This started a conversation between myself and hubby, what we did as families when we were kids and there was NO plastic, I'm amazed and proud of the stuff we did, then the dreaded plastic came and most of those wonderful ways went away😞, well I'm inspired to make all my friends at work little gifts of food wraps and cutlery sleeves for Christmas😀 love this idea! Thank you for sharing❤
What a wonderful addition to homesteader living, help the environment and save money on costly wraps. As I watched I remembered my grandmother on the farm was using those wraps for her countertop foods and for leftovers in the fridge.
Oh my goodness Vivi you've done it again! Watching that wrap dry as you wafted it was like magic! I have so much fabric piled up it would be criminal not to make some of these - paired up with some reusable mugs and cutlery they'll make perfect plastic free Christmas gifts! Thank you!
Fab idea viv I'm going to give them ago. This Christmas I've decided to wrap my presents up in recyclable material such as brown paper and natural ribbons and twine. So much waste at Christmas and wrapping paper can't be recycled . So I'm making changes x
lovely video my daughter in law been making bees wax wraps for a long time she also makes her own soap knits makes her own clothes and a lot of other things
Thank you so much vivi! I didn’t even think I could make my own bee wax food wraps!! Was going to buy them! And I have my own bee’s wax from my bee’s!!! Yay so excited to start this project thank you again. Molly x
Same here when we were kids.......and breakfast cereals used to come in waxed paper which we always saved for sandwiches. Hopefully these practices will soon return! ;-)
I have been trying to reduce the amount of waste my husband and I produce for about 2 years now and although we have made a big difference in our house, I feel there is lots more I could be doing. Like these wraps! I will definitely be making some of these. I would love to see more videos like this to give me some more ideas.
Good on you both - that's so good to hear. Have fun making these.......and hopefully, over the winter, I can show some more bits and bobs of ideas. :-)
I love those beeswax food wraps! I’ve never heard of them before. The liner is great too! I’m trying to reduce my use of plastic too so I’ll have to try these.
Excellent! The bin liner idea is more or less the pattern I do for seed packets. The beeswax covers are really expensive to buy out here, so I am inspired for Christmas presents. Thanks.
Ooooh, now I want to scale it down and have a go making your lovely seed packets - brilliant! Perfect Christmas presents and at a fraction of the cost of the commercially available ones.........your friends will be very pleased. :-)
The wraps are such a great idea; I will need to give them a go. Like you, I also hate having to continually pull pieces of plastic out of my garden. In the States they place small, sticky plastic labels on the skins of a lot of fruits and veg like bananas, oranges, even onions. And those labels don't break down! I try to get the labels off before putting the skins into the compost but I do miss a few. Those darn labels last years in my garden soil! I wish they'd come up with a biodegradable version if they must use them.
Your bin liner oragami is what we did as kids to make water cups. We didn't haver very clean water fountains aka bubblers, so we made paper cups for quick drinks. I still do 50 yrscon
We just bought a few of these to try . I like them and am so glad i can start making my own now! Hello Christmas presents for everyone! Thanks again for all the inspiration!
Nice to show small tips who are good for the envirement. We all should do our very best. To grow our own food is also a contribution to that. I try as good as possible to resirculate and use minimum of plasticstuff. I also compost all wast from my kitchen by the metode call Bokashi and use it to fertilize my beds in my garden. Thanks Vivi👍 for the good idea.
I'm so thankful for your tutorial!! Thank you so so very much dear Vivi. I'll have to find me some beeswax now and start making these cloths as I think I use way too much plastic bags and this will be the answer to me to reduce it as much as possible. I got also an eyeopener with your origami tutorial bag. I did make those to put Paul's (my dear son with adhd and aspergers) meds into to take with him. I'm going to make those now from paper for my bin in the kitchen. I've a greens waste bin on the counter it's a little one and I use compostable bags and even with it made from natural things I am not that happy about it and it was staring in front of me and you've pointed me the right way. Yay!!! Thank you xoxo
Bravo Vivi...great video...so informative and practical...will definitely do the origami bin for my compost next to the sink...the bees wax wrap is a wonderful idea and will be on my rainy day projects list...Thanks so much!!!
