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7 Tips to Get Outside More This December
Ad – PR Product from Vivobarefoot Needing motivation to get outside this winter? Here’s 7 tips that have pushed me out of the front door into the frosty air lately; 1. Need to run an errand? Go the long way round to post Christmas cards or to pick up food 2. Take a bag and go foraging for Christmas decor…
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Indie Business Christmas Gift Guide 2020
My Christmas gift guide featured on my Instagram Stories this year and then I forgot I promised to have one on the blog, so here we are; my Indie Christmas Gift guide for 2020. Rather than linking to specific products I’m directing you to the shop’s home page, so you can have a good browse and start filling your online…
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Just Pinned: Christmas 2020
Whilst I’m preparing my ‘Shop Small’ 2020 Christmas guide, I thought I’d write a quick blog post sharing some recent Pinterest finds, celebrating my favourite time of year (yup, even this year). I’m not going to sugarcoat it, this Christmas is going to be difficult for so many of us. But if I’ve learnt anything from 2020, it’s that time…
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Our Campervan Conversion Wish List
Photo by Tobias Tullius on Unsplash | Disclosure: Sponsored Post Are you tired of me rambling on about our van yet? Apologies (holds hands up), but we’re going to officially own our own campervan any week now, and the excitement my friends is reaching breaking point! Like the rest of the world we need something good to focus on for…
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10 Wellbeing Tips on Returning to Work After Being Furloughed
I wanted to write this blog post because after seven months of being furloughed I am back at work. SEVEN months, kids. That’s seven months of not logging in to my laptop, seven months of no routine, no work colleague chats over coffee and biscuits, and seven whole (wonderful) months of not having to kick the office printer. Minus the…
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Web Wanderings: October 2020
Cover Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash The natural and digital world are both a big part of my everyday. So, in praise of the internet, because it ain’t all bad, here’s some more of my web wanderings including tips, resources and light-bulb moments that I’ve discovered online lately. On social | Did you roll your eyes when Instagram rolled…
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10 Reasons we’re Buying a Campervan
The van (yet to be named!) is being converted into a campervan as we speak. When we pick it up, I‘m going to make it our own and organise it for the three of us. I promise to share the progress on here, and perhaps on YouTube at a later date. You might wonder why, as new drivers, we would…
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Bathroom Blues
AD / Gifted Today I’m collaborating with homeware brand Lick, who are a brand new online only retailer specialising in premium quality paints, wallpaper and decorating supplies. Over lockdown we managed to do some home jobs, including interior and exterior painting, amidst staring out the window wondering why the world was falling apart. We painted our porch from a greyish…
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5 Good Things to do This Week
1 | Support new authors by pre-ordering their books 2 | Try a new podcast in a genre you’ve not listened to before 3 | Go for an evening walk before whilst we still have some light 4 | Give your houseplants a check-in 5 | Forage for blackberries then make fruit muffins x
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Campervan Diaries: The Beginning
We are buying a campervan! A Japanese imported Mazda Bongo to be precise. Oh, and by the way, neither of us drive. Don’t fret, Coronavirus hasn’t turned us to a life of crime just yet. Ste is taking driving lessons with a fabulous driving instructor in Hebden Bridge, and now we’re just waiting for his driving test so we can…
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5 Uses for Pine Cones
We are approaching a new season (hello autumn, you wonderful beast), and if there ever was a time to get out into nature, it’s now. Seriously folks, don those boots, stick two fingers to the world and its worries and go outdoors. It is life-changing. As well as foraging for blackberries, crab apples and elderberries in the shrubs and trees…
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July Finds
We’re trying to not make any non-essential purchases at the moment, because (drum roll, please) we’re buying a campervan! It’s all a tad exciting but I’ve got a blog post lined up all about it so I won’t bombard you with van spam just yet! Although we’re being a tad frugal, that hasn’t stopped me bookmarking gift ideas for you…
