Experiences over Things 2019 – Low Waste Festivities & Present Ideas 2019
On the 1st weekend in December, my mummy gave to me… I thought I’d write about my plans to get festive with my five year old. There’s no elf on the shelf and there’ll be no tricks performed around my…
Low Waste lead up to Christmas and Advent Books for Five Year Olds
A Christmas Cherished I’ve been spurred on to write this post after seeing CONSUMERISM blow up on advent calendars for kids over the past couple of years. There’s lego, there’s playmobil and there’s a thousand more choices. Is it all…
Sunday Sanctuary Series 8 – Captured Memories and “Me time” – a Northumberland Sanctuary
Welcome to The Sunday Sanctuary Series. These blogs are the chance to write a little chatty post about things that delight my spirit and feel easy to share. Bethanie from Northumberland Family Diaries and I started the series in the…
The Story of you and Me…Making my book
Art helps us connect, to challenge, to get curious, to stay sane, it can also impact positively on our wellbeing… When artist Amy Lord first told me about her project The Story of you and Me last September at our…
Sunday Sanctuary Series – Blog 7 – Autumnal Traditions
The mornings are dark, the air’s cooler and the fairy lights are a plenty – It’s time to chat Autumnal Traditions! The Sunday Sanctuary Series is our chance to take five with a hot cuppa and write a little chatty…
The Story of you and Me… Coming Soon!
The Story of you and Me – It’s art but not as you might know it! I am SO super excited to be working to support multi-disciplinary artist Amy Lord on her digital craft project; ‘The Story of you and…
Second Hand September 2019 – How did I do?
Hi guys Just a chatty post from me about my efforts with Second Hand September… Full transparency – I didn’t treat Second Hand September as a STRICT CHALLENGE as I shop in Charity Shops all the time but I did…
Being thrown into Winter when Autumn has just begun – the seven stages of grief
How do you take time out to process grief when you’re self employed? Recently, I had to take some time off work. I took the decision suddenly. There was warning, but certainly not enough to be prepared enough to feel…
The Seat that Chose Me… Inspiration Island
On a recent trip to Edinburgh from my friend Jemma’s book launch, I found myself in a familiar part of town. Familiar to me, because I’m sure I’ve stayed near here before, familiar to every tourist in Edinburgh because it’s…
Sunday Sanctuary Series – Blog 5 – Back to life, back to reality…
This is the fifth in the series of blogs Bethanie at Northumberland Family Diaries and I are writing this summer. We’ve called it the Sunday Sanctuary Series. This week, I’m talking a little about my thought on the impending ‘back to school’ dread……
