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During this Coronavirus pandemic we have become a nation obsessed with buying toilet roll. Statistics from The Grocer showed sales in spring 2020 as the virus hit the UK increased by 55% and many sold out as people panicked and it became that essential item that people couldn’t live without, along with hard to findContinue reading “Happy New Year – Who Gives a Crap?”

With only a week to go until Christmas day itself, attention is now on (or maybe I’m telling myself to get on with it!) all the preparations for the big day itself. With family gatherings being a little smaller this year for many it gives some breathing room to think about being more eco consciousContinue reading “Eco Christmas Day”

One of the things I look forward to most about this time of year is all the lovely craft events and the homemade Christmas goodies. For a number of years now, I have been involved in the running of a ladies Christmas craft evening with our local church New Life Church Letchworth. Each year weContinue reading “Macramé Christmas Tree”

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…Ten Lords a Leaping A Lord by definition is someone with authority, law or power over others. The reference in this song are to the authority given to Moses when he was given the 10 commandments. In the context of a gift from theContinue reading “12 days of an Eco Christmas #day 10”

In a few days time it will be the month of December and according to the rule in our house it means we can officially talk about Christmas and begin all the festivities. We might even get our tree up next weekend! I once brought a real tree in November and by Christmas Eve itContinue reading “Advent”

Throughout this November lockdown my blog posts are all about little eco ideas, tips and inspiration for the season that don’t require many resources or that require you to go and buy someting specific, what’s not to love about that? Creating something from very little that you already have at home it is both ecoContinue reading “Paper Christmas”

Whist in this November lockdown it seems only appropriate to blog about things that don’t require many ingredients or craft supplies etc. It’s frustrating at the moment that small independent businesses have been forced to temporarily close due to the pandemic yet the big giants can carry on and seem to be taking market shareContinue reading “Simple Sweet Treats”

It’s the beginning of November, with less than 50 days until Christmas and we find ourselves heading into another month long national lockdown due to rising cases of COVID-19. All non-essential retailers, restaurants, gyms and churches all having to close again to in person gatherings, move to on-line only with a ‘stay at home’ orderContinue reading “Zero Cost Autumn Wreath”

It’s that time of year again when the the nights are drawing in, the clocks have changed and the leaves are falling from the trees. I do love all the sounds and colours of autumn, the sense of change in the air with the reds, oranges and browns. I find it funny that they areContinue reading “The Happy Pumpkin”

At a job interview recently, I was asked how to best to describe yourself. I really HATE these kind of questions as you have to think, what qualities of a person are they looking for? What do they want me to say, outgoing,reliable, hardworking, witty? All of these I hope to be true but IContinue reading “Eco Warrior”