Is your tree up yet? Today we’re going to show you how to make these VERY cool decorations from the best thing on the planet – BOOKS! This is easy if you’re good with a needle and thread. Or if you’re not, you could use staples! So – first, find a book you’re happy to…
Have I mentioned that we’re going to have a Very Important Special guest blogging for us on Christmas Day? I haven’t?! *innocent face* Last year, you may recall, Dame Jacqueline Wilson popped by to wish us all a happy Christmas. This year we have someone equally as brilliant. Would you like to guess who it…
As 2013 draws to an end, I thought I’d share a few of my favourite pictures and videos of girls and women doing stuff they love, in their own way. We’re so often told that we should spend time and money on how we look, and that we shouldn’t get angry or upset about things…
OK, it’s not quite white porcelain, but if I said ‘white playdough’ you wouldn’t be all that impressed, would you? Yet this is a DIY dough that dries hard and looks something like a cross between ceramic and Kendal Mint Cake. (Don’t eat it. My one-year-old tried!) It even has tiny sparkles in it! You’ll…
Oops, sorry! I accidentally posted an advent calendar post that was meant for the 20th! If you wondered where it had gone, I’ve ‘unpublished’ it and you’ll have to wait until the 20th to see what it was all about! D’oh!
I first learned about the Body and Soul organisation ten years ago when I was writing a story called Soul Love and I needed to do some research about what it was like to be young person living with hiv (Human Immunodeficiency Virus, where the system in the body that fights illnesses doesn’t work properly…
CONGRATULATIONS to Hawwa, Linda Bromyard and Faolan Noel. You’ve all just won a copy of Sally’s book ‘Close Your Pretty Eyes’ for your brilliant thoughts on your fears. Please can you email me, Julie, at girlsheartbooks@gmail.com with your full postal address
