Promotional Games get an Eco-Friendly Make-Over

"Ready or not here I come!" And chances are I'm going to find you in a matter of moments. I'm really good at games. I'll nab the Boardwalk in Monopoly and I'll trump your pocket aces. So when you're good at something- sure you want to do it lots. That's why when I was camping earlier this summer; I couldn't pass up the beach towel Scrabble game I found at K-Mart.

The promotional towel had the Scrabble board imprinted into itself and the "waterproof" foam tiles fit perfectly into their foam trays. My sister and I had a pretty competitive game while the rain poured down on the tarp we hung above us. When the rain began to pick up we abandoned our game and hid out in the tent for a bit. When we returned many of the tiles had been blown around to the ground. We were able to salvage all of them but it reminded me of my pet peeve of Scrabble- lack of letters.

When I returned home, I was in the Scrabble spirit and challenged my parents to the promotional game. As I waited for them to gather-round I counted up the letter tiles and reached the awful conclusion that 11 tiles were missing. This is the fifth Scrabble game in my home that I've had to reject (for some reason buying an entire new game seems easier then ordering new letter tiles.)What really bugged me was, "Where did all of the lost Scrabble tiles go?!" Today, the answer was revealed.  
               
A brand new eco-friendly jewelry company, Squishy Sushi, has stolen miscellaneous Scrabble tiles from around the world and has fashioned them into various accessories. On Squishy Sushi's web-site you can find recycled Scrabble tile pendants, rings and cuff links.

If we're going to be honest, I'll admit that along with being very good at winning games, I am also quite the winner at losing things. Therefore, I'm sure there are tons of Scrabble tiles swept under couches, stuck in the heaters and thrown up in the attic of my house. What Squishy Sushi has actually done, is provide a cool alternative to throwing away unused Scrabble tiles.

I've used the rejected Scrabble letter tiles in my house to decorate scrapbooks, so why not dress them up into jewelry. The pieces SquishySushi creates are all handmade with unique designs and all of the pendants retain their Scrabble letter on the back. This is one great eco-friendly product that makes recycling almost glamorous. They've even turned recycled dominos into pendants.

While no jewelry products are carried in our eco-friendly promotional items selection there are some awesome promotional bamboo products that are great alternatives to plastic and metals.

I hope that Squishy Sushi does a ton of great business- so much so that I want to be able to go to a party and see so many men sporting recycled Scrabble tile cuffs links and women in Scrabble pendants, that right then and there we can take off our jewelry and play a game of Scrabble with it.