With Halloween approaching, we thought it would be an idea to look for some DIY activities to have some fun with the Kids.
I always thought that trick or treating was brought to the UK by our neighbors across the pond, but it seems that immigrants from Ireland took Halloween to North America in the mid-1800s. Anyway, as the intention of this post is along the lines of creative pursuit, I won’t turn it into a history lesson.
Starting today & for the next two weeks, Lucknow, a major metropolitan city in India will be host to the …
Some people just seem to be born entrepreneurs, take for instance Yianni Giannaris at 16 years of age he has recently launched his own business making pens using natural materials.
His passion for woodworking developed as he was growing up, watching his creative father for hours on end in their basements professional workshop.
During a recent downsizing exercise, I found a box of old photos & albums. It was so nice flicking through them mug of coffee in hand but as I searched the corners of my mind for names & places of years gone by I wished I’d been more organised, at least noted a date on the back of my pics. Always a believer that its never too late I started looking for ideas of how to create a scrapbook.
Did you know there was a Pen Museum in Birmingham? me neither, until recently that is.
The Pen Museum is in the Argent Centre, built in 1863 this former pen factory is a Grade II listed building & is dedicated to the history of the pen industry. This small independent museum is the only one of its kind in Britain & houses a collection of over 5,000 pen related items. There are machines, typewriters & a number of other objects akin to the writing & the steel pen trade for visitor’s to try their hand at.