handmaking change: what are you doing for earth hour?

flying lanterns, sheng-fa lin's photostream

okay creative handmakers!
it's global earth hour on saturday march 27th @ 8:30 pm.
are you in?


the premise is, for me, super & simple: wherever we live, let's all turn off our lights for one hour to show our support against climate change.

this year over 120 countries will officially participate. and while we all know EVERY hour is a good hour to help the earth, i think the power of all at once working together on change is a great idea! check out the earth hour site for listings of great things going on in your part of the world & great ideas for earth hour, and follow the official tweets here.

last year i asked what you wonderful nicies did/planned to do for earth hour.
the responses were fantastic!

so let's share again!
participating in earth hour? HOW?
having a candlelit party with family?
attending a vigil with folks in your town or city?
taking a chance to enjoy the light-free quiet?

let's show the world what HANDMAKERS can do for change!
tell me here and on monday i'll feature as many of you as i can!

and take a picture during earth hour if you can! and add the links here!
i'll try to include them, too!

and just to get you inspired.... i thought all of you crafty superstars out there would LOVE this fun earth hour ad... yay to repurposing and handmaking!} THAT SONG's kept me dancing for weeks now! love it!



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earth hour: the followup!

kudos to the millions of folks who participated in earth hour this past saturday night! as promised, here's a round up of what some handmaking lovelies were doing to celebrate! thanks to everyone who wrote in, emailed me, tweeted and more! {& don't forget to upload your pics to the earth hour 2010 flickr group so the world can see!}

* simply inviting was going to try making her handmade papers by candlelight for the first time! how'd it go, jen? {photo #1}

* string me along looked forward to their annual Earth Hour Crazy Eights tournament by candlelight! hope you won, carol! ;) {photo #9}

* Lil Fish studios had (wisely!) taught her kiddies about nocturnal creatures and was going to sit outside and watch deer and flying squirrels! {photo #4}


* alex keller and the family looked forward to flashlight tag in the dark! {photo #3}

* ridleyworks was looking forward to making a cup of cocoa and sitting under a blanket! {photo #10}

* charlotte hupfield was off to find paper lanterns to add to her festivies for the night! {photo #8}

*jo annie was planning a candle party birthday dinner at her place!

* Luv2Have was looking forward to some cuddling candle time after their little guy went to bed! {photo #6} ... yay cuddling!

* Sewn Natural looked forward to singing & drumming with her little one! {photo #7}

* mchen promised all power would be off at her place for earth hour, as she'd be at an arena playing in a hockey play-off game! {so she happily bumped her earth hour to another day!} {photo #2}

* tara m. looked forward to her singing circle's annual earth hour song circle by candlelight!

* rosy und posy decorated luminary jars with the kids! {photo #11}


* holly gems thought they'd do the dishes & read the kiddies their bedtime stories by candlelight! {photo #12}

* squid planned to look at the stars. {photo #5}

* denny was off camping. no electricity. no tv. no computers! yay!

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wonderful stuff, handmakers!
love it all.
happy mindful monday, nicies!

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earth hour 2012

 { the handmade earth hour }

 white taper candle photograph by pretty petal studio

be the change you wish to see in the world by colorbee

eccentric wall clock by basta collection

earth hour 2012 by the wwf

globe photograph by bird and bloke

juncea air plant by airyobsessions

paper lanterns photograph by sixthandmain

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it's earth hour tomorrow night {march 31st}, sweeties.

a world-wide pledge to turn off our lights for just 60 minutes. over 131 countries will join in on the darkness.

 

how will you be celebrating in the dark?

i'd love to hear. {i look for creative lovelies to include in my earth hour followup post every year!} 

 

our family's looking forward to participating in the fabulous toronto earth hour celebration (with the funfun choir choir choir in the distillery district! see you there?!) 

have a wonderful, energy-restoring weekend lovelies.

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earth hour

{the handmade earth hour} 

clockwise from top left: 

the earth via susannah tucker . change by lulubugjewelry. 

candle light by olivia collins photo . 

the hour by urbanwalls.

earth hour by the wwf.  good air {plant} by tohold.

natural light by irene suchocki . moonlight by sherri conley

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it's earth hour tomorrow night {march 26th}, sweeties.

a world-wide pledge to turn off our lights for just 60 minutes. over 131 countries will join in on the darkness.

how will you be celebrating in the dark?

i'd love to hear. {i look for creative lovelies to include in my earth hour followup post every year!}

have a wonderfully, energy-restoring weekend lovelies.

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earth hour: the followup!

yay to the over 1 billion folks who participated in earth hour this past saturday! as promised, here's a round up of what some handmaking folks were doing to celebrate! thanks to those who wrote in, emailed me, left comments & such!

via twitter: krrley (aka karley on etsy) wrote that she was very excited, and has had the earth hour badge up on her (lovely- editor's note!) blog all month!

and from the etsy forums:
* emmarts shared that like ontario, bc schools were participating with lights out on friday, to show their support!

*adornyourself (see photo #3) wrote about what her wonderful daughter's 4H group was doing!

* paisleybaby shared what montrealers would be up to!

* beckyrose was looking forward to using the light of her unplugged laptop to visit the etsy forums!

* whimsygraphicdesigns & beatgirl77 were in!

