Earth Day 2012

Today our Hop is Hosted by Tina from Crafty and Green. She Loves to Craft Green!!

 I am so honored to have been made a part of the Crafty and Green blog hop for Earth Day. When I was asked I was over the roof excited about it, then as life often does it got hectic at my house. Busy doing this and that and have to make 15 what-nots for the thingy ma jig and 32 doo-dads for the other guys and the next thing I know, in the words of Emeril, BAM! It was here. I panicked. I did, I can’t deny it. I was running around looking at everything, and I do mean everything, thinking of things to make out of anything not bolted down in my house. Then, how will I decide what will inspire and provoke …Finally exhausted, as I lay flat out on the floor overwhelmed with a toe twitching, inspiration came. It came in the form of my husband saying a simple sentence. “I don’t know what your getting so crazy about, you do this every day". AHHHHHH the clouds parted and the light from the sun shown through……WHY YES, YES I DO! So I started the search and realized we all do.  To be a crafter is to make something out of something else and most of the time it is simply utilizing what we need from what we have. So there you have it! Man has been doing this and handing down this tradition for ages and we teach it to our children almost from birth….I have included in my photos a little lady bug made from a walnut shell that my son painted for me in kindergarten, “sniff” he is 27 now.   So with out any more fuss …I have taken a picture with some old , some new, some borrowed and some blue in deep hopes that you feel inspired. Please reuse and utilize your local restore/thrift and good wills and please take your newspapers to the ASPCA...they need all they can get. Thank you.

The bird charm was made using a spellbinders die cut to cut the birds from a blue plastic cup and the disk is cut from a wine bottle cork.
The flowers were made from newspaper using a TH die “tattered flowers” glimmer mist and Mr. Huey’s spray
The Red flower cards white mat is actually a piece of white styrofoam cup put through an embossing plate then cut with a Spellbinders die.
The bracelet is shrinky dinks, with added buttons and old clock works as interesting beads and spacers.
The bodice doll is made from a paper mache form dressed with the lining of a pair of old pants and the stand is a old screw driver and door knob for the head.
The Bird house is a take on electric with old fuses and insulators as the stand.

 What a Great Way to Share our Love of the Earth by having a Fun Blog Hop! You should have hippity hopped along from ( Tina's ), but if you just stopped by my blog to visit today, I don't want you to miss a single thing!! Please start at the beginning which is HERE.

1. Tina - http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com/

2. Amanda - http://oldenough2beakid.blogspot.com/

3. Lisa W - http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com/

4. Gill - http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/

5. Amy - http://www.lovetocrop.com

6. Lori - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

7. AnnMarie - www.creativeramblings345.blogspot.com/

8. Cheryl - http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/

9. Kimberly - http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/

Sponsors & Blog Candy:
What's a Hop without some fun Candy to go Along with it?

Scraptastiscal Kreations- $20 Gift Certificate

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Crafty Sentiments Designs- 3 Digi Stamps

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Simply Silverton- A bath kit in the fragrance of the winners choice-
Two 4 oz bars of soap, 7 oz body Souffle, and 16 oz of Bathsalts.
(Natural organic soaps and body products)
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Rules to be Eligible for The Blog Candy:
1.) You MUST visit each blog and leave a comment on every blog in the hop
2.) You must become a follower of Crafty and Green if you aren't already!
3.) For an “Extra” Entry for the Blog Candy, Please Friend Tina at CraftyandGreen on Facebook

So, with new and old examples of how I have repurposed and reused and with a big thank you for joining us today…I bid you happy blog hopping.