november raised $42.06 for toysfortots.org
10% retail sales at my jewelry findings etsy shops proceed to toysfortots.org
for month of november and december 2008
shop for a cause visit my etsy online shops:
petite spoon
and
petite vintage
10% retail sales at my jewelry shops proceed to a family in need to recovery from lost of their house to the Porter Ranch fire
shop for a cause visit these shops:
petite design
or
love.stella & dot
Monday, December 01, 2008
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Revolution Money Exchange
I love referrals ... buy something from my etsy shops and get Free Shipping if you sign up with RME =D
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
ceramic stone beads
absolutely stunning colors
these are the multi color pebbles
size range from 9mm to 13mm
these are the multi color pebbles
size range from 9mm to 13mm
colors from top to bottom:
leafy
firecracker
banana
ash
rose
leafy
firecracker
banana
ash
rose
summer
mellow
plummy
pollack
sky
65 g pack for $30
200 g pack for $85
order yours for june delivery
petitespoon.etsy.com
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
got toms?
have you gotten your pair of toms yet?
it is for a great cause
buy a pair of toms ... toms will matched every pair purchased with a donated pair to a child in need of shoes
i bought 2 pairs of natural canvas the other day and i am going to paint those
www.tomsshoes.com
Sunday, April 06, 2008
showcase 03 : origami fabric
i purchased this lovely fabric for someone to design a diaper fanny pack for me ... let see how it will turn out in a couple of weeks ...
if you like fabrics and modern japanese prints check out www.karaku.etsy.com and speak with mayumi the owner of the shop in tokyo
Thursday, April 03, 2008
the cookie diet
okay ... i am skeptical too ... cookie and diet just doesn't mesh well together ...
the japanese makes everything look so pretty ... it is the most popular diet in japan and now it is slowly invading the united state market ... it is called soypal cookie diet.
lose 9 pounds in 9 days ... wow!
so basically the juice is okara ... pulp fiber by product of soymilk and tofu ... and made into cookie with added flavor ... cause who likes fiber ... taste literally like cardboard if no flavor added =P ... the protein part is the plus and other vitamins added.
you get 7 cookies per package ... good size cookies ... the idea is to chew those okay yummy cookies down nice and slow and drink two glass of fluid so the high fiber can expand in your stomach to make you full like having a meal but without the added calories ... 150kcal per pack.
replace one meal in a day with cookies ... usually dinner would be best.
well since i can't go on the diet just yet cause of breast feeding. i eat the cookie when i feel hungry so i don't have to dive into junk food like chips and popcorn etc.
the main thing about diet is to eat less and exercise! and also not to starve yourself ... cause when you starve your body actually store up more fat.
so one of my mom's friend is actually going on this diet of full force and she said it is working well for her to replace her dinner.
www.soypal.com
the japanese makes everything look so pretty ... it is the most popular diet in japan and now it is slowly invading the united state market ... it is called soypal cookie diet.
lose 9 pounds in 9 days ... wow!
so basically the juice is okara ... pulp fiber by product of soymilk and tofu ... and made into cookie with added flavor ... cause who likes fiber ... taste literally like cardboard if no flavor added =P ... the protein part is the plus and other vitamins added.
you get 7 cookies per package ... good size cookies ... the idea is to chew those okay yummy cookies down nice and slow and drink two glass of fluid so the high fiber can expand in your stomach to make you full like having a meal but without the added calories ... 150kcal per pack.
replace one meal in a day with cookies ... usually dinner would be best.
well since i can't go on the diet just yet cause of breast feeding. i eat the cookie when i feel hungry so i don't have to dive into junk food like chips and popcorn etc.
the main thing about diet is to eat less and exercise! and also not to starve yourself ... cause when you starve your body actually store up more fat.
so one of my mom's friend is actually going on this diet of full force and she said it is working well for her to replace her dinner.
www.soypal.com
Friday, March 28, 2008
freeways lungs
i can only rant but nothing can be done ... that is just so sad =(
Living Near Freeways Hurts Kids' Lungs
FRIDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Children growing up alongside freeways risk having their lung development impaired, which can increase the likelihood of serious respiratory diseases later in life, researchers report.
Other studies have shown that children living next to highways are more likely to develop respiratory problems, such as asthma. But this is the first study to show that long exposure to car and truck exhaust actually affects the growth of the lungs, and hence their capacity.
The report is published in the Jan. 26 online issue of The Lancet.
"Exposure from tailpipe emissions from motor vehicles potentially carries chronic health risks to children's lung development," said lead researcher W. James Gauderman, an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. "We found that kids who live closer to freeways had significantly less lung capacity, compared with kids who lived further from freeways."
In the study, Gauderman and his colleagues followed 3,677 children for eight years, tracking their lung development. The children were 10 at the start of the study, and came from 12 southern California communities. The air quality differed in each community.