Thanks Vivi , the beeswax covers look good esp during the festive period, when there are lots of leftovers. We are gannets in my house generally so not much left ! Love the paper bags, I’d definitely try those 🤗
Vivi, I love you for everything you do but more for this video😍. You are not only my favourite blogger, you are the most authentic and ethical blogger. You don't advertise for stupid garden gadgets that are totally unnecessary, you don't use plastic, you reuse and recycle almost everything, you advocate the truth which is the severity of our impact and consuming habits on the planet. You are real, you are the best. I stopped watching all the other so-called gardners/ allotment holders/homesteaders, etc for not being as aware and truthful as you are, shoving products at us in an abhorrent way or their obscene usage if plastic, etc. I just love you and miss you loads. Feli Deli😁😍😉. I do hope we can find a way to chat. 💚❤
Ooh, I've just seen your mailing address and I'm going to send you a letter/card with my details. Hooray, we are going to reconnect!😄 it might take a while as the mail here in Italy is terrible😵❤💚
Oh my goodness!!! It is so wonderful to hear from you......and thank you for your kindest of kind words. I do hope you are well and happy and thriving. :-)
@@WhatVivididnext oh vivi, I'm so glad we can reconnect. I'll post you a card with my details and hope we can keep in touch, gossip even, hehe. Tons of hugs and purrs from all of us here (kiwi, Luna, the chickens, Cosmos, the newly rescued dog :( and the 15 stray cats I'm feeding outside my small house. Did I tell you that I bought a small house on the mountains, yay. It was cheaper than a brand-new car! Crazy, eh! More to share 💚❤😍
Hi Vivi not long found your channel love, love , love it, so down to earth . Just watched this video and have now ordered some beeswax to make the wraps. Can’t wait to make them will make fab Christmas presents . Thank you x
Hi vivi just watched your tiy today and I cannot believe it, I only went to our local honey show on Saturday and purchased - you've guessed it waxed covers. Still they were pretty and a good cause so never mind. I have however just made an origami food waste bag thanks vivi looking forward to the next tiy
I have been meaning to make some waxed covers for ages, so your tutorial came at the right time. I swore to myself that this would be the last roll of nasty cling film I ever bought. It was interesting to see you demonstrate the wax wrap in use, I didn't realise it made such a nice seal to the bowl. So no more excuses for me Vivi, I'm going internet shopping for bees wax. Hopefully I might have some left to make the callendula salve 🌻🐝💚
Had to laugh at the bin liner. As kids we made paper hats that way. I've seen the wax tops on local preserves at the Farmers' Market. I still use plastic and tins, but we recycle almost everything here, even plastic bags and over-wrap, even the foam that goes under meat in the supermarket. Nice to see you happy and keeping busy on a rainy day. Cheers from Jon in rural BC, Canada
We seriously need to rework the way we manage our trash and generate trash. Seriously, buying and using new clean trash bags to dispose of trash? I stopped using trash bags. Instead I toss all of the trash in an unlined bin and dump it in the outside weekly pickup bin. We compost all unused uneaten food as we are vegetarian. Sure there might be a little sour cream or dairy or pasta left over but its so little I still compost it. It cannot really hurt. I never have critter issues. The rest gets recycled. If I need to use a trash bag I line a little basket with the odd grocery store bag and keep it under my kitchen sink. If we really think about our wasteful habits we make make a huge difference. We are killing our planet with our waste. I love these ideas. Vivi. Plastic food tubs can be used and reused for gardening and transplanting. Coffee styrofoam cups, if we must, are perfect for transplanting and can be used many times. I save mine. They are the best for transplanting deep rooted tomatoes.
Good on you for managing your waste so well.........we all really need to do more in this area. You're so right that it seems bonkers to buy a brand new, plastic bin bag just to immediately throw it away......madness. Hopefully more and more folk will start to make the little changes that add up to a big change. Here's hoping! :-)
Hi Vivi, Before this video i used shop bought beeswax wraps. I tried making them once but failed miserably ;) so thank you for showing a simple and good way to make them, I am so happy with the ones I made myself and the old ones I renewed. Then it dawned on me that though this worked so well, it still had animal products in them so why not try make vegan wraps and so I did. =) I used organic Cacao butter, the one you use when you make chocolates, you need to grate it first and it then the cotton needs a bit more than with the beeswax, also they take longer to get stiff again, but they work as good really. thanks for helping to figure out this bit of diy. I am on a roll now and will start making some for friends and family x
Oh that's great you managed to work out a way to do it for yourself that's vegan. Bravo. They're such useful things to have......mine are in pretty much constant use. :-)
Really want to try those bees wax wraps. The bin liner is what I grew up calling a cup and if you poke the button the opposite direction of the triangle and up into the bottom of the cup it should stand. If that makes sense...kinda hard to describe. Thanks for the great videos!!!
I'm going to use the origami bin liner to hold scraps that go into my worm bin. They're not usually very liquid so it should be ok in paper, then I can just chuck the whole packet in & they will get food & bedding in one go.
Bonjour lovely lady 🙋🏼 have always reused most of my plastics till they are totally kapoot and trying hardest not to buy as much containers (food ones) and if they are then I use as seeds trays or mini greenhouses (the ones with lids) 👍😁 love this wee idea of your wraps and very handy 👏 massive hugs doll 🤗💖
Huge hugs back at you lovely. Yes, we should definitely use any plastic we already have until it's beyond use..... Hurrah for our little green planet. :-)
Ooh Vivi I love the wax wrappers in particular the food covers. Going to make some and how pretty do they look? So lovely to look at rather than cling film or a boring white plate on top which is my usual cover lol! Thank you for all you share x
Vivi, this video is perfectly timed! I've been looking for a little project I can do with my granddaughter for her to give as Christmas gifts and I think the bees wax covers will be perfect!! Cheers!! Mary Ann
Great video! I'm relatively new to TIY stuff but my calendula balm turned out lovely & I can't wait to give this ago. More like this please. Many thanks Vivi :0)
I carry a plastic bag or two and use them for months and months and never accept new ones. I also reuse my paper bags. Carrier bags. But still our plastic bin fills so quickly. All organic stuff goes in an electronic com poster and then into the planters. Coffee cups are bring my own. They fit easily in any travel bag. Wooden toothbrushes. But these are all great thoughts. Emm airline dinners?
Reusability is absolutely key as you say. I wonder if you could feasibly layer up the wax & fabric. Setting the tins in a basin of very hot water as they come out of the oven to keep the wax soft? Thanks for this!
Vivi how do they hold out in the hot summers? We have very hot summers here at in summer it can be as hot as 35 degrees celcius in house. Will they stick together? Will the wax melt out?
I love this! I mad some of the bowl covers a few years ago, but I got nuts with the beeswax and they are sort of "brittle" and won't seal well. Wonder if I could reheat them in the oven and allow some of the excess wax to drip out? Great video!
