How to Use Content Marketing to Drive Sales to Your Retail Brand

Learn how to use content marketing to drive sales and build your retail brand. If you’re looking for actionable strategies and tips to leverage content marketing for promoting your products, then read on! How to Use Content Marketing What is content? What is content marketing storytelling? Content marketing examples: Rolex doesn’t sell watches – it […]

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Joanne Griffin 11

Family – The old pigeon lofts

   As previously mentioned my grampy was a pigeon racer. My grandparents home was one of my favourute places to go when I was younger. As a child I will always remember our parents driving to their house, turning off the main road where we would pull up to the little stone cottages. Me and my brother […]

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pallet moodboard

Mood board – pallets

Ahh pallets, you find them on the street abandoned and just look at all of the different uses there are for them! I think they work particularly well in the garden and make great planters. I don’t currently have any in my garden but I do have a wheelbarrow with herbs growing in it and […]

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May WI meeting – Fine Cell Work

Jacqui from Fine Cell Work was the speaker at our WI meeting on the 8 May. Fine Cell Work is a social enterprise and charity that works in prisons by teaching prisoners how to do one of the following of appliqué, patchwork, quilting or needlework. Fine Cell Work was set up by Lady Anne Tree […]

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The Lake Poets – Windowsill

I came across The Lake Poets via the Ents24 website as one of the artists picks. At the time you could download some of their songs for free and I liked them so much I have just bought their new CD City By The Sea. Windowsill instantly struck me and I love the melody and […]

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Diamond Jubilee window colour

Drawing – Diamond Jubilee window lights

Yesterday I posted about an old game I used to play called happy families. I wanted to create a simple drawing from this based on the house illustration on the back. When I started with this idea I kept drawing windows using continuos line. It was very simple but for some reason I was drawn […]

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Family – Happy families card game

Happy families game When I was young we used to play a lot of card games, from Rummy, Trumps, New Market, Misfits and the Happy Families game. When I went back to my Gran’s recently I found all of the picture card games in the dresser drawer where they have always been and brought them […]

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1000th Pin!

I noticed recently I was getting close to my 1000th pin on Pinterest. I was really excited about this and wanted to document it. When I looked back and realised what it was I found it was perfect for the Jubilee weekend! It is a confetti garland from Buisjes & Beaugels via 100 Layer Cake. I […]

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Family – Grampy and his trophies

So my blog’s name comes from my grandparents. Arnold being my grampy’s surname and Bird being my gran’s maiden name. My grampy, apart from being a pig farmer all his life, was an avid pigeon racer as well. The nice thing about this is that there is a pigeon in my logo but it also […]

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Design – Jemma and Julie Gould

My two wonderful and brilliantly creative friends, Jemma and Julie sell their work through Cinnamon Joe Studio. I met them at university while we studied Surface Pattern Design and I love their style. They have inspired many of my soundtrack loves so here is a sneak peak of the work they produce. I love their […]

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Chairlift – Brusies

Chairlift is a band I went to see at the Kings collage with my gig buddy Jemma. We had just had a week where every night we had a gig – they all seemed to come at once! By the time Chairlift came round at the end I was exhausted. I hate to admit it […]

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