I can’t believe Christmas has crept up so quickly, I know this happens every year but it somehow still always surprises me! I didn’t get a chance to create a gift guide of my favourite independent sellers and most of them have now shut up shop for the holidays so instead here is my guide […]
It’s now less than a Month until Christmas and already you might be feeling rather overwhelmed by everything already. This time of year is often full of stress and busyness but I just want you to know that it doesn’t have to be. For the last few years I have tried to pare back Christmas […]
Fernbank Studio is now over month old so I thought I would share the reasons why it was time to start afresh. When I started Clarise Crafts in 2013, I had just quit my full time job in a repro house because I felt like I wasn’t really going anywhere. Now when I look back, […]
I’m coming up to my 8th year of stamp making, but i’ve probably been using stamps for many more than that. As a keen crafter, rubber stamps, polymer stamps and even those stamps cut out of foam we used to make in Primary school have always been in my crafting tool box. Stamps are such […]
Unless you have been living under a rock you will now probably be sick of hearing about those 4 little letters ‘GDRP’, especially if you run a small business yourself! I’ll admit that when I first heard about the new General Data Protection Regulation which is replacing the incredibly outdated Data Protection Directive, I was a bit […]
New year’s resolutions don’t always have to start on January 1st! The start of the new tax year (6th April in the UK!) is also a good time for putting new practises into place and getting organised with the numbers If you dread the thought of doing your small business accounts and the tax return […]
You may have seen the hashtag #marchmeetthemaker floating around social media or if you are a maker you might have been joining in. It is a month-long photo challenge set by Joanne Hawker and is designed to encourage you to post more thoughtfully and create a community. This year I decided to join in and […]
Friday is our new adventure day and today we headed to The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield as I wanted to check out The Print Fair which was happening this weekend (23-25th March). The best way to convince me to leave the house is food so of course we had to start our adventure with lunch […]
If you like to hang out on Instagram you might have noticed the Instagram stories highlight feature. If you have no idea what I’m referring to then you might have seen the little circles on a person’s profile about the main grid. They will only be there if that person has added them so don’t […]
If you follow me on social media you will probably have already seen this post but I wanted to give a little more context and have a more permanent record of my experience. About a month ago I had a major wobble with my business. After an unexpectedly slow start to the year I was […]
