh a lot he also modeled all the mens tees for the new photos on our website. This morning he even greased up a pole for our t shirt printing carousel.

His skills are limitless!

(If you click on the image you can see him in action!)

- A fully integrated, publicly-owned rail network, in which the passengers are always the most important stakeholders.

- Consistently low priced fares and fast, frequent and efficient services which have the capacity to continually improve and expand in order to encourage more people to choose rail travel as a real, green alternative to their cars.

Join the campaign and sign the online petition today!

http://www.bringbackbritishrail.org/

It has a front-register locking device that improves registration and print quality so the percentage of prints we are not happy with is much smaller. The printing table has a one-arm squeegee unit connected to an 8-bearing carriage assembly that gives ease of operation and a uniform pull, even for large prints. It means we can now print up to B1 (1000 x 707 mm) in size.

We opted for a table designed and built by Nottingham company Natgraph because they are a local business and they make quality equipment that is made to last. It is about as high tech as you can get without getting a machine to print for you. And where would be the fun in that!

The main premise of the ride is an anti-corporate one. The current record was set in cahoots with Lloyds TSB, Artemis Investment Fund, and Orange and, as someone who hates big-business operating harmfully in society, only to spend millions on advertising that suggests otherwise, Julian has a deep commitment to taking back the record for more socially-principled organisations. Thus he is being backed by the Tax Justice Network, New Economic Foundation, London Cycling Campaign, and the Campaign for Real Ale (who do, in all seriousness, work really hard for the protection of local communities). The Manifesto, on Julians website, is the real crux of what this ride means to him and is well worth a read.

So as not to compromise his message, Julian has not approached any big companies for sponsorship, and is funding the trip from his own earnings and the help of small businesses that have provided products or expertise. We are pleased to be printing some T-shirts for Julian as our way of helping him with what we think is a great cause.

It was good timing. We asked them to design us a poster for Birds - our T-shirt design competition. Anyway, here it is.

We finished screen printing them yesterday and are starting to post them out today to art departments and shops around the UK. If you can put one or two up for us somewhere useful let us know. Thanks.

The winner will have their T-shirt printed in a limited edition that will be sold on our website, and they will receive three complimentary tees and a percentage of the sales price of their T-shirt sales. Two runners up get a free T-shirt each from our website.

The deadline is 1st April 2009 and our favourite three designs will be subject to an online vote throughout the month.

Please send entries to comp@idressmyself.co.uk ]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:04:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/birds-t-shirt-design-competition http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/your-unwanted-postcards-or-photos

Every one is unique and it's great to re-use stuff that might otherwise have been thrown away. There are a few real classics. I'll add a photo of one later on.

Send them to us at: I Dress Myself, 32-40 Carrington Street, Nottingham, NG1 7FG.

Thank you.

Probably the best analogy would be when CFCs were first banned, many chemical manufacturers simply removed one (or more) Cl or F atoms with an H and called them HCFCs. They were honest in saying that they were "CFC free", but still did almost the same damage to the ozone.

If you're looking into using a phthalate-free plastisol ink make sure you ask your distributor what plasticiser they use instead.

You can find out about Gisela, Tina and the rest of Bilderklub at bilderklub.de

It's also been fantastic to hear from people who have found our badges. Someone got in touch saying they'd found some on a tree! I hope to find one myself soon in some imaginative spot around Nottingham.

A big thank you to everyone who's been getting involved and we very much look forward to hearing any badge hiding or finding stories. ]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:13:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/badger-update http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/pesticide-poisoning-in-the-uk Environmental campaigner Georgina Downs has won numerous awards for her work compiling evidence about the effects of pesticide use on nearby residents. Georgina represents the UK Pesticide Campaign and has taken their case to the High Court. In November 2008 the High Court Judgment was very clear that the Government has been acting unlawfully in its policy and approach in relation to the use of pesticides in crop spraying, and that public health, in particular rural residents exposed to pesticides from living nearby regularly sprayed fields, is not being protected from acute or chronic long term adverse health effects.

Despite statements made by DEFRA at the time the Judgment was issued saying that "The protection of human health is paramount" and even though the High Court Judge said that he does not think that in all the circumstances an appeal has a real prospect of success, DEFRA revealed last month that it does intend to appeal against the Judgment. So what is most important? Protecting the agricultural industry or protecting the health of its citizens?

