A Good Read THE LORAX by Dr. Seuss

I read The Lorax for the first time this week, and it gave me goosebumps!

That Dr. Seuss was a sly one after all! He was so far ahead of his time by years, I'd say!

This story is based on a wonderful land of Seuss creativity, where colorful Truffula trees with large tufts of truffula are plentiful with wonderful yummy truffola berries hidden away inside! Where the Lorax lives with his beautiful trees, clean air and his many friends the Swomee-swans, the Brown Bar-ba-loots and the Humming fish!

But along comes a villainous Once-ler who decides to make Thneed's out of the beauiful truffola trees and starts chopping them down! The next thing you know he's bringing in relatives to work and decides to get BIG, BIGGER and BIGGEST until his factory smoke stacks, are filling the air with dark clouds of smog and pipeloads of oozy, drippy goopidy goop are polluting more than you can see!

That's all I'm going to share with you, please check this out or buy it for your home library, it's well worth it!

Discussion Questions
1) Why does the Lorax speak for the trees? Why is it important to speak up for others? Have you ever spoken up for someone else? Has someone else ever spoken up for you?

2) The Once-ler says, "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." What does the Once-ler mean? Can one person make a difference? Can you? What are some things you can do to better your own environment?

I had a lot of tips to share here for Earth Day, but after reading The Lorax, I decided I couldn't have said it better and if you were to read this with your children or grandchildren it could make a world of difference! Please visit Seussville, there is so much there to share with the kiddos in your life and quite honestly, I totally enjoy going there myself! :)

Happy Earth Day, Debbie~

Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!


Baubles Buttons & Beads

Peace & Love Markets Trivia Scavenger Hunt Has Begun!

Welcome to Our First Annual Peace & Love Trivia Scavenger Hunt!

We want you to access your inner flower child and go on a pilgrimage through our shops to seek out the answers to our sacred trivia. So jump on the Peace & Love Caravan and enjoy the ride!

The journey begins on April 5th and ends at midnight EST on April 12th.

The Rules of Your Trivia Journey:
Throughout the Peace & Love market, trivia questions & answers have been planted in shops for you to find and harvest. (Participating shops are listed at the end of this post.)

When you find our groovy graphic, read through the shop’s blog post to find the trivia question. Then somewhere in one of their product descriptions, you will find the answer. Be sure to take down the name of the shop and copy the trivia answer exactly how you see it in the product description.

Then, before leaving the shop, please comment on the shop’s wall referencing the hunt in some way.

The first pilgrim who emails me the list of shops with the correct corresponding answers will win a beautiful dress with matching jewelry, all lovingly made by Mem’s Pocket Palette.
The hunt ends officially at midnight EST on April 12th. I will be contacting the winner in the days following the hunt.

Our pilgrimage is open to everyone, so come join in on the fun and collect a little trivia along the way.

Shop Holders of the Sacred Trivia

Abbyhorowitzdesigns

Baubles Buttons Beads

BriefMoments

Dyedianadye

Jewel Fire Designs

JulieMagersSoulen

Libertyo

Memspocketpalette

StreetNoodles

A very special Thank you to Maribeth
of BriefMoments for all the hours upon hours
of hard work she's put into organizing this
fabulous Scavenger Hunt!!!

This beautiful graphic was illustrated by Maribeth's
(BriefMoments) husband Vinnie, we thank you from
the bottom of our hearts!

Peace & Love Trivia Scavenger Hunt

Hi all! The Peace & Love Market is holding a Trivia Scavenger Hunt at the beginning of April. (We will posting the exact date soon.)

The hunt is open to everyone on 1km and we have some really hip & cool prizes for the winner.

Right now we are in the stage of seeking pilgrims for the hunt. Our trivia theme is “Music & Dance from the 60s & 70s” and all you would have to do as a pilgrim is go on a groovy journey through our market seeking the sacred trivia.

If you’re interested in being a pilgrim, just pop on by the "P & L forums" and sign up.

So come join us on our pilgrimage and access your inner flower child. It’s free, it’s fun, and it’s fabulously festive!

A special thank you to our Game Manager 'BriefMoments'
for all the work she's put into our Scavenger Hunt!
(and the use of this blog post too)! :) ty xo Debbie~

peacelovemarket Feature Artist Mem of Mem's Pocket Palette!

