tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39830718030874503522024-03-05T20:27:12.674+00:00My Tiny TracksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449170415493584981noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983071803087450352.post-65199810556529871192013-10-06T13:30:00.000+01:002013-10-06T13:30:00.200+01:00Where to buy good looking ethical footwear!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am certifiably in love with these, the <a href="http://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/womens_shoes/ashley_shoe_red/14856_p.html" target="_blank">Ashley</a> shoe, by <a href="http://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/" target="_blank">Vegetarian Shoes</a>, also available in navy, black & tan.</div>
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Also from <a href="http://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/" target="_blank">Vegetarian Shoes</a> is the <a href="http://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/womens_shoes/maja_shoe_black/13823_p.html" target="_blank">Maja</a>, a beautiful pair of flats if you ask me!</div>
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Love hi-tops? Ethletic do a range of colours all made with eco-friendly, Fairtrade organic cotton, I love <a href="http://www.thefaircorp.com/product/ethletic-hi-top-trainers-mandarin-orange" target="_blank">these</a> orange ones!</div>
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From <a href="http://www.beyondskin.co.uk/" target="_blank">Beyond Skin</a>, the <a href="http://www.beyondskin.co.uk/Toni-Brown-faux-leather-p/tni-brn.htm" target="_blank">Toni</a> shoe. Vegan & made in Spain.</div>
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<a href="http://www.toms.co.uk/" target="_blank">TOMS</a> shoes. Even though it's Autumn these would still be perfect for an evening out on a crisp, dry day and for every pair we buy, <a href="http://www.toms.co.uk/our-movement/l" target="_blank">a child in need also get's a pair of much needed shoes</a>. </div>
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Remember "Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want."</div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/163248422/pair-of-green-and-pink-apples?ref=shop_home_feat" target="_blank">Beautiful apple print</a> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/KendyllHillegas?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">Kendell Hillegas</a></div>
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We all remember the old adage "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" but these days the humble apple has been somewhat forgotten, competing with super-foods such as seaweed, chia seeds, blueberries, spirulina and acai berries. Yet the apple has a whole host of benefits making it a super food in it's very own right!</div>
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3. Apples are high in fibre which is good for your digestive system as well as stabilsing your glucose levels. Fibre helps clear your colon too meaning apples are good for IBS sufferers.</div>
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5. Red apples contain quercetin which helps boost your immune system, particularly useful at this time of year!</div>
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Every <i>single</i> time I spend my money I am casting a vote as to what kind of a world I want to live in. If you think of it that way buying your morning coffee, your lunch on your break & picking up your groceries on the way home becomes more complicated doesn't it? Let alone buying clothes, items for your house, shoes etc.</div>
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The thought behind my new <a href="http://mytinytracks.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-money-diary.html" target="_blank">page</a> is two-fold: firstly where does my money go? {It has a terrible habit of disappearing in to thin air!} And secondly: what vote have I cast with every penny spent? Is it possible to benefit others through my shopping choices? Is it possible for someone who earns less than the average UK annual salary possible to be a philanthropist by being careful with money?!<br />
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I'll be recording where & to whom my money goes in a personal experiment to see how much of a difference I can make and just how difficult it is to think before I spend...</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449170415493584981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983071803087450352.post-83039064374479823882013-09-24T06:22:00.000+01:002013-09-24T06:22:01.139+01:00Things I liked to do when I was a child...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Play hopscotch.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Read.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Learn about dinosaurs.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Play with my brothers cars. (I made them go to school.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Learn the names of all the flowers and birds.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I still do a few of things.. reading, drawing matchstick pictures, colour things in & learning about dinosaurs.. (I'm an avid dinosaur documentary fan!) Maybe I should give some of the others ago too...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">First posted on my old blog <a href="http://www.charismagick.com/2011/10/things-i-like-to-when-i-was-kid.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449170415493584981noreply@blogger.com0Oxford, UK51.7520209 -1.257726300000058551.594735899999996 -1.5804498000000584 51.9093059 -0.93500280000005853tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983071803087450352.post-2798058018818718252013-09-23T20:02:00.000+01:002013-09-23T20:02:25.751+01:00Eat to beat colds this winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am a huge fan of <b>garlic</b>, adding it to virtually anything I cook at any availability. A Spanish friend of mine told me that her grandmother swears by eating a clove of garlic every day. Yep, she eats a clove a day, not counting what she has in her dinner! The same lady moisturises with olive oil but I have to admit to not having tried that yet ;) <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e191a; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Garlic is a powerful antioxidant with antimicrobial, antiviral and antibiotic properties as well as containing vitamin C. Garlic contains allicin, a powerful antibacterial, which is released when you crush raw garlic so it looks as though her grandma is right! If you can't stand the thought of eating raw garlic wikiHow has an alternative method <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Cure-a-Cold-With-Garlic" target="_blank">here</a> which may be easier to swallow... {geddit??! ha ha}</span></span></div>
