I read over the weekend that 40% of the world’s population has no clean safe place to go to the loo and that every day 5,000 children under 5 die needlessly from diarrhoeal diseases. So today I have twinned my little room at home with a toilet in Burundi!!
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Toilet twinning – a world first from CORD!
Posted in General ramblings, tagged Burundi, CORD, safe sanitation, toilet, toilet twinning on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pulse-London 2009
Posted in General ramblings, Shop news!, tagged emmaus brighton, lucy wallis, lucywallis, Pulse, Pulse 09 on May 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I thought those of you at home might like to see how we made our 1m x 2m space at Pulse look…….
What you can’t do with a cupboard from Emmaus, a few pots of paint, 3 rolls of wallpaper and lots and lots and lots of tape!
No photos of me because I was [...]
COLOURlovers & FUNrings
Posted in General ramblings, tagged colour, Colourlovers, etsy, facebook, fun rings, lucy wallis, lucywallis, www.colourlovers.com on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As time wasters go, the internet really does come up top trumps! I do not yet have a facebook addiction, though many of my friends are at the stage of needing a 12-step programme to combat their addictions. For myself I have been toying still with ’shall I? – shalln’t I? – shall I? – [...]
Sneak Preview!
Posted in General ramblings, Shop news!, tagged etsty shop, etsy, jewellery, London, lucy wallis, lucywallis, polymer clay, Pulse, west wing on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it looks as though spring has sprung and our long, cold winter may be on it’s way out – hurrah!
The snow was fun and our new found friends on the West Wing have kept us company on many a winter evening, and have been a welcome and enriching addition to our lives. What a [...]
Back to work day…
Posted in General ramblings, Shop news!, tagged back to school, boden sale, lucy wallis, new year on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year!
Today is back to work, back to school and back to ‘normal’ (whatever that is?!) day. This post is just a quickie to let you know I haven’t dropped off the edge of the planet and that I am looking forward to growing again in 2009!
For those that are visiting because you [...]
Big Birdie Skirt part 2 – now with colour photos!
Posted in General ramblings, tagged Big Birdie skirt, Clothkits, craft, easy sewing, Jane Foster, sewing on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here it is, in glorious technicolour – the purple/lime big birdie skirt from Clothkits, designed by Jane Foster and lovingly handmade by me.
When I told one of my sisters that I had bought myself a skirt but that I had yet to make it, she looked incredulous at me – out of my mind? [...]
Big Birdie Skirt and Birdsong Radio
Posted in General ramblings, tagged birdsong radio, Clothkits, craft, easy sewing, lucy wallis, MADE 08, make a skirt, sewing on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was a day for birds – tweet! tweet! chirrup! chirrup!
I made the clothkits big birdie skirt that I bought at the Brighton MADE 08 fair last week, which was an early birthday present to myself, and it is WONDERFUL!!! All the hem is the same length, the waistband fits, the zip isn’t wonky, and [...]
