Poppytalk is hosting Summer Colours Week on her blog.
Here's the plan: Everyday we have a new colour (theme) where everyone will upload to their photo's to their blogs/flickr, etc. Join in and then upload to the Summer Colour Week flickr group. Each evening we'll post favourites from the uploads of the day here on the blog. Below find the colour schedule. You'll find more instructions at the flickr group discussions section. We hope you'll join us, it'll be fun!
June 28 - Monday: Pink
June 29 - Tuesday: Yellow
June 30 - Wednesday: Green
July 01 - Thursday: Red & White (Canada Day)!
July 02 - Friday: Blue
It doesn't beat the real thing, but if you're impatient (like me) to get your paper copy, you can flip through sample pages from Issue 6 of Uppercase magazine online. It looks choco-block FULL of interesting and inspiring articles!
I'm ALSO excited (again! ...or rather, still!) cause not only are my feet in the magazine, so are my sweetie's! We're the couple with our feet in the water, standing on pebbles. He took that pic on the way back from a fabulous road trip to the Okanagan last summer.
I have just two words for these pillows by Donna Wilson: FUN and FABULOUS.
She also recently created a maze using thousands of strands of yarn! Now that's a place I'd happily get lost in.SO EXCITED!
Uppercase magazine just posted some sneak peek photos of Issue #6... which includes my photo! And my feet! And my shoes!
That's me (and my shoes) on the first page of the article.
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Scoutie Girl recently posted a concise but thoughtful piece that definitely strikes a chord with me.
She writes about our society's disposable culture, and how the choices you make, even (or especially?) as a consumer, not only reflect your values, but contribute to community, culture and self.
Deciding we’re going to commit to spending money on an art class or music lesson, a vine-ripened tomato picked from the farm in the next town over, a professional to service our business, or a piece of handmade clothing is not so much a commitment of money, it’s a commitment to yourself and to the rebuilding of our culture. It’s choice to consume something of real value that nurtures others as much as it nurtures you.Imagine if everyone operated this way... Imagine the positive effect that would have on artists, crafters, local businesses, farmer's markets.. Also imagine the impact on the environment from buying fewer disposable goods that use up energy and resources, just to end up landfill... Of course there's always the balance (or juggling) of income versus spending, but I think if this kind of thought-process became commonplace in our society at large could make a huge impact in many areas.
Mindful spending is a way of treating yourself, your community, and your money with respect.Read the more here -- also with links to other related posts. Read more...
Mindful spending begs you to consider each dollar you spend an extension of your personal values, creating an individual economy that centers on what you love and not what society tells you you have to have. It means choosing not to spend money at all sometimes, choosing to spend more on high-quality, well-crafted items that support your community, and choosing to spend less on items that commercialism has put an unnecessary price tag on.
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