REcircle
REcircle, our creative re-use centre, (based on a decade of dreaming and the long term vision of my good friend Julie-Anne Verbeelen) is about to go live. We’re finally down to the last 6 days of a 21 month countdown, which started with a dinner including 30 inspiring guests, to help and lay down the … Continue reading
Day 354 – Oh Christmas Tree….
Tuesday 20th December 2011. Although I haven’t managed it myself this year (another year over and one to add to the New Years Resolutions!), I really admire those people who design a Christmas tree out of the ordinary, and out of all sorts of stuff! Here are a few from friends, and some I found … Continue reading
Day 344 – REcircle pops up!
Saturday 10th December 2011. We opened our pop up store today, in the basement of Turtlewings at rue Washington 165, 1050 Brussels. After an early start to help put the finishing touches in place, the kids started on the graphic support. We were running a joint project for kids and adults to design and print … Continue reading
Day 282 – Guest blogging
5.30pm Sunday. I’m allowed to cheat today and not post here, as I have just written a guest blog for Julie Anne at Turtlewings. So exciting to blog on another site, and to wait patiently for the ok to publish. So as soon as it happens, I’ll link you in here, just to prove it … Continue reading
Day 256 – Park(ing) Day
As Brussels gears itself up for its annual Car-free Sunday (this Sunday September 18th), we have stumbled upon a great initiative on the internet called Park(ing) Day. Basically its a worldwide event where city residents are inspired to spend this Friday and Saturday, taking over a Parking space in their City to convert it into … Continue reading
Day 174 – Take a good look at life around you……..
Turtlewings Reconnect, the adult creative group that meet once a month on a Thursday lunchtime, had their first ‘Vernissage’ last night. I was very jealous, due to the fact that a. I wish I could join them and b. they looked a small details in life and documented them in various artistic ways. From photography … Continue reading
Day 96 – The Foyer
Great day at work today, we finally put the finishing touches to our new ‘Foyer’, and opened it to applause and accolades. It was a lovely first project for me, as part of the VM team. We were on a tight budget while reusing things we found in the building, at the secondhand shop (fab … Continue reading
Life with Lizzi 