I need to be honest about something. I’m a stationery addict. If I pass an actual stationery shop (a rare and magical sight these days), I have to pop in and I never leave without at least one notebook and pen, but more often a whole carrier bag full of stationery,...
In 2021 we bought our dream property. Our old mill with the mill stream, the millpond, the paddocks, the barns, and the cottage for Mum. We saw it and fell in love with it. In fact, as we drive down the drive for our first viewing I said “I want it” – it was...
When you’re in business it can feel like you’re shelling out money, hand over fist. Finding money for marketing can be tough on top of all your other business costs but you know you need to keep marketing to grow your business. What’s a girl to do? Well, let me share...
I am a big fan of blogging as a marketing tool for businesses. Blogs are the basis of all my marketing – one blog can turn into loads of different things, saving me time and effort. I blog every week and blogging helps my business to get found and brings me new...
This week I picked a load of plums from our plum trees and decided to try and make plum jam. Now, this was my second-ever jam-making experience because a few weeks ago I made gooseberry jam and it turned out brilliantly, so I set out with a bucketload of confidence on...
The biggest excuse I hear from business owners about why they’re not sending regular e-newsletters is ‘I don’t know what to write about!’ E-newsletters seem to give us writer’s block and make us feel like we have nothing to say, but...
