EarthWell Festival 2012 August 31, 2012

This was our second year of particiapting with the EarthWell Festival.  What is EarthWell you are asking???  Here is what their website (http://www.earthwellfestival.org/) has to say about them:

EarthWell…where the worlds of green sustainability & eco friendly ideals mix beautifully with a health & wellness way of life.

Green Living

Whether your interest is wind power, finding green product alternatives, learning about composting or researching the latest alternative energy vehicles, you will most likely find the answers here at the EarthWell Festival.

Health & Wellness

Curious about alternative medicine, holistic healing, organic cooking or lifestyle changes? You will find a wide variety of professionals here, eager to share with you their knowledge of a healthier way of life.

Recreation

Want to get in touch with your body again? Would you like to explore new forms of recreation? How about scaling a climbing wall, or riding a mountain bike, or whipping a hula hoop around your waist? It’s all here and more.

You’re Invited

More than a fair, way more than an expo, EarthWell is an experience, one you are invited to explore.

EarthWell. It’s all about our Earth, it’s all about Wellness, it’s all about you.

Here is a map of the Festival Grounds from their website:  

Here is a picture our booth:

We were right next to the beautiful water in the kids sections number 104 and 105.  As part of deal with EarthWell we run a booth of the kids activities.  Cheyenne Herland from Pebble and Pond (https://www.facebook.com/pebbleandpond) helped us to run these fun activities this year.  Here is what we did and some pictures of it too:

Saturday:

10:30 – 11:00:

Living Art Mobiles/Wind Chimes: Take a short walk around the festival and collect natural items to add to four large, recycled bicycle rims (donated by the Ogden Bicycle Collective https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ogden-Bicycle-Collective).  After the Mobiles/ Wind Chimes creation has begun during this half hour, they will be on display all day.  As this is a Living Art project, if you find something fun you want to add to it bring it over anytime on Saturday before 5:30 and make your mark on this evolving piece.

*****Anyone, Any Age can enter the raffle on Saturday to win one of the Mobile’s/ Wind Chimes to take home with you.  The winner will be announced at 5:30 in the Our Children’s Earth Booth (enter the raffle here also) directly next to the Kids Booth.*****

12:00- 1:00:

Bubble blowing party: Using your hands and simple household objects, create enormous bubbles for play and fun! We’ll be using vegetable-based, biodegradable, unscented soapy water for the bubble solution.

2:00 – 3:00:

Design Your Own T-shirts: We will have a variety of shirt sizes and colors to choose from, as well as tools and materials, and idea suggestions for your own, original design.

4:00 – 4:20:

Song Circle: “If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk, you can sing!” (African Proverb) Bring your hands and heart and let’s make music together!

5:00 – 5:30:

Driftwood Art: There are so many things you can create with driftwood, from magic wands to decorations for your home, so let’s use our imaginations, the possibilities are limitless!  Come on a fun short walk with us around the shoreline and find your own driftwood and rocks.  We will then bring the items back to the Kids Village and get creative!

Sunday:

10:30 – 11:30:

Naturalist Walk: Join Cheyenne Herland (a botanist and Utah Society for Environmental Education-certified educator) for an exercise in seeing and listening, as well as erHHHerlanda plant ID scavenger hunt. Along the walk we’ll gather natural items to turn into collages at the Kids’ Village.

12:30 – 1:00:

Recycled Newspaper Swords:  We will have a great time recycling newspaper and forming our own swords to color and tape together to take home with you.

2:00 – 2:20

Song Circle: “If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk, you can sing!” (African Proverb) Bring your hands and heart and let’s make music together!

3:30 – 4:00

Recycled T-shirt Jewelry:  Create a necklace, scarf, ring or bracelet out of Recycled t-shirts.  We have tons of colors and ideas to choose from.

4:15 – 4:45

Hula Hooping: Shake those hips and practice your moves! Hula hooping is said to be one of the best exercises to keep your heart chakra open and your waist trim!

Some of our awesome products that were for sell at EarthWell:

Here are some of the activity pictures too:

the BEST husband and my Super hero:

The beautiful leaves beginning to change:

We hope to see you next year and thanks to everyone that came by to chat, buy, create and fun with us!

