This is unusual it’s an artist who creates his pictures using gummy bears. Johannes Cordes takes between 100 and 240 hours to complete each picture and has recreated many famous works of art using the sweets. Due to the limited amount of colours available he has developed a technique of dying them the required colours…
Month: December 2012
Recycling Wedding Rings
This is interesting it’s a new trend where divorcing women are melting down their wedding jewellery to make it into something new once they have divorced. If the article is to be believed women are melting down their wedding bands to create new designs. The trend for divorce rings appears to be increasingly popular and…
Norovirus Facts
The norovirus is rife this year with over 900,000 cases of it reported already. Most people I know have already been in contact with someone who has it and in our family my husband and daughter were ill with it although so far I have escaped. It really is a nasty bug and its worth…
Diners Choose More Healthy Food When Told How Much Exercise it Takes to Burn it off
Researchers have found that diners make more healthy food choices when told exactly how many much exercise they would need to do to burn off their meal. Those given no information picked dishes that averaged 1,020 calories each. Those that were told how many miles they would need to walk to burn off their meal…
If You Want to Lose Weight Get to WeightWatchers
After the festive season many more people will be looking to lose a few of those extra pounds. WeightWatchers it seems might be the best way to help do that. The NHS has found that people that attend their classes lost more weight than any other programme. Patients attending WeightWatchers lost an average of 12lb…
Britain’s Biggest Christmas Sandwich
If you are looking for the ultimate Christmas sandwich then this may be it. The massive butty contains a kilo of turkey, potatoes, sprouts, six carrots, six parsnips and eight sausages wrapped in bacon all enclosed in a 800g crusty loaf. Created by chef Richard Hollis it is served with a container of cranberry sauce,…
Cat Recovering After Eating Tinsel
Luckily our cats don’t have a taste for the Christmas decorations but it seems some people are not so lucky. This article caught my eye about a cat that swallowed a strand of tinsel. The cat needed emergency surgery to remove the tinsel from his throat and intestines and appears to be recovering well. I…
Are Gardening Shows Making it Look too Easy
According to this article TV gardening programmes are too blame for a rise in neglected allotments as they make growing vegetables look too easy. As someone who has an allotment I am fully aware of the hard work involved in preparing and maintaining a neglected plot. It seems, however, that many people are seduced by…
Red or White Wine?
Experts have found that that wine drinkers lifestyles can be generalised according to their preferred wine colour. They studied the social habits of wine drinkers and found that those who drink red are more likely to have a degree, be married and drink more frequently. White wine drinkers on the other hand were home-lovers who…
Christmas Music Makes You Spend More
If you have made some rash purchases in the shops at Christmas time then you might be able to blame on the Christmas music. It seems that playing Christmas music in the store makes customers spend more money. A study from Royal Holloway University has found that festive tunes put people in the mood to…