As you will have seen in an older post I took part in #challengeglass on twitter which was all to do with glass & recycling. Well along with a few other people I won a trip to Belgium! So here come a lot of photographs to show you how truly amazing it was!
The day started extremely early, that clock says 6.45am not pm!! Ohhh yes, early it was but very exciting.
We jumped on the eurostar which takes less time to get to Belgium than the train from Newcastle to London! Crazy.
After arriving & going to the airport to pick up some other winners we went to a shopping centre where Friends of Glass had a pop-up shop fulllll of amazing glass bottles. Here's Natalie & me.
They also had an entertainment area where a man juggled with glass, unfortunately we missed it while we were having the lushest lunch & many glasses of wine.
Glass blowing was next! We watched Guy make champagne glasses, which was really relaxing & slightly hypnotising. We all made our own christmas baubles... this one above broke =( so I made a super tiny one so it wouldn't break!
Natalie, me & Milla Dinner next! The restaurant was fab, it was an all you could eat, but the ingredients were all raw, you then took it to the bar where they'd throw it all into a wok & cook it. Yum! More wine & then some Belgium beer at a few bars afterwards, were Nat, Francesco & I got very drunk with some lovely Belgium...ers? We then (Nat & I) in true English style got cheesy chips & headed back to the hotel for a well needed sleep.
Sunday was spent exploring Lueven, having yummy, yummy pasta & more wine! Then home time, I was very, verrry tired by the time I got home, but it was so worth it. I had such an amazing time & want to say a massive thank you to Friends of Glass & the girls at 1000 heads, you're bloody amazing!
Some of you who follow me on twitter may have seen my tweets that link to #challengeglass. Over the past week I have been taking part in a challenge for a chance to win a trip to Belgium, you can find out more at Blog in a Bottle. It's basically all about making awareness & getting everyone to recycle glass. Milla (a gorgeous & talented friend) let me in on the challenge & I've loved taking part, it's really helped me connect back with my creativity which is perfect timing for going back to uni, ready for all those design briefs!
So I thought I'd post each of my entries for the 7 parts of the challenge & let you in on other things in my life than just makeup!
Challenge 1 - Use a glass bottle in a manner not initially intended by its manufacturers…. Bracelet holder & actually looks fab on the shelf for decoration. Challenge 2 - Share a perfect 5 track glass themed playlist on social networking or audio sharing sites Challenge 3 - Create a glass inspired haiku chilled white wine/ drank till it's last drop/ recycled again & again
Challenge 4 - Find or make a glass based video to share
Challenge 5- Create a piece of glass-art, using only materials found in one’s bathroom I used a range of shampoos, shower gels & face mask & went a-la Jackson Pollock.
Challenge 6- Enjoy a ‘glass themed’ night in, or out – with pictures documenting it… After my monster 9 hour shift on a saturday at work, the only glass theme I could have was a bottle of wine in with the boif & family.
Challenge 7 - Take a picture of an inspiring view through a glass object (e.g. a glass bottle) Picture could have been so much better, but with it being 1am the lighting isn't that fab! But anyway, the picture is taken through my brush holder (which is glass) & looking onto my grandad's painting pallet, it hangs on my wall & keeps me inspired as well as something to remember him by.
The day started extremely early, that clock says 6.45am not pm!! Ohhh yes, early it was but very exciting.
We jumped on the eurostar which takes less time to get to Belgium than the train from Newcastle to London! Crazy.
After arriving & going to the airport to pick up some other winners we went to a shopping centre where Friends of Glass had a pop-up shop fulllll of amazing glass bottles. Here's Natalie & me.
They also had an entertainment area where a man juggled with glass, unfortunately we missed it while we were having the lushest lunch & many glasses of wine.
Glass blowing was next! We watched Guy make champagne glasses, which was really relaxing & slightly hypnotising. We all made our own christmas baubles... this one above broke =( so I made a super tiny one so it wouldn't break!
Natalie, me & Milla
Dinner next! The restaurant was fab, it was an all you could eat, but the ingredients were all raw, you then took it to the bar where they'd throw it all into a wok & cook it. Yum! More wine & then some Belgium beer at a few bars afterwards, were Nat, Francesco & I got very drunk with some lovely Belgium...ers? We then (Nat & I) in true English style got cheesy chips & headed back to the hotel for a well needed sleep.
Sunday was spent exploring Lueven, having yummy, yummy pasta & more wine! Then home time, I was very, verrry tired by the time I got home, but it was so worth it. I had such an amazing time & want to say a massive thank you to Friends of Glass & the girls at 1000 heads, you're bloody amazing!