I've just been looking at your page and seen this. It's brilliant, will definately give it a go. Just made my first bog bombs too and your right they smell gorgeous :)
I've had a close look and unfortunately there is no label but.....they feel like a wool/acrylic mix to me so I think, to be on the safe side, they aren't for you. What a pity. :-(
I went to Download again this year with my daughter and there were no plastic forks, knives, spoons or straws and you were issued with a glass you took back to refill, that's not bad for 120,000 there, a good move in the right direction, there was still plastic bottles but I thought it was a great start.
Phew just spent the morning making 28 wraps of various sizes to share between 4 as Xmas presents. One daughter is vegan so I have made them all with candelilla wax with no additions. They seem quite stiff so may add a drop of jojoba next time.For a first attempt I'm happy but await the comments of the recipients!
There is a video for squash storing (in the section called 'Storing my produce'......for the spuds it's simply a case of keeping them in their paper sacks somewhere cool and dark. :-)
200c= 392 f. -To save oven energy I suggest you do this while you are baking as Vivi did, or Iron between parchment paper. ps My bin came out as a duck?
You could use them to cover them once they're open and in the fridge.......but not for the preserving phase as you won't get a good enough seal/sterility. :-)
Love, LOVE, L-O-V-E this! So useful. I've been put off the beeswax wraps due to the absolute cost, though now we will make these AND use local beeswax from our local beekeepers. Thank you so much! Could you adapt the newspaper origami pots you did last year as flat-bottomed dustbin liners?
How wonderful to have a local source of beeswax.......that will make them even 'greener' with so few beeswax miles - brilliant! Ooooh, yes, I didn't think of upscaling my square plant pots - great idea! Thank you. :-)
I hate cling film with a passion because when i am using it, it all goes wrong. This wax covers are a perfect solution. Please can you tell me where you get the wax from. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers lovely. I bought the beeswax on-line......have a look, there are loads of different suppliers selling in various amounts to suit your needs......mine came from the UK so there were less miles involved. :-)
Hurrah for the bag ban! Paper straws are so much better than plastic........and it is now possible to buy metal straws so they're reusable time and time again. :-)
I remember as a kid, many many years ago, hearing they dumped garbage into the ocean and I thought it was insane. Why didn't anyone else? There's a waste co in the states that burns garbage to produce energy, Waste Management ( I don't know about their air filters). Again we in the States have recycling of plastic bags. But Styrofoam is my demon. Any suggestions on reuse? I've always been a recycler. I compost almost all paper products, if I don't craft with it; like junk journals, memo pads, animal bedding, paper mache… There's crafts for plastic bags like making sleeping mats for the homeless or ironing 5-10 sheets together for crafts....Crafts to reuse cans and bottles too that are not recycled or returned to store (.05c deposit). * I figured if we reuse everything just once, you cut your garbage output by half. Imagine if everyone did that.
No I don't get cups, I get tons of packing material, everything is wrapped in it. I've used packing peanuts in the base of large plants but that leads to a mess later on, I'm working on some kind of insulation?/or maybe a pet bed like melting them down to a sheet. need to form them somehow without toxic fumes. @@WhatVivididnext
I've seen RUclips videos of folk making cat shelters/beds for feral cats using polystyrene for insulation............but I really wouldn't want to melt it for exactly your reason of the fumes
Like you, I have tried to be plastic free ( we even limit our paper and glass recycling as much as possible -- its actually a fun challenge) since I was a teenager (in the 80's ), and now that I am looking after my mother in law who needs diapers it horrifies us to throw three away every day.. Do you know if there is a source (or way of making my own) washable adult nappies? I looked and looked for information, but am guessing the amount of urine a grown-up makes is too much (unlike a baby) to be contained by fabric? Don't know why I didn't think to ask you about this sooner. You are such a source of information, and inspiration to me.
Ach, the adult pad problem does my nut.......I've tried to look for reusable ones plus washing service but haven't found anything (I'm glad to say this is not the case with baby nappies anymore - so many easy to access services....). I'll keep looking and report back if I find anything. Hmm, maybe this is a service we should start???
Thanks, I was hoping as a nurse you may have insider information. Someone enterprising person could definitely fill much needed service here in this department...
Great video Vivi! We hate plastic too. I wish our townships would also ban plakky bags. They are so bad on every level. Our recycling programme here is a joke :-? Sadly Ontario is not very forward thinking is this respect.
I would love to see plastic bags banned too........a little over a year ago here they started to charge 5 pence per bag, supposedly to put folk off using them.........but I still see them everywhere! Ugh. :-(
Hello, the wraps are a really nice idea - can I suggest to be more environmentally friendly it is best to use fabrics that are not commercially printed/dyed. The synthetic dyes used on these pretty fabrics are not so good for the environment. Better to use plain cotton and perhaps if you want other colours use natural dyes. Your onion skins or calendula flowers, or many other things that you grow, would make great dyes. Very easy to do. If using commercially printed fabrics always wash well first, otherwise when you put them in the oven they may give off nasty chemicals. Thanks for your videos, I hope you don't mind me making these suggestions. I will certainly me making some wraps.
I made a really huge one a few weeks back by doing just that, putting some extra pellets of beeswax inside the folds. It soon soaks through to coat all of the fabric. I now wrap my homemade bread in my enormous wax wrap instead of just a tea-towel, and the bread stays really fresh for days. Bonus! If anyone wants to make a vegan version of these, soy wax also works really well instead of beeswax. Happy wrapping.
