How to Plan Your 2026 Business Goals (Using Your 2025 Data)

Learn how to plan your 2026 business goals, using your 2025 data. As we get ready to step into 2026. Now is the perfect time to pause, reflect and take an honest look at how 2025 has unfolded for your creative product business. Reviewing your year isn’t about judgement – it’s about gathering the insights, […]

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New week new goals A4 weekly notepad planner by Arnold & Bird

Driving home for Christmas – Chris Rea

It is nearly Christmas and although I will not be driving home for Christmas this year, as I will be getting the train instead, this always reminds me of a mix CD a friend made me at university when I did in fact drive home 🙂 Everyone always has a favourite Christmas song, what is […]

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Style – trilby hat and ombre hair

This is me on the way out to afternoon tea recently. I am currently loving hats – this black trilby is one I picked up from a charity shop a few years ago. I have also dyed my hair ombre recently as well with the L’Oreal Preference Wild Ombres kit – loving the change! My dress is […]

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Little details – Christmas wrapping with doilies

This year I decided to wrap up my Christmas presents with brown paper and doilies! Mainly inspired by this pin on Pinterest. With additions such as ribbon and candy canes it makes simple packaging very sweet. I have more presents to wrap so will be experimenting with other ideas as well such as tags, photos and […]

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wrap magazine Marimekko

Stack magazines – Wrap

Stack magazine is a company that brings together the best independent English language magazines and delivers a different edition to you each month. I can’t remember how I came across Stack but I am so glad I did! Each month you get a different magazine delivered, most I have never heard of which means a […]

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Style – glitter nails

To continue with the Christmas sparkle theme this week here is glitter nails! Glitter nails are all over Pinterest in many different ways – glitter on the tips, glitter at the base and glitter just on one nail. I love it! Image source: Pshiiit.com

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lady grey by Tim Walker

Design – Tim Walker

I went to see the Tim Walker Story Teller exhibition at Somerset House recently. The stories he creates in his images are beautiful and appear like they are from another world. One of the great things was the exhibition included the props used in the photographs and it was amazing to see them close up. The […]

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Curiosities of the week – sparkle

Christmas season is upon us and sparkle is everywhere. Sequin dresses, decorations and twinkly lights all add to the sparkle in the air. This beautiful image is from the Geronimo Balloons studio, how fabulous would it be to have a pile of mirrored disco balls in the corner of your studio! Love the tassels as […]

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Creative – birthday in a box!

On Friday I went to the Ritz for my first afternoon tea! We were celebrating one of my best friends birthday, Gemma from Milly’s Cottage. To mark this extra special occasion I created a birthday/party in a box! I filled the box with paper strips to create streamers as well as punched hearts and stars. […]

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