Today I Like… {25/4/12} Flower Garden Necklace
This is completely gorgeous. Hand-embroidered by Meghann Rader - a visual artist from Canada - this necklace ticks all my boxes. Colourful - check. Earthy - check. All the elements working together - check. Lovingly hand-crafted - check. And it's OOAK, too... so if...
A Q&A with Mayi Carles ~ Super Tips on Getting Our Messy Businesses Organised!
 If there is a prize out there for the sweetest ass-kicker in the world, I think Mayi Carles would win it. I love this lady and all that she does - and today I'm super-happy to share this Q&A I did with her where she lets us in on some of her...
Behind the Scenes ~ How to Use Twitter to Collaborate with your Customers
This pair of Ampersand Studs represents my latest twitter collaboration - but it is by no means my first. Collaborations - or custom commissions, if you prefer - are such a fun part of being a maker. Sure, I love the designs I create on my own, but there's something...
10 Dip Dye DIY’s!
I've noticed a lot of dip-dyeing going on around the blogosphere recently, so I thought I'd do a little round-up of some of my fave dip-dye DIYs!  {from Poppytalk} {from Design*Sponge} {from Harpers Bazaar} {from The Beauty Department} {from Design for Mankind}...
A Call-Out for May Advertisers
Do you want to get your crafty biz seen? I’m now accepting advertisers for May. I'm launching my Epheriell Autumn Collection in May (hurrah!) so it's going to be a big month! I love sharing my space with beautiful crafty businesses and blogs like yours, so don't...
What biz tasks have you been putting off?
I know you've got them. Those little, insidious tasks that - for one reason or another - you just keep putting off and putting off. They might be huge things - like that course you want to write - but my guess is that you've got a whole lot of little teeny-tiny tasks...
Creative Business Resource Guide ~ a Callout for Ebooks, Ecourses, Books and Blogs!
Have you ever gotten stuck on some aspect of your business and thought 'I wish there was a book/ebook/ecourse about that'? Well, chances are that there is! But the trouble is finding it. Enter the Creative Business Resource Guide! I've wanted to put this together for...
The Cuteness Explosion that is Handy Maiden
I dare you to check out Handy Maiden and not smile - it's a shop so full of cuteness! Danielle Pedersen is the designer/maker/sculptor/painter behind these intricate little beasties. Each piece is a mini work of art - her attention to detail and skill with a little...
Have Design Blogs Lost out to Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr and other Social Sharing Sites?
Once upon a time, if you wanted to be inspired, look at beautiful things, and view curated collections of awesome, you went to read a blog. Now? Perhaps not so much. With the rise of Pinterest, and, to a lesser extent, Instagram and Tumblr, the places we go to bask in...
Illustration Love ~ Small Talk Studio
Say hello to the lovely work of Alyssa Nassner of Small Talk Studio. I actually came across her 'fortune favors the brave' print on Pinterest a while back (and LOVED it!) but could not for the life of me find the original source. So, imagine my delight when I stumbled...