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*Farmgirl Swap:  Earth Day April ATC swap- PARTNERS POSTED  |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4407 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4407 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 03 2018 : 6:56:32 PM
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Here we go!!! I am so excited to see everyones creations on this theme! It was a tough I know but so happy you wanted to play along! Posting partners.
Mary & Jutta
Daizy & Dianna
Sherry & Marilyn
Marilou and Deborah
Hope you had a wonderful Earth Day weekend and that you are finding AND creating ways of recycling, reusing and repurposing to help cut back on pollutants!
Save our Earth!
Thanks everyone!
YES!!!! It is that time again when we gather together to create those awesome little pieces of art called ATC'S!!!! I just love them! A lot sure can be packed into one small 2 1/2 by a 3 1/2 card!
This month April 22nd we are celebrating Earth Day 2018!!! Our focus is on plastics! How can we help our save our beautiful planet? You can help first of all by going to the following site, registering and grabbing your Earth Day kit to help reduce and recycle plastics!
https://www.earthday.org/earthday/toolkits/
SO this month's ATC will focus around Earth day and you may create ANY shaped ATC as long as you stay in the guideline's size and it's theme " Earth Day 2018"!!
I know this can get quite creative so everyone have fun and please share your amazing art?? Our planet NEEDS our help as well so I will make this a TAD bit more challenging!! Recycle! USE what you HAVE on hand ALREADY! NO purchasing any products, no plastic. HOW ABOUT THAT???? lol!
I do hope you will take the challenge and maybe even step out to your local park, beach or even the road you live on and pick up trash for a day or two????
Sign ups until the 22nd, Earth Day! Partners posted the 23rd and mail-outs by the 28th! Maybe you could even include a commitment to what you might do this year to help preserve and save our beautiful planet Earth and it's inhabitants!!
Thank you for joining!!!
Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) is a conceptual art project initiated by the Swiss artist M. Vänçi Stirnemann in 1997. He called it a Collaborative Cultural Performance. Artist Trading Cards are 2 1#8260;2 by 3 1#8260;2 inches (64 mm × 89 mm) in size, the same format as modern trading cards (hockey cards or baseball cards). They are self-made unique works or small series, signed and dated on the reverse by the artist/producer, exchanged and collected by the people who participate in the collaborative performance.[1]
Farmgirl #7703
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
Edited by - suny58 on Apr 23 2018 7:29:55 PM |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4407 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4407 Posts |
Posted - Apr 03 2018 : 6:57:07 PM
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I'm in!!
Farmgirl #7703
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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Daizy
True Blue Farmgirl
992 Posts
Daizy
Talladega
Alabama
USA
992 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2018 : 7:15:02 PM
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Hay there.
I have never done an ATC but I do love to recycle. I do clean up in my area every week. I am disgusted with the amount of trash that I pick up.
Please add me to the swap ..... I will begin this weekend. Are tucks aloud?
Hugs and prayers, Daizy #1093
Poor House Farmgirl Chapter {A virtual chapter open to everyone.}
A good day is when you find ALL your ear tags! I wonder how my cows would like my Farmgirl apron??
www.poorhouseparadise.blogspot.com |
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meguira
True Blue Farmgirl
341 Posts
Marilou
Quebec
Canada
341 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2018 : 8:12:26 PM
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I'm certainly in! I love repurpose-ing (don't know if it is a word! lol)
Plastic is a real disaster for the planet! There are still way too much wrapping (cellophane, plastic...) around everything! I have begun a new project with fusing all the grocery plastic bags (any kind would probably works but those are the most common and still are being trashed in parks and such) into a sturdy material that I use as canvas! I have so many others ideas for using those recycled plastic "sheets"!
It is a great theme Dianna! |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4407 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4407 Posts |
Posted - Apr 05 2018 : 11:01:24 AM
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Hi Daizy! So I happy you have you join us!! You'll do great I KNOW!!
Marilou so good to have you join again! I think its awesome that you are making your own canvases oiut pig plastic bags! You rock!! I hate those things! I call them land jellyfish because they are floating EVERYWHERE around us! I wish they would outlaw plastic bags and Styrofoam HERE!!! I've been repurposing and reusing and recycling SO MUCH in the last few years!! My normal trash is down to 2 small 8 gallon bags a week!!! 3 people and 2 indoor pets!! I've been racking my brain trying to figure out how you upcycle our feed bags since they won't take them at the recycling center but now I KNOW!!!! I shall make art canvases out of them!!! Thanks for the TERRIFIC idea!!( and for joining as well) :)
Farmgirl #7703
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
Edited by - suny58 on Apr 05 2018 11:02:15 AM |
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sweettea59
True Blue Farmgirl
1267 Posts
Sherry
Longview
Texas
USA
1267 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2018 : 12:58:49 PM
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Hi Dianna, I would like to join this ATC swap. We recycle everyday, our city is big into recycling. This is going to be a fun challenge. Thanks
Farmgirl Hugs & May all your Wishes come true.
