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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Make it happen Choose to shine inspirational stationery notebook by Arnold & Bird

Family – the track down to the paddock

One of the things we always used to do as children was run down the track to the paddock at the bottom of my grandparents house. Simple but a very fond memory that I went back to photograph on this very drizzly day! As you can see it is a bit run down now but […]

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Nine Black Alps – Not Everyone

My friend Jemma introduced me to the Nine Black Alps years ago. I always used to get their name wrong calling them the Nine Black Apes, for some reason it just would not stick! Anyway it has stuck now and I loved their style. I ended finding their album Everything Is in a second hand […]

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Birthday celebrations

Today is my birthday! I am looking forward to celebrations, fun, laughter, dinner tonight in the sun as well as birthday drinks and a gig this weekend. Perfect. Enjoy your day! Image via For the World to See Tumblr

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feather and fashion mood board

Mood board – feathers and fashion

Feathers and fashion mood board   Feathers – illustrations, beauty and fashion, all mixed together to create beautiful products, looks and images.   This feathers and fashion mood board was inspired by the Light as a Feather print by lovelysweetwilliam on Etsy. It is beautifully done and such a nice sentiment as well.   This […]

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Love is music – keep on dancing

I recently bought a chalkboard to put up in my room. The aim was to write inspiring phrases on it so my room can be filled with positive sayings and feelings. My first attempt was not great, needless to say that was wiped off quite quickly and replaced. I came across this pin on Pinterest  and […]

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The Decemberists – The Crane Wife 3

I was in Dublin just over a year ago with three friends, one being Jemma who I always went to see live music with when she lived in London. While we were there we were looking at a local newspaper over breakfast and saw that The Decemberists were playing that night in Dublin. We didn’t […]

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Design – Zeloot

Zeloot’s work caught my eye at the Pick Me Up Fair earlier this year, mainly because they were focused on gig posters for The Deceberists. I saw The Decemberists a year ago but I will talk more about that tomorrow as part of my soundtrack for tomorrow. Zeloot is a Dutch illustrator that likes to […]

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The Dead Weather – Gasoline

Jack White’s band with the singer from The Kills, Alison Mosshart, what is not to like? I have seen them once around three years ago and they were amazing. Allison is crazily good on stage. Too many good songs to choose from so I have chosen a current favourite Gasoline from their second album. The […]

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Family – picture dominoes

Another game I used to play when I was younger was a dominoes style game that was made up with pictures instead, for when we were younger! As you can see it was a very colourful game and I loved the chunkiness of the cards as well. The pansies, cherries and beach balls were my […]

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June WI meeting – real flower corsage

Patty and Bella created our workshop for our June WI meeting. They showed us how to create a real flower corsage. It was in patriotic colours of red, white and blue as it was just after the Jubilee. This meant it included a red rose, a blue thistle and a white chrysanthemum. It was great to […]

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