Do What You Love

sign on the wall in our ‘old’ kitchen We’re in!  All the wishing worked!  Our dream has come true… Thank you to all of you who wished for us.  This is such a special day. We LOVE the house, and are so excited about turning it into a home.  You are all welcome for tearead more >>

Just wanted to share a couple of cool things I am joining in with this summer, in case you fancy having a go yourself. The lovely Louise over at Dream, Inspire, Create has launched a ‘Creative Color Challenge’.  It’s a great idea, and gives you a bit of a steer for creating but also givesread more >>

Wow!  You all blew me away.  So much imagination, creativity and LOVE shared around the world through our little project!  Thank you SO much.  I had no idea it would be so much fun – 70 women from nine countries on three continents all intepreting the theme of ‘time’ differently, turning it into a unique stitched postcardread more >>

image used with kind permission of Suzanne Woolcott This week I am delighted to share a conversation with Suzanne Woolcott, the inspiring creative brains behind the Gorjuss™ empire. Some of her fans are so crazy about her work, they have had her designs tattooed on their bodies! Suzanne’s Gorjuss™ Girls are licensed by Santoro, a brandread more >>

“When we look with our eyes, from our hearts, through the lens, it’s a completely different photo and something really powerful can happen” Jen Lemen Check out this awesome video of Jen’s story on her journey from happy snapper to $50,000 world photography prize winner… *** And if you are in the mood for wishing,read more >>

I do believe in the power of wishing, and of visualisation, to help make things really happen (like it did here a few months ago). But sometimes some things just seem that little bit too big and too important to say out loud. I always have a niggling fear that speaking about the dreams you reallyread more >>

I’m back from my little African adventure.  Energised.  Refreshed.  Inspired.  I went alone but travelled in good company with people I found along the way. I visited a prison, played with a lion, hung out with new friends and old.  And I soaked up the energy of the world’s football fans dancing on African soil. Newread more >>

(image courtesy of Niel Jonker) Today’s Do What You Love interview comes hot off the press from South Africa, where I am currently on a little adventure of my own. Niel Jonker is an artisan breadmaker, bronze sculptor and painter living in the remote village of Baardskeerdersbos, in the Western Cape. He shares his deepread more >>

I’m not much of a techie but I love seeing what talented people can do with a Mac, and the Graphic Design graduates of Leeds College of Art are no exception. Their final year show included some stunning work, and I wanted to share some of my favourites with you Introducing…Jonathan Chapman aka Mr Yen24read more >>

I love this time of year, when you can wander around the end-of-year shows at art schools, wowed by the talent and lapping up all that fantastic inspiration for free.Although I am normally a fine art and interiors kind of gal, I found myself drawn to the and Graphic Design and Printed Textiles and Surface Design sectionsread more >>