I had been meaning to make these ever since I first saw them but "never found the time". You inspired me and I got right up, went to my stash of fabric and craft items and made 6 7" bowl covers and 4 10" bowl covers out of a yard of material in about a half an hour. Thanks, Vivi, for being my inspiration to get stuff done! BTW, I got my beeswax pastilles at mountainroseherbs.com, where you can buy them by the pound. They're actually cheaper than by the ounce there. I'm pretty sure they're organic, as everything else Mountain Rose sells is. K
Oh I'm so glad you got on and made some straight away - that makes me so happy!........and I'm glad you've said so here so that folk can see how quick and easy it is. Yay! :-)
You can, so long as it is food grade paraffin wax.........but I would stick with the beeswax as the whole point of these wraps is to move away from petroleum based products. :-)
Vivi~It looks as though you've hit a "home-run" with your beeswax wraps and newspaper bin liners. I can do the wraps, but we'd have to scrounge for newsprint. Oh, I'll use what is left over from the package you sent to me....yeah....Do you mind if I send you a holiday greeting using your return address (which I will NOT share)? Love, love love your vid's....and you...:-)
Of course lovely. The PO Box address isn't secret - it's on here in the description below the video........it is so lovely receiving cards and notes from folk - it always makes my day when something lands on the doormat in handwriting I don't know...... :-)
This started a conversation between myself and hubby, what we did as families when we were kids and there was NO plastic, I'm amazed and proud of the stuff we did, then the dreaded plastic came and most of those wonderful ways went away😞, well I'm inspired to make all my friends at work little gifts of food wraps and cutlery sleeves for Christmas😀 love this idea!
Thank you for sharing❤
That's such a great idea to gift to work colleagues......and will encourage them to use a packed lunch rather than take-away food - good on you! :-)
What a wonderful addition to homesteader living, help the environment and save money on costly wraps. As I watched I remembered my grandmother on the farm was using those wraps for her countertop foods and for leftovers in the fridge.
I often think of the things my grandparents used/did......after all.......they needed to find ways before there was so much plastic around. :-)
What a great idea Vivi, and it's always a joy to see you, take care
Cheers lovely. :-)
It was so fun watching your creativity in the home! Vivi, you inspire me as always! Thanks! You make me smile, 😊🍂🍁❤️😊
Awww, thank you Linda. :-)
Absolutely inspiring...love love love the waxed cotton...and the bin liners. Got to try it all. Thanks so much ! x
Ooooh, have fun! :-)
Love these ideas. I have made paper pots for quite a while, but never thought of making paper bin liners. Thanks for the tutorial Vivi 🙂
Cheers Richard. :-)
Oh my goodness Vivi you've done it again! Watching that wrap dry as you wafted it was like magic! I have so much fabric piled up it would be criminal not to make some of these - paired up with some reusable mugs and cutlery they'll make perfect plastic free Christmas gifts! Thank you!
Perfect idea for Christmas pressies! Happy making and gifting. :-)
Fab idea viv I'm going to give them ago.
This Christmas I've decided to wrap my presents up in recyclable material such as brown paper and natural ribbons and twine. So much waste at Christmas and wrapping paper can't be recycled . So I'm making changes x
Fantastic - good on you. I love an inventively wrapped gift. Yes, Christmas is a time of huge waste so evry little change we make is so important. :-)
Brilliant! Especially the fast mouse on helium!
Hahah - cheers lovely. 😊
Thank you for sharing these wonderful ideas, Vivi, will give these a go.
Yay! Good on you lovely - have fun giving them a go. :-)
Great ideas, must try the beeswax wraps for gifts...thanks Vivi.
Lucky friends of yours to receive them as gifts! :-)
lovely video my daughter in law been making bees wax wraps for a long time she also makes her own soap knits makes her own clothes and a lot of other things
That's fantastic........soap making is next on my list I think. :-)
Wow!!! I'm so excited to make the bees wax wraps. Thank you so much Vivi!
Yay! They're so easy and so satisfying. Have fun! :D
Love your top
Second hand - of course. ;-)
Awesome, I love pre loved clothing
Thank you so much vivi! I didn’t even think I could make my own bee wax food wraps!! Was going to buy them! And I have my own bee’s wax from my bee’s!!! Yay so excited to start this project thank you again. Molly x
Hurrah for having your own bee's wax........have fun getting creative. :-)
When I was a child we used to wrap sandwiches in greased proof paper and that worked fine. I only thought of this when I was listening to your vlog !
Same here when we were kids.......and breakfast cereals used to come in waxed paper which we always saved for sandwiches. Hopefully these practices will soon return! ;-)
I have been trying to reduce the amount of waste my husband and I produce for about 2 years now and although we have made a big difference in our house, I feel there is lots more I could be doing. Like these wraps! I will definitely be making some of these. I would love to see more videos like this to give me some more ideas.
Good on you both - that's so good to hear. Have fun making these.......and hopefully, over the winter, I can show some more bits and bobs of ideas. :-)
I love those beeswax food wraps! I’ve never heard of them before. The liner is great too! I’m trying to reduce my use of plastic too so I’ll have to try these.
Yay! :-)
Excellent! The bin liner idea is more or less the pattern I do for seed packets. The beeswax covers are really expensive to buy out here, so I am inspired for Christmas presents. Thanks.