Georgina got involved after she suffered from the effects of long-term pesticide poisoning herself. After years of crop spraying on fields adjacent to her house she suffered from flu-like symptoms, headaches, mouth blisters and muscle wastage, which required hospitalisation.

The photo is of Georgina at the High Court.

Examples include:

"Dustcover
Simply cut the flaps from all 4 sides of a cardboard box to create a handy dust protector for small appliances, keyboards, laptops etc. You can leave it as is or decorate with adhesive paper or paint."

Adhesive paper? And that was on the first page.

"Coasters
Create your own coasters to protect surfaces by either folding or cutting sheets of old newspaper into a square. Tape the sides together to create stability and simply throw it away when it gets too stained."

Another favourite (and I bet you hadn't thought of this one): "Cover [food] leftovers with clingfilm before storing in the fridge. Use a permanent marker pen to write the date on the clingfilm so you know how long it's been in the fridge."

Almost everything requires clingfilm, adhesive paper or cellotape and a large proportion can be "simply" thrown away. Once it's covered in all that plastic, it wouldn't be recyclable anymore.If this book wasn't bad enough already, please bear in mind that it doesn't seem to be printed on recycled or FSC certified paper AND it's made in China! Has the world gone mad?

Somehow it's got 4 and 5 stars in reviews on dooyoo.co.uk, which is crazy. Either these people are completely stupid or they work for the publishers (L&K Designs). It's not even worth one star, except perhaps as a laugh. I've nominated it for the Landfill Prize 2009 and think it's got a very good chance of winning.

More info in the original blog entry.

Both designs are printed using soft water based inks on Fairtrade organic cotton pillowcases.

Both designs are by Italian designer Franciosini - our first designer from outside the UK.

The report gives a simple summary of the latest science, delivering a clear message that to have any chance of maintaining a safe climate, we must rapidly decarbonise our society, preserve global sinks, and address the problem with an unprecedented degree of seriousness.

Even with a commitment to 80% carbon cuts by 2050, “Climate Safety” warns that our current policy response does not match up to the scale of the challenge. They plan to discuss finding a way to get beyond “politics-as-usual” and achieve a full, emergency response.

You can pre-order a copy of the report from Amazon here.

Here's a picture of the T-shirts we printed for the event.

So i thought i'd let you all in on my findings and see if they inspire you before its too late, just click on these links below.

Or even better take a look at our online store....i think everyone should have a friend named gypsy dick, a beautifully designed T by Nick Saunders!!!

I guessed that I needed to be more specific with my search so typed "eco-friendly courier Nottingham area". Our website came up on the first page which tells you how successful my search was. There were a number of bike-riding couriers which is brilliant to know but unless they can balance up to four 15kg boxes on the handle bars, aren't going to be able to help us. If you're thinking of starting up your own business in the Midlands, my suggestion would be eco courier. There's definitely a gap in the market there.

In the meantime if anyone knows of an eco-friendly courier in the Midlands please let us know. Thanks! ]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:19:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/eco-friendly-couriers http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/e-on-powerless-literally Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:27:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/e-on-powerless-literally http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/artist-collectives-in-berlin Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:21:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/artist-collectives-in-berlin http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/can-you-help-badger We would like everyone to document their badge distribution in some way shape or form; photos, a poem, a drawing, a film, a story, even a t-shirt design. As a thank you for your help and time we will offer all of our helpers a £10 off voucher towards a T-shirt of their choice. For the top ten most ingenious and fun distributors we will send them a free T-shirt (their favourite from the website) and a zine to say thank you.

If you'd be willing to give up some time and (for a while) a few of your precious ideas please let us know by commenting on the blog or by email to info@idressmyself.co.uk and we'll post you 50 badges and a copy of your brief as quick as we can. Thank you!

Next week we're going to start joining in on communal meals too.

Once you've sorted yourself out with a container you need to line the bottom with about 10cm of broken bits of crockery followed by about 15cm of compost. Lay a few seed potatoes, sprouts pointing upwards, on top and cover with more compost. Water well.

As the foliage starts to grow lift up the walls of your sack (if you're using one) and add more compost and remember to keep watering (this is normally where I go wrong)! Continue in this manner and in a few months you should have reached the top of the container and be ready to harvest your first crop.

