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In the famous words sung by Sam Cooke, change is certainly gonna come and it’s time for a change here at Guffly. Starting today, Guffly will now feature a Daily Guff three days a week instead of five. Don’t cry, it’s all good. We’re streamlining during our not-as-busy-season in efforts to make this thing last the long haul (did you know Guffly is only 6 months old? To us it seems like an eternity…or are we not supposed to acknowledge that…opps?!). You’ll still be able to shop the cool products in our Top Guffs as well as see the latest Guffly finds on our Daily Guff page every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
We’re continuing to search out the best independent suppliers with creative, stylish, and modern eco-friendly or fair-trade goods. You can still also take advantage of our month of completely FREE SHIPPING. That’s love right there (especially from a small company).
Thanks for your support. Peace!
The team @ Guffly
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February is the month of love and we just love our Guffly customers to pieces. Since our December Get 5 promo was so popular we thought we would introduce a new promotion this month! For the entire month of February EVERYTHING SHIPS FOR FREE from www.guffly.com! That’s right, from the Daily Guff to the Top Guffs – we’re shipping everything for nothing, nadda, zilch!
So shop til you drop from the comfort of your own home, the coffee shop, or wherever you find yourself cruisin’ the interwebs. It’s a great time to get gifts for Valentine’s Day, upcoming birthdays, anniversary gifts, or self-gifting! We hope you enjoy the free shipping on all the eco friendly products at Guffly!
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Oh snap! Guffly is spreading the green love around to our awesome Facebook fans. On Tuesday February 9, we are going to randomly select one Facebook fan of Guffly to win one of our favorite eco friendly products, the Cupid’s Travel Kit!
Cupid's Travel Kit
The kit includes a 2oz personal lubricant, 2oz love oil of your choice,and cocoa mint body dessert – yum yum! All the products included in this set are made with mainly organic and vegan ingredients, so you don’t have to worry about your goods being contaminated with chemicals, dyes, and other mojo-killing substances.
So get over to Guffly’s Facebook page and become a fan now! You’ll get updates about the Daily Guff, promotions, interesting news and random fun. If you happen to already be a fan, no worries – we love you too…you’re already eligible!
Rules:
Enter the giveaway starting Thursday February 4, 2010 by becoming a fan of Guffly on Facebook. There is no purchase necessary to enter. All Facebook fans 18 years and older, US residents are eligible to win. The giveaway ends on Tuesday February 9, 2010 at 4:00pm EST. You must be a Fan of Guffly on Facebook prior to this deadline to be eligible.
One winner will be randomly selected on February 9, 2010. A member of the Guffly team will notify the winner via the winner’s Facebook account. The selected winner has 24 hours to respond. If the winner is not eligible, rejects the prize, or does not respond, Guffly will randomly select another winner from the fan base.
Assuming the winner responds promptly with shipping information Guffly will have the prize to you by Sunday, February 14, 2010 – just in time for Valentine’s Day!
The giveaway has ended and the winner has been selected and notified…stay tuned! Thanks and welcome to all our new Facebook fans!
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The Vintage Glass Earrings on the Daily Guff come from avid glass and bottle collector, Laura Bergman – founder of Bottled Up Designs. Laura saw an opportunity when collectors took the whole bottles but left the broken glass behind for the environment and wildlife to deal with. We commend her for identifying this problem and truly making the most of it!
She has lived in Pennsylvania Amish Country her entire life and has spent many hours poking through old glass and bottle dumps in the area, which are now in wooded natural habitats. In her words, “To me, though broken, this glass still has beauty and history, so I decided to pick up the pieces and turn them into something beautiful again, in my remarkable line of recycled glass jewelry.”
She goes the extra mile in working towards being environmentally friendly by not using older or flux, as this process produces chemicals that are extremely harmful to the environment. We appreciate that extra effort!
As an added bonus, each of her pieces comes with “The Story of the Glass,” which details what the jewelry piece was originally made from and approximate age. This little detail really makes it a special, one-of-a-kind gift.
Check out the amazing Vintage Glass Earrings in 5 colors on the Daily Guff: guffly.com
*Remember it’s only 16 days until Valentine’s Day! Don’t forget to get a cool eco gift for the ones you love!*
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Oh la la! Things are spicing up on the Daily Guff! Today’s Sexy Eco-friendly Lingerie Set is designed and handmade by the lovely ladies at Urban Fox, a Midwest-based lingerie company founded in 2007, that’s keeping it real with cute designs, eco-friendly fabrics, and hand sewn products. Seriously, what’s not to love about these sexy little things!?
To stick with the Guffly mission of finding eco friendly products that don’t make you sacrifice your sense of style, we spotted this lingerie set and just had to get it. While it’s a bamboo and organic cotton blend this isn’t your average undies. It’s more burlesque-inspired with designs and models that are much closer to what we see in the mirror.
Since each of these lingerie pieces is handmade, it’s going to take us a little longer to get them to you. Make sure you order yours – or a set for your leading lady as soon as you can to ensure fun times for Valentine’s Day. Run, don’t walk to check out the Daily Guff: http://guffly.com/
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Why yes, we are shaking things up on the Daily Guff a bit just in time for Valentine’s Day. The Cupids Travel Kit that is featured today is created by the company Good Clean Love. The company provides natural love products and on a mission, “to increase the awareness and experience of love in the world.” They always said love one another, why not do it the eco-friendly way?!
Good Clean Love was founded by Wendy Strgar. She describes herself as, “a loveologist who writes and lectures on Making Love Sustainable, a green philosophy of relationships which teaches the importance of valuing the renewable resources of love and family. She has learned that physical intimacy is an important component of sustaining healthy loving relationships through her own marriage of over 24 years.” This lady knows what she’s doing and is offering top quality eco-friendly love products, the nature lover in all of us can certainly appreciate that!
