July 25, 2007

Everything but the Kitchen Sink

Becky Stripe’s Bento Box Totes

You ditched boho-chic for ecochic. Traded in your SUV for a Prius. (Heelys on the weekends.) And you’ve seen An Inconvenient Truth more times than Al Gore.

So why, pray tell, are you still storing takeout in Styrofoam boxes and flimsy throwaways?

Glue & Glitter’s Becky Striepe has the missing piece to your green makeover: bento box totes. An enviro enthusiast herself, Striepe couldn’t find a good way to carry leftovers to work, so she made one.

Her hand-sewn lunch totes come in rainbow, graphic, and solid prints, and include machine-washable napkins (one for every day of the workweek), chopsticks, and a bento box for carting around leftovers and snacks in portion-size containers (perfect for waistline conservation, too).

Striepe sells them online and is happy to customize a color combo or fabric. She even makes grocery bags to match.

See? It’s so easy being green.

Available online at glueandglitter.com.