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

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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Mr Brainwash mood board

Mood board – Mr Brainwash

I have been a bit slow getting the details from the brilliant Mr Brainwash exhibition up on the blog. However I have now put together a mood board of all of the pieces I love, along with a few more below as well. I love the prints, they looked like screen prints however the details was […]

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Curiosities of the week – Julia Eastwood

Julia Eastwood’s work is just beautiful. Look at it above! Not only is her style of design so pretty but her ideas are brilliant. I love the wedding invite with where it all started on the front. Then the wedding guest book that is a time capsule as well – how sweet is it to […]

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