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Earth Hour 2012

 

Don't forget to turn off your lights and all non-essential electric appliances for one hour tonight at 8:30pm for Earth Hour 2012!!! Lets make this year better than the year before!

 

Here is the Earth Hour video for 2012:

 

 

 

The official website for earth hour is:

http://www.earthhour.org

 

 

A Scrapbook Page for Spring!

I was in the creative mood today and thought I would do a scrapbook page for spring. I used some card stock from Michaels and my Cricut Expression. To create the word 'Spring' I used the software program Sure Cuts Alot to weld the letters together. It beats having to glue the letters down individually!

 

My Pink Stamper

 

spring time hiking

Has anyone else noticed that the weather is a little odd lately? I'm not sure if Mother Nature wants it to be spring or winter. In one day we've had a combination of sunshine, rain and hail! In the Lower Mainland it's common for us to get lots of rain but I'm ready for some warm sunshine! In between bouts of rain, I managed to get my husband, step-daughter and dog out for a hike.

 
As we started out on the trail there was no one else around. It was us and nature. So peaceful and quiet with only the sound of the birds.

 

The weather was overcast with the occasional light rain. Underneath the canopy of trees we remained dry. 

 

I love the look of these ferns growing with the moss on the trees! 

 

 The dominant trees in this area are Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) and Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla). There is also an abundance of ferns, moss, lichen and ivy. Everywhere you look there is life! There are many different species of plants and animals all around you! To find many of them all you have to do is look down. There are many mosses, lichens, ambhibians and insects. Look at a piece of decaying wood, lift it up and you can see a multitude of plant and animal life! You may be lucky enough to find a salamander.

 
Remember to look and appreciate your findings in their natural habitat and then leave them there. They are best suited to survive in their own environment!

 

I didn't bring my tripod with me so I had to make do with a faster shutter speed. Otherwise I would have been able to capture a nice silky smooth water effect in the picture below. Besides, I was already running lots to keep up with my husband and step-daughter. No one really wants to wait for you as you stop repeatedly to take pictures! LOL!

 

Etsian Newbie Blog Hop and Listings!

 

If your a member of the etsian newbie team feel free to post your items here! You can link more than one item from your store and even add a link to your blog. Please pass on the link to this site so that everyone benefit from the exposure!

This link will be active until April 25, 2011 at 8:00am.

Enjoy and I hope we can keep this going!

 

Mother's Day Card

My 11 year old step-daughter Jordan came to visit us for her spring break at the end of March. Unfortunately she and her mom live quite far away and we don't get to see her very often. When she comes to visit we enjoy doing crafts together. I thought I would share the Mother's Day card she made for her mom.

 

We had fun making it using cardstock, my Cricut, some stamps, rhinstones and glitter glue. She stamped and glued everything on her own!

 
I'm looking forward to doing some more crafts with her in the summer when she comes to visit.

 

Earth Hour 2011

Tomorrow at 8:30pm is Earth Hour! Wherever you are in the world you can participate. 134 countries and 420 Canadian cities are officially participating in Earth Hour tomorrow!

Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million people and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. A year later Earth Hour became a global sustainability movement where more countries joined. Each year more and more countries and millions of people participate in Earth Hour making it the world’s largest global climate change initiative.

So wherever you are in the world tomorrow March 26th, at 8:30pm turn off your lights for one hour or even better turn them off for longer!

 

 

For more information the official Earth Hour website is: http://www.earthhour.org

My Climate Change Blog Post: http://whisperingmists.typepad.com/whispering-mists/2011/03/climate-change.html

 

Canadian Crafty Blog Hop Winners!

The winners of my giveaway for the Canadian Crafty Blog Hop are Sherri and Jacqueline. Congratulations ladies! They each received a set of three of my photography cards from my Etsy site.

 

 

 

Climate Change

Climate change seems to be the topic of the day today. Both the World Wildlife Fund and CTV News have some good articles on climate change. They also have a couple of great videos too. I've posted the videos below and the links to their blogs as well.

 

World Wildlife Fund:

Climate Change: Arctic warming pushes winter weather further south

 

http://blog.wwf.ca/blog/2011/03/01/veteran-meteorologist-how-a-warmer-arctic-disrupts-global-weather/

 

CTV News:

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See:

 

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20071228/youtube_071228/

 

Here are some good sites for climate change solutions. Do you have any more?

http://www.ourclimate.net/

http://www.ourclimate.net/guide.htm

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=10-solutions-for-climate-change

 

 

Canadian Crafty Blog Hop

Hey everyone! I've decided to try out the Canadian Crafty Blog Hop! I love doing crafts especially photography, scrapbooking and card making! I wish I could find more time to do it.

 

Join me in the Canadian Crafty Blog Hop!"



 

 

 

 

 

 

As thanks for stopping by to visit I will choose two people to win a set of three of my cards using random.org. All you have to do is leave me a comment at the bottom of this post and your email address. The two winners will get to choose their pictures for their cards from my etsy site. The deadline is March 2, 2011 at 2:00pm pacific time.

 

 I hope you enjoy your tour around my blog! Thanks for stopping by!

 

OWOH 2011 Winners

Congratulations to the two winners who have been randomly choosen (random.org) for the prizes for OWOH blog tour. The winners are:

First Prize

 Kim Dellow from CraftyMakes who has won a set of six 5x7 fine art photography greeting cards from my Etsy store, an 8x10 Peacock fine art print and a 5x7 Grizzly Bear fine art print.

 

Second Prize

Amy from Back Seat Writer  who has won a set of three 5x7 fine art photography greeting cards from my Etsy store and a 5x7 Grizzly Bear fine art print. 

 

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy your prizes!

Thank you everyone for dropping by, leaving a comment and entering into my giveaway. I hope you continue to pop by to check out my new posts. Check back here for future giveaways!