This blog post give a little background into journey from Make It At Market applicant to appearing as a contributor on Series 2 of the show.

A brief explain of what tarnish is and what you can do about it, in order to keep your handmade jewellery looking box fresh

How to have an eco-friendly Valentine’s Day this year…

The urge to create and make has been with me for as long as I can remember: whether it was the rose petal perfume ‘distilled’ in one of my mum’s teacups, to hand-stitched paper handbags (British weather was not cramping my blossoming sense of style!) and poorly crocheted hats for my dolls - I’ve always loved making ‘stuff'!

I’m often asked how I started making jewellery and when I get to the part about being a physiotherapist, I’m sure a lot of people find the leap quite random, but my day job definitely brings it’s benefits.

With the advent of COVID-19 my life, like nearly everyone else’s in the world was thrown into disarray. Unable to go to my day job in the conventional way (I had to conduct my physiotherapy consultations via Zoom), I found myself with many more spare hours in my day than I’ve ever been used to.

After a recent conversation with Natalie Frost, owner of online gift store Pretty Little Personalised about the challenges of running a small business during these unprecedented times of COVID-19, I invited her to share some of her own

If you’d have asked me ten or even five years ago what the word ‘sustainable’ meant in the context of fashion and accessories, my immediate thoughts would have been floaty, neutral-coloured garments made of hemp or organic cotton and gaudy glass bead jewellery bought wholesale from developing countries.

A reflection on a few things I learnt whilst running a small creative business during unprecedented times. Many handmade businesses are solo operations, so I reached out to three of my fellow creatives to get their take on things.

Exactly a year ago a wrote about the relevance of creativity during lockdown. It was written from quite a personal perspective, and at the time none of us had any idea of the scale that the pandemic would take.

An insight into the challenges of making custom design jewellery, with commentary from another handmade creative business owner Kireen Rooney.