Author Archives: jenny

The colours of the rainbow are so beautiful and they are a powerful symbol of hope. It reminds me of the story of Noah in the Bible and the sign of rainbow that is given as a promise to Noah and his family. More than just a hope that better times are ahead but aContinue reading “The Gift of a Rainbow”

I am a huge fan of the reality show, The Great British Sewing Bee. This week’s episode was Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and I couldn’t resist writing a blog post about it! The creativity is marvellous and seeing everyone’s personality coming through each week, especially in the show stopper transformation challenge. This is where they takeContinue reading “A Sewing Bee Challenge”

This post has taken a while to put together and with much anticipation of people asking me about it so here goes…. I first came across the idea of these reusable face scrubbies when a friend who is a crochet and knitting teacher was showing me what she had been making for a demonstration tableContinue reading “Face Scrubbies”

There is nothing quite like the joy and satisfaction that can be found in finding a creative solution to the simple life problems or quandaries. A part of learning to living more sustainably is finding eco alternatives to many of the every day items that we use are single use or have a negative impactContinue reading “Sustainability in a Wrap”

Like many this year, I am celebrating my birthday within the lock-down restrictions of the Coronavirus. Rather than being doom and gloom about not being able to celebrate with my wider family and friends, I thought I’d share a few thought on wrapping paper for all the lovely eco gifts. When people think of theContinue reading “A Birthday Post”

I am a bit of a magnet for anything handmade, rustic, a bit retro and of course natural and lovely and eco! This post takes me to the 1970’s and the big knotting craze of Macramé. My mum recently gave to me her original Macramé magazine dated 1978, priced up at 91p and its aContinue reading “Macramé”

Reducing the amount of plastic packaging is a first step in being more eco conscious. Plastic was first invented in the early 1900’s and has some really important uses. In the 1950’s with the introduction of polymer film it was being used widely for food packaging given its great properties of being hygienic, flexible, transparentContinue reading “Soaper Heroes!”

This little idea was one of the most popular gifts at the school Christmas fair last year! I was really pleased with them and there is scope to carry on the idea with other recipes, switching up for next year with some alternative ingredients. There is so much goodness packed in this little wholesome gift!Continue reading “Cookies in the jar”

As a child I always was curious about a bear called Paddington who seemingly had a love for marmalade sandwiches and laugh at all the sticky situations that he got into. There was a house near my childhood home that used to dress up Paddington in different clothes and put him in their front window;Continue reading “Marmalade”

For Father’s Day last year I was asked to find some ‘greener’ gifts for the children at school to buy. I don’t know about everyone else but I do find men so much harder to buy gifts for than women, something that they would actually want and not just a nice gesture. My ideas forContinue reading “A coffee a day to keep the grumpy away”