6 Ways to Maximise Christmas Sales This Festive Season

Here are 6 ways to maximise Christmas sales this festive season and what to do now to prepare for the highest sales period. Get ready and learn how to prepare for peak sales! 6 ways to maximise Christmas sales Are you ready to maximise Christmas sales now? Book a Retail Strategy Session Need help with […]

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Alessi’s Ark – Magic Weather

I adore Alessi’s Ark’s beautiful voice. This song is so magical. You just get lost it in. On another note I have been thinking about adding in some images to the soundtrack post and Alessi’s Ark’s website came up with a great first example. Alessi makes her own work and I just loved this wooden […]

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Design – Dada

Ever since art foundation I have loved the Dada movement. For me I loved the typography pieces, how the type overlaps plus the layout of the designs. The different fonts and directions always worked well. I also loved the collage aspect as well and the great overlapping. For image sources and to read more about […]

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Family – old photos

I scanned these vintage photos of my gran’s for my mum’s 50th birthday a few years ago. I love how my aunty and my mum are stood in one of the pigsties with all of the pigs around them. You can see the difference between now and then from one of my previous posts here as […]

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Curiosities of the week – wishbones

  A year ago I bought a wishbone bracelet from French Connection and I love it. It is now a bit tarnished but I still wear it a lot. When I was younger one of my favourite things was to have the wishbone from the Sunday roast and break it with my brother. I would […]

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Róisín Murphy – You Know Me Better

I used to listen to Róisín Murphy’s album a lot at my first job in London. I worked in retail so listening to this song on the shop floor and having a bit of a dance with all of the girls who I worked with would always brighten up my day. It instantly takes me […]

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Design – Sara Fanelli illustrations

Sara Fanelli   I discovered Sara Fanelli illustrations while I was at university. I love her style – it’s just so different from the quirky and unique characters she draws to the use of different papers and colours to build up the page. Her characters are very distinctive and I love the use of collage […]

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The little details – Eltham Palace

  Over the summer I visited my friend Gemma from Milly’s Cottage in Eltham where she lives. We went to the Tudor Barn there for lunch and had a lovely roast dinner then visited Eltham Palace. It was a beautiful sunny day and it was so lovely wandering round and chatting. I love the Tudors […]

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Curiosities of the week – fantasy

Curiosities of the week this week focuses on fantasy. I have a Pinterest board dedicated to this and love the different images I have found so far. Here are a few of my favourites. I love this fort made from a sheet under all of the hanging stars. It makes me want to curl up […]

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Kate Miller-Heidke – Are You F*cking Kidding Me?

I heard about Kate Miller-Heidke through an emailer from the venue Monto Water Rats. I am really annoyed I didn’t go when I saw it as I am sure it would of been brilliant. I have since been listening to her album Nightflight which is great. However this song is brilliant! So funny and wonderfully […]

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The little details – Rome

My last post from my visit to Italy. The little details of Rome! I love this close up detail of a shallow basin in the Vatican. Also of a metal grate in St. Peter’s Basilica. Arnaldo Pomodoro’s “Sphere Within Sphere” (Sfera con Sfera) in the Vatican was very impressive, I loved looking into the deep cracks and […]

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