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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Time to recycle the old calendars! 2015 was a watershed year for Secondsguru – it gave me and Lara some of our busiest, longest, craziest, and even the most disorienting instructive days! We now look forward to a 2016 where we can turn all that we learned – from the people we met, the experiences we had, and the sites we surfed 😉 – into fodder for this blog. Wishing you all a Happy New …[Read more]

DIY Upcycle plastic bags into Christmas decor!

Upcycled plastic bags from our Christmas shopping into holiday decor and gift tags!

After the inevitable Christmas shopping spree, despite best efforts to carry my own shopping bags, I ended up with a fair number of plastic bags – and quite a few of them (I hate to admit) good looking! So I decided to make the best of it and apply my learning from the Upcycling Plastic workshop by theKANG! It is fun, easy and quick to transform crinkly carriers into bright trinkets. And what better timing …[Read more]

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Events Imagin8ors Holiday Camp 2015!

Holiday Camp 2015 by Imagin8ors

And once again, we hit December when Christmas joy meets its nemesis in parental anxiety about how to keep kids constructively busy in the holidays! Our solution? The Imagin8ors Holiday Camp 2015! We have covered Imagin8ors before, the imaginative team that creates and curates experiences for parents and kids to enjoy – and learn – together. Their workshops and activities are designed to nurture creativity and imagination in children. At their Holiday Camp 2015, you can …[Read more]

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Showcase Upcycling plastic bags with theKANG

Upcycling plastic bags with theKang

“We all have our favourite ruler,” explains Kang, as he suddenly pauses in the middle of a demonstration, gives up the steel slide-rule in his hand to pick up another, seemingly identical piece on the table, then restarts the lesson. And I get a glimpse as to the differences between me – a mere layman, and him – an artisan. I’ve been picky about shoes, grammatical errors, movie logic and and many, many, other things… …[Read more]