Fall For DIY

Our favourite things in your inbox every month!

DIY Floral Valentine’s Soap Pops

I’m so pleased to be able to start February with such exciting news! If you read this post you’ll know I’ve given us all a free pass for January. It seems a lot of us have not loved the start to 2016 so I’m having a total fresh start for February. It makes it the perfect time to announce our collaboration with one of my favourite retailers Anthropologie!! Yes, I know. This is some kind of amazing! I’ve always loved how ahead of the curve they are, choosing artists and designers that create such beautiful works of art in everyday objects. It’s… Read More

In Seven Days | February is the new January – My favourite motivational posts!

Throughout the whole of December last year I was so ready for January to arrive. I had it all planned out. The new year would give me a new lease of life. I would feel motivated and organised because you know, the very first day of a new year ends your bad habits and magically makes everything slot into place… right? But then the reality of January came and much to my bemusement nothing clicked. It’s not like anything went disastrously wrong but nothing was going right either. Jobs piled up and everything I needed to do seemed to rely… Read More

DIY XOXO Valentines Painted Planter

January is so close to being over! Which means it’s almost time to celebrate making it through the first month of the year and start spreading the love all over the place! I was explaining what Galentines meant to a friend the other day (I have no idea how she missed that!), but I think we should be taking the whole idea of the most romantic day of the year even further! I’ve already promised a day of doughnuts to anyone who comes to visit me but I think in general it’s a great excuse to go out of your way… Read More

DIY Valentine’s Watercolour Travel Cup

Last year and for the first time in my life I got the whole deal for Valentine’s Day. I got the flowers, the chocolates and the Champagne and as much as I loved the sentiment (and pigging out on chocolates after the post Christmas health kick) it all felt a little.. well, impersonal. I know it’s traditional and who doesn’t like getting flowers but this is what you were supposed to do and what you were supposed to get. I think I prefer something a little less forced and a lot more thought about! Our Valentine’s in the past have… Read More

DIY Paper Basket Desk Storage

If you follow over on Instagram I’ve been showing you little snap shots of (the most tidy corner in) my new studio! It’s a move that’s taking a while and lots of flatpack assembling but hopefully I’ll be able to do a studio tour really soon! Until then I’m going to be focusing a few posts on storage and organisation. It’s something that I struggle with, so I really want to go in depth and find a solution that works to organise the smorgasbord of craft supplies I hoard on a daily basis. I need them all… can I get a… Read More

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

More Posts from this Category