I had seen some cute vintage card file drawers online, and I had to have them. I found them to be quite expensive; I knew I could make them for less money. I purchased these draws (see below) from my first Manchester car boot sale experience (that is another story entirely)! They are very similar to … More Card File Drawer Hack
I have been playing around with a few furniture/up-cycled products for around 2 weeks. I have a few unfinished ones but I can finally say I have seen one through from start to finish! I wondered into a charity shop and stumbled across an unloved and old fashioned looking chair. I am unsure of the … More My first project
Sunday, 2nd August 2015, Breeze (the largest programme ever to get women to get cycling!) set out to break a new Guinness World Record; achievement for the most mechanical energy that was generated in one hour on static bikes. 120 women will put in 10 minutes rotations of hard pedalling on 40 bikes in one hour. … More British Cycling – Breeze achieved a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORD®
“Fine as we are, but we want more – thats human nature at it’s best” This has been playing on my mind for as long as I can remember. Other quotes come to mind such as “the grass is always greener”. Why is it that we are never satisfied with what we have in that … More Is the grass always greener?
I have been coming to Mojacar for 12 years now, once a year if not twice without fail. It started with my grandparents getting an apartment there and ever since my family goes on holiday there. Now getting older I have subjected my best friend and now also my boyfriend to this. Showing them where … More Mojácar
After losing a loved one or someone close to you, it is always nice to find some form of piece or solitude. I found this difficult in daily life, feeling distracted, disorientated and unfocused; longing for some reasoning or sense of belonging. I lost my grandad at the end of April 2015, suddenly, unexpectedly and … More Grief
Stereotypes have ‘written’ rules for what people can and cannot do. This is no different in the work place. This happens for both men and women. However the stereotyping happens predominantly for women. The largest stereotype within the work place is that women are not ‘meant’ for the job, or it is not traditional for … More Stereotypes- who needs them?
After spending the last 3 weeks in numerous training courses, meetings and exercises. The best (the most informative and important) was the Cold Water Working Training Course. This course is for water safety awareness for working near water. The course was led by Spartan Rescue; who provide specialist training and knowledge in water safety and rescue response. … More Cold Water Working Training
Sounds cliché, but it feels very fitting for me right now. This blog post should have been written over 2 weeks ago now, but I’m getting round to it all now. In May I graduated university and not long after found myself in a job I thought I wanted. I was lucky to be employed … More A new year, a new start!
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