Made by Eugene, Oregon artist, Cliff Martin, these earrings and pins are fun and funky!! ..made from all kinds of discarded flotsam and jetsam….lots of discarded plastic. A great sense of humor and very reasonable prices!!
Earrings about $9.00 and buttons about $12.00 with discounts for quantity at Arto’cycle

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• Prosper.com Lender Game — LazyMan Initial Update — (0.93%) to 20.75% LazyMan of popular personal finance blog Lazy Man and Money (one of my favorites) and Lazy Man and Health has joined the "game".  He has been a Prosperite (aka TechnologyGuy) for over a year.  Which also makes him the first oldtimer to join the game.  You can see from his cashflow that......
• Eldora Mountain Resort, Boulder, CO Eldora Mountain Resort is located: 20 miles from Boulder, CO Phone: (303) 440-8700 Website: http://www.eldora.com/ About the Resort: There aren’t many resorts in the Boulder area, but this is one of the best. Actually located in Nederland, but easily accessible from many points across the state, this resort is quickly......

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From the inimitable Ruby Reusable, just in time for the Easter holiday a bunny made from reused plastic Wonder bread bags, stuffed with reused bubble wrap. You could probably take this guy in to the bathtub with you!
$75.00 at Ruby Reusable’s Etsy Shop

• Easter Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles

• Hennagirl did henna designs on me today I had my first henna designs today by Hennagirl. And she did one on my foot: Aren't they beautiful! She is very talented. The henna paste will fall off sometime tonight -- some is falling off already. The design will get deeper for a day or two, then gradually fade......
• Sustainable Design - Chairs Made From Discarded Playstations. Sprout Design and PLI Design have come up with the "Reee" chair, which is made from recycled Playstation 2's. Pretty cool, no? It is made from the casings of the game unit, and its pieces can be recycled over and over again. They run about £99.00 and are available......

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From the North Shore of Oahu come these colorful earrings created from recycled bottlecaps. (even though earrings are pictured, most designs are available as necklaces, magnets or lapel pins.) Take a look at the site, the workmanship is top-notch and the colors are playful. In addition, the artists offer the service to create [...]

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• Bottle Caps Breweriana, Beer Collectibles

• Camanche Lake Camanche Lake is located in: Ione, CA Phone: (209) 763-5121 About the Lake: Camanche Lake is in the heart of California gold country and covers an area of twelve square miles. Although it is known primarily for its bass fishing, in recent years, trout have become more popular. This is......
• Minsky Computer Cart [caption id="" align="alignright" width="285" caption="Minsky Computer Cart"][/caption] Minsky Computer Cart The Minsky Computer Cart is a fully adjustable mobile computer workstation with laminate shelving surrounded by a steel frame.You can choose from a selection of fun steel frame colors to complement your setting. These carts come with 2-inch furniture casters......

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These cuff bracelets are amazing!! and created from 100% reclaimed metals (copper, nickel & sterling or gold & silver upon request) some of the pieces even utilize recycled bullet casings. Husband-and-wife team Dara Gerson and Ashley Lowengrub create this jewelry collection called Alkemie, made up of rings, necklaces, bracelets and cuffs (my [...]

• Rings, Pendants, Jewelry Personal, Field Gear Surplus Militaria Collectibles
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• Gold cracks $700 Much to the joy of gold bugs everywhere, the yellow metal peeked above $700, a high not seen for a quarter century.  The main news that got this bull rolling was that China is substantially increasing its holdings. One thing I've found in perusing coins is that common, small denominations......
• Gold Nuggets Coins and Paper Money -> Bullion -> Gold-> Nugget When it comes to finding a money collectible that immediately has a sense of value, it’s hard to come close to a gold nugget. For centuries, gold fever has been inspired by the talk of immense gold nuggets and to this......

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Made by artist Laura Astor from recycled coke and pepsi bottles, this wearable art is creative and inspiring. It is versatile, too, since the translucent nature of the recycled plastic gives the pieces new life depending on the colors and textures that are put behind them. Bold and bright, perfect for a taste [...]