Ooooh, now I want to scale it down and have a go making your lovely seed packets - brilliant! Perfect Christmas presents and at a fraction of the cost of the commercially available ones.........your friends will be very pleased. :-)
I used a old iron, they turned out fab and get a lot of use .x
Oh that's great. 😊
Loved all your tips and tricks, Vivi ❤️👍🏻
Cheers lovely. :-)
You can also melt the wax with an iron. I use paper and cloth to protect the iron and the ironing board but it works quite well.
Great idea......especially if you're not planning to cook anything in the over afterwards - much more economical use of electricity. :-)
The wraps are such a great idea; I will need to give them a go. Like you, I also hate having to continually pull pieces of plastic out of my garden. In the States they place small, sticky plastic labels on the skins of a lot of fruits and veg like bananas, oranges, even onions. And those labels don't break down! I try to get the labels off before putting the skins into the compost but I do miss a few. Those darn labels last years in my garden soil! I wish they'd come up with a biodegradable version if they must use them.
Absolutely!!! Why do we need our fruit and veg labelled anyway? Onwards and upwards to do what we can to reduce the plastic.... :-)
Awesome update thank you for sharing and blessings as always thank you for your time in making these videos
Thank you Linda. :-)
Your bin liner oragami is what we did as kids to make water cups. We didn't haver very clean water fountains aka bubblers, so we made paper cups for quick drinks. I still do 50 yrscon
Hahahaha - yes! We did something similar when we were kids too........the water always tasted of funky paper towels but we didn't care! ;-)
We just bought a few of these to try . I like them and am so glad i can start making my own now! Hello Christmas presents for everyone! Thanks again for all the inspiration!
Yay! Have fun making your own. :-)
Oooh Im going to make the wraps. Excellent idea and I have some wax left over from waterproofing my shoes.
Yay, have fun!!! 😊
Oh what a fun do-it-yourself vlog!! Going to try those covers. I went to glass with glass lids years ago for cooking and storing. Happy crafting!😀
Cheers lovely - have fun making some wraps. :-)
Hello ma’am a very good idea of using paper and the bees wax mats can be a very useful item in the kitchen. Happy crafting
Thank you. :-)
Nice to show small tips who are good for the envirement. We all should do our very best. To grow our own food is also a contribution to that.
I try as good as possible to resirculate and use minimum of plasticstuff. I also compost all wast from my kitchen by the metode call Bokashi and use it to fertilize my beds in my garden.
Thanks Vivi👍 for the good idea.
Good on you lovely......all these little things help. :-)
I'm so thankful for your tutorial!! Thank you so so very much dear Vivi. I'll have to find me some beeswax now and start making these cloths as I think I use way too much plastic bags and this will be the answer to me to reduce it as much as possible. I got also an eyeopener with your origami tutorial bag. I did make those to put Paul's (my dear son with adhd and aspergers) meds into to take with him. I'm going to make those now from paper for my bin in the kitchen. I've a greens waste bin on the counter it's a little one and I use compostable bags and even with it made from natural things I am not that happy about it and it was staring in front of me and you've pointed me the right way. Yay!!! Thank you xoxo
Fabulous! Happy folding and creasing! I think it will work perfectly for your kitchen compost bin. Have fun. :-)
Excellent video!!
Thank you lovely. :-)
Great ideas! I am going to give them a try
Yay! Have fun Cathie. :-)
Bravo Vivi...great video...so informative and practical...will definitely do the origami bin for my compost next to the sink...the bees wax wrap is a wonderful idea and will be on my rainy day projects list...Thanks so much!!!
Perfect compost caddy liner.......just tip the whole lot into the compost bin! :-)
I love both of these ideas! Thank you!
Have fun giving them a go. :-)
Excellent ! You go to the top of the class ! Love it ! ...and I,m going to do it ! xxx
Hahahaha - cheers! :-)
Thanks Vivi , the beeswax covers look good esp during the festive period, when there are lots of leftovers. We are gannets in my house generally so not much left ! Love the paper bags, I’d definitely try those 🤗
Hahaha - I'm glad you all enjoy your food so much. Have fun making! :-)
Vivi, I love you for everything you do but more for this video😍. You are not only my favourite blogger, you are the most authentic and ethical blogger. You don't advertise for stupid garden gadgets that are totally unnecessary, you don't use plastic, you reuse and recycle almost everything, you advocate the truth which is the severity of our impact and consuming habits on the planet. You are real, you are the best. I stopped watching all the other so-called gardners/ allotment holders/homesteaders, etc for not being as aware and truthful as you are, shoving products at us in an abhorrent way or their obscene usage if plastic, etc. I just love you and miss you loads. Feli Deli😁😍😉. I do hope we can find a way to chat. 💚❤
Ooh, I've just seen your mailing address and I'm going to send you a letter/card with my details. Hooray, we are going to reconnect!😄 it might take a while as the mail here in Italy is terrible😵❤💚
Oh my goodness!!! It is so wonderful to hear from you......and thank you for your kindest of kind words. I do hope you are well and happy and thriving. :-)
@@WhatVivididnext oh vivi, I'm so glad we can reconnect. I'll post you a card with my details and hope we can keep in touch, gossip even, hehe. Tons of hugs and purrs from all of us here (kiwi, Luna, the chickens, Cosmos, the newly rescued dog :( and the 15 stray cats I'm feeding outside my small house. Did I tell you that I bought a small house on the mountains, yay. It was cheaper than a brand-new car! Crazy, eh! More to share 💚❤😍
Brilliant, can't wait to have a go at this x
Have fun! :-)
two awesome items we all can make to reduce are plastic use in the home !! amazing video Vivi
Cheers lovely. :-)
I love these, and they are so fun to make.