Mem's my first merchant up for my
'Artisan Series' in our NEW peacelovemarket!
Mem's Pocket Palette carries an array
of 60's-70's items and I love how her
shop is also an 'Eco Friendly Shop',
full of beautifully handcrafted and
repurposed products!!!

Mem is a huge part of 'Peace & Loves'
'Golden Team', as one of the Market
Managers, (and so much more)!!!
She's also the artisan, that made
Peace & Love's beautiful banner and
the fantastic product collection mini's.

Here's a few fun items I chose for
you to see, but please go visit
her shop, it really is loaded with a
wide variety of products!!!

This necklace is made with eight strands
of burnt umber orange seed beads and
closes with a wooden button.

This piece of teak is one that she found
that had a perfect light spot on it and
she was able to incorporate the peace
sign by wood burning it in.


She made this necklace from four strands of
Black Cord and added teak wood beads in
clusters and circle teak wood with silver
findings. Notice the peace sign?

I love this piece 'Altered Threads'! She
used teak wood and embraced the peace sign
with woven threads. Canvas art is done by
patch work and quilting.

There's something else about Mem
you must know, she has a best friend
with a 'NEW' shop here on
1000 Markets her name is Sophie and her
shop is 'Sophie's By Design' you
must go check her 'NEW' shop out, it's
delightful!!!

http://baublesbuttonsbeads.1000markets.com/
www.peacelovemarket.com
www.peacelovefanclub.com

A Little Promo Slide Show for my shop!

Check this out!!!
A little Promo slide show for my shop
Baubles Buttons & Beads on 1000 Markets!

http://animoto.com/play/hgHolGtINytk9vCvxCAAzQ

Peace & Love ...a place to hang out!!!

You're all invited to Peace & Love
in 1000 Markets, we went 'LIVE' last night and are soooooo excited, for you
to visit and let us know what you think!!!

Sue (ninedragons), Mem (MemsPocketPalette) and I(The Three Marketeers), are so excited and
want you to stop by the forum and let us know
what 'YOU' think!!! It's quite 'The Happening'!
If you remember the 60's & 70's :)
you'll love our market!
If you were too young to remember, I know you'll
find something you like there too...The products
are a beautiful array of what you'll remember
from the day, and so much more...You'll be
pleasantly dazzled, at what you find there...!!!
Hurry and get over there,(don't forget to leave
us a message in the forum and tell us what you
think)!!!

Handcrafted in SEATTLE Market

My plan has been to feature an artisan
from 1000 Markets once a week, but with the holidays, being sick, the snow,
and going back to work! I wasn't
quite into blogging like I should've been,
which is okay, because I loved having Ellen's
'Streetnoodles'
beautiful birds here!!!
So I chose a Market, grabbed a few
of it's shops and urge you to go
visit the rest of it's fabulous
Merchants!!!
So of course, it had to be
Handcrafted in Seattle's Market!!! Here are some
of it's awesome Merchants!!!

anandi's laboratory

anandi's shop is full of fun items!
She makes ID tags for people, pets &
stuff, plus her nifty science themed
gifts and jewelry for the 'Geeks' in
your life!!! Check out her shop blog too!

SeattleSundries
SeattleSundries has beautiful soaps!
All of her soaps are made with natural olive,
palm and coconut oils and scented with pure
essential oils. There are no chemicals like
those used in many mass-produced commercial
soaps and “beauty bars”, so her soap will not
dry your skin or harm the earth.


Greenbelts
I Lovvre this beautiful leash!!!(Your
dog would be so envied at your
neighborhood doggie park)!!!

Greenbelts Is an
awesome recycler, this merchant recycles leather
from belts and upcycles them into wearable art!
You'll find these 'Ankle Corset Cuffs' in
this eco friendly shop!

ZebraLilly Shop
This fabulous pair of earrings
called 'Morrocan Nights' are a
sampling of what you'll find in
this Seattle artisans shop!

My Love of Vintage Repurposed Jewelry

I love finding a vintage piece of
jewelry I can repurpose into a
beautiful, 'NEW', wearable art piece!
As I arrange each piece, it's as if
they're talking to me, coming together
into an exciting meld of new and old!

I made these Spaceneedle earrings for a Challenge
Etsy Rain hosted! I thought it would be fun to
repurpose the vintage sweater clips, into
earrings for this 'Seattle' Etsy group!!!


This is my newest Baubles Buttons & Beads
OOAK bracelet in my 1000 Markets Shop!