The researchers found that lung growth in children who lived within 500 meters of a freeway (about a quarter of a mile) was significantly less than children who lived 1,500 meters or more from a freeway.
Gauderman's group also found that exposure to freeways and regional air pollution had negative and independent effects on the growth of lung function. In addition, there was a significant drop in percentage of expected lung function among 18-year-olds who lived within 500 meters of a freeway.
Gauderman thinks that these effects on lung development are serious. "Lung capacity is something that once a child is done growing, that amount of lung capacity they have is carried with them throughout their adult life," he explained.
Lung capacity is further reduced as people age, Gauderman said. "Reduced lung capacity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease and respiratory diseases, such as emphysema," he added.
"What we worry most about are kids who have compromised lung function to start out with," Gauderman said. "When they are older, they will have a significantly increased risk for respiratory diseases."
One expert thinks that the problem is real, but the solution is elusive, and only changes in neighborhoods or automobile emissions seem likely to have an impact.
"Prior studies and common sense both suggest that breathing in a great deal of automobile exhaust cannot be good for the healthy development of children's lungs," said Dr. David L. Katz, an associate professor of public health and director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine.
These data show a clear and clinically important association between the proximity of a child's home to a major freeway and deficits in lung function by age 18, Katz said. "The deficits observed in the force and volume of each breath suggests increased risk of asthma and bronchitis, as well as a decreased capacity for physical exertion," he said.
What these investigators cannot do is fix the problem, Katz said. "Can we redesign urban neighborhoods so that no home or school is near highway traffic? Can we reduce the volume and/or composition of car exhaust so that highways no longer represent threats to the lungs of growing children?" he asked.
More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians can tell you more about outdoor air pollution.
Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved.
Living Near Freeways Hurts Kids' Lungs
FRIDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Children growing up alongside freeways risk having their lung development impaired, which can increase the likelihood of serious respiratory diseases later in life, researchers report.
Other studies have shown that children living next to highways are more likely to develop respiratory problems, such as asthma. But this is the first study to show that long exposure to car and truck exhaust actually affects the growth of the lungs, and hence their capacity.
The report is published in the Jan. 26 online issue of The Lancet.
"Exposure from tailpipe emissions from motor vehicles potentially carries chronic health risks to children's lung development," said lead researcher W. James Gauderman, an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. "We found that kids who live closer to freeways had significantly less lung capacity, compared with kids who lived further from freeways."
In the study, Gauderman and his colleagues followed 3,677 children for eight years, tracking their lung development. The children were 10 at the start of the study, and came from 12 southern California communities. The air quality differed in each community.
The researchers found that lung growth in children who lived within 500 meters of a freeway (about a quarter of a mile) was significantly less than children who lived 1,500 meters or more from a freeway.
Gauderman's group also found that exposure to freeways and regional air pollution had negative and independent effects on the growth of lung function. In addition, there was a significant drop in percentage of expected lung function among 18-year-olds who lived within 500 meters of a freeway.
Gauderman thinks that these effects on lung development are serious. "Lung capacity is something that once a child is done growing, that amount of lung capacity they have is carried with them throughout their adult life," he explained.
Lung capacity is further reduced as people age, Gauderman said. "Reduced lung capacity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease and respiratory diseases, such as emphysema," he added.
"What we worry most about are kids who have compromised lung function to start out with," Gauderman said. "When they are older, they will have a significantly increased risk for respiratory diseases."
One expert thinks that the problem is real, but the solution is elusive, and only changes in neighborhoods or automobile emissions seem likely to have an impact.
"Prior studies and common sense both suggest that breathing in a great deal of automobile exhaust cannot be good for the healthy development of children's lungs," said Dr. David L. Katz, an associate professor of public health and director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine.
These data show a clear and clinically important association between the proximity of a child's home to a major freeway and deficits in lung function by age 18, Katz said. "The deficits observed in the force and volume of each breath suggests increased risk of asthma and bronchitis, as well as a decreased capacity for physical exertion," he said.
What these investigators cannot do is fix the problem, Katz said. "Can we redesign urban neighborhoods so that no home or school is near highway traffic? Can we reduce the volume and/or composition of car exhaust so that highways no longer represent threats to the lungs of growing children?" he asked.
More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians can tell you more about outdoor air pollution.
Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved.
wonderless years
my rant of the blog is about irresponsible people and a chain reaction of events that leads to this rant
it is all common sense, but i still like to put this all down
if someone care about children and the well being of children would they choose to open a preschool next to a location of a busy freeway overpass in los angeles? especially the busy 10 and 405 intersection ... and the 405 was also expanded which means more cars and more pollutants in the morning hours.
maybe they didn’t do it intentionally or they did because all they care is about the money since it is a business.
another argument would be affordability ... but then what is the price of your child health?
it is really the chicken or the egg ... supply and demand ... and the cycle of hypocritical issue
if there is one preschool that is not near the freeway that cost let say $1,000 a month vs. the one that is just next to it that cost $800 a month ... but then your child would suffer from air pollution that would lead to deteriorate lung functions and cardiovascular diseases down the road as in leading into adulthood ... would you rethink for a moment ... starting at age 2 exposed for 4-8 hours a day until they turn 5 or 6 before moving them to a public school hopefully not near a freeway ... sinus infection that would lead to asthma, bronchitis etc … even as healthy as your child to begin with, exposure to even second hand smoking is a bad deal starting at a very young age.
why are those preschool given a license? what is the loophole of criteria to open a preschool but not dealing with environmental issue … which also is a health issue … in a virus level … should someone responsible who has the power to change please put this down for any school private or public … do not have schools be built near freeways which is a toxic area.
the worst of all thing ... is be in denial ... seriously it doesn't matter which direction the wind blows ... the worst is when there is no wind to blow anything away and all the pollutants just settle in the air where the children laugh away their lives!
here is a letter in regards to health of children who grow up breathing polluted air:
http://www.portoflosangeles.org/EIR/TraPacFIER/FEIR_Chapter_2G_Academia_and_Local_Chapters.pdf
it is all common sense, but i still like to put this all down
if someone care about children and the well being of children would they choose to open a preschool next to a location of a busy freeway overpass in los angeles? especially the busy 10 and 405 intersection ... and the 405 was also expanded which means more cars and more pollutants in the morning hours.
maybe they didn’t do it intentionally or they did because all they care is about the money since it is a business.
another argument would be affordability ... but then what is the price of your child health?
it is really the chicken or the egg ... supply and demand ... and the cycle of hypocritical issue
if there is one preschool that is not near the freeway that cost let say $1,000 a month vs. the one that is just next to it that cost $800 a month ... but then your child would suffer from air pollution that would lead to deteriorate lung functions and cardiovascular diseases down the road as in leading into adulthood ... would you rethink for a moment ... starting at age 2 exposed for 4-8 hours a day until they turn 5 or 6 before moving them to a public school hopefully not near a freeway ... sinus infection that would lead to asthma, bronchitis etc … even as healthy as your child to begin with, exposure to even second hand smoking is a bad deal starting at a very young age.
why are those preschool given a license? what is the loophole of criteria to open a preschool but not dealing with environmental issue … which also is a health issue … in a virus level … should someone responsible who has the power to change please put this down for any school private or public … do not have schools be built near freeways which is a toxic area.
the worst of all thing ... is be in denial ... seriously it doesn't matter which direction the wind blows ... the worst is when there is no wind to blow anything away and all the pollutants just settle in the air where the children laugh away their lives!
here is a letter in regards to health of children who grow up breathing polluted air:
http://www.portoflosangeles.org/EIR/TraPacFIER/FEIR_Chapter_2G_Academia_and_Local_Chapters.pdf
Monday, January 07, 2008
showcase 02 : amanda ryznar and her porcelain
okay, i heart etsy.com because of all the cool stuff i can find that are handmade by artisans!
well, i found amanda and her beautiful creation. her porcelain creation are absolutely beautiful and beyond words to describe. i had her create a custom order for me for a friend's wedding.
i really love her fish so i emailed her about an idea of the two fish who found each other among other fishes in the sea. and with that in mind she created this piece.
she uses fine english grolleg porcelain ( pure white kaolin from england ... primary clay used in many porcelain formulations to get a translucent and plasticity texture) hand-thrown on wheel. then she draws freehand using a porcupine quill revealing layers of handmade red colored slip. it is then fired to cone 10 ... at 2380 degrees F! the glaze she uses are food-safe, dishwasher-safe and microwave-safe.
she is just wonderful to work with.
i am definitely going back for more custom creation!
check out her other cool creation at yogagoat.etsy.com
well, i found amanda and her beautiful creation. her porcelain creation are absolutely beautiful and beyond words to describe. i had her create a custom order for me for a friend's wedding.
i really love her fish so i emailed her about an idea of the two fish who found each other among other fishes in the sea. and with that in mind she created this piece.
she uses fine english grolleg porcelain ( pure white kaolin from england ... primary clay used in many porcelain formulations to get a translucent and plasticity texture) hand-thrown on wheel. then she draws freehand using a porcupine quill revealing layers of handmade red colored slip. it is then fired to cone 10 ... at 2380 degrees F! the glaze she uses are food-safe, dishwasher-safe and microwave-safe.she is just wonderful to work with.
i am definitely going back for more custom creation!
check out her other cool creation at yogagoat.etsy.com
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