Absolutely! Being 'green' certainly doesn't have to be boring! :-)
Hi Vivi not long found your channel love, love , love it, so down to earth . Just watched this video and have now ordered some beeswax to make the wraps. Can’t wait to make them will make fab Christmas presents . Thank you x
Oh that's fabulous, have fun making them...and gifting them! Oh, and a very warm welcome to you here. :-)
Hi vivi just watched your tiy today and I cannot believe it, I only went to our local honey show on Saturday and purchased - you've guessed it waxed covers. Still they were pretty and a good cause so never mind. I have however just made an origami food waste bag thanks vivi looking forward to the next tiy
Cheers Norma. :-)
I have been meaning to make some waxed covers for ages, so your tutorial came at the right time. I swore to myself that this would be the last roll of nasty cling film I ever bought. It was interesting to see you demonstrate the wax wrap in use, I didn't realise it made such a nice seal to the bowl. So no more excuses for me Vivi, I'm going internet shopping for bees wax. Hopefully I might have some left to make the callendula salve 🌻🐝💚
Yay......and double yay if you can get some balm made too! Have fun. :-)
Love it! Cheers, Vivi!
Thanks lovely. :-)
Great idea Vivi, had to share on Facebook
Fab - the more sharing of ideas the better. Thank you. :-)
Had to laugh at the bin liner. As kids we made paper hats that way. I've seen the wax tops on local preserves at the Farmers' Market.
I still use plastic and tins, but we recycle almost everything here, even plastic bags and over-wrap, even the foam that goes under meat in the supermarket.
Nice to see you happy and keeping busy on a rainy day.
Cheers from Jon in rural BC, Canada
Hahaha - maybe I'll wear one as a hat one day. ;-) Good on you for your reusing and recycling! :-)
Thank you Vivi. Great x
Cheers Eva. Have fun making! :-)
We seriously need to rework the way we manage our trash and generate trash. Seriously, buying and using new clean trash bags to dispose of trash? I stopped using trash bags. Instead I toss all of the trash in an unlined bin and dump it in the outside weekly pickup bin. We compost all unused uneaten food as we are vegetarian. Sure there might be a little sour cream or dairy or pasta left over but its so little I still compost it. It cannot really hurt. I never have critter issues. The rest gets recycled. If I need to use a trash bag I line a little basket with the odd grocery store bag and keep it under my kitchen sink. If we really think about our wasteful habits we make make a huge difference. We are killing our planet with our waste. I love these ideas. Vivi. Plastic food tubs can be used and reused for gardening and transplanting. Coffee styrofoam cups, if we must, are perfect for transplanting and can be used many times. I save mine. They are the best for transplanting deep rooted tomatoes.
Good on you for managing your waste so well.........we all really need to do more in this area. You're so right that it seems bonkers to buy a brand new, plastic bin bag just to immediately throw it away......madness. Hopefully more and more folk will start to make the little changes that add up to a big change. Here's hoping! :-)
Nice watching and listening
Thank you Caroline. :-)
Hi Vivi, Before this video i used shop bought beeswax wraps. I tried making them once but failed miserably ;) so thank you for showing a simple and good way to make them, I am so happy with the ones I made myself and the old ones I renewed. Then it dawned on me that though this worked so well, it still had animal products in them so why not try make vegan wraps and so I did. =) I used organic Cacao butter, the one you use when you make chocolates, you need to grate it first and it then the cotton needs a bit more than with the beeswax, also they take longer to get stiff again, but they work as good really. thanks for helping to figure out this bit of diy. I am on a roll now and will start making some for friends and family x
Oh that's great you managed to work out a way to do it for yourself that's vegan. Bravo. They're such useful things to have......mine are in pretty much constant use. :-)
Really want to try those bees wax wraps. The bin liner is what I grew up calling a cup and if you poke the button the opposite direction of the triangle and up into the bottom of the cup it should stand. If that makes sense...kinda hard to describe. Thanks for the great videos!!!
I get what you mean. :-) Have fun making some wraps. :-)
I'm going to use the origami bin liner to hold scraps that go into my worm bin. They're not usually very liquid so it should be ok in paper, then I can just chuck the whole packet in & they will get food & bedding in one go.
Perfect! Ooooh, happy worms. :-)
Bonjour lovely lady 🙋🏼 have always reused most of my plastics till they are totally kapoot and trying hardest not to buy as much containers (food ones) and if they are then I use as seeds trays or mini greenhouses (the ones with lids) 👍😁 love this wee idea of your wraps and very handy 👏 massive hugs doll 🤗💖
Huge hugs back at you lovely. Yes, we should definitely use any plastic we already have until it's beyond use..... Hurrah for our little green planet. :-)
My family goes through a lot of napkins!!! I’m gonna make the switch to cloth.
Yay, good on you lovely....that's such a great, simple swap that can make a big impact. 😊
Ooh Vivi I love the wax wrappers in particular the food covers. Going to make some and how pretty do they look? So lovely to look at rather than cling film or a boring white plate on top which is my usual cover lol! Thank you for all you share x
Thank you so much Margery - have fun giving them a go. :-)
this was so helpful -thank you
Yay - thank you. :-)
Vivi, this video is perfectly timed! I've been looking for a little project I can do with my granddaughter for her to give as Christmas gifts and I think the bees wax covers will be perfect!! Cheers!! Mary Ann
Oh wonderful......have fun making and creating together. :-)
Great video! I'm relatively new to TIY stuff but my calendula balm turned out lovely & I can't wait to give this ago. More like this please. Many thanks Vivi :0)
Oh I'm so glad you made some balm and are happy with it. Yay! :-)
I carry a plastic bag or two and use them for months and months and never accept new ones. I also reuse my paper bags. Carrier bags. But still our plastic bin fills so quickly. All organic stuff goes in an electronic com poster and then into the planters. Coffee cups are bring my own. They fit easily in any travel bag. Wooden toothbrushes. But these are all great thoughts. Emm airline dinners?