Sherry
Farmgirl #2215
www.etsy.com/shop/markiebuck |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4407 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4407 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2018 : 2:43:36 PM
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I'm so happy to have you join us Sherry!!
Farmgirl #7703
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6724 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
6724 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2018 : 4:38:49 PM
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Please sign me up to Dianna.
Our family recycles everyday as well. I worry about our oceans, we need to protect our fish, dolphins, whales etc. Too many throw there plastics etc on our beautiful beaches and it is not good for our ocean friends.
Thank you.
Hugs,
Deborah (My birth name, just found out) I love this name!
#1582
Blessed in Colorado
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012 and February 2018
“My altars are My Mountains and the ocean.” Lord Byron”
Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings We simply continue to fly on our Broomsticks. We're flexible like that!
http://shopus.longaberger.com/mountainwingslongabergerbaskets
http://myworld.ebay.com/debbt |
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
7718 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
7718 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2018 : 5:01:08 PM
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I am not going to be able to do this one but will be watching.
hugs
Trust in your faith, not your emotions, when it comes to making life’s decisions.
I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
by Frances Farmer
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
I trust in you Jesus...
FGOTM Nov 2017 |
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
7718 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
7718 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2018 : 5:02:24 PM
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I won't be able to do this one but will be watching.
hugs
Trust in your faith, not your emotions, when it comes to making life’s decisions.
I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
by Frances Farmer
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
I trust in you Jesus...
FGOTM Nov 2017 |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4407 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4407 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2018 : 5:41:05 PM
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Happy to have you join Deb!
Darlene you WILL be missed!!
Farmgirl #7703
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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jmcraftygal
True Blue Farmgirl
118 Posts
Jutta
Armstrong
BC
Canada
118 Posts |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2018 : 8:30:14 PM
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I'd love to join this swap!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
http://blueskyanddaisies.blogspot.com
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Edited by - edlund33 on Apr 12 2018 8:30:37 PM |
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Madelena
True Blue Farmgirl
1919 Posts
Mary
Central
TX
USA
1919 Posts |
Posted - Apr 13 2018 : 04:56:38 AM
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Love the idea!
Please include me...
Mary
"There is no unbelief: Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod and waits to see it push away the clod, he trusts in God." (Kate Douglas Wiggin) |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4407 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4407 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2018 : 8:07:14 PM
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Ladies I am so sorry I've been out with a booger of a combination stomach virus and kidney infection!!! Jutta I am thrilled to see you, Mary and Marilyn!!! I hope everyone has gotten their ideas together and begun creating!!! Happy Earth Day weekend!!! Are you celebrating in anyway???
Farmgirl #7703
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
7718 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
7718 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2018 : 10:05:46 PM
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Feel better Dianna.
hugs
Trust in your faith, not your emotions, when it comes to making life’s decisions.
I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
by Frances Farmer
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
I trust in you Jesus...
FGOTM Nov 2017 |
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jmcraftygal
True Blue Farmgirl
118 Posts
Jutta
Armstrong
BC
Canada
118 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2018 : 11:42:39 PM
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Dianna, hope you feel better soon!
I've started to sew cloth grocery bags for a non profit group. It's not much but it's a start.
Happy Earth Day!
Hugs,
Jutta
Farmgirl #7553
Living a creative life.
https://craftygalscreations.blogspot.ca/ |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6724 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
6724 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2018 : 05:29:00 AM
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Oh Dianna I hope you feel better soon.
I know Sweet Sarah is taking care of you.
Big Hugs.
Hugs,
Deborah (My birth name, just found out) I love this name!
#1582
Blessed in Colorado
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012 and February 2018
“My altars are My Mountains and the ocean.” Lord Byron”
Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings We simply continue to fly on our Broomsticks. We're flexible like that!
http://shopus.longaberger.com/mountainwingslongabergerbaskets
http://myworld.ebay.com/debbt |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4407 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4407 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2018 : 12:15:24 PM
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HAPPY EARTH DAY everyone! little ways to cut back on plastic?
