Lean into the chaos and challenge and delight that is working from home.

Early, early golden mornings and late violet-sky nights – summer in Scotland. The weather hasn’t been exactly blissful so far, but the...

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...

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’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...

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,...

I’ve loved reading all the autumnal posts on Facebook and Instagram, indulging in the beautifully photographed leaves in streams, soaps...

It’s been really wet and windy on the island, which on the one hand is lovely as it’s filling up our water reserves, but on the other,...

I start most days with lists: a list of things to do that day, a list of things happening during the week, a list of affirmations!

Last week was a week for new beginnings, for sure. The girls had their first week of primary school, their teacher had her first week in...

What’s new? In the Shepherd’s Cottage house, I’ve just put my girls on the school bus, and they’re away to “ask her (their teacher) who...

It has been a stressful week here. The stories I think about are these: the men who died, crushed by falling beer barrels, looting a...

With opportunities for foreign holidays being limited this year, our family sat down and made a wish list of travel destinations. My...

This weekend on Facebook I saw that a woman I know was preparing to do a hike for charity, up Ben Nevis. I was impressed; it’s for a good...

After spending months visualising a workspace for Shepherds Cottage Soaps, this week I was offered one. What a thought: to be moving out...