• Bottle Caps Breweriana, Beer Collectibles
• Bottle Caps Coca-Cola Soda Advertising Collectibles
• Bottle Caps Modern 1900-Now Bottles Bottles Insulators Collectibles

• What is Productivity anyway? Picture by The Marque  I'm blogging about GTD and eProductivity. If you want to join with me in this journey you can follow me by rss feed, by email or through Twitter The term “Productivity” flies around the internet with gay abandon, (now there’s an “old fashioned” usage of that......
• Jumping on the mineral bandwagon Have you noticed ...how nearly all the major department stores brands have added minerals to their lineup? ...and that Mary Kay re-formulated all their eyeshadows, blushes, bronzers and highlighters a short while back to be minerals? And they brought out a mineral foundation? ...and that drug store brands added minerals......

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Created from discarded flip flops that wash up along the Kenyan coast and wreak environmental havoc. Colorful beads are punched out of this indestructible rubber and arranged as a dramatic eco-friendly pendant. This is jewelry that “works” on oh so many levels.
$39.90 at Sephari

• Top 10 Possible Results of Sexting So take the time to talk about SEXting with your kids. Make sure they know what could happen, regardless of how harmless they may think it to be. Most of all make sure you let the kids know that no matter what activity they may have engaged in, they can...
• Diablo Grande Ranch Course, Patterson, CA Diablo Grande Ranch Course is located in: Patterson, CA Phone: 209-892-4653 Website: http://www.diablogrande.com/golf/ranch.html Course History: This is a stunning course located in the midst of a winery and resort. There are two main courses here but for this review we're going to discuss their Ranch Course. This was designed to......

Continue reading → Recycled Flip Flops - From someone’s feet to your neck

Well, not me, exactly, but this bracelet …look!! It is beautiful and it could be trash, but instead, if you buy it, it will be your bracelet. How cool is that?
9.99 at TwistedWear’s Etsy Shop

• 'Web 2.0' is the 1 millionth word in English !! Finally the news that will cheer internet fans has broken out. Web 2.0' has beaten 'jai ho" & "slumdog" as 1 millionth word. Hinglish term 'jai ho' along with other Indian entry 'slumdog' failed to make it as the 1 millionth word or phrase in English language with web 2.0......
• Cheapest Grocery Store Comparison I've heard from many people that certain grocery stores are much cheaper than other ones. Loblaws in particular is usually named as one of the more expensive ones whereas No Frills is considered one of the cheapest. I've always been doubtful that there is a huge difference between stores but......

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Some folks just can’t get enough of santa …and for those folks, thank goodness there is folk artist, Charlie Hue. He creates Santas wherever he sees them!! …whether it is the handle of a pipe wrench or the handle of a toilet plunger, kris kringle transforms these everday objects into magical christmas delights! [...]

• Review: Nine Steps to Financial Freedom By Suze Orman When it comes to personal finance, there are few experts out there that are as popular as Suze Orman. She has helped thousands of people get their finances under control through her efforts on her radio show and through her books. Her no-nonsense, common sense approach appeals to many and......
• Understanding bound, unbound, and calculated controls These are the three basic categories of controls: Bound controls: These are controls that are bound to a table field. When you enter a value into a bound control, Access automatically updates the table field in the current record. Most of the controls that let you enter information can be......

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Wicked long scarf made from felted discs cut from recycled boiled 100% wool sweaters. An added bonus: the electricity used to produce these scarves is sourced from 100% wind energy! It is skinny, but has a lot of length so you can wrap it around your neck several times and be warm and [...]

• Sunol Valley Golf Course Sunol Valley Golf Course is located in: Sunol, CA Phone: 925-862-0414 View Larger Map Website: http://www.sunolvalley.com/ Course History: This course has received a four star rating by professionals and is one of the most beautiful courses in the Bay Area. Two courses are actually available to cater to players of......
• State Default Rates -- A Publishable Application of the RateLadder ListingKey In the past I have talked about my technique for adding a ListingKey to the Loan table of the Prosper.com data export.  While I had successfully added the key several weeks ago I hadn't found an application of the key that I could publish until recently.  A fellow Princetonian and prosper lender......

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From recycled soda cans, this three piece nativity scene is created by a group of artisans in Cape Town, South Africa.
$78.00 at Ten Thousand Villages

Created from coiled and glued recycled newspaper and made in the Philippines, this 7 piece nativity scene could be the conversational opening to many eco-friendly conversations!
$94.00 at Ten Thousand Villages

Created by [...]

