Save to My Nest Part four of Juliet Bawden’s frugal Christmas decoration series (and we love them all!) There’s nothing like Christmas approaching to bring out the inner creative diva in you. In my quest to decorate frugally I have created kitsch Christmas scenes. I gathered up a variety of novelties, sentimental scraps, cake decorations, …
Save to My Nest By Juliet Bawden www.creativecolour.org Here are a couple more frugal Christmas decorating ideas for you. The first involves re-using old letters, photocopies or print outs that are no longer needed and a tea bag. The second is making stars from two pieces of thin card and interlocking them. Project 1: Tea …
Save to My Nest We’re thrilled to have a new contributor onboard with us – Harriet Metcalfe who is a second year English literature student at Newcastle University. Here’s her take on why studios should fund films that do aim higher than entertainment, and why they are the ones with the moral obligation to do so… The …
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Save to My Nest The Magpie’s very favourite forager Alex Richards from Island Wild Food gives us her take on looking for late autumn mushrooms… 🍄 Mushroom foraging tips 🍄🍂November is still a pretty good month to get exploring your local woodland or nearby grassland to see what wondrous mushrooms can be discovered. It’s a …
Save to My Nest By Juliet Bawden from www.creativecolour.org Today’s novel Christmas decorations are made from re-cycled tomato purée tubes. Yes you did read that correctly. Instructions 1.When you have finished with your tomato purée, using kitchen scissors, cut both the top and the bottom off the tube and cut it down one side and …
Save to My Nest A light-hearted look at art through canine eyes. Review by Juliet Bawden. I think I am almost as excited about this book A Dog’s Guide to Art, as the author is herself. As readers of Magpie may recall I interviewed Joy for our ‘Meet the Maker’ series a while back, this …
Save to My Nest By Juliet Bawden www.creativecolour.org Rite of Passage is a small exhibition and the first major UK retrospective of Leila Alaoui, photographer, video artist and activist. There are three series within this exhibition – The Moroccans (2010-2014), Natreen ‘We wait’ (2013) and No Pasara ‘They did not pass” (2008) – together with …
Save to My Nest By Juliet Bawden www.creativecolour.org We are living in strange times and with much of the world in lock down, we are thrown upon our own resources. Some of us are now time rich but sadly cash poor as we lose our livelihoods. Pleasure can be found in creating something with our …
Save to My Nest Caroline Hurley wellbeing practioner at Becalmed explains how to get through these troubling times using some clever tactics… In this issue I want to discuss the power of positivity and how using a few simple techniques we can retrain our brain to be more positive, happy, and successful. The Isle of …
Save to My Nest We love these for breakfast or even lunch… Ingredients • 140 g plain flour • A teaspoon of baking powder • 25 g of white sugar • A pinch of salt • 130 g of Halloumi cheese • 160 ml of whole milk • 2 yolks • Zest and juice of …