We’re offering the special Cupid’s Travel Kit that’s equipped with TSA size approved Almost Naked Organic Lubricant, Love Oil of your choice and Cocoa Mint Body Dessert. Intriguing, isn’t it? Treat your Valentine to some good clean love this Valentine’s Day by getting one of these on the Daily Guff: http://guffly.com/
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These awesome Handmade Journal Sets on the Daily Guff today come to us from the husband and wife team of This Is It! Creations. We love their eclectic handmade gifts that happen to be fantastically eco-friendly!
Founded in 2005 in southern Oregon, this duo creates products that are designed to help you reflect, appreciate each moment, and remember what’s important in life: peace, love, beauty and fun! (that’s a quote straight from them…we love it) All of their paper comes from environmentally sustainable sources (Nepalese lokta paper for these journals) and the Handmade Journal Set comes with individually wrapped journals in biodegradable sleeves. We enjoy the humor and thought behind the sayings on the covers of these journals – you get to pick your favorite 3!
Their motto is “Freedom from the ordinary – Freedom for the animals.” You know that’s something we get behind here at Guffly. What’s more is they currently donate 5% of their profits to animal welfare groups.
Family Picture!
Hat tip to you Jodi and Dan of This Is It! Creations – you’re fighting the good fight and we support you! Support them (and the animals!) by getting your very own Handmade Journal Set on the Daily Guff: http://guffly.com
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These Fair Trade Napkins are another great product from Market Place Handwork of India. Not only are they a great way to spice up your table but, they supports disadvantaged women in India. Market Place Handwork of India is more than just a company – they are a non-profit that supports the economic development of disadvantaged women so that they can build their own sustainable businesses.
They currently work with 14 coops consisting of 480 artisans in India. All of them produce high quality fair trade products. What’s more is each artisan’s community is also impacted by the work of these women. Leadership-building initiatives and decision-making in the workplace have given the artisans the tools and confidence to become social activists. They have tackled such problems as lack of clean water, corrupt shopkeepers, and insufficient garbage collection.
Lull in the dinner conversation? Tell the amazing story of these napkins to get the conversation flowing. Check them out on the Daily Guff: http://guffly.com
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A great new product is rockin the Daily Guff today, the Hipster Tee from the eco stylish company Holstee. The company is the product of two brothers, Dave and Mike at Incubaker (great name!), a NYC based innovation lab. What’s more, proceeds from the company are used to empower entrepreneurs around the world. Seeing how Guffly is an entrepreneurial endeavor as well, we have a special place in our hearts for companies doing this.
The Holstee tees are custom designed the fit of their shirts to make you look good. Their cut is fitting where you want it – in the sleeves and around the body.
The shirt fabric itself is close to magical, soft and light to the touch with inherent stain protection and moisture-wicking. This fabric is made from 100% recycled polyester (a combination of plastic bottles and industrial scraps – how cool is that?!).
Check out Holstee’s Manifesto, we think it’s pretty powerful and worth a read:
This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often.
If you don’t like something, change it. If you don’t like your job, quit. If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV.
If you are looking for the love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love.
Stop over analyzing, life is simple. All emotions are beautiful. When you eat, appreciate every last bite.
Open your mind, arms, and heart to new things and people, we are united in our differences. Ask the next person you see what their passion is, and share your inspiring dream with them.
Travel often; getting lost will help you find yourself. Some opportunities only come once, seize them.
Life is about the people you meet, and the things you create with them, so go out and start creating.
Life is short. Live your dream, and wear your passion.
So while you can go to any big box store and grab a 3-pack of the generic pocket tees that have been around for decades in not so environmentally friendly ways, instead you can choose to make an impact on the world and your wardrobe with these unique Hipster Tees from Holstee. You probably won’t see someone else wearing one…yet, anyway! Check them out on the Daily Guff: http://guffly.com
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The nice people at Vers create these attractive, functional Bamboo iPhone and iPod Cases while considering the environmental impact of said items. We appreciate the careful consideration of the effect of mass production on our environment and the great steps that Vers has taken to make a difference for today’s Daily Guff.
You may remember these too cool cases from back in October when we first carried them – we got an overwhelming response that you wanted to have more funcationality from your case with your iTouch and iPhone. Well, Vers must have heard a lot of that too because now they’re offering new styling on the cases that allows you to access full functionality and ultimate protection.
Their mission states:
Without a doubt, the creation of any mass-produced product requires the use of resources and energy to manufacture, transport and manage throughout their useful lives – which resources, how much energy and the length of a ‘useful life’ are where big differences can be made to reduce the total impact that a product makes on the world. Could you craft a more beautiful, better sounding system with LESS impact to the environment at the same time? We thought so, and it’s been the driving passion behind Vers from day one – to be better in every way imaginable.
The company also partners with the Arbor Day Foundation to replant for each tree they take! Bamboo grows faster than any other species, reaches a harvestable height in as little as 3 months, and produces 35% more oxygen per acre than trees – amazing stuff! The bamboo grass for these awesome cases are harvested by hand so they require significantly less energy (energy = CO2). Believe it or not, bamboo is harder and more dimensionally stable that Oak, with strength characteristics equal to steel! There isn’t a better, more eco-friendly way for you to protect your precious iPhone.
We think this a great option for a iPod case that will protect it for sure! These make great gifts (especially for those hard to buy for guys). Get one for you iPhone, iTouch, iPod Classic, or iPod Nano on the Daily Guff: http://guffly.com