Hahahaha - the answer to the airline dinners problem is......I don't take planes.....I use trains and boats and carry my own food/kit. ;-)
Reusability is absolutely key as you say. I wonder if you could feasibly layer up the wax & fabric. Setting the tins in a basin of very hot water as they come out of the oven to keep the wax soft? Thanks for this!
I think that might be possible......if a little messy. ;-)
Vivi how do they hold out in the hot summers? We have very hot summers here at in summer it can be as hot as 35 degrees celcius in house. Will they stick together? Will the wax melt out?
I've not had any issues with them this summer.....and it got to 40* + at times up in my cottage in the sky. :-)
not been to my allotment for over 2 weeks
The weather hasn't been great........hope we can all get back to our plots soon. :-)
I love this! I mad some of the bowl covers a few years ago, but I got nuts with the beeswax and they are sort of "brittle" and won't seal well. Wonder if I could reheat them in the oven and allow some of the excess wax to drip out? Great video!
Give it a go popping them back in the oven........it can be a bit of trial and error but worth it when you get the amounts just right. Have fun. :-)
I've just been looking at your page and seen this. It's brilliant, will definately give it a go. Just made my first bog bombs too and your right they smell gorgeous :)
Oooh, so glad you made some bog bombs. Have fun getting creative with the wraps! :-)
@@WhatVivididnext I've just spotted your hand hand warmers on your page, do you know if they are made from sheeps wool please?
I'm allergic to sheeps wool
I've had a close look and unfortunately there is no label but.....they feel like a wool/acrylic mix to me so I think, to be on the safe side, they aren't for you. What a pity. :-(
@@WhatVivididnext nevermind, I'm used to it, thankyou for checking :)
Nice thanks for that !! :)
Thank you. :-)
I love it! I have a ton of spare buttons I could send you.
Cheers! I have a load somewhere too.......I just can't be bothered using them. ;-)
I went to Download again this year with my daughter and there were no plastic forks, knives, spoons or straws and you were issued with a glass you took back to refill, that's not bad for 120,000 there, a good move in the right direction, there was still plastic bottles but I thought it was a great start.
That's an excellent step in the right direction! :-)
Phew just spent the morning making 28 wraps of various sizes to share between 4 as Xmas presents. One daughter is vegan so I have made them all with candelilla wax with no additions. They seem quite stiff so may add a drop of jojoba next time.For a first attempt I'm happy but await the comments of the recipients!
Oooh, lovely - gosh, you've been busy! I'm sure the recipients will all be delighted with them. :-)
Do you have a video showing how you store your potatoes, squash ect? If not would love to see
There is a video for squash storing (in the section called 'Storing my produce'......for the spuds it's simply a case of keeping them in their paper sacks somewhere cool and dark. :-)
200c= 392 f. -To save oven energy I suggest you do this while you are baking as Vivi did, or Iron between parchment paper.
ps My bin came out as a duck?
Hahahaha - that's quackers! :-)
Hi Vivi can the waxed fabric discs be used to cover Homemade jams and preserves great video xx☺
You could use them to cover them once they're open and in the fridge.......but not for the preserving phase as you won't get a good enough seal/sterility. :-)
Love, LOVE, L-O-V-E this! So useful. I've been put off the beeswax wraps due to the absolute cost, though now we will make these AND use local beeswax from our local beekeepers. Thank you so much! Could you adapt the newspaper origami pots you did last year as flat-bottomed dustbin liners?
How wonderful to have a local source of beeswax.......that will make them even 'greener' with so few beeswax miles - brilliant! Ooooh, yes, I didn't think of upscaling my square plant pots - great idea! Thank you. :-)
I hate cling film with a passion because when i am using it, it all goes wrong. This wax covers are a perfect solution. Please can you tell me where you get the wax from. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers lovely. I bought the beeswax on-line......have a look, there are loads of different suppliers selling in various amounts to suit your needs......mine came from the UK so there were less miles involved. :-)
Thank you Vivi, will have a look on line for UK suppliers.
We have just banned supermarket plastic bags here. I purchased paper straws for our weekend smoothies.
Hurrah for the bag ban! Paper straws are so much better than plastic........and it is now possible to buy metal straws so they're reusable time and time again. :-)
P.S. Can you pink the edges of the sandwich wrap as well?
Absolutely. :-)
It appears that a chipmunk has got into your building after the recent showers.
Hahahahaha. ;-)
I remember as a kid, many many years ago, hearing they dumped garbage into the ocean and I thought it was insane. Why didn't anyone else? There's a waste co in the states that burns garbage to produce energy, Waste Management ( I don't know about their air filters). Again we in the States have recycling of plastic bags. But Styrofoam is my demon. Any suggestions on reuse?
I've always been a recycler. I compost almost all paper products, if I don't craft with it; like junk journals, memo pads, animal bedding, paper mache… There's crafts for plastic bags like making sleeping mats for the homeless or ironing 5-10 sheets together for crafts....Crafts to reuse cans and bottles too that are not recycled or returned to store (.05c deposit).
