Tools needed:

• Your choice of beads
• Elastic
• Super glue
• Scissors

Steps:

1. Measure your wrist and cut elastic a bit longer than the desired length.
2. String on your beads in any pattern you please.
3. Tie a double knot when done and reinforce it with a dot of super glue.
4. Make as many as you like and flaunt enjoy your lovely creations ;)

Suggestions:

1. You can use spikes if you like or any other fun beads.
2. Go color crazy!
3. You do not have to follow any rules or pattern. Random is fun!
4. Add funky charms.
5. Try adding one sparkly bead or two for that hint of glamor.
6. Make it color themed.

Photos by: Left: Ania Archer, bottom down left: TJ

The color green is omnipresent in our lives and nature.  We can recognize an abundance shades of green. Here are just some of them: apple, aquamarine, beryl, chartreuse, fir, forest, grass green, jade, kelly green, lawn green, leaf green, mint, moss, olive, olive drab, pea green, pine, sage, sap, sea foam, spring green, and viridian. My favorite are emerald, lime, and sea green.

All 4 photos by Ania Archer

Photos by: Top: Green Eye by Simon Shmidt, Bottom: Left: Green Iguana by Arlene Ripley, Right: Green Iguana Hatchling by Alan Dahl  

Green symbolizes growth, freshness, environment, and ecology. It denotes fertility, endurance, renewal, and learning. It is believed by many that green has healing powers. Green’s warming and cooling effect signify balance, harmony and stability. Worldwide green represents safety. Green is considered the color of peace and hope.

Photos by: Top Left: Green Tea Cake by Shirley Ednave, Right: Found by Leslie from Whimsy Blog, Bottom Left: Green Buttons by Judy, Bottom Right Top: The Magic Glass by Jody Miller, Bottom Right Corner: Green by Lois.

It is a restful color with some of the same calming attributes of blue. Like blue, time moves faster in a green room. Green soothes and relaxes mentally, as well as physically. It helps alleviate depression, nervousness, and anxiety. Dull dark green is associated with money,  the financial world, banking, and Wall Street. Green gemstones are used by many to attract money, prosperity and wealth.

Dark green signifies ambition, inexperience, greed, and jealousy. Green and feng shui. Green is the color of renewal, fresh energy and new beginnings.

Photos by: Top: Green Machine by Gillian , Bottom: Green Split Screen by Steve Collins Photography

Photos by: Left: Green Doors by Marie Therese Magnan, Right: Green Door: Ania Archer

In the feng shui theory if five elements, color green obviously belongs to the wood element. When working with green color in feng shui, it is important to have at least several different shades in order to maximize the feng shui energy effects. A great way to bring color green in feng shui is with actual plants that have lush green foliage. Green plants bring soothing element to your surrounding, they visually recede, helping to make smaller space appear larger.

Photo by Carl Jones

this girl hasn’t ran since high school. crazy, right?

I’ve been reading lots of material about running – tips, tricks, how to get started. then i stumbled across this, which cracked me up.

Source: goo.gl via Kathi on Pinterest

point taken.

i’ve decided to try the couch to 5k program, downloaded (the free version, because i’m cheap) on my trusty iphone. i’m currently on day two. i like the program so far – alternating jog/walk three days a week, slowly adding more jogging/running less walking. part of me wants to push myself, go ahead and just run everyday - i’m fairly excited about this. but i’m making myself take it slow, because i want this to turn into a healthy habit, not an injury.

the color run is on Labor Day - plenty of time to ease into a good result, right?

i’ll keep you posted.

hugs.

color run, the happiest 5k on the planet. it’s time to get real.

Source: Top Right: Song of Orange by Lylianthe, Bottom Left: Birds in the feeder, Right: Orange Cat.

Why I chose this color? Orange is associated with energy, happiness, and benign warmth of sun. It combines stimulation or aggression of red, calmed by cheerfulness of yellow. It is full of vitality. I love this color because it is found in nature in changing seasons between hot summer and cool winter, changing leaves of fall, and is found in the setting sun, citrus fruit. It is the color fall and harvest. All of these just make me happy.

Source: Top: Burning Bush by Teus Renes, Bottom Left: Gulf Coast Sunrise by Cheryl Empy, Bottom Right: Birds, Germany.

Source: Top Left: Shades of Orange, Top Right:  Orange Fllower by J Ramon Palacios, Bottom Left: Orange Leaf, Bottom Right (Top): Orange Gerberas, Bottom Right (Bottom): Orange Dahlia.

 Orange represents:

• Enthusiasm for life – it is uplifting, and rejuvenates your spirit
• It gives us strength and courage – helps us in hard times, get over disappointments, helps recover from grief
• Stimulates two way conversation – it gets people thinking and talking. It stimulates appetite as well, it is the perfect color for social get-togethers.
• It encourages to take action and make changes in your life, adventure and risk taking, inspires confidence.
• Gives strength and endurance – sparks competition and independence.
• It frees the spirit – inspires new ideas, giving us the freedom to be ourselves.

Source: Top Left: Lemonade by Helen Norman, Top Right: Orange Cake, Bottom Left: Orange Slices by Sesselja Maria, Bottom Right: Orange Cocktail.

Source: Top Left: Orange Vases with Orange Gerbera Daisies, Top Right: Orange Room by Meg Braff, Bottom Left:  Doxie Dachshound Lamp, Bottom Middle: Orange Bunting Water Jar, Bottom Right: Orange Table Setting.

Source: Top Left: Orange Building with Blue Window by Haakon Kierulf, Top Right: Orange Sky Line, Bottom Left: Mykonos by John Poon, Bottom Right: Into the Orange by Giampaolo Macarig.

If you want to find out a little more about the color orange check these posts out: The Color Orange, All About the Color ORANGE via Sensational Color.