In a world that can sometimes feel dark or dull, this is a space for celebrating creative women in the UK who fill life with light, love, colour, and joy. For supporting the hobbyists, the side-hustlers, and the full-time makers; encouraging their one-time projects and their life-long passions. For the painters, the writers, the content creators. The crafters, the florists, and the weekend bakers. It’s for you all. For being creative for creative’s sake (i.e. being creative for the simple joy of creating), but more than that… for being creative for creatives’ sake (for the wellbeing of creatives).

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Kate in her DaphneRosa studio
Friday Features

Friday Feature: Kate from DaphneRosa, creator of positive and playful products from cards to wooden flowers

With a gorgeous array of uplifting products, from cards and prints to homewares and accessories, this week’s Friday Feature is non other than the lovely Kate from DaphneRosa. Kate’s background in textiles plays a big part in the design of her creations, with colour, pattern, and texture, all bringing her products to life. She’s become particularly well known for her wooden flowers and the option to add a personalised touch. Let’s get to know more about the wonderful woman behind the creative small business… Do you feel creativity helps your wellbeing? Absolutely! Being creative isn’t an option for me, it’s a necessity and if it wasn’t a part of my

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Create It Yourself Easter Projects cover image with Easter eggs and flowers background pattern
Create It Yourself Features

Create It Yourself Feature: Easter Projects

Whether you celebrate Easter in the traditional sense or just embrace the excuse to eat loads of chocolate, it’s a lovely occasion for some fun creativity. So, for this month’s Create It Yourself Feature, we’ve found five Easter Projects for you to try. And, the best bit… they’re all created by amazing women with small businesses here in the UK! “Cinnamon Bunny Bun” Baking Kit by Honeywell Bakes “Cinnamon Bunny Bun” baking kit by Honeywell Bakes Cinnamon buns just got an Easter twist, and we can’t get over how sweet they look (see what we did there?). Why not add a little baking fun to your Easter and try these

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Jessie Bakes Cakes in her kichen, with brownies on the worktop
Friday Features

Friday Feature: Jessie from Jessie Bakes Cakes, self-taught baker, content creator, and cookbook author

This week’s Friday Feature is not only an incredible self-taught baker, she’s also a brilliant content creator… oh and an amazing cookbook author as well! It’s Jessie, from Jessie Bakes Cakes. Baking all kinds of mouthwatering creations, from cookies to cheesecakes, Jessie has become renowned for her approachable and delicious recipes. Yet, despite having over 200k followers on Instagram, and inspirational success with both her blog and cookbooks, Jessie is one of the sweetest, down-to-earth, and supportive women you could find. Let’s get to know more about her… Sub heading Testing testing, one two three. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog’s back. Testing testing, one two three.

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Architectural illustrator, Nushy, holding one of her fineliner venue illustrations
Friday Features

Friday Feature: Nushy, fineliner and watercolour illustrator specialising in architectural illustrations

Our Friday Feature this week is the ever so talented, Nushy. Using fineliners and watercolours, Nushy (whose business goes by the same name), specialises in architectural illustrations… that are absolutely stunning, we should add! The level of detail she manages to capture, is just incredible. We asked Nushy some questions to find out more about the wonderful woman behind the small business… How has creativity played a part in your life? Creativity has always been a constant in my life! I grew up in a creative family, and now I spend most of my time running my own illustration business, while two days a week are dedicated to part-time design

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Kate from See+QUIN with a dog
Friday Features

Friday Feature: Kate from See+QUIN, creator of embroidered textiles for fashion and home

Kate from See+QUIN This week’s Friday Feature is the wonderful Kate from See+QUIN. Kate started See+QUIN over ten years ago, having previously worked for some big names. She has created a variety of products over that time, but now specialises in colourful, fun, and meaningful chainstitch-embroidered fashion and homewares, using her vintage pink Singer chainstitch machine. Let’s get to know more about the lovely creative woman behind the small business… Have you always been creative? Yes, absolutely! I grew up in a wonderfully creative home filled with beautiful textiles and quirky interiors. My mum is incredibly talented, she’s always been a maker, turning her hand to everything from painting to

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6 ideas for a creative March illustrations
Monthly Motivation

Monthly Motivation – 6 ideas for a creative March

The days are getting lighter (whoohoo!), flowers are popping up everywhere, and everything is starting to look and feel a lot brighter. Join us in embracing the signs of spring for this month’s motivation, with our 6 ideas for a creative March… 6 ideas for a creative March 1. Decorate with flower pounding. Flower pounding (aka tataki-zome or hapa-zome) is the simple technique of dying fabric, or paper, by gently hammering fresh flowers and leaves to release their natural colours. Decorate t-shirts, pillow cases, napkins, and greeting cards, with gorgeous floral impressions. Flowers with higher pigments work best, so the bolder the natural colour, the better (think pansies, deep hellebores,

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