Lucy AitkenRead's Blog, page 18

Easy DIY Cloud Shelf (Yurt Life)

I haven’t done much DIY for a while – but when I began imagining a shelf that looks like…

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Everything I know about a Thrifty, Ethical, Handmade Christmas

There they all are, popstars with that winsome, pouty, tragic look: “Do they know its Christmas time at all?”…

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Stuck in a Parenting Rut? 40 Unconventional Tips for Finding Your Mojo

We woke up grumpy yesterday. Not just on the wrong side of the bed, but the wrong side of…

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Visit thrifty, vintage Manchester in December

Whenever I think of Manchester I say, in my head, “COME ON THEN I’LL ‘AVE YA” Gallagher brother styles.…

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No Poo: 20 Surprising Results of Giving Up Shampoo

I was lying in the bath the other night, immersing my hair in the hot water (not as relaxing…

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20 Amazing Second Hand Gift Ideas

When I was a teenager the BIGGEST insult you could hurl at someone was to say they got their…

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Living the dream- two parents, four boys, one bus and the whole of New Zealand for the rest of their lives

We are hitchhiking on someone else’s dream at the moment. Friends we met at the very start of this year, when we were just a few weeks on this fair New Zealand soil, at the unschooling retreat in Foxton. (Going … Continue reading →

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Until they are done (Breastfeeding a four year old & an 18 month old)

Ah, breastfeeding. Just me and my little one… and my big one… and a small pink babushka doll… half a chewed orange… an awkward pair of fairy wings… and a small bunch of wild flowers. I never expected such a … Continue reading →

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Urge (allowing our children’s yearnings to bloom)

“I’d love it if you didn’t climb up the side of yurt, Ramona. I’m worried that it isn’t strong enough and that the wood might break.” She looks me in the eye, defiance pulsing out of her, she reaches out … Continue reading →

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BEFORE! AFTER! Natural Beauty Experiments and the Beauty Myth

I’m not going to lie to you. It IS a bit weird doing beauty experiments for Cosmo. Everytime I come to write them up I have to check within myself- is this true to what I think and feel about … Continue reading →

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