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{ReUse before ReCycle} Handmade Notebooks

12.15.08

Too many pretty paper laying around? A typical problem of a graphic designer.
This is my second attempt at using up my collections of samples and leftover paper. In the past few years, I made small memo pads for various causes.
This year, I decided to make blank notebooks, best suited for carrying around and used [...]

{ReUse before ReCycle} Aid Report

05.20.08

Thanks to all of you fine people for buying these memo pads. Together, we will be sending extra $60 to the folks in Myanmar and Si-Chuan. It might seems like a small amount to some, it means a lot for people there and for me. Also remember, these people will sense they are cared and [...]

{ReUse before ReCycle} Back on The Rack!

05.17.08

If you are looking at this, you most likely had purchased these handmade {ReUse before ReCycle} memo pads from me. Not only you get a useful tool, 100% of your money is going to Tzu-Chi.
Tzu-Chi in Action
Tzu-Chi is a global charity group started in Taiwan where no donations for aids are ever used to pay [...]

{ReUse before ReCycle} Sales Report II

01.8.08

Thanks to the support of my Aunt Li and my classmates, I have collected $67 more, and it’s will be going to Tzu-Chi (Seattle) tonight.
On their 3rd visit, they gave out 36 gift cards ($300 for each family) and the special Tzu-Chi blankets (made with recycled plastic bottle and turned into blankets by volunteers.) Also [...]

{ReUse before ReCycle} Sales Report

12.19.07

Thank you for coming out to see my work. I enjoy sharing my work with everyone who came to touch the paper I love so much. It was so much fun to see how people play with the texture and arrangement of the design.
Today’s total sale was $152. It will be going to the Tzu-Chi [...]

{ReUse before ReCycle} Memo Pads

12.18.07

Wow, that was a crazy week, working and making memo pads. I was lucky to have my aunt’s help, we made over 100 memo pads. They come in various sizes and colors.
There are some you can mix and match to your liking.
There are also unique sets I put together. You can talk all the pieces [...]

{ReUse before ReCycle} Debuts

12.16.07

“ReUse before ReCycle” Memo Pads are made with paper and samples I have collected from my design projects. Before recycling them, why not get one more use out of them!
My intention is to do something green and make some green. Green for our neighbors who got flooded, that is. I will donate all the money [...]

Sample’s 2nd Life

11.19.07

I give LIFE… I don’t have a God complex. I am just a little green.
What do a graphic designer have more than anything else? Blank and print sample. Out of date swatch books. I can never throw them away. Many people spent material, time and energy to make them. So, I have a big collection [...]