* I figured if we reuse everything just once, you cut your garbage output by half. Imagine if everyone did that.
I know folk use the styrofoam cups for starting seeds in....but, personally, I would avoid purchasing anything in it in the first place. :-)
No I don't get cups, I get tons of packing material, everything is wrapped in it. I've used packing peanuts in the base of large plants but that leads to a mess later on, I'm working on some kind of insulation?/or maybe a pet bed like melting them down to a sheet. need to form them somehow without toxic fumes.
@@WhatVivididnext
I've seen RUclips videos of folk making cat shelters/beds for feral cats using polystyrene for insulation............but I really wouldn't want to melt it for exactly your reason of the fumes
Like you, I have tried to be plastic free ( we even limit our paper and glass recycling as much as possible -- its actually a fun challenge) since I was a teenager (in the 80's ), and now that I am looking after my mother in law who needs diapers it horrifies us to throw three away every day.. Do you know if there is a source (or way of making my own) washable adult nappies? I looked and looked for information, but am guessing the amount of urine a grown-up makes is too much (unlike a baby) to be contained by fabric? Don't know why I didn't think to ask you about this sooner. You are such a source of information, and inspiration to me.
Ach, the adult pad problem does my nut.......I've tried to look for reusable ones plus washing service but haven't found anything (I'm glad to say this is not the case with baby nappies anymore - so many easy to access services....). I'll keep looking and report back if I find anything. Hmm, maybe this is a service we should start???
Thanks, I was hoping as a nurse you may have insider information. Someone enterprising person could definitely fill much needed service here in this department...
I collect plastic pots and recycle in the bin
Good on you lovely. :-)
Great video Vivi! We hate plastic too. I wish our townships would also ban plakky bags. They are so bad on every level. Our recycling programme here is a joke :-? Sadly Ontario is not very forward thinking is this respect.
I would love to see plastic bags banned too........a little over a year ago here they started to charge 5 pence per bag, supposedly to put folk off using them.........but I still see them everywhere! Ugh. :-(
Hello, the wraps are a really nice idea - can I suggest to be more environmentally friendly it is best to use fabrics that are not commercially printed/dyed. The synthetic dyes used on these pretty fabrics are not so good for the environment. Better to use plain cotton and perhaps if you want other colours use natural dyes. Your onion skins or calendula flowers, or many other things that you grow, would make great dyes. Very easy to do. If using commercially printed fabrics always wash well first, otherwise when you put them in the oven they may give off nasty chemicals. Thanks for your videos, I hope you don't mind me making these suggestions. I will certainly me making some wraps.
Absolutely. Or, use organic cotton/vegetable dyes or scraps of old cloth. :-)
They banned plastic bags in my town here in Vermont.
Fabulous! :-)
To make a bigger one could you not just double it over in the oven putting the wax inside?
I made a really huge one a few weeks back by doing just that, putting some extra pellets of beeswax inside the folds. It soon soaks through to coat all of the fabric. I now wrap my homemade bread in my enormous wax wrap instead of just a tea-towel, and the bread stays really fresh for days. Bonus!
If anyone wants to make a vegan version of these, soy wax also works really well instead of beeswax. Happy wrapping.
Practically Penniless nice one 👍😁
Great ideas!!!! Hahahaha, why didn't I think to fold some....???!! Thank you all. :-)
Hi
Do you think you may have clipping finger nail? I now you are nurse too.
I don't know what that is? :-)
@@WhatVivididnext opps clibbing of the finger nail.
It could be normal . Some lung or heart condition cause nail clubbing.
Oh, I see. No. :-)
I had been meaning to make these ever since I first saw them but "never found the time". You inspired me and I got right up, went to my stash of fabric and craft items and made 6 7" bowl covers and 4 10" bowl covers out of a yard of material in about a half an hour. Thanks, Vivi, for being my inspiration to get stuff done!
BTW, I got my beeswax pastilles at mountainroseherbs.com, where you can buy them by the pound. They're actually cheaper than by the ounce there. I'm pretty sure they're organic, as everything else Mountain Rose sells is.
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Oh I'm so glad you got on and made some straight away - that makes me so happy!........and I'm glad you've said so here so that folk can see how quick and easy it is. Yay! :-)
Can I use paraffin wax?
You can, so long as it is food grade paraffin wax.........but I would stick with the beeswax as the whole point of these wraps is to move away from petroleum based products. :-)
Good question - as being a vegan means I avoid beeswax- but then there’s the issue with petrochemicals. It’s so hard!
Oh that's a tricky one. I wonder if soy wax would work?
Vivi~It looks as though you've hit a "home-run" with your beeswax wraps and newspaper bin liners. I can do the wraps, but we'd have to scrounge for newsprint. Oh, I'll use what is left over from the package you sent to me....yeah....Do you mind if I send you a holiday greeting using your return address (which I will NOT share)? Love, love love your vid's....and you...:-)
Of course lovely. The PO Box address isn't secret - it's on here in the description below the video........it is so lovely receiving cards and notes from folk - it always makes my day when something lands on the doormat in handwriting I don't know...... :-)
Beer can loops around not get rid cut half 🙃I collect rubbish on way up on streets litter Sunday subway pots throw out cars 🚗 McDonald coffee cups :(
Yes, always cut beer can loops and crush tin cans so wildlife don't get them wedged on noses/snouts. Good on you for collecting rubbish. :-)