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Team Captain Blog Editor/Author Jessica Woody (Eco-Friendly Freckles) Location Bixby, Oklahoma Jessica lives on a miniature horse ranch in Bixby, Oklahoma. She enjoys recycling and loves creating handmade items by utilizing materials that she recycles herself. Jessica transforms recycled soup and coffee cans, as well as other tin and steel containers, into original hand-painted upcycled decoupage canisters and tins. She also incorporates recycled magazine clippings and yogi tea tag messages into her lovely, one-of-a-kind creations, which can be found in her Etsy shop "Eco-Friendly Freckles".  "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" Tin - See Here! Along with her upcycled decoupage art, Jessica also carries vintage magazine prints, exotic herbs, and other fascinating treasures in her Eco-Friendly Freckles shop. When Jessica is not improving her Etsy shop, she is working part-time at Akin's Natural Foods Market where she is continually learning new things about natural health. She is often called the "tea expert" because of her interest and knowledge in herbal teas and tinctures. "Kratom Leaf Powders" available here. Jessica has a passion for writing and she uses her Eco-Friendly Freckles blog as her ever-flourishing outlet! Jessica and her husband Joe are excited to start building their very own Earthship home; a passive solar house made of natural and recycled materials. You can find out more about Earthships here. Jessica has a profound love for nature and she aspires to protect and restore our divine environment. She loves the Etsy Recycler's Guild! "Paulie's Confession" Canister.   See it here.

2nd in Command Blog Author Forums Treasury Challenge Organizer Andrea Scott (Storybook Artifact) Location Coweta, Oklahoma Andrea Scott lives in Coweta, Oklahoma with her husband Robert and darling baby boy Bobby. She is Team Captain Jessica's twin sister and best friend...She helps keep the captain right on track! Original Oil Painting Princess StoryBookmark Andrea's delightful shop Storybook Artifact is filled with hand-crafted StoryBookmarks, loose leaf tea blends, all-natural storybook-themed cookies, vintage items "artifacts", original drawings, sketches, and paintings...As well as "soon-to-come" personalized storybook portraits on canvas, and "Momma Knows Best" natural remedies and handy secrets. Vintage Indian Princess Earring and Charm Bracelet Set" available here. Andrea is passionate about recycling everything she can! She makes routine trips to her local recycling center. Andrea even utilizes recycled materials in the packaging of her Storybook Artifact shop orders: she uses recycled packaging for her cookie samples as well as this dazzling hand-crafted upcycled confetti that goes into each of her Storybook Artifact shop order packages!  You can view her how-to instructional picture tutorial about how to make this upcycled packaging confetti here.  Team Captain Jessica's FAVORITE cookies are these delicious "Rumpelstiltskins" from Storybook Artifact!

Team Leader  HTML Diva Admin Elizabeth Patel (LizzieCaye's Upcycled Handbags) Location Frisco, TX Liz lives in Dallas, TX and was promoted to Assistant Team Leader in July of 2010.  She worked in web design and web application design for 13 years before she up and quit and went on a journey to figure out what she wanted to do when she grew up. After trying a few things she landed on designing purses, found in her shop LizzieCaye.    While she still involved herself in web stuff (like this site), she spends most of her time working at home, enjoying her two fabulous dogs (Maeve and George), spending time with her PHENOMENAL hubby (Sanj), and spending family time with her MIL who lives with them. She also is somewhat of a amateur chef and traveler.

Former Team Captain Blogging Mentor Cindy Fahnestock-Schafer   aka Ira Mency of RetroChalet Location Maine and Maryland Cindy resurrected the defunct group in December 2009 serving as Team Captain, to recreate a group of greenies and recyclers who would offer products to the public using upcycled, recycled, reclaimed, or vintage wares. She implemented the team's Facebook , Twitter, The group has had campaigns on Everything Etsy, Craftopolis, Handmadeology and was featured in Etsy's Storque article HERE.  Cindy turned over leadership to the lovely Jessica of Eco-Friendly Freckles in June 2011 who efforts to further the team are tremendous! Cindy is a published book author and blogger who continues to live green.  Read her helpful articles on Handmadeology, and visit her sites here by clicking on an icon: Eco Friendly Art Gallery Magazine