Daisies For Your Hair

A have a ton of silk flowers and some plain silver hair clips sitting around so I decided to start making flower hair accessories. I made these daisy hair clips just this afternoon.

One is for me, and I'm going to give the other to a friend.

They have such sweet fuzzy middles! To make them a bit more interesting I glued a little heart shaped button in each. One yellow and one green. I think they turned out quite cute!

Petition: Save Japan's Dolphins (Facebook)

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End The Brutal Killing Of More Then 20,000 Dolphins Every Year In Japan

"In the feature documentary "The Cove," a team of activists and filmmakers infiltrate a heavily-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan. In this remote village they witness and document activities deliberately being hidden from the public: More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labeled as whale meat.

The majority of the world is not aware this is happening. The Taiji cove is blocked off from the public. Cameras are not allowed inside and the media does not cover the story. It's critical that we get the word out in Japan. Once the Japanese people know we believe they will demand change."

Petition: Save Wildlife From Global Warming

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Tell U.S. Senate To Act Against Global Warming Urge the Senate to help struggling wildlife by passing comprehensive global warming legislation.

"Global warming is one of the most pressing issues facing our wildlife and planet. Scientists warn that our rising temperatures could cause 20 - 30 percent of the Earth's plants and animals to go extinct between now and 2050."

Tree Flowers And Early Fall Leaves

Photographs taken by me. Click for larger versions.

Hugs

(Photograph by Christine Eaves)

Today is International Hug A Vegetarian Day!

Here's an e-hug for all you vegetarians (and vegans) out there! :)

Petitions: Save Marine Animals

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Help Support The Creation Of Marine Reserves

Marine reserves are critical to the ocean's future; show your support!

Save The Mekong Dolphin From Extinction

Urge Prime Ministers Bouasone Bouphavanh and Hun Sen to

implement laws to protect the dolphins' habitat from contamination.

Please sign the petitions! It only takes a few minutes.

Bollywood

Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka from the bollywood film Devdas. I love the dancing!

Hippy Girl

I was feeling bored and crafty today, so I made another Barbie outfit!

This time it was for this super long haired, freckled, "teenage" doll.

It's another simple tube dress made from a peace symbol print sock I found in the Target dollar bins a few months ago. It's super stretchy so I suppose it could be worn as a skirt as well.

For an accessory I braided embroidery floss in three different colors

together to make a necklace. It was a super easy and fun outfit to make!

My Friend Hitomi

Petition: Stop IHOP's Hen Cruelty

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Tell IHOP That Using Eggs From Abused Hens Is Not Okay (On Facebook)

"Many major restaurant chains are starting to use some cage-free eggs. But IHOP refuses to take this modest step, instead exclusively using eggs from hens cruelly confined in barren battery cages so tiny, each animal has less space then a sheet of paper on which to live. It's time for IHOP to move in the right direction!"

Sign the petition!

Petition: Stop Cruel Euthanasia Practices

(Photograph by Jp Corkery)

Stop Cruel Euthanasia Practices

"We must stop the use of gas chambers to euthanize animals in overcrowded shelters. Every year, more then 3 million adoptable animals are euthanized in shelters for lack of shelter space and funding to care for them. This is distressing enough. Although the injection is the most humane way to euthanize, gas chambers are still in use across the nation, which is both inhumane to animals and demoralizing to shelter workers."

Please sign the letter and tell a friend.

Petition: Save Alaska's Wolves

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Help End Alaska's Aerial Wolf Slaughter

Urge Alaska Governor Sean Parnell to end the state's unfounded aerial wolf killing program.

"Since 2003, Alaska's aerial hunting program has claimed the lives of more then 1,000 wolves."

"50,000 signatures sent on 08/10. Please continue to support this important cause by signing if you haven't already."

Japanese Cat Cafes

(Photograph from にやんこる Nyankoru)

Tokyo Cat Cafes Offer Comfort and Coffee

Here in the United States, you can have a muffin with your cappuccino. In Japan, you can get a cat, Examiner.com reports. Read the article >> (Link found on CatChannel)

You can visit にやんこる Cafe's website here. The site is mostly in Japanese, but it's really cute and fun to look at.

Petitions: Protect The Planet And Mexico's Jaguars

(Photograph by Erick Loitière)

Support Clean Energy And Climate

Tell the Senate to support a clean energy jobs plan.

Protect Mexico's Jaguar Habitat.

Stop the destruction of one of the last remaining viable jaguar habitats in the world.

Petition: Help End Military Trauma Training on Animals

(Photograph by kelpie1)

"Thousands of healthy animals are abused and killed by the military in trauma and chemical-casualty training exercises every year-even though superior non-animal alternatives are available.

In current training exercises, live pigs are shot, stabbed, and burned; live goats have their legs broken and cut off; and live monkeys are poisoned with harmful chemicals. These barbaric exercises are conducted on many military bases in the U.S. as well as at private contract companies.

There are numerous non-animal training methods available, including rotations in civilian trauma centers; the Combat Trauma Patient Simulation (CTPS) system; the Simulab Corporation's TraumaMan system; and Dr. Emad Aboud's "living" cadaver model, which Dr. Aboud personally demonstrated for the Army. These methods are humane and provide military personnel with superior training sine the anatomy and physiology of animals differs enormously from that of humans"

Please Sign The Petition! (On Facebook)

Little Rainbows

I found a bunch of little rainbows on my wall. Such lovely pastel colors.

Petition: Act By September 7th!

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Help Ban The International Trade Of Polar Bear Parts ACT BY SEPTEMBER 7TH Urge Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to fight for strengthened international protection for these magnificent animals.

Polar bears are not only in danger from global warming,

but are also being hunted. Please sign the petition!

iPenguin

I made this penguin iPod case for my friend's Nano. It is made

out of blue fleece with a patch of white fleece on it's tummy.

It's face is made out of yellow felt and black sharpie, and

there are two little wings on either side also made with fleece.

Attached to the bottom are two blue silk ribbons that

hold the iPod in when tied. I hope my friend likes it!