Have you discovered this beautiful magazine yet? I have been a subscriber since issue 2 and I absolutely love it. The magazine is a celebration of all simple things in life – from gathering round a bonfire to eating with friends, from making gifts by hand to exploring the countryside. There are delicious words, unusualread more >>

*** Today’s *shared story* comes from Eileen Nishi, a photographer based in the USA, who has made some bold choices to allow her to do what she loves. Eileen was one of the first people to share their story, back in March 2011 soon after we launched the series. You can read her original postread more >>

If you only come to Kyoto once, and you get one day here, please please please go and see this place. Kinkakuji is extraordinary. It is a pavilion covered in gold leaf, floating above an elegant carp-filled lake.

This month’s theme was Summer. Very appropriate – it was baking as I made my way from the little train station to my Sensei’s house. I have never noticed the colour and texture of blueberries in a way I did when photographing them for this session.

My monthly photostyling sessions are like a marker in my calendar for my time in Kyoto. Six months. Six lessons. And it’s time for lesson three already. Last month’s theme was Spring (above and below). My teacher inspired me to buy a new lens for my camera and it has made a huge difference. The trickyread more >>

  When we decided to come out to Japan to spend a few months, I knew that one of the things I wanted to do was take some lessons in photography/styling. Out here they call it ‘photostyling’, and they even have a formal association for it. I found a teacher here in Kyoto who livesread more >>

Kyoto is a wonderful city for cycling in, except for one thing. It takes me ages to get anywhere, not because it is that big, but because at every turn there is an inviting entrance just begging to be photographed! Sometimes you wonder how businesses survive – it seems the more exclusive and expensive theyread more >>

[Image: Tiffany Kirchner Dixon] Monday sees the relaunch of Do What You Love the e-course – and this time it is the Japan edition! Join me for a very special adventure… As you travel this path expanding your comfort zone, nurturing your playful spirit and feeding your creative soul, I will be sharing snippets ofread more >>

picture of me by Tiffany Kirchner-Dixon For the past couple of months I have received a lot of emails asking when the Do What You Love e-course is running again, as it has been tucked away quietly since the last run of it back in November. It is all about adventure, identifying your passion andread more >>

Some of the window displays were simply divine. Look at the colours! More Paris posts here: Parisian markets / Paris story / Les papeteries / Parisian cafes / Paris details I was in Paris researching The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design – join us if you want to get inspired with your ownread more >>