By Tania Reuben
I have to confess – I love straws. Children love drinking through straws. Smoothies, milk, juice, water. A straw seems to make everything taste better.
When using a straws involves traditional plastic this green mama was constantly saying no. Now I can say yes and not worry about the waste!
Think waste from one little straw is insignificant – think about this tidbit I found on the Dharma site ” As of March 2008, McDonald’s serves an average of 52 million meals PER DAY! (Per their website) How many of those served do you think were given a plastic straw?” And this is just from McDonalds!! All the little straws add up.
When our Glass Dharma Straws arrived and the response was priceless. See for yourself!
The Glass straws come in a variety of length’s and styles. If you have young children you’ll want the shorty – it’s just their size. My 2 year old did manage to break his shorty after it collided with his glass exuberantly. My suggestion for the very young is to use the glass straw with a reusable plastic cup. This would have prevented our breakage. If they happen to breakGlass Dharma will replace broken straws, with their replacement guarantee. They ask that you send them the broken straw.
Drinking from a glass straw – at first it feels a little bit different. The feel of the glass on your lips is not the same as a plastic straw. It took one or two drinks to become accustomed to the new feel, now that I’m used to it, I really like it and enjoy the texture of the glass on my lips.
Care and cleaning – the straws are dishwasher safe. You can use a pipe cleaner or order a special straw cleaner from Glass Dharma for a more thorough cleaning.
Glass Dharma straws are handmade in California!
Now that you know they exist – you want one right?
Good news – Glass Dharma is giving a $30 gift certificate to one lucky PND reader!
HOW TO ENTER:
There are a few ways you can enter, leave separate comments for each entry.
Mandatory:
Become a Confirmed Email Subscriber to PND.
– After subscribing you will receive an email – check your junk mail – you must confirm your subscription in this email to win!
– Already a confirmed Subscriber. Leave a comment letting me know you’re subscriber and would like to enter.
Additional Entries
1. Go to www.glassdharma.com – tell PND what you’d buy with your gift certificate.
2. Stumble your favorite Pure Natural Diva post. Leave a comment with your name and the article you stumbled.
3. Follow @purenaturaldiva and @glassdharma on twitter (use link on the sidebar). Leave your twittername in a separate comment.
4. Become a Fan of Pure Natural Diva on Facebook, already a fan – post this giveaway as an update, leave your FB Name or Name with a copy of your update in a separate comment.
5. Tweet this giveaway. Copy and paste – “@PureNaturalDiva – Little Diva Glass Straw Review & Giveaway $30 Gift Certificate – http://bit.ly/1kPFJp – This will make you smile”. Then come back and leave the direct link to your tweet (go to your twitter account, click on the words when your tweet was sent (ie. 5 seconds ago) and copy and paste that link in comments.
6. Write a post on your blog linking to PND and to The Glass Dharma website – Good for two entries. Leave this comment twice so you get both entries!
This giveaway will run through midnight on Sept 9, 2009 PDT, with winner being announced the morning of Sept 11, 2009. Winner will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries and notified via email. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen.
Giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.
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thanks Tania! we had been looking for earth-friendly glass straws! just ordered a 4-pack! hope you are well. talk soon-
M
Please don’t enter me as I already have many of these but I wanted to say these straws are wonderful and I adore the company! They are awesome people and so good to their customers.Also great pick for a song on the video! And Little Diva is so darn cute!
I am a subscriber and I would love to enter!
If I win, I would get the “Beautiful Bends”. I love drinking out of straws when I’m at home!
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I subscribe.
I would buy the Set of 4 Decorative Dots drinking straws w/brush (though the bent straws are also great).
Very cool straw!
I am now subscribed. What a great giveaway!!
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I am a subscriber
I’d like the Set of 4 Beautiful Bend drinking straws w/brush
Wow! I am always looking for eco friendly products. I would just be concerned with my little hurricane breaking it, but your plastic cup idea is a good tip. Thanks for sharing! Glad I found you on MBC!
Good Morning!
I follow on twitter and networked blogs unfortunately I do not like to received info via email because it will get lost in all the spam and other stuff. I will never get to it.
LOL
I am just stopping by to say hello. That is a fantastic idea for straws. Have a great day!
Grissell
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i really like beauticul bends
i am a subscriber
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I have been looking at getting these for some time now…I’m totally becoming a subscriber!!
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I’m following you on Twitter @mulanshu
@PureNaturalDiva – Little Diva Glass Straw Review & Giveaway $30 Gift Certificate – http://bit.ly/1kPFJp – This will make you smile
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I’m a confirmed subscriber and would love to win. I would spend My GC on Decorative Dots drinking straw Sipper with clear dots. JeansandTs@hotmail.com
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I subscribed.
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subscribed, great straws
im looking for the link to this from you r site
I would buy the beautiful bends straws and the soft covers for them. They are so cool. Wouldlove to have some of these straws
I’ve been trying to subscribe to you but it comes up to a ‘monkey page’ please let me know when it is fixed so I can
I think it should be fixed now! Thanks for letting me know!
I follow you on twitter (@nankani)
I follow @glassdharma on twitter
What a cool product! I subscribe to your emails.
I like the hemp sleeves too, I would buy some straws and sleeves.
I follow you on Twitter (tnimmer)
I was the winner of this contest…I never received the straws. I dont know if there is a way for you to follow up with the company, but my son just brought it up a few days ago…He was looking forward to them as much as I was.
Please let me know if you can find out why I didn’t receive my prize.
Thank you
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