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What to focus on when starting a creative business?

This was one of the questions from my recent reader survey that really made me think. When you are first entertaining the idea of starting a new, creative business (and even when your’e a year in, or two, or three) how do you know what to get to first in a overwhelming, most likely unorganised pile of to dos?. Where is it sensible to spend your time and what are the absolute must dos to get your business off to the perfect start. While everything isn’t this black and white and it’s probably best to listen to your gut there… Read More

Sharing is Caring… right? How to avoid common mistakes when sharing other people’s work

Note: I wrote this post a week ago now. I’ve been sitting on it unsure of whether to actually press publish. The one thing I think that’s worrying me is it looks like I’m angrily venting. That’s the last thing I want. I never write anything angry – not an email or a text and especially not a post. I like to have an open mind and the clear view that what I’m writing is fair and a true representation of how I feel. Not a representation of how I felt for those angry 10 minutes. I know this to… Read More

In Seven Days

One of the most interesting outcomes of our reader survey was that you guys want to see more behind the scenes. I thought about this and it makes sense. Some of my favourite bloggers are the ones who really give you an insight into their lives. Who make their blog personal using their persona and who feature themselves regularly in the content. Before now I would have thought you weren’t anywhere near as interested about little old me as you were in the DIY’s or business posts here on the blog. But the people have spoken and I’m more than happy… Read More

DIY Big Pegboard

I’m currently in the painful (/relieving – depending on which room I’m standing in) process of moving everything out of my tiny home office/bunny bedroom to a studio space which is at this present moment overwhelmingly large. I’m sure I won’t have this problem for long but it’s slightly intimidating trying to figure out the best use of the space. I’m currently working out the best use of space and how I can keep it from turning into a huge room of craft chaos, which I know from past experiences is much easier said than done! My current plan is to… Read More

DIY Geometric Punch Bowl

Are you a January baby that’s birthday is always overlooked?The party season has come to a close but you don’t need a reason to end the fun. That’s why I think you need to make your birthday even more spectacular. Combat the January blues by organising a bright, colourful, elaborate party that would bring anyone out of their winter hibernation. I’m here today to help you get the most important party piece just right. The punch bowl! And I’ve teamed up with Chambord to bring you a fantastic cocktail recipe to fill it with! Stay with me and I’ll share… Read More

Reader Survey – Results!

We’ve had sort of an impromptu additional week off from the blog. I was a little jealous watching all my blogger friends getting stuck into the year and making it through the tricky first week with so much energy. But it just wasn’t there for me. So instead of struggling through, I wrote about it and asked you for your thoughts instead. And while a whole 100 of you were filling me in on your dreams and frustrations I was getting just as many of those little nagging jobs done. Clearing them off my checklist in an effort to focus… Read More

Creative Success – Starting Something New

I’m starting this year off with something completely new. It’s something I’ve never done before and I’ve got to admit I’m nervous and excited at the same time. I thought the first post of the year was as good an opportunity as any to make a point about the next 12 months and what I hope to achieve here on Fall For DIY during them. I don’t know if you’ve noticed at all but over the past year I’ve been inching towards making this space a hub for people who want to be creative and would like to or are… Read More

Fall For DIY’s Most Loved Posts from the Last Year

Goodbye 2015! You were one crazy year. You were the year I finally found the courage to put my plans into action. You were the year I decided that if I was going to make it, then I had to choose to believe in myself and just go for it. You were the year it sometimes worked out and it sometimes really did not. But that was ok, because most of all you were the year I learnt and learnt and learnt, and then realised how much more I have to learn! I know I said I wasn’t going to… Read More

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