Oooooh I’ve been having loads of fun doing Mélanie Johnsson‘s pattern challenge this month. Pattern making is SO therapeutic for me and love the challenge of trying to fit within a theme, it also gives me an excuse to play around with different colour palettes… this colour palette is inspired by one of my many …
Lets be honest. Christmas is going to be fucking weird this year… we don’t know if we’ll be able to see family and friends, and parties are definitely out of the equation, so if you’re gonna start sending cards this is probably the year! Also I don’t know about you but I am going to …
1) COMFORT ZONE If you’re trying out colour for the first time try these handy tips to get you started on your way to colour confidence! Try pairing some colour with something you feel reeeeaaally comfortable in. Your favourite pair of jeans, a white shirt, or black trousers. Denim goes with EVERYTHING as does black …
Waaaaayyy back in March just as we were on the cusp of lockdown but with no REAL idea about the months to come and the absolute shit show that 2020 would become I stumbled across an instagram challenge hosted by @katiekortmanart and @annaroslily called #wearhappycolour… It was a month long challenge dedicated to wearing colour …
No I did not make up this word… spoopy means something that is cute or funny as well as spooky. It actually originated from a photo of misspelled Halloween sign and went viral in 2013 (you can read about its origin here!) Being *a bit* of a scaredy cat but also not being able to …
Who’s taking part in Oxfam’s #secondhandseptember this month? It’s a pledge to not buy any new clothing for 30 days. Fast fashion is putting a huge amount of pressure on our planet, and it’s people. Did you know that 13 million items of clothing ends up in UK landfill every week? Or that it would …
This is by no means a definitive list and I will be adding to it constantly. I’ve tried to keep the focus mostly on the UK but there are also links to US based resources. GLOSSARY OF TERMS (Credit to Georgetown University Library) Antiracist: A conscious decision to make frequent, consistent, equitable choices daily. These choices …
Last year I was featured in the Caboodle Magazine crafts section! The brief for the tutorial was Geo Colour-Block (two of my favourite things!) and my idea was to show readers how they could create the look of a screen printed cushion without needing all of the equipment… I’d never done a tutorial before and …
We all know we should buy less, and just as much as Christmas can be a time for excessive consumption and consumerism, it is also a hugely important time of the year for small businesses. So if you are going down the present route, why not spend your hard earned pound with some of these …
Happy New Year!! I know, I KNOW it’s FEBRUARY…. but I’m assuming everyone has spent the past month hibernating, watching Netflix and avoiding human interaction… whether it be down to sickness, no booze, the fact it’s bloody freezing or just because January is a nice excuse to be anti-social… I completely lost my voice for …
