Message Beans: By Style Meets People

Give a little green to someone you love. Instead of a gift card, give a garden. Your message is laser etched on an ordinary bean. The recipient plants the message bean in the canister (soil included), waters it and in one to two weeks your sentiments will take on a life of their own - as it germinates and sprouts the message is imprinted on the bean itself.

Happy Birthday, Thank You, Love and Good Luck are all options.

Available from Unica for $12.50.

Comments (6)

does anyone know what the actual bean looks like? i'd be curious to see a picture. oddly, they don't show one in the promo materials.

posted by kate on 2006-06-27 11:38:45

kate:
I searched a bit more and dug up another photo (from the upcoming July Real Simple) that shows the actual message on the bean. I added it to the post above.

posted by janel on 2006-06-27 11:49:34

janel: is there a way to see the bean image larger?

thanks!

posted by miss on 2006-06-27 13:08:57

miss:
sorry, that's the best picture I could find - it is a brand new product. maybe more images will show up online in the next few weeks...

posted by janel on 2006-06-27 21:43:26

Not sure how one would read it if it's on the bean. Would it be on a bean that the plant grows? Hmmm....

posted by Curtis on 2006-06-28 09:51:55

Curtis, I think that's the idea...to me, it looks like you can see the message showing up on the bean that has sprouted in the can on the left in the pic with the pink background...

posted by janel on 2006-06-28 10:21:42