Don’t stress about it  – My number one trick to keep up your journaling habit. If you’ve read my previous blog