1. BYOB - easy peezy
2. BYOCC- again, easy peezy!
3. By an aluminum straw to carry with you so you don't need the plastic ones. :)
4. When you go the ice cream store, stay away from 'sampling' the various flavors and thus less plastic spoons are trashed. If ya gotta have a taste bring your own unopened box of wooden spoons, the tiny ones, and ask if you can use those in lieu of the plastic.
5. Bring your own container to the rest. for take home food if you go out.
6.Make sure you cut ALL 6 pack circles into small pieces and pop into the recycling bag with your plastic recyclables.
7. REDUCE buying any plastic items as much as you can. Use paper sacks instead of plastic for trash.
Ok, those are just a few small things I myself have done to help make a difference! How about you? Any sage tidbits to offer up???
Thank you SO MUCH Darlene, Deborah, and Jutta for the wishes!!! I am feeling SO MUCH BETTER I could run a marathon ( as soon as my energy level goes back up, lol!)
Partners posted in the morning!!! As usual my brain is gone 90 to nothing with my idea for the ATC! Hope whom ever receives from me, understands my passions!
HUGS! Carry on amazing sisters!!!
Farmgirl #7703
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6724 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
6724 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2018 : 10:37:12 AM
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Marilou, I sent you an email with my address and requesting yours. I am so happy we are partners.
Dianna thank you again for such a fun swap and being a great hostess!
Hugs,
Deborah (My birth name, just found out) I love this name!
#1582
Blessed in Colorado
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012 and February 2018
“My altars are My Mountains and the ocean.” Lord Byron”
Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings We simply continue to fly on our Broomsticks. We're flexible like that!
http://shopus.longaberger.com/mountainwingslongabergerbaskets
http://myworld.ebay.com/debbt |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4407 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4407 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2018 : 12:43:39 PM
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Thank you Deborah!!! I do so love this swap and all of you! I am ever grateful for Beth jones who began this swap originally!
Farmgirl #7703
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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jmcraftygal
True Blue Farmgirl
118 Posts
Jutta
Armstrong
BC
Canada
118 Posts |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2018 : 7:40:06 PM
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Glad you are feeling better Dianna!
Sherry I sent you an email to swap addresses.
My Mom passed away last week and we ended up having our family gathering at their house on Earth Day. Thankfully we had just cleaned up the yard the weekend before and the weather was gorgeous and 75 degrees, the Dogwood trees and many other bulbs and flowers were in full bloom and it was a wonderful day enjoying loved ones and the beauty of life on earth.
I had originally planned to help remove Polygonum (Japanese Knotweed) along the Cedar River Trail - it's a noxious weed and spreads like wildfire along the river banks choking out the native vegetation and harming fish habitat. I will reschedule my Earth Day park contribution for the next time our city community services department holds a volunteer day event.
I attempt to reduce my plastic footprint by purchasing foods with minimal packaging, using reusable shopping bags or asking for paper bags, packing my own lunches in oilcloth wraps or reusable containers, carrying reusable water and coffee bottles, using paper bags for yard waste and garbage, buying re-inkable stamp pads, making my own lemonade, gatorade etc from powdered mixes instead of buying it in individual bottles, using re-usable bowl covers for food storage instead of plastic wrap, using paper cups, plates, etc or regular glasses and serving ware instead of plastic stuff when entertaining guests, and using a fabric tablecloth instead of plastic ones for my art tables and picnic tables.
I'm looking forward to this swap!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
http://blueskyanddaisies.blogspot.com
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4407 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
4407 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2018 : 7:48:37 PM
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Oh dear Marilyn I am so incredibly sorry! But it does sound as if God Himself too this great sadness and turned it into a comforting loving occasion. My she rest in peace! Hugs...
Those are some wonderful and safe tidbits to share! I am always thinking of ways to reduce and upcycle! Awesome! T by Hanks for sharing and again truly sorry to hear of your loss! My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Farmgirl #7703
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2018 : 09:34:27 AM
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Thank you Dianna! Sherry, I finished up your mail art yesterday and sent it off so it should arrive in a few days!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
http://blueskyanddaisies.blogspot.com
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Madelena
True Blue Farmgirl
1919 Posts
Mary
Central
TX
USA
1919 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2018 : 2:58:56 PM
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Jutta.... Still trying to figure out my ATC.
"There is no unbelief: Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod and waits to see it push away the clod, he trusts in God." (Kate Douglas Wiggin) |
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*Farmgirl Swap: Earth Day April ATC swap- PARTNERS POSTED |
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Earth Day April ATC swap- PARTNERS POSTED