Dye Your Hair with Kool-Aid! August 29, 2012

My daughter has been wanting to dye her hair.    My first reaction is your young and the horrible chemicals in dyes, the damage it causes your hair and your school does not allow your hair to be anything but natural colors….blah blah blah.    So my brilliant daughter decides to research different ways to do this.  She knows if she researches options I am more likely to say ok.  So she found out how to dye your hair with Kool Aid.  What a great idea.  It only stays in your hair for a week or two, no terrible chemicals in it and we could do it red so it was a natural color!  I told you she was brilliant!!

So here is what you will need:

3 packages of Sugar Free Kool Aid (or as many as you want depending on how dark you want it to be)

A pan

Your stove

Water

Towel that canget the Kool Aid dye on it

Spoon

Gloves your hands don’t turn red (learned this after the fact….lol)

t-shirt to wear that you don’t care if it gets dye on it (or a towel to wear around your shoulders so it does not get your shirt)

 

Here is what you will do:

1.  Buy your Kool-Aid in the color you want.  We choose red so it would be a natural color she could have at school.  If you want the color to be darker use more packets and less water.  If you want it to be lighter then use less packets of Kool-Aid and more water.  It is up to you and what you want your end color to be.  

2.  Then you will need to heat the Kool-Aid up.  After it is boiling take it off the heat and let it cool.  While it is still warm, but not hot and the pan is not hot (becareful you don’t burn yourself or some other horrible thing to your self….only do this if you are a klutz free kinda person and of course with your adults permission if you are under 18…..oh and while I am going on with the don’t sue me lawyer talk, we are in no way affiliated or represent Kool-Aid….ok, I think that is all of the lawyer talk for now…lol).

Take the hair that you want to be dyed and dip it into the Kool-Aid.  You will leave it in for as long as you want.  The longer you have it in the dye the stronger the color will be.

3.  Then after it is the color you want, take it out and put it in a towel to dry it off.

4.  Blow dry your hair:

5.   Now you get to love your new hair color!

5. Don’t forget to wear your gloves or your hands will look like this (this does come off with some soap, water and scrubbing!).  Gloves just make it that much easier!!

6.  Now your hair will smell like Kool-Aid…..yummy!

Related articles

• Have You Ever Colored Your Hair With Something Other Than Hair Dye? (bellasugar.com)
• Kool-Aid + Hair = Kool-Hair (mpcenglish.wordpress.com)
• Kool Aid Dip Dye your Hair & Take Pics With the Kool Aid Man (momfluential.net)
• Kool(-Aid) Hair (blueepicgeek.wordpress.com)

August 31, 2011

I will be at this awesome Festival:

 

Park City, Utah

September 10 & 11, 2011

WELCOME

EarthWell…where the worlds of green sustainability & eco friendly ideals mix beautifully with a health & wellness way of life.

Green Living

Whether your interest is wind power, finding green product alternatives, learning about composting or researching the latest alternative energy vehicles, you will most likely find the answers here at the EarthWell Festival.

Health & Wellness

Curious about alternative medicine, holistic healing, organic cooking or lifestyle changes? You will find a wide variety of professionals here, eager to share with you their knowledge of a healthier way of life.

Recreation

Want to get in touch with your body again? Would you like to explore new forms of recreation? How about scaling a climbing wall, or riding a mountain bike, or whipping a hula hoop around your waist? It’s all here and more.

You’re Invited

More than a fair, way more than an expo, EarthWell is an experience, one you are invited to explore.

EarthWell. It’s all about our Earth, it’s all about

Wellness, it’s all about you.

http://www.earthwellfestival.org/

If you would like some discount tickets you can find

them at following local Ogden Locations:

Ogden Nature Center

Green The World on 25th Street

Dr. Cole McMillan Chiropractor in South Ogden

Winner Announced…. June 8, 2011

…… WiNnEr AnNoUnCeD…..

I know you have all been dying to know who the winner of the Mermaid & Turtle Bee Kissable Lip Balm is.   Today is the day to tell you as I have promised you.   It is almost the end of  the day but hey, it  is still in this day, right 🙂

So I cut up all the pieces of paper with your names on it and had the hubby pick a random one……the winner is……drum roll please…….Christina Charbonneau.

CONGRATS CHRISTINA!  I will get that out to you asap and you will have to let us know how much you love it!

