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Friday, February 05, 2010

Flow: For Love of Water

So... I just watched a documentary called Flow: For Love of Water. Pretty eye-opening and i encourage you to check it out. Really makes you think twice about contributing to Bottled Water Companies. Educate yourself!



I see documentaries like this and I am reminded how easily i slip into living my life and not thinking about problems like these. It's devastating to see what these multinational companies are doing to the nations of our world. It's happening to everyone though...it's just more evident with the poor nations because they have no alternative. All this for the love of money... Geesh, it can be overwhelming to think about it, can't it?! It's easy to be complacent, but it's also easy to make little changes in our lives to encourage change. Here are some suggestions..

Yeah, we can march and write our congressperson or city leaders... and although these things are important and I encourage them... sadly the process and results aren't usually immediate.
so.... I think to at least get moving in the right direction and protect yourself and your family today or immediately... we need to think filtration. It's cheaper, cleaner, and less wasteful! Let's get off the $1-$4 a bottle habit we're in. (Plus, that water is usually just unfiltered tap water!)

Filtration for you home, Filtration on the go.

Filtration for your home...
When I'm home, I don't consume bottled water because we have deliciously pure well water, but when I lived in LA I used these filters for my showers, and on the kitchen tap. They made a world of difference! No more dangerous chlorine vapor in the shower and no more lugging/lifting 5 gal. water cooler bottles!
http://www.aquasana.com
I didn't want to have to think about when I needed to change the filters, so I signed up for their Auto-Ship program and every 6 months they sent me new ones.
There are a number of different ways you can filter the water in your home.
Do a little of your own research and find what's the best for you.
At the very least filter your tap water with a filtered pitcher like this http://www.nextag.com/water-filter-pitcher/compare-html
you'll be drinking safer water and you'll save $$!

On the Go...
This is the major change I'm going to try.. On this next upcoming tour.. I'm going to try and not buy any bottled water. There are a number of different personal filtered water bottles on the market..
Here's a link to some i found..
http://www.nextag.com/water-bottle-filter/compare-html
They come in many variations and price ranges.. I think I'm going to try this bottle in the color Aqua.. http://www.purewater2go.com/bottles.html

I'm excited... aren't you!! :)

xox
Shanti

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Getting it..


So.. I'm finally trying to get this website happening, and I guess that means adding content and keeping you all updated! :) yay for that... Here's my photo of the day.



So, I guess I've been painting alot lately! Yes! I also finally opened up an etsy store, although at the moment it's empty... But not for long!! It's @
etsy.com/shantiwintergate
Like I said, it's currently empty but soon it will be the hub of all things for sale by me! Yay! I'm getting excited for tour and I'm practicing my ukulele so I can dazzle you all with my skilzzzzzzz ha! Plunk plunky plunk-oo! Hooray!
- XO Shanti

Sunday, January 31, 2010

All connected.

We are all connected, aren't we?







Friday, January 29, 2010

Snowmen and Snowboarding!




It's been snowing alot up here in the mountains and I went snowboarding for the first time in a long time! It was great!
Here are some photos!! :) I also decided to build a snowman. Check him out!

Looks like I'll be Hitting the Road!!


Another tour is on the Horizon! Feb 18th-Feb 27th. It's going to be even more fun than last time, I know it!

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Friday, January 30, 2009

Pink Tool Belt is at it again!!!

Ok, so this last summer i had this idea to create some wall partitions in these two rooms. But, like i'm sure most of you know SHEETROCK is a pain in the ASS, and it's heavy as hell... So. I came up with a solution both structurally and aesthetically, well i think so anyway.
I started out planing down 2x12 pine boards... a LOT of them. It still wasn't as hard as carrying around 4x8 sheets of sheetrock, and much prettier i might say.
So once they were planned, sanded and varnished they were built into modern looking shelf-walls. :)
My plan was to eventually put matte glass into the spaces which would create separation of a wall but still let light through.
As much as these photos don't do justice... here's a look at some of the process. Yesterday i finally installed most of the glass. More glass will get installed, but for now.... here are some pics.
I'll be sure to take more photos when these rooms are fully finished, but that might not be until the summertime. Until then, feast your eyes on this....

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Something new today!

So... while i'm working on the details of the Roy painting... I started something new. Hopefully you can guess who it is!!