I know Im a little late on this but I just came across this video that I had to share! It shows 8 ways to reuse a 2 liter soda bottle…I am especially impressed with the one that reduces the water used in the tank of the toilet. So check it out!

Also I found this handy list of 50 things to do to save help save the earth…like wash your clothes in warm or cold water to save energy on heating water.  I like #17 in particular.

I know…I know…its been to long…

But to make up for my lack of posting I have lots of things to talk about, unfortunately I have a ton I have to get done in the next two weeks include move so it will be short!

First, as I mentioned before, this semester all the metals students made a piece of jewelry to represent a faculty member in the school of fine arts. I chose the wonderful Yara Culver as my faculty member and made a pair of earrings about her work and life.

Every semester a Canvas magazine is published with art work and is distributed around the state and I have two pieces of my work in the current issue. My Leaves of Brown County and Grandmas Virgina Bluebells were selected so check that out!

Bill Clinton visited IU a few weeks ago and I was able to hear his speech about improving the economy. I had amazing seats and even though He was three hours late I enjoyed every minute of Bill’s speech. It was actually quite amazing I was totally exosted from standing in line and then waiting for hours and didnt expect to get much out of the speech, but as soon as he started talking I was hanging on his every word. To see some video clips of his speech click here or here.

I was in a women’s art show in Bloomington in the end of March that was alot of fun. I also had the luck of having my aunts in town at the time. My Aunt M’lou is a silversmith who first encuraged me to become a silversmith after seeing some of the jewelry I made out of my father’s copper scraps. My aunt Genny also makes beaded art and jewelry, which is mostly what I had in my booth.

Also I dont know if I have talked about this much here yet, but I have decided to take a semester off and am heading back to Cairo in the fall. I am in the process of trying to find a job so let me know if you have any ideas! My dream would be to work for Azza Fahmy but only time will tell what happens!

Thats all for now, I have to go try to get a paper done!