Friday, 13 June 2014

Breastfeeding clothes that I wish I could buy!

Finding breastfeeding clothes can be a challenge at the best of times, finding breastfeeding clothes that aren't stripey can be even more of a challenge. (What is it with breastfeeding clothes and stripes?  Who decided that nursing mums love stripes?)  Finding breastfeeding clothes which are patterned with something other than stripes and are also ethical and/or organic is near impossible.  So with this in mind I decided to put together a little selection of clothes that break the mold a little bit by being pretty, practical and ethical.  Not all these clothes are strictly "breastfeeding" clothes but they all allow easy for access.  Obviously leggings aren't essential for breastfeeding but we need something to wear under our tunics right?




Monday, 9 June 2014

Mindbomb Monday

In the 1970's the founders of Greenpeace came up with the idea of using electronic media to communicate revolutionary ideas, they came up with the tactic "mindbomb" whereby they would use simple images, delivered by the media, that would "explode in people's minds" and create a new understanding of the world.
On some Mondays I hope to share an image that might be considered a "mindbomb" that could get people thinking throughout the week ahead.  I won't include any words with the image as I hope the image alone will speak for itself.  Sometimes I will use images found online, other times it will be my own photographs and they will reflect something that has spoken to me from the past week.  It might be shocking, inspiring, confrontational or uplifting.
If you would like to join in please share your "mindbomb" in a comment.


Saturday, 7 June 2014

Best Friend Scrap Book Pages

Recently my best girlfriend turned 30, the day before I turned 31.  We have been friends since before I can remember and I am so thankful to have her in my life.
For her birthday her lovely husband came up with a brilliant idea to create a "This is Your Life" style scrap book containing photos and journalling with fun and happy memories from our life.  I couldn't wait to get started, especially because I don't get to do much craft these days because I have so little free time, what I do do is usually for other people.
In an ideal world I would have had photos of us as children but they are all at my parents house so the pages contained fairly recent photos.  
I used scrap booking papers from my stash, a few flower embellishments and some tags for journalling.