I'm looking forward to a summer full of homegrown homemade chips.

We've found coverage to be great even with 50% extending medium and the ink dries to give a good tough finish that doesn't smudge. The colours are bright and opaque with a semi-gloss finish. Like most water based inks, they can dry quite quickly on hot days so you have to keep the ink moving and make sure it doesn't dry in the screen. Happily, the retarder (which slows down the drying of the inks) is probably the greenest part of the range. It's a natural product used in hand creams and even in some foods.

Permaprint is the first water based ink for paper we've found that's completely solvent-free, which makes our studio a much nicer place to be and our environmental footprint that bit smaller. Permaprint inks are due to be launched in the UK early next year and will be available from West Design.

Just cut the strips to size and wet with water, it's as simple as that. It may require a little more effort than standard tape but it looks so much better and costs the environment a lot less too.

24 September — 24 October 2008 The Viewpoint Gallery, Plymouth College of Art, Tavistock Place, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6PW

Further dates/venues TBC.]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:24:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/it's-nice-that-exhibition http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/young-card-players-at-origin We worked in collaboration with Laura to produce limited edition screen prints for her exhibition this week at Origin, The London Craft Fair. Laura will be launching a brand new collection of large scale work at Origin featuring groups of her friends. Titles include The Brighton Donkeys and Young Card Players.

We worked with Laura to produce screen prints of these two designs. All are hand pulled prints on recycled paper using environmentally friendly water based inks. Each of the two designs are in editions of 25 and will sell at £85 each.

Launched in 2006, Origin replaced the Chelsea Crafts Fair as the UK’s principal selling event for individual designer-makers. In 2007 there were more than 20,000 visits to Origin and the event attracted 316 exhibitors across two weeks.

You can find Laura this week (6th-12th October 2008 - week one of Origin) at stand F3 (opposite the back wall) in Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA

Pictured is Young Card Players (127x175cm) - Textile, screenprint, hand stitch

We'd much rather be customers of Ecotricity. For every pound you spend on electricity with them they spend a pound building new green energy sources. They've built 12% of the wind turbines in England.

We'll just have to look forward to the day when we can tell E-on to F-off. ]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:04:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/best-of-a-bad-situation http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/daniel-eatock-'t'-tees-launched Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:12:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/daniel-eatock-'t'-tees-launched http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/kingsnorth-activists-not-guilty After hearing all of the evidence, the jurors (representatives of ordinary British people) supported the right to take direct action to protect the climate from the burning of coal.

NNNNNYYYYYYYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!

Have a look at the campaign

Have a look at the case against coal video]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:37:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/kingsnorth-activists-not-guilty http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/north-pole-island It is considered common knowledge by many that global warming is a human made disaster and one that can only be halted by us humans. You can make a difference by getting involved, re-addressing your lifestyle choices and spreading the word. Good luck!]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:51:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/north-pole-island http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/tubular-tees Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:44:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/tubular-tees http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/and-fertilize-the-plants Currently our waste water goes down the drain but we're planning to work with the Environment Technology Centre in Nottingham to design and build our own water recycling unit.

We've been cleaning out our wash-out booth (a yearly job) and it did take some chemicals to break down the emulsion/ink residue. But a few chemicals once a year is much better than the harmful solvents used every day by screen printers that use plastisol inks. Much, much better. This photo shows the ink residue on the wire rack.]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:41:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/and-fertilize-the-plants http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/positive-change Fitch. Ten of their young designers have designed a T-shirt and they're printing a limited edition run of each design. All profits go to the Depaul Trust, who work with homeless and vulnerable people in the UK. The designs are looking really good. Here's a sneak preview of their 'Positive change' label. For the designs themselves you'll have to watch this space.]]> Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:18:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/positive-change http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/take-off-your-pants Commando Festival is based in Edinburgh but you can join in from anywhere in the world.

The rules are very simple:

* Don't wear pants for the month of August.

* Tell your friends you're not wearing any pants.

* It's a game of honour, so if you wear pants, you're only cheating yourself.

* You must wear pants again on the 1st of September - Without school there would be no holidays!