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Life lately has been, well, strange. I had some time off work using up my holiday. I spent some time with my mum (who taught me how to knit!) but whilst there I came down with a cold and I just haven't been able to shift it. Therefore I spent most of my time off work feeling kind of listless. I did spend hours tidying our room and sprucing up my corner, it's looking pretty cute now.<br />
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I felt moved to make today, for the first time in a long time so I went with it. I've been sick the past few days or so with a cold and today I felt even worse having slept badly (a worrying reoccurrence of late) but by early afternoon I was so beyond bored that I went to my crafting desk and started pulling bits and bobs out and just looking at them. Randomly my eyes alighted on these cute small doilies and I knew I wanted to make necklaces with them, they're kind of different aren't they? Little bit wild woman, little bit gypsy?<br />
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If you're as much as an instagram addict as me then this is a fun way to turn your instagram photos in to a real keepsake!</div>
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I ordered two different sized matt square prints from <a href="http://printstagr.am/" target="_blank">printstagram</a> and picked up a plain brown paper scrapbook/photo album from <a href="http://www.paperchase.co.uk/" target="_blank">paperchase</a>. I sat the other afternoon gluing my pictures in and then realised I needed to do something pretty special with the cover...</div>
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So I grabbed a pencil and drew the instagram icon on the front cover...</div>
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And then is started colouring it in with pencils, finally drawing the outline with a black sharpie & adding "memories" to the bottom of the icon.</div>
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I can't remember the last time i made a photo album! I adore instagram as it's such and fun and instant way to capture memories, but I didn't want them hiding away in my phone never to be seen again.</div>
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Wearing: fuchsia pink tights</div>
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Eating: homemade chips are a current favourite</div>
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Listening: to absolute 90s, the UK's only 90's music radio station, ha ha!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449170415493584981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983071803087450352.post-74884447665554967172013-09-08T09:45:00.002+01:002013-09-18T18:59:11.977+01:00Welcome Autumn!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I absolutely love autumn, it is my favourite season. You can justifiably wear scarves (I wear mine all year round, but autumn makes it okay!) and you can layer up and be all cozy.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449170415493584981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983071803087450352.post-60439738802609908752013-09-02T20:18:00.000+01:002013-09-02T20:18:15.540+01:00Living your values...I'm going to be honest here and say that every so often I remind myself of this and I make an effort, I really do. On the whole I manage fairly well, staying away from "bad" companies when I know there is a better choice, but sliding on various things such as buying vegetables from the supermarket rather than my local market due to sheer convenience. The thing is, I work for an "ethical" company. The people I find most inspirational in the world are those doing something that matter. Those that live their beliefs, make it their story and work for what they believe in, always.<br />
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I'm currently reading the TOMS story by Blake Mycoskie, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Start-Something-That-Matters-ebook/dp/B006VTPCP2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378149342&sr=8-1&keywords=start+something+that+matters" target="_blank">Start Something That Matters</a>. It's a great read! One of things he recommends is downsizing. Not having to much stuff. Clutter clouds the creative mind according to Blake. This did make me a snort a bit as my boss at work says the same thing and spent months nagging at me to tidy my desk! Anyway, the point is when you read/hear this from two inspirational men (<a href="http://howtomakeadifference.net/2013/02/adam-oboyle/" target="_blank">my boss founded Student Hubs</a>) you start to think that maybe there is something in it. I look around at home and I have stuff everywhere. Everywhere. Some of this stuff hasn't been touched since I moved in two years ago. I am 30-something so I can be forgiven for having acquired some clutter, but I dread to think how much money I would have laying around if it was converted back into the money I spent on it all!<br />
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*Where did I get all these things from?<br />
*Was it money well spent? Did it benefit any of the people I'd wish to support?<br />
*How can I most benefit others in giving it away?<br />
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I try not to be a mindless consumer but when you're tired, or in a rush, or exhausted, or looking for a retail therapy hit you often don't stop to consider the back story of the product that you're buying. I'm realising that if I want to live my values then I need to spend less money and more time on the purchase.<br />
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*Do I really need this particular item?<br />
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Do you consciously live your values?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449170415493584981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983071803087450352.post-38981258348465965642013-09-01T14:08:00.000+01:002013-09-01T15:12:37.981+01:00Why, hello there!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few instagram shots from of late! So this time around I'll be posting jewellery makes, pictures I take, recipes I like, books I read, my art journey, my life. I'll resist the temptation to be anybody else and just keep it real and hopefully get to know you!</div>
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Are you a maker, a crafter, an artist?</div>
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Do you cook or bake?</div>
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What is your favourite book?</div>
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Are you on instagram? (I am addicted!)</div>
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