When I returned for my freshman year of high school in the town just next door, the proud tradition of pulling me out of sex ed classes continued, and so while my classmates learned about their bodies, protection, STDs, and the like, I learned about nutrition in the library. By the tim...
I’ve always designed my paper crafts for everyone and anyone who live anywhere – crafters from 5 to 95 anywhere in the world can cut, fold and stick together a character and have some fun. So cats, dogs and bunnies were the first characters. My kids are always giving me ideas and fe...
Author Tjerk Ruimschotel is your well-informed leader, taking you on a tour of the capital’s best and least-known housing developments, ranging from the Arts and Crafts-inspired blocks by the pre-war housing associations and the large, modernist housing schemes that replaced bombsites, ...
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I am so excited to bring out my hooks and needles and start making some cooler-weather projects. I adore hats, scarves, mittens and more and September is when I usually start planning my holiday crafts. This gives me plenty of time to work on everything without feeling rushed, and with ...
nothing is too different from how we were talking to suppliers before we left the UK. I get occasionally frustrated when I want to get stuck into wedding crafts, but I know I have to wait until we’re back in England. Turns out 80 odd hand decorated jam jars won’t fit in your stan...
Jack Brown at the First Annual Scio Library Arts and Crafts Show, 2016 I figured out pretty early that there are two ways to approach carving: the artistic and the commercial. You need to ask yourself, what is your goal as an artist? Is your goal to make art in your spare time for ...
In addition, I have my writing and I make crafts to sell at craft fairs (when they are allowed to start again of course). In short, I am very busy but I promise I haven’t forgotten my blog and I will endeavour to try and get a new blog story going as soon as I can. I hope...
Accessories/Jewellery/Bags,Arts & Crafts,Eco Friendly,Fashion,Food/Drink,Menswear,Shops/Boutiques/Malls Shopping Fairtrade Style 8 September 2017 It’s September already and here in the UK, harvesting is in full flow. It’s time to think about farmers around the world who toil endlessly – gro...
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