Kingsnorth is the proposed site for a new coal-fired power station that energy company E.on and our government plan to build. If built, it would emit between 6 and 8 million tonnes of CO2 every year. It seems crazy in the face of climate change but apparently 6 more coal-fired power stations are being planned.

Consequently, Kingsnorth was chosen as the site for this years Camp for Climate Action from 3rd to 11th August. Last years camp was a few hundred metres from Heathrow in demonstration against the plans to build a third runway. With windmills to power computer suites and solar panels to heat the showers they plan to show that sustainable solutions do work. There'll be expert speakers, open debates and free workshops on all things sustainable. If you can spare the time next week go along - I think it will be incredible.

DOES THE DIGITAL PRESS REPRESENT A RETURN TO THE SENSIBILITIES OF A TRADITIONAL ‘CRAFT-BASED’ INDUSTRY, PRINTING MATERIAL OF BEAUTY ON DEMAND FOR THE MOST DISCERNING AUDIENCE?

This research explores this question from the perspective of a ‘creative practitioner’, by placing emphasis upon the importance of human skill and intervention in a process which has been hijacked by automation."

See the Control Print website and download the book for more info.

Thankfully the website gives lots of ideas for reducing your carbon footprint and we went back through the calculator making a few changes to reduce ours. We didn't use our car much anyway and have decided to sell it and use bikes and public transport more. We're changing our energy provider to Ecotricity so that we only use energy from renewable sources, and we're getting a composter from the council (our old home-made one died). Nothing too painful and this reduces the Conway family footprint to 0.8 earth each.

Have a look at yours and see what you can do.

There were some great artists exhibiting some really good work. We printed the Jon Burgerman print 'Hard work hurts my hands', which we've pictured along with some of our other favourites.

Fred and Rose (who run Print Club) are really nice people and we'd recommend anyone in East London who's interested in screen printing to join up. ]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:24:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/blisters-on-my-fingers http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/windows... Well i've been here for one and a half weeks now and what a breath of fresh air. I have my creative head back on, no Saga FM ( sorry mum ) and i have WINDOWS yes WINDOWS to look out yeeeaahoooobedoo!!!!!!

Anyway i just wanted to say a big thank you to Pete, Hannah and Helen (oh and Nabs) for making my 1st week and a bit really homely and happy.

You can find out more about the 46,000 challenge and see lots of photos and figures for what was found where at Fran's website. ]]> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:42:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/saving-a-square-mile-of-sea http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/first-class-envelope Visit Daniel Eatocks website here.]]> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:21:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/first-class-envelope http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/the-wonder-of-the-stapleless-stapler You fold the papers over at the corner, the staple-less stapler cuts a little tag into the papers and as you take the stapler away it pulls the tag through the papers. You unfold the corner and the tag holds them all together. No staples required so much better for recycling the paper at the end of its life.

The Greenlok stapleless stapler is available from The Green Stationary Company for £5.95.]]> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/the-wonder-of-the-stapleless-stapler http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/shelf-it Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:39:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/shelf-it http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/a-big-welcome-to-emma Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:23:00 America/Chicago http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/a-big-welcome-to-emma http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/blog/aldous-huxley-and-the-ecological-problem this interview with Aldous Huxley the other day in which he talks about the ecological problem of an accelerating population and a limited environment.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was very clever. If you aren't sure about who he is, then you should probably look him up!

All organic cotton is imported as it cannot grow in the UK. To sell an organic cotton garment in the UK, the cotton must meet the Organic Certification standards of the country it was grown in as well as the relevant EU regulations. Generally the land the cotton was grown on must have been free of pesticides for three years.

The Global Organic Textile Standard also enables the labeling of cotton fibre from the organic conversion period, for example '100% organic cotton - in conversion'. Cotton in conversion is grown on land which has only recently been converted to organic methods (typically less than 2 or 3 years). Therefore, although no chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers are being used, residues may still be found in the soil. This conversion period is very difficult for farmers, who usually experience an initial drop in yield, while not being able to obtain premium organic price for their crops. Therefore, purchasing organic cotton - in conversion is a great way to support farmers making the difficult transition to organic.

We supply organic cotton T-shirts and bamboo T-shirts that don't have any pesticides used on them at all. We've reduced the cost of these tees proportional to the standard cotton tees to encourage people to go for the organic (non-pesticide option).