Mermaid & Turtle Interview and Giveaway May 5, 2011

One of my favorite local companies is Mermaid & Turtle.  Here is an interview with them and a way to win one of theirs and our favorite products “Bee Kissable Lip Balm”.

Q: Tell us a little bit about your business?

A:  Mermaid & Turtle originally came about as a clever way to label and package the homemade gifts we created for ourselves and our family and friends. We love hand-made gifts best because the most important thing we can give those we love is our time. We care about leaving behind a healthier environment and good information about how to care for it, so we get great satisfaction through creating products that reflect sound eco-sense. We were greatly complimented over and over when people would tell us that we should be making our jewelry, bath and household products professionally, for boutiques and local gift shops. And it’s been a fun and successful venture – it seems we aren’t the only ones who appreciate well-made products created locally and responsibly.

Q: How did you ladies come up with such a great name?

A: Our business name is comprised of a symbol that represents each of us and helps us to remember to be both playful and principled. Lisa is a “water baby” – she’s always loved the sea and swimming in lakes, rivers and oceans. She is a deep thinker and feels things deeply, so has always felt a kinship with the concept of the mermaid. Cheyenne has felt a strong attachment to turtles and tortoises since she was a teenager, after learning indigenous wisdom that turtle teaches us how to mother ourselves and our planet – because everywhere you go, there you are! You are your ultimate home, so you’d better make sure you surround yourself with healthy people and a healthy lifestyle. As water covers our planet and connects all things, these two water creatures help us to remember to produce products and services that help people to express their lives in thoughtful, gentle, creative ways.

Q: Why do you feel it is important to create items that are kind to the earth? A:Anything we do in life, we must do sustainably – or by definition we are setting ourselves up to fail. We discovered a lot of our product blends because we wanted to be using Earth- and health-friendly products with reusable or recycleable and safe packaging. We refer to our jewelry as “nature-inspired” because we design adornments that reflect the beauty and infinite creativity of the natural world. If we don’t choose responsibly-harvested materials and safe packaging options, we aren’t setting our business up to be something the planet can sustain. And we feel good about telling people exactly what’s in our products. For customers local to us, we invite them to write their name on their empty containers and get them back to us for refills – reducing the need for more new packaging.

Q:What is your favorite product and why?

A: Our favorite product has got to be our Bee Kissable Lip Balm, though our new Stick It To Odor Deodorant is a close second!

Thank you ladies for letting us learn some more about you.  There is  a give-away for Bee Kissable Lip Balm. If you leave a comment on our blog then your name goes into the prize drawing with OCE. If you “like” their Mermaid & Turtle Facebook page, then you are entered  a second time. Two chances to win!

Kenji’s Light of Hope April 26, 2011

This is a great event I have donated an item to:

 
100% of the proceeds will be donated to The Igari Music Therapy Research Center, supporting their mission to provide music therapy to individuals with developmental disabilities and the elderly in the quake-stricken area of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Featured artists, musicians, and crafters include: Our Childrens Earth, Alice Cohen, Phil Franklin,   Sam Henderson, Tim Hensley, Emily Hochman, Donanne Kasikci, Nigey Lennon, Naoki Mitsuse, Celeste Moreno, Marisela Norte, Richard Sala, Melody Saraniti, Christine Shields, Hazel Catkins, Yoshiko Yeto, Lova Revolutionary, Felt Cafe, Heidi’s Handmades, Honey’s Hive, Tomodachi Kitty, Lactose Intoler-Art, Monocotoleydon, and Cleopatra Glass.

This store is dedicated to Kenji, a young man with Down syndrome, who is a keen percussionist at Igari MTRC. Kenji’s home was badly flooded during the tsunami, and he was rescued with his family after 3 days. Let’s ensure that he’s able to play the sound block again on all the samba and Latin tunes that he loves!
www.etsy.com/people/KenjisLightOfHope?ref=ls_profile

Why Our Children’s Earth April 11, 2011

“Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children”
~ Kenyan Proverb

I just found this quote today and it reminded me of why I created the business I did.  I believe that what we do today affects our children and grandchildren etc..   I heard  a quote yesterday about a group of people who when first greeting each other would ask “How are the children?”.  This had such an impact on me.   What if we all did ask that question before we did something?  How would that change the way people create or do things.  If we really treasure our children, our future shouldn’t that be the question we are asking?