I've been thinking this month about how important the process is. I am the first person to admit I like a process. I appreciate the order and the structure. I appreciate you can replicate it, an...

The last month has been another slow-ish progress one as I've been waiting on suppliers, doing my research, or doing my sums! Back into the studio I've made time this month to head back into the st...

Sometimes, even to those of us who are creative, the art of creativity can seem a bit like a dark art. I thought I’d take you through how I approach creativity and inspiration and how I translate i...

One of my favourite things in all the world is colour. I find it fascinating, deeply fascinating. I appreciate how it can influence mood and perception; how it strikes us in the most ordinary and e...

This has been a month of slowness, and a little progress. WAITING, WAITING AND CRUNCHING, CRUNCHING As much as I have wanted to keep charging ahead, sometimes life has other plans. I briefed my de...

I think it helps to know a little bit about the designer behind the designs, particularly of a small, local label. So here's a little more about me. What's your favourite movie? Who even has one a...

I spend an inordinate amount of time in my head. I have for decades - I don’t know whether it’s learned/reactionary behaviour, or if I was already walking the path. (And isn’t that a great example ...

It’s been a month. At this stage of life and planning, I know I shouldn’t be surprised, but hoo, boy. I didn’t have much momentum at the start of the month because I was still hanging with family. ...

A vignette is a short and descriptive piece of writing that captures a brief period in time. Vignettes are more focused on vivid imagery and meaning rather than plot. Vignettes can be stand-alone, ...

December is always an odd month, isn't it? The first part is a little bit of bedlam as we pelt towards the end of the year, and then there's the actions (and distractions) of Christmas and holidays...

I appreciate there is a school of thought out there, with people who have been told – or tell themselves – they aren’t creative. Perhaps people think creativity must be perfect, or ‘pretty’, or lik...

Well, a month after deciding to get serious again with my plans for Ellen Elizabeth, it’s nice to make some progress, and sometimes the progress happens very quickly. The experience of which does n...