DIY Projects

I had a term project to do for my photography class so I've been busy with that. Finals are also right around the corner and getting busy studying for now. I'd just like to share some of my photos with you guys. Hope you enjoy them!

This is a bead pig I made.


Here are my color pencils! I hate using crayons!!


Some stars I made.


A gift box a made and some cranes.


A fish I made out of ribbon. Forgot to put eyes on it O_o, sorry blind fishy.


Cranes I made. The big one made of a magazine paper and the smaller one made of the Halls candy wrapper. (I always recycle, you should too ^.^)


More stars I made put into a beautiful Hershey's glass cup.


The circle of cranes I made.



Enjoy them and have a wonderful day!
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Bored at home-Paper Crafts

Since I've been at home for the past 2days I decided to go over to Macula Art and print some paper crafts. I find them fun and its a great way to pass time. These can be printed on recycled paper. What a way to be greener in style!


This "Vandalized Nurikabe" was fairly easy to do and very colorful. It took me about 2 hours to complete and the end result was this wonderful little guy. You can print 1 out and try it yourself.



This little guy is called "Chibi Paper Toy Blank." He took approximately 3-4 hours to do because of all the detailed cuts and little tabs. It was hard to get him to stand up and take these shots because he has such stubby little feet to hold up his body and huge head.
If you want to make him print him out here.

Overall, I enjoyed the challenge of these paper crafts and after I finished I couldn't wait to show them off to you guys! Enjoy and I look forward to see works you have made.

Leave those questions and comments below. Have a wonderful day =]

Hand Me Downs

Remember when we were young and you always had hand me down clothes from cousins or your own siblings?

I used to hate it because I always got used clothes, but it was inevitable. Its a great way for my parents to save money but I always wanted new clothes that were my own. Now with the economy so bad I figured hey it might not be that bad. It's good for the environment too because you're reusing! Here is a great website to look for some hand me downs. Save tons of money while you're at it.

What do you think about hand me downs?

How big is your carbon footprint?

So with everyones talking about reducing your carbon footprint, what have you been doing?

I know I've been trying hard to reduce my carbon footprint by taking shorter showers, turning off the faucet when I'm brushing my teeth, switching off lights when I'm not in the room, printing on both sides of a piece of paper and much more!

During my environmental science class, my professor suggested that we should take a look at how big our personal carbon footprint is. She gave us 2 websites that can help us do just that.

www.carbonfootprint.com
This site seem more precise since they asked many questions ranging from your housing to your daily food consumption and much more. Take your time and fill out everything you do throughout the year to accurately figure out your footprint.

www.zerofootprint.net
This one helps you quickly calculate your carbon footprint but did not have to put as much information. It was easy to find where to put in your information and quickly calculated.

So what are you waiting for, go see how big your carbon footprint is!!

Stay tuned, more next time!!

YAY to going green!

I ride the MTA to school and work every single day and I spend at least 1hour on the bus or train, its inevitable to read these advertisements that are all around you. I'm very happy to see that the MTA is promoting environmentally friendly things. I hope they keep up the good work!!!

The MTA have been reminding its riders to recycle and not litter so New York City can be a cleaner and better place in the future. They also are encouraging people to take train and buses(public transportation) more often in order to reduce our carbon footprint. I'm excited to see more environmentally friendly ideas the MTA will come up with.
Here are a few that I've seen so far, they're pretty informative. =)

"Every full rail car keeps 75 to 125 cars off the road."

"Your(New York) carbon footprint is about 1/4 oof the national average."

"Public transportation saves fuel consumption by 1.4billion gallons everyday."

"Every full bus keeps 40 cars off the road."

I remember another ad on the subway that said "be part of the solution not the pollution." I believe if we all work together to recycle and protect the environment, we can make a big difference. We should all recycle those Poland Spring bottles that we drink, we should print/write on both sides of the paper and use every inch of it, we should take public transportation, car pool and many more!!!

Remember the 3 R's!!! REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!!!!

Reduce, Reuse, RECYCLE!!!

Earth Day is coming up next month, April 22!! There is only one Earth and we should do everything to protect it. If you haven't noticed, the weather patterns all around the world have been pretty abnormal. Glaciers has been melting, causing the ocean levels to rise. Greenhouse gases has been increasing.

Humans are responsible for releasing most of those gases, so what can we do about it? Well we can recycle things like soda bottles, water bottles and paper. Use public transportation to cut down on gas. Use environment friendly cars. Plant more trees to help the carbon cycle.

Hope you will be doing things to help the environment one small step at a time.

More next time!! Stay tuned!