• Eco-Friendly Note Cards, Greeting Cards & Journals. When we were in Santa Fe, we spent quite a bit of time inside Santa Fe Hemp, which I mentioned in a previous post. While in the store, we saw this rack full of greeting cards, note cards, journals, envelopes and paper that were either made from hemp and/or had......
• Eco-Friendly Ski Tips Recently, a new controversy has erupted as to how “green” the sport of skiing really is. A group in France called skiers the “cancer of the slopes” and many have stated that the although skiers love the great outdoors, they may be the ones responsible for its demise. While this......

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Talented artists turn ordinary orange peels (which are usually thrown away, of course) into artistic creations for your holiday celebrations. Fair trade with Columbia and Peru.
Hanging angel – $12.00, Set of 3 wreaths – $8.00, Set of 6 Ornaments – $15.00 at One World Projects

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• New Loan Funded — Ethanol Plant — $25,000 at 24% — C Credit — DTI 85% A new loan funded (Ethanol Plant — $25,000 at 24%).  I participated via a manual bid, this was an auto funding loan.   The borrow had C credit and 85% DTI.  As a reminder my standing orders (and manual bids) only find loans with 0 current delinquencies, 10 or less delinquencies in the......
• 8. Mapping out your network When analyzing networks it is extremly helpful to have a grahical picture of the network and a complete audit of all the devices on the network. This way when you see a particular IP or Ethernet address in a packet trace you'll know which device, desktop, server, or router it......

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“Rudolph switches to compact fluorescent”. Made from 100% recycled paper and printed with vegetable ink. The inside message reads “wishing you a never ending supply of joy this Holiday”.
$2.50 at Zanisa

For the person on your list who has been a bit more nautghty than nice. This adorable robot card, made with a combination of recycled [...]

• New Loan Funded — really want to get out of debt — $25,000 at 25.00% — C Credit — DTI 131% A new loan funded (really want to get out of debt — $25,000 at 25.00%).  I participated via my standing order: Any DTI — AF.  Which is this loan was funded as a any debt to income ratio and was an auto-funding loan.  The borrow had C credit and 131% DTI. ......
• Prime Borrowing on Prosper Hits Record Levels -- Febuary Marketplace Survey SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2008--Spurred by the credit crunch, attractive rates, and lender demand for conservative assets, Prosper (www.prosper.com), America's largest people-to-people lending marketplace with over 600,000 members and $120 million in funded loans, reported that the number of prime borrowers (720+ credit scores) creating listings and obtaining loans continues......

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Australian artist, Helle Jorgensen, aka Gooseflesh makes this wonderful jewelry out of preloved tapestry wool. Check out her blog where she showcases some amazing wild sea creatures made out of discarded plastic bags. Watch out! I lost a couple of fun-filled hours wandering through her blog in awe and wonder—I’ve got to get one [...]

• Get it now: With Roots Above and Branches Below GUESS THE HELL WHAT. The Devil Wears Prada has just released their brand new album, With Roots Above and Branches Below, today!...
• Canyon Lakes Golf Club Canyon Lakes Golf Club is located in: San Ramon, CA Phone:  925-735-6511 Website: http://www.canyonlakesgolfclub.com Course History: Canyon Lakes Golf Club can be found near San Ramon, CA. Mount Diablo is nearby and offers a stunning view as you traverse the course. The Par 71 course is suitable for players of......

Continue reading → Transformed!! Recycled Sweaters and Rugs Into Jewelry

I know…waaaay tooo early for holiday stuff, but I was at the mall this weekend, and it got me thinking. If you are looking for little tokens to give as gifts around the office or the playground, these are cheap and perfect for giving a little ‘trash to treasure’ earth grooving love.
$0.99 – $4.99 [...]

• Stockings Ornaments Christmas Current 1991-Now Holiday, Seasonal Collectibles
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• WebProsperity Update So what have YOU been doing with your WebProsperity membership? Are you using it as a primary business? Or are you using it to support your own business. You know you can do both. That is what I have been doing lately. Setting up new opt-in forms to update my......
• Callippe Preserve Golf Course Callippe Preserve Golf Course is located in: Pleasanton, CA Phone: 925-426-6666   Website: http://www.playcallippe.com/ Course History: This is a relatively new course that premiered in 2005. It was highly anticipated and proved to be well worth the wait. It has been ranked in the top 10 of all California golf......

