Improvised Life [ November 30th, 2011 ] Posted in » Words and Then Some... by Anne
Thanks Grenville Station
Some Babies are Just “Born to…”
When creating new gift basket designs, I sometimes find myself drawing from my own personal experiences and memories for inspiration. Many of those inspired creations can be seen in our baby gift basket category.
During my childhood, my grandparents owned a farm and I spent as much time as possible there. I had a lot of friends who would come over to play, but the most memorable visitors were my “boyfriends.” There was one boy in particular who I have fond memories of. When we were 8 years old, we would climb up into my Grandpa’s John Deere tractor and he would pretend to drive me around the fields. We sure put a lot of “miles” on that tractor! Those memories were the inspiration for the basket Born to Farm. When he has a child, I think it would be the perfect gift for his Little Farmer!
But that basket design may not be for everybody. Some people may remember “driving” their father’s motorcycle, feeling cool and grown-up as they “hit the open road!” In that case, Born To Ride would more suitable.
What was your baby born to do? Grenville Station features a wide variety of baby gift basket designs but if you have an idea for a new design inspired by your baby or child drop us a line and let us know. We’re always on the look out for great ideas and inspiration!
Tanya
Every day is Earth Day at Grenville Station!
At Grenville Station there are a number of environmental measures that we take in our workplace to help protect the environment. To reduce paper waste, we put an emphasis on internet marketing (our website is our catalogue!). All of our photography takes place in-house, using digital cameras and rechargeable lithium batteries. We use real towels in our washrooms & lunch room instead of paper towels and we also use ceramic mugs instead of disposable cups for our many cups of coffee (tea in Laurie’s case) – which we can’t live without!
We make it a point to use as many products made from post-consumer recycled content as possible (i.e. toilet paper, printer paper). We print the vast majority of our documents in draft mode (double sided, of course!) and we recycle and purchase recycled printer cartridges. We also turn off our computers and monitors when not in use.
Our staff regularly eats lunch on site, using ceramic dishes and real cutlery. We use unbleached brown coffee filters and make use of thermos pump pots for hot beverages rather than constantly turning to the kettle and coffee maker. We even try to bring liter-less lunches to work with us, using reusable cloth lunch bags and containers!
Compact fluorescent bulbs are used throughout the facility and when it comes to cleaning supplies we use eco-friendly products such as those made by Method, Seventh Generation and Biolife.
Now that you know how environmentally conscious we are at Grenville Station we challenge you to join us. Even small changes can make a big difference if we all pitch in! Click here for some ideas on how you can make your office more green. Let us know what your workplace is doing to protect the environment – we’d love to hear from you!
Doing Our Part for the Environment
Earth Day is right around the corner (April 22) and that got us to thinking about how all of us here at Grenville Station are doing our part in conserving the environment.
Recycling is a huge priority for us. We do not let any scraps go to waste, whether it is pieces of ribbon, bits of fabric, plastic and cardboard ribbon rolls or other by-products. We collect them and donate it all a local elementary school so that the children have materials to do various crafts and projects. We’re sure there have been some inventive creations!
We make it a point to use distributors that use recyclable shipping materials. We then reuse appropriate materials as padding in our own outgoing shipments. Also noteworthy is the fact that we don’t use styrofoam peanuts in our packages – only kraft and unprinted newspaper.
