A Host Gift Made From Trash
I saw a post a while back from @sustainableminimalists that I haven't been able to shake. She called it “landfill-maxxing”: aisle after aisle of cheap seasonal decor that's basically already garbage, just garbage you haven't thrown out yet.
via @sustainableminimalists on Instagram
Once you see it that way, you can't unsee it.
It's basically the exact opposite of what Brady and Angela are doing at The Rogerie. Instead of plastic on a one-way trip to the landfill, they take plastic that's already made that trip (fridge liners, window frames, industrial scraps that would otherwise just sit there) and shred it into filament, then 3D print it into home goods bright and cheerful enough you'd never guess where they started.
Their newest piece is the Mini Milk Crate. Small, colourful, and sized to hold exactly four cans, which got us thinking.
A Crossroads collab
Enter Santé.
A lot of people around you, at any point in the year, are saying no to drinking, for all kinds of reasons that are entirely their own business. Talking it through with Jon at Santé Dry Bottle Shop, our neighbouring booth at Crossroads, we landed on the same problem: it's genuinely hard to know how to support someone doing something out of the ordinary, especially when it's not something you've done yourself.
Fill the crate with four cans of Templ Golden Lager, a Calgary-made non-alcoholic beer that pours clean and bright with a genuinely satisfying finish, and it stops being two separate things from two separate booths. It becomes a host gift that looks elevated, feels thoughtful, and supports four small local businesses and the person you're bringing it to, all in one shot.
We hope you'll stop by Crossroads sometime soon. Visit Greenbriar and Santé, side by side, and see how great neighbours work together to bring you great gifts.
Shawn + Mat (+ Jon)