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Made from 100% recycled PET plastic bottles with a big ole earth friendly saying on the side for you to lug your stuff while showing your colors. Wavyo is a women-owned company started by three friends who love to create and are striving to do something to help the world in which we live.
$46.00 [...]

• Cell Phones for Soldiers - Charity Buys Prepaid Phone Cards for Overseas Military. Yet another worthwhile place to donate/recycle those old cell phones you no longer need. According to the EPA, recycling all of the 100 million cell phones in the U.S. that are approaching the end of their life-span would save enough energy to power more than 194,000 US households with electricity......
• Taming the tiger I learned through years of parenting that usually there is one of three things behind a child's tantrum: either they need food, they need sleep or they need love. That's such a truism for life, really. When I have a hard day, it's generally because I need some rest, but......

Continue reading → Comsuming with a conscience - Wavyo Designs

Original recycled art by Cat Bishop. This artist is on her way to make 1,000 pieces of art. Her medium includes recycled billiard balls, old broken cameras, dominoes, dice, repurposed clocks and the kitchen sink. Whimsical and introspective with a shot of ‘earth friendly’ mixed in.
Pieces shown are $52.00 each at Artsy’s [...]

• James Sharrow No Longer a Canuck Sharrow off to Chicago for a Pick Mike Gillis announced today that the Vancouver Canucks have sent James Sharrow to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a conditional pick in 2009.  James Sharrow spent the 2007-2008 season with the Manitoba Moose, where he scored 5 goals and 17 assists (22 points) in......
• Friday's Quizzlet: 12 Angry Flytraps Appetizer: On a scale of 1 to 10, how attractive do you think you are? It's totally relative. Which is a good thing, because I'd feel a little embarassed if I had to come right out and say '12'. Soup: What local restaurant would you recommend to a visitor to......

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Handmade from vintage MAC keyboards from the 80’s and 90’s. Shout your mac geek pride from the mountaintops and wear it around your neck at the same time. Previously know as Acorn Studios, Nicola has relaunched as GeekWare. We think she’s awesome no matter what name she works under! Check out her [...]

• Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac Parallels recently released the newest version of it's Mac Desktop virtualization product, version 4.0. After a couple days of 'hands-on' with the product, I have to say nice job!  It is 'world changing'?  I'll leave that up to you.  My thoughts, after the jump!  In the past I have struggled running......
• asp Trojan attack Following on from my recent Visual Studio training which will lead onto asp in my day job working for a company under the .nhs.uk domain name, it's interesting to see some of the things that have been going on to make the system dead slow recently. NHS website affected by......

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Only for the eco-brave! This wild and crazy bracelet is designed by: Oxx-An Alleweireldt. A true fashion statement for the gal who believes that recycled plus floppy equals beauty!
£55.00 at Pure Design Company

Created by hand this flower-like form is eco drama made for the wrist!! Its original humble beginnings are wonderfully masked behind [...]

• Method Baby is here!! For those us us who have jumped on the Method bandwagon, you will love the new line of Method Baby! Conveniently located at a variety of stores including Target, the Method Baby products are about half the price of California Baby products. Although not organic, the products are 99% natural......
• Reasons to Start Blogging In the 1990's people started to set up websites know as web logs, a term which has been colloquially evolved into the term blog. A blog is a internet website where users post regular article, providing commentary, information, news, and various other forms of posts. Why do individuals start blogging?......

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Picture yourself lying in a comfortable hammock dreaming up ways to save the planet. Created from recycled soda bottles, stands up to the weather and is comfy, too.
$189.00 at Gaiam

• How to Start Implementing Small Changes Into Your Diet The right way to diet is really all about implementing small and healthy changes. This is the way to sound dieting, and the only way that you are going to lose weight effectively. If you are serious about losing weight and getting healthy then you absolutely need to be willing......
• A Few Green Living Products If you're New Year's resolution included getting in on the go green movement, then it's time you got started with a few Green Living Products. There are a lot of different ways that you can start living a greener life, and it doesn't cost a small fortune in order to......

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