For me the month of September feels like the crafters New Year. There is so much to look forward to; the little ones have started/gone back to school (freeing up time for busy Mums), there are all of the rich autumn fabrics to drool over, we start spending more and more time in our [...]

If you are at the stage where you are thinking of taking on help, I salute you. It’s a brave step to make and I know how hard you must have worked to get to the stage where you need extra hands.
Amy of Coco Crafts recently asked me how I went about finding people [...]

Thanks for your lovely engagement congrats everyone! To be honest I’m a bit nervous about the wedding organisation plans. I think it’s much easier to run a business. Heh!
This last week have been busy planning and setting up my new Uhandbag Etsy shop and I’ve had great fun doing it! [...]

Thanks to the talented Amy of LucyKate Crafts for telling me about this really super useful series of FREE podcasts on copyright and how to protect your intellectual property. Useful information for anyone in the creative industries.

Pop over to the Own-it site for heaps of free and useful copyright advice.

Have you ever wanted to see your gorgeous handmade craft in a glossy craft magazine -  like yeah!  The Traplet magazine group is on the look-out for new and interesting crafts, projects, and stories.  Their magazines are available worldwide.

This is the current issue of Sewing World (a Traplet publication) showing my bag design for the [...]

Last night I was loafing about on Etsy (like you do) and I happened upon a seller of clasp purses (also known as kiss lock purses). The seller’s site was nice and fresh looking and they had made a considerable number of sales over the years. The purses were yummy and the photography [...]