I love knitting. I’ve been an on off Knitter since my nannie taught me as a little girl, but now I’m full on addicted. If I don’t have a knitting project on the go I feel lost and get annoyed with myself until I start a new one, but as soon as I do the world feels...
The first two years of my four year course at Bradford College of Art have flown by, and its now the serious bit before going out into the big bad world. I’m now specialising and homing my skills in the world of typography, branding and print processes, mixed in with...
December 2016 – I signed a lease to a new studio, and acquired the business I worked in for over 7 years. It’s a Christmas I certainly will never forget. Most of the festive break was spent in Ikea choosing new office furniture and buying other quirky bits to create a...
It’s 1968 and I’ve left Allerton Grange School in Leeds with a random set of ‘0′ and ‘A’ levels and been invited to Bradford Regional College of Art for a one year foundation course to be followed hopefully by three further years focussing on design and...
Four words that rang a bell with me from Paul Smith, international fashion designer being interviewed on the Jeremy Vine show I listened to last week. In a very crowded market place we are bombarded with so much and too much of everything that It becomes harder than...
March 23rd 2020 – a date which we will never forget. Our Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the country to go into lock down. Many thoughts went through my head that night – but I remember thinking as I always do – practically. So March 24th, I...
March 13th – July 8th I started with a dry cough and after a few days had to take some time off work ( for the first time in 10 years ), well a week later and we’re in an official “lock down”. Now months later, the world as we knew it has...
I was in quarantine about 10 days before the country was ordered into lockdown. This was due to my partner falling very ill. He also comes under the vulnerable category so we had to be really cautious. Generally, I am a calm person. I am known to approach stressful...
So – occasionally we hear “how much?! – It’s cheaper online!” Of course, this is not news to us, there are many reasons you may be able to find print cheaper with an online only company. Firstly – the paper or print quality may not...
There are many business networking groups around; some of which rely almost entirely upon the members giving each other referrals. Unfortunately, some people don’t recognise the difference between a referral and an order. Telling the office supply member of the group...
