Learn how to discover what USP’s makes your brand different. As if you don’t know what makes your brand different, your marketing will always feel harder than it needs to be. Finding your brand USP (Unique Selling Point) and defining your purpose isn’t just a branding exercise. It creates the strong foundations your entire business […]
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I have to admit to not knowing much about Dan Black apart from this song – really will check out his other stuff now.. I have this song as when I went to the Camden Crawl in 2009 you received a free CD download and this was one of the songs on the album. I […]
Read MoreI went to Pick Me Up fair again this year, three years running so far. One illustrators work really caught my eye and that was Niki Pilkington. I loved her style of drawing, the subjects she choose and the combination of pencil and collage. Her bio at Pick Me Up fair described her work as […]
Read MoreThis song is great and will always make me want to dance. I love the singing intro accompanied by the drums and also the break where it goes into the end of the song – brilliant! I have seen them twice and both times have been great. Although I can’t rate Alexandra Palace as highly […]
Read More  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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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 […]
Read MoreJacqui 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 […]
Read MoreI 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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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 […]
Read MoreHappy 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 […]
Read MoreI 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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