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Gifts With Festive Flair - Our Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide
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The chestnuts are ripe for roasting, the chill is nipping in the air and - we don’t know about you - but we can definitely hear the distant hum of a ‘ho, ho, ho’ coming from a northward direction… It can mean only one thing: the festive season is officially here!
How to style scatter cushions in your home
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Personally, I’ve always been a bit obsessed with cushions. (Is anyone else the same? I’m like a moth to a flame with them in any interior shop.) They are such an easy, cheap and brilliant way to give your space a lift by injecting colour and adding some ‘cosy’. So, to coincide with the launch of my new organic cushion covers, I thought I’d write a few quick tips on how to expertly scatter these joyous bundles of squish in your home. Mix and match A range of different sizes, textures, patterns and/or colours can create interest. If you don’t...
Does creative AI have true value? And what does our future look like now it’s here?
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I got in a big strop about AI recently and ended up writing a big blog post about it after doing some research, which ultimately calmed me down. Have a read if you're also feeling the fear, or want to discover more about the potential road we're on with artificially generated content. It's definitely something we all need to engage in now. It's hopefully not as bad as our knee-jerk fear assumes.
Celebrating independent retail
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Why I plan to stick with small businesses, PLUS meet three of my treasured stockists What a rollercoaster the last 3 years has been for, well, virtually everyone and every industry… But in a time when shop rental is so high and material and energy costs have been rocketing, it’s harder than ever for our independent shops to thrive. It was hard before the pandemic, but now it’s even harder. They need our support. REASONS TO SHOP LOCAL Can you imagine if we didn’t have any independent shops in our towns and villages? They do such a necessary job of...
A super quick round-up of COP27's key take-outs
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