Being Closer to Nature

   Being Closer to Nature

I think that one thing that I love about home schooling is the ability to get closer to nature and to chose what items I use to teach my children and where I buy them from.

One thing that I have always done with my children is to teach them that second-hand is OK to buy despite Covid 19.

I was not brought up to use second-hand and was told to always buy new, but now that I am a parent I am happy to teach.

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Upcycle

is the new way to live life.

So one thing that I am looking at doing is to keep some of the things that I teach seasonal and to be more closer to nature and use what we have around use to learn who to live life to the full.

This year we were not really able to do any foraging like we have in the past, so I am going to use the items that I already have around the house and have not done any thing with yet.

What we will do is make then in to gifts for our family and friends and also to decorate the house with.

So please follow us during our gift making session over the next few day(s)

Redbubble Volksbolts and KABFA Designs

  Redbubble Volksbolts and KABFA Designs

https://www.redbubble.com/people/KABFA/shop?asc=u

We have been updating our Redbuble account over teh last few weeks now that now products can be designed by our staff and produced.

So if you are loking for a gift for a friend, family member, that extra person in your life and even for your self; then why not few our Redbubble Store.

For more information please contact use direct.

How to Etch on glass using Armour Etch and Cricut stencil vinyl

https://youtu.be/mlsbLNv6mUE

Winter rising the gardening

  Winter rising the gardening

One of the thing that I still have not done yet this year is to winter rising garden and to plant my bulbs for next year. I always keep saying tomorrow and then it rains or the boys need me.

So my aim is to wineries the garden by 1st December this year and to make sure that I am ready for next year to start all over again.

Thinking Time for Change Glass Etching

So many things have changed over the centuries including the way that we create products that would have required specialized skills and training.

One of those things is glass etching.

Today anyone can learn to etch glass and can do so with under and hour.  This is due to a product that you can buy on line call Glass Etching Cream (see link below.)


https://arthearty.com/glass-etching-cream

Yet how useful is the product and how easy and safe is it to use?

How will it effect the environment in the long run?

I have never used this product before and demonstration of how to use it can be found on you tube, along with the traditional way of how to etch glass.

Personal this was somethig that I was looking at buying when I first heard about this prosuct and could not wait to buy it.

One of the many reasons that I looked into buying it was the cost, time and my children.  I love still dining art and creating new things and upcycling.  At times I have even got my little ones involved when it come to things like paper, glue and none toxic paint.

But when it comes to using any thing else I believe that they are to young, so even getting out my dermal is something that I do not do around them.

So I thought why not try Etching Cream until I read the ingredeance and then I changed my mind.

I only really know what ingredients and the first thing that I though of was drain and over cleaner.  So I am not looking at using this product due to not beliving that it is safe to do so.

I am also worried about the long term damage that could happen to the environment by using it.  But without knowing much about it I do not know the answer to my own question.

I would love to find out more and would love some feed back.

The ingredients is

sulfuric acid
sodium bifluoride
barium sulfate
ammonium bifluoride

Thinking Time for Change Etsy first Time

Although I have been a member of Etsy for a number of years now I have really viewed the site or even looked at using it.

So today my aim is to look into the site and find out if it is really something that I need to subscribe to.

I would love so feed back on this and for people to give their on personal accounts of this site.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/people/katrinaslomczynski?ref=hdr_user_menu-profile

https://marketingartfully.com/avoid-problems-with-disney-etsy-sellers/

https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024112614-What-Can-I-Sell-on-Etsy-?segment=selling

The Artisan Centre Hinckley

I visited The Artisan Centre Hinckley today and found it to be a really nice place with up and coming small craft business.  This is something that I am really interested in doing in the future.  Setting up my own small local independent business in the Art and Media.

For more information please follow the links below.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/theartisancentre/photos/?ref=page_internal

https://theartisancentre.co.uk/

https://leicestershirepress.com/2019/02/22/new-arts-and-crafts-studio-opens-in-hinckleys-artisan-centre/