the big january freeze is actually one of my favourite times of the year. perhaps because i’m a winter baby, i don’t despair as much as some at the long dark nights and brisk frosty mornings, but instead prefer to embrace what we now might describe as ‘hygge’, but can be very adequately be simply described as "the perfect opportunity ...
embracer of harmonies
i'm really keen to test out the the products of new natural cleaning company tincture, whose clean minimal packaging and elegantly styled photography caught my eye recently. as soon as i began reading into their story and brand mission statement, i knew i wanted to get my hands on some product to trial! formulated and manufactured in norfolk, tincture uses only ...
a quiet revolution
the older i get, the more infuriated i seem to get with the excessive external noise around me. the incessant beep, beep, beeeep of someone tapping out a text message, one-sided phone conversations, roadworks and construction noise, loudspeaker announcements on a loop, christmas music in department stores in october. the list goes on and on. in pursuit of silence, which ...
#aworldofdifference
wouldn’t it be wonderful if you were able to raise money for your favourite charities whenever you shopped online? well, with easyfundraising you can now do just that! with the site and by simply shopping with any of their 2,700 registered retailers - including john lewis, asos and next - you can raise money for your chosen charity. for every item you buy ...
doctor’s orders
i'm not one for hardcore january resolutions that fail after that first 6am back-to-work wake-up call. all those dull grey mornings, blustering winds and relentless icy chills are not conducive to cutting out caffeine, dining on gourmet lettuce leaves alone or pulling on a pair of lycra joggers in the name of 'bettering' oneself. but even i can see the benefits of boosting ...
into the light
you may have spotted over on twitter that i'll be running the color run in london this sunday, as part of a fabulous team of design bloggers sponsored by dulux raising money for a charity very dear to our hearts; out of the dark. along with will taylor, katie treggiden, pippa jameson, zoe brewer, joanna ham and caroline davies, i will be pulling on my ...