
Vanessa-
Did you know that when bottles are recycled, their caps (which can't be processed by recycling machinery) are often cut off and thrown away, ending up in landfills, oceans, rivers, and too often, in the mouths of baby sea animals? This causes the animals to either choke or end up with bellies full of plastic, which eventually leads to death due to malnutrition.
What can you do to help?
From March 10th through May 10th, Aveda stores will be accepting any and all of your hard plastic caps (e.g. from bottles of water and soda, laundry detergent, facial cleansers, shampoo, etc.). To participate, visit aveda.com/stores to find an Aveda store location near you. Don't see one within driving distance? Mail in your caps instead to: Aveda Re-Cap Program, ACA Waste Services, 40 EADS Street in Babylon, NY 11704. Bonus: Bring in 25 or more caps and you'll receive a free sample from one of Aveda's hair or body-care lines (limit one per customer).
Please Join the Eco-Cause and save hundreds of baby seals,penguins,and turtles!
Fan Art Contest :
For this contest, you will need to be a little bit creative… You can use whatever artistic skill you love(charcoal drawing, sculpture, photoshop, crayons, milkypens, whatever…) and create a piece of art! You could draw a picture or use any photos from my yahoo group or fanclub website.You can make a cartoon animation , create a playdoh stage diorama, anything! Originality is going to be a big factor in the judging. When you're done, just scan or take a picture of your art, and send it to Fanart@VanessaVelez.com
The top FOUR artists (chosen by Me) will receive a feature on my blog and on myspace website which will include the artwork and an interview with the artist!
All submitted artwork will be featured in my"Fan Art" album on Myspace with credit to the artist too!
All artwork must be emailed to FanArt@VanessaVelez.com by March, 30th.
Be sure to include your full name and myspace link or blog if you have one!
Winners will be announced on April 1st.
Winner with most unique artwork will recieve a prize package which will include a Vanessa Velez t-shirt, V Bucks to use in live videochat at my website http://www.thehottestchick.com/ and a signed 8x10 photo of your choice!
PS. make sure the subject of the email is "FAN ART CONTEST"
Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!
Thanks again to all my adorable friends for your love, kind words (cute pictures!), and support.
Below are the entries so far!! Scrollllll Down! :)
Eric:
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Do you use instant messengers?
Instant messanger has been a wonderful way for me to keep in contact with friends and family over the years I have noticed that I depend more and more on messengers than I did a few years ago, I have noticed I use it everyday..How many hours a day is your IM active? This isn't asking how many hours you chat, just how many hours your IM is on, ready to go, sitting online and open on that screen in front of you, perhaps behind this screen that you're reading right now.
Here is a poll for you