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On 1 March, Momerina and I will be taking a colorwork/Fair Isle class with Fiona Ellis at STITCHES West. I am stoked about this, yes. :)
Our class supply list includes knitter's graph paper (easily made in Excel, or found as a free download on the internet) and colored pencils. Lloyd and I went to the art supply store on Meridian and Saddle Rack, where I found these nifties: pencils made from Chinese newspapers. True to the claims on the label, they really are as hard as wooden pencils, and the colors are great.
Of course, I had to supplement them with a box of 24 Crayola pencils, because I am a colorwork whore. ;)
A recycled aluminium can save enough energy to run a television for three hours: see how from Waste online...
Owned by: F.D.S. Disposal Inc.
Chassis: Mack MRU TerraPro
Body manufacturer: Heil
Type of truck: Front end load garbage truck
Additional notes: Never seen this truck before, thought the graphics were beautiful.
Location of photo: Hillsborough County, FL
If you want to use this image, ask permission PRIOR to use. Don't be a thief - under most circumstances, I'm quite reasonable.
Copyright 2011 - Alan B.
Owned by: F.D.S. Disposal Inc.
Chassis: Mack MRU TerraPro
Body manufacturer: Heil
Type of truck: Front end load garbage truck
Additional notes: Never seen this truck before, thought the graphics were beautiful.
Location of photo: Hillsborough County, FL
If you want to use this image, ask permission PRIOR to use. Don't be a thief - under most circumstances, I'm quite reasonable.
Copyright 2011 - Alan B.
I haven't put the doors on the IVAR cabinet unit because I am still trying to figure out if/what color I will paint them.
End table with drawer. the top is made of Douglas Fir flooring from the customer's old house. The base is from an old Singer sewing machine. The body of the table is made from old white pine shelf boards reclaimed from an old house. Everything except the screws, glue and brads is reclaimed material.
The flooring material the top is made of was uneven. I didn't want to cut off the tongues and grooves because they wanted it to look like the old floor...and I wouldn't have enough material for the top. I joined them together, holding them with plywood underneath. To even the top I planed the high spots and then belt sanded it. this took off the old patina...but that will come back in time as it is exposed to sun. the edge was routed with a 1/4 in roundover.
The box was made of old shelf boards. the shelves were joined together with wiggle fasteners. I thought these would look cool as a design element and cut the boards to include them. all the holes and marks are from 100 years of use.
The whole thing was sanded and varnished with satin polyurethane. The top was sanded down to 400 grit to get a nice finish. it was a fun challenge.
The story:
Just my little effort to make this planet greener with vermicomposting.
-Francoise Godbout, Quebec Canada
We have wanted to get a kitchen composter for a long time, but we weren't sure which kind would be best. As you can see, we finally decided on the Can-O-Worms. Now we can simply toss in our kitchen scraps (basically anything that was once living, but not animal), and the worms will munch it all up! Then we get luscious food that our plants will just love!
It certainly doesn't take up much space!
We have wanted to get a kitchen composter for a long time, but we weren't sure which kind would be best. As you can see, we finally decided on the Can-O-Worms. Now we can simply toss in our kitchen scraps (basically anything that was once living, but not animal), and the worms will munch it all up! Then we get luscious food that our plants will just love!
Here, we have just introduced about 1000 composter worms to their new home! Check it out on the "large" size!
Pennies for the Planet is a fun, educational fundraising campaign for kids! This year, kids can learn about the migrating habits of butterflies in Arizona; sandhill cranes and endangered whooping cranes in Nebraska; and a variety of beach-nesting birds along Mississippi's Gulf Coast, still recovering from the oil spill. 100% of funds raised go towards these projects!
Found this little recycling bin at the dollar store yesterday and knew right away I needed it for a photography prop.
See other images I have taken of hands holding things.