Suddenly the business is very busy. And so too is every other part of my life – although maybe it’s always like that, and it just seems...

It’s busy, busy here in the Shepherds Cottage kitchen, as I’m making up a large wholesale order of gorgeous body whips for an independent...

It was National Gardening Week last week, and I wish I could have caught it sooner because when I saw the lovely flower crowns people had...

My girls turned six on Saturday, and we had a lovely party with a house full of people: big ones and little ones!

Ideas for change: to make every day Earth Day.

I’ve learnt a lot since my first craft fair, and here are five things I always take with me.

Lambing is in full swing, it’s finally started warming up, and Easter is nearly here! Any future with chocolate in it must be a good one!

April is finally here! Spring! A few days of sunshine and warmth, and then snow, below freezing temperatures and hailstorms. In like a lion,

It was a great weekend for family and community – getting back to ‘normal’ after Covid, or during Covid (the idea that we are past the...

I did my first craft fair of the year this weekend, and it was a wild ride of pulling everything together after the crazy run of fairs...

I’ve made it. The top of the career ladder: a corner office with great views, desk just how I like it. Coffee on tap. I can choose my...

It’s that time of year again – a few brilliant days of sunshine and you think you can leave the house without a jacket . . . only to run...

Winter shows its face after Christmas. This year especially, January and February have brought gales, storms and ice to harden the earth...

Next week, on the first of March, I’ll be starting a round of #MarchMeetTheMaker, a social media challenge run on Instagram every year...

Different ingredients result in a different final product, so how you incorporate them into a soap recipe is important.

The benefits of using essential oils are well documented, and you can take advantage of these benefits by choosing natural products like the

I’m going to take a wee break from my series about soap making to write about something else: book club. I don’t belong to a book club,...

“How do you make your soap?” is a question I’m often asked, and like anyone who loves what they do I can talk about it for hours. And I...

We’re just over two weeks into the new year – how’s 2022 starting out for you? One of my #gardeninggoals this year was to take some good...

Happy New Year everyone from my family to yours! It’s great to be back. This morning I was up again for my morning meditation and yoga...