I always feel excited for the new year, I always have ideas brewing and it feels like with a whole year ahead there are so many possibilities. January is always been seen as this boring, dull and grey month, and maybe it's the introvert in me, but January always feels more like a breath of fresh air. Christmas is so busy and the pressure every year to organise so much and make enough money to cover the costs can mean I am ready for a break once it's over! But don't get me wro

It all started with blackberries - in fact, it started with blackberries during a lockdown walk back in 2020... Something about this photo really stuck with me, blackberries carry such a sense of nostalgia from my childhood - blackberry picking, conker collecting, foraging for Christmas foliage - all a regular occurance when I was young. My Mum really is my true inspiration, we were always out collecting things and making things! Then a couple of years ago I spent a summer lo

I've got a freebie for you! Every year I like to do a bit of an activity advent with my boys, I always find the ones I see online are a little too ambitious for our family and lots of them have dates on them already so instead I made one that can be cut out and used in any order. I also made sure to include a lot of things that are the usual activities we (and you) might do over Christmas anyway. Click the button to download your copy and read below for a few ideas I had to m