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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
How to make a Christmas advent calendar
A few pics of the Christmas advent calendar I made for my niece:
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How to make a Christmas stocking
A few pics of the stocking I just made for my niece:
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Saturday, 29 October 2011
How to make beeswax candles
Here's how to make some lovely beeswax candles:
What you'll need:
Shallow beeswax foundation (unwired) (I got mine from Cornwall Honey)
Wick
Wick holders
Cut your wax and wick to size - knot the wick one end and thread the wick holder:
Using the edge of a table, gently and slowly roll the wax around the wix, trying to leave as little air between the rolls as possible.
Squeeze the edge of the last roll down to keep the candle together:
Et voila!
What you'll need:
Shallow beeswax foundation (unwired) (I got mine from Cornwall Honey)
Wick
Wick holders
Cut your wax and wick to size - knot the wick one end and thread the wick holder:
Using the edge of a table, gently and slowly roll the wax around the wix, trying to leave as little air between the rolls as possible.
Squeeze the edge of the last roll down to keep the candle together:
Et voila!
Make a couple and tie some ribbon around them to make a gorgeous Christmas pressie for your loved ones:
Monday, 26 September 2011
Marketing in a social environment
With the arrival of frictionless apps from Facebook it seems the line between private, social and professional life has finally and irreparably been blurred.
Facebook used to live under strict rules akin to Google+ - no business need apply. In fact, if they found out you were a business with a profile page they'd suspend your account.
Then came targeted ads - remember those? It would announce what you just bought on amazon and target similar products to your friends. Well, we rebelled and Facebook tucked its tail between its legs and scampered off to think again.
Finally pages arrived and we all jumped right on board. Newfeeds became an amalgamation of what colour your mate’s bra was followed by what special offer dominos had on that night, followed by what the current situation in the West Bank was...
And it worked.
In choosing to allow which organisation can sneak into our life on Facebook we accept that marketing and information dissemination from news agencies, corporate conglomerates and PR agencies might actually occasionally be of interest, nay of use to us.
With frictionless apps we can take it to the next level and not even have to leave the blue and white platform to take in every aspect of online existence. Scary? Or clever? Or both?
I fear until Google+ catches up it might simply limp along behind Zuckerberg’s online ‘social’ giant.
Facebook used to live under strict rules akin to Google+ - no business need apply. In fact, if they found out you were a business with a profile page they'd suspend your account.
Then came targeted ads - remember those? It would announce what you just bought on amazon and target similar products to your friends. Well, we rebelled and Facebook tucked its tail between its legs and scampered off to think again.
Finally pages arrived and we all jumped right on board. Newfeeds became an amalgamation of what colour your mate’s bra was followed by what special offer dominos had on that night, followed by what the current situation in the West Bank was...
And it worked.
In choosing to allow which organisation can sneak into our life on Facebook we accept that marketing and information dissemination from news agencies, corporate conglomerates and PR agencies might actually occasionally be of interest, nay of use to us.
With frictionless apps we can take it to the next level and not even have to leave the blue and white platform to take in every aspect of online existence. Scary? Or clever? Or both?
I fear until Google+ catches up it might simply limp along behind Zuckerberg’s online ‘social’ giant.
Friday, 23 September 2011
Clegg answers 'two people'
Back in the South East I bumped into a very unfortunate interview with our Deputy Dawg, Cleggery.
Reading back to last year's Leaders' Debate I was impressed by a first charismatic performance by this man.
Such that in considering the Blue/Yellow swing in my humble part of Cornwall I took a deep breath and laid my hopes firmly at his feet.
Service cut after service cut after education cut later I have to say I'm a little pissed. To say the least.
Cleggery was shown two short clips of South Easterners saying they felt their Lib Dem vote had been in vain, for nothing, worthless, and that they would never vote for him again.
Cleggery's response? 'Well, that's just two people.'
Wake up Nick, and smell the disenchantment.
Reading back to last year's Leaders' Debate I was impressed by a first charismatic performance by this man.
Such that in considering the Blue/Yellow swing in my humble part of Cornwall I took a deep breath and laid my hopes firmly at his feet.
Service cut after service cut after education cut later I have to say I'm a little pissed. To say the least.
Cleggery was shown two short clips of South Easterners saying they felt their Lib Dem vote had been in vain, for nothing, worthless, and that they would never vote for him again.
Cleggery's response? 'Well, that's just two people.'
Wake up Nick, and smell the disenchantment.
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Recent crafty projects: How to make a tea cosy
I'll upload some pattern templates for the cosy and giraffes soon...
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