* and my ecoetsy teammates artisticallystitched, chakrapennywhistle & PlanetPlayground were all getting ready! and kerrianne mentioned having friends over to play games by candlelight! (superfun!)


and from comments here on the rikrak studio blog, we heard that:

* katelynjane (see photo #1) was excited for the challenge!

* annarubyking (see photo #4) in Greece, & sandrine in Belgium were all ready to celebrate!

* leslie was going to have a fun earth hour / lights out! dinner party! (so festive!)

* rachellovespeace was looking forward to seeing some stars that night!

* and uncorked (see photo #2) pondered what she could do with an hour in the dark on a saturday night!! :)

great stuff, nicies! so if i may say... be sure to support folks that support the earth! see you tomorrow!
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great green-ies: each of us & earth hour!

greening.... i find it exciting and hopeful that while there sure are lots of terrible things going on to pollute & harm our planet, there are so many wonderful folks doing fabulous things to help make the world a greener, healthier place! so, the rikrak studio is happy to feature great green-ies : snapshots of amazing, inspiring. eco-forward-thinking folks from all sorts of fields and paths in the greening movement. some inspire by greening at home, or in their business; in their art or the larger world, or on many levels at once! i've asked each green-ie to suggest an easy eco-idea or tip we might all be able to add to our daily lives. today i'm honoured to present the next in this series!

i'm a great fan of the idea that we can each make a difference, in our own lives, to green the world: in our own homes, our own communities, our states & provinces and beyond! tomorrow marks a great way to join with millions around the world to show that we're serious about change for our planet!

the world wildlife federation (WWF) began the global initiative EARTH HOUR in 2007. on Saturday, March 28th, @ 8:30 PM YOUR LOCAL time, be sure to switch off your lights for one hour. the goal this year is to have 1 billion people turning off their lights! while this symbolic action won’t stop climate change, i think it does show that individual actions are important and can add up to a make a great big difference.

at the rikrak home, we try to have fun lights out whenever we can. because it's good for the world, and because we think it's good for our soul! :) (and we all really like fun candlelight dinners!) ... and i'm so thrilled that this initiative is inspiring folks in more ways than just turning off their lights for an hour. even our Province of Ontario is encouraging all schools to turn off their lights today for an hour, so the kids can participate, too! good work!

so today's great green-ie tip:
turn out your lights for an hour tomorrow night @ 8:30 pm!

are you participating? if yes - let me know... i'm going to feature some participants in a followup post next week!
tell me what fun things you do in your own home to green!
have a great, green weekend, nicies!

(i'll be back sometime on the weekend to announce the winner of my giveaway! you can still enter til 9pm tonight!)

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congratulations!

happy monday, cuties! a bunch of congrats to dole out today! first up, many cheers to the winner of the papermode paper earrings giveaway! random.org gave us....  #149 - erin of wallwork {that's her beautiful cross stitch seen above!} love love love your modern style and gorgeous shop, sweetie! yay!

next up, a big congrats to the winner of the *i love my sponsors* march gift certificate giveaway! #245 was random.org's number! congrats to darcy of smart bottom enterprises/ AndThen art prints! what great shops you have, nicey! love your fabulous photograph prints and kid's art kits!

and finally today, kudos to the millions of folks who took part in earth hour saturday night! here at the rikrak home we played boardgames by candlelight, and told word-a-time-stories in the dark. so much fun!

friday i asked: * what will you be doing to celebrate! *  - thanks so much to all of those that responded! here are a few of my faves { images seen below, clockwise from top left } 

* camila of nao me mande flores celebrated with a romantic candlelit dinner with her cutiepie! { love it!}

* ana of i made it so worked on her knitting by candlelit! { yay crafty earth hours!} 

* elisa was brainstorming something wonderful to do! {i hope it was working on one of your brilliant paintings, lovely!}

* and allisa was planning a fabulous evening of magical forts, flashlit castles and lots of three-year-old fun! wonderful!

love seeing the creative ideas inspired by earth hour!
hope we can keep that energy saving momentum alive!
here's to a great energetic week, nicies!

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congratulations!

many thanks to all of you nicies who are following my little blog! i'm so honoured! as promised: the rikrak studio blog followers giveaway #1.

i simply scrolled back on the list of my blogger blog followers to the first page (remember how sometime about a month ago the *followers* listings changed on blogger from the order folks joined a blog to some other strange order? weird! :) ... and then added all of the feedburner readers after that. many thanks to everyone! i'm so honoured to be nearly @ 200 followers altogether now! superthanks!

and ... the winner of the $21.00 rikrak shopping spree is! #88..... the wonderful fleurfatale.
yay! i'm such a fan of this wonderwoman!


you might know her beautiful handmade work from her gorgeous shop (i'm a longtime fan!)

and her gorgeous blog is a thrill for the senses. (and her blog introduced me to this lovely song...hummingbird by cocoon! that i adore! thanks, nicey!)

and as i was creating this post, i found this wonderful article she wrote about her day on HeliS's amazing blog: need some encouragement? check out what one amazing mom & crafter can do in a day! it's so inspiring!

so congrats, fleurfatale!
and thanks to everyone who is following the rikrak studio blog.
you're all wonderful! i'm gonna do another followers giveaway in a little bit, so thanks!

(ps: don't forget about earth hour tonight! see you monday!)

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