Happy Earth Day!

The unofficial Earth Day flag

It's Earth Day again, and I have been pleased to see that this day seems to be getting more and more serious attention every year. Earth Day was founded by U.S Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970. Many communities also celebrate Earth Week, which is an entire week of environmental related activities.

To celebrate Earth Day do something good for our world, join a neighborhood clean-up, attend a festival at your local park, or just recycle some things you've been meaning to recycle for awhile. Here are some other things to get you motivated about helping our environment!

Use Reusable Bags When You shop-Plastic shopping bags take up to 1000 years to degrade in a landfill, and most become airborne and end up in the ocean. So buy yourself some reusable bags to take shopping with you. Most stores have bags that are relatively cheap, usually around a dollar, or you can go the cute route with these adorable bags from Shana Logic.

Buy a Tee, Plant a Tree!- All this week buy any tee from Threadless.com and they will donate a dollar to Plantabillion.org. Plus, all nature themed tees are all just $12 for Earth week!



Recycle the Cute Way-With these free, uber cute recycling labels thanks to Jinjerup.

Donate-Donate to reputable organizations like the World Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife, or the NRDC(Natural Resources Defense Council). All these are wonderful organizations who have done and with our help will continue to do do great things for this world!

Craft Green!- There are plenty of blogs and craft websites out there that have alot of tips for green crafting, like Craftzine.com, and Zakka Life. Here is one of my own past green crafts, a tiny terrarium made from a bottle cap, and the top from a gum-ball machine plastic prize ball.


You can make everyday Earth Day just by making smarter choices when it comes to how you clean your house, shop, travel, take care of your yard, etc. Always have the future of the planet in mind!

Perry Meets Another Pincushion With Attitude...

Spring Fever!

Crocus from last year's Spring

Pussy Willows in my back yard

After months of being stuck indoors due to copious amounts of snow, and of course the bitter cold, I am so ready for Spring! So in celebration of the turning of the season, (today is the first day of Spring!) I am posting some Spring crafts from the archives. I promise to start posting new projects ASAP. I am still recovering from my two and a half month sinus infection nightmare, and getting back into the swing of things is taking a while longer than I expected. Happy Spring everyone!

For those who are already planning their gardens, my favorite project to date, and one that I won an award with :) Mosaic Mushrooms for the garden.



An easy Spring Pencil Holder



And Easter is coming up, so here's a great Easter project!

An Angry Pincushion Success Story

Several months ago I posted about starting a new project, turning my Grandpa's old bowling ball into yard art. A while later I received a very nice e-mail from a great gal named Marisa. She had been reading my blog, liked my idea, and had an old bowling ball that was her Grandfather's too! She wanted to know how to finish the project. I told her after giving her instructions on how to finish grouting etc., that if she sent me a picture when she was finished I'd post it on here. You did a fantastic job Marisa, it will look lovely in the garden no doubt!

Drum-roll Please.....

First off I'd love to thank everyone who participated in finding our little pincushion friend a name. All of your suggestions were wonderful, so wonderful in fact that I had a really hard time picking a name. When it came down to choosing though it was all up to the pincushion, he had a hard time deciding as well, I mean this is his name we're talking about! So without further delay, The Angry Pincushion's new name is......(drum roll, drum roll, drum rolllllll)....

First Name: Perry
Middle Name: Boris ( I love Russian names)
Last Name: Pincushion

Thanks for being so patient while I work on trying to recover from being sick. Still not feeling great, but am on new antibiotics and am hoping this time they will work for me.

To Be Continued...Due To Illness

No, the pincushion is not ill, he is resting comfortably on my dresser, I however am feeling quite sicky. Had a sinus infection, got some antibiotics, had a bad reaction to those, now I'm trying to recover from all of it! I will hopefully be able to stare at a computer screen without it giving me a massive headache, like it is now, within a few days...fingers crossed...then I can post the grand unveiling of the Angry Pincushion's new name.

What's In A Name ?

Before I came up with the idea to start a blog, I already had the idea for the Angry Pincushion. He started as a doodle. I doodle a lot in my spare time. One day I decided to take my little drawing and make him a reality. And so, with a simple red tomato pincushion, some pins (of course), and a few more doodles, the Angry Pincushion was born! Cute little fellow isn't he! At the time I started my blog I wanted to make him not only the mascot but incorporate him in some of the posts, so far I have no stuck to that, but that is about to change. But first I feel it is time he receives a name.

Can you help me pick a good name for our little angry/cute friend? Feel free to leave a name idea of your own in the comments section, or send me a little message at sproutedwings@gmail.com if you are so inclined! I will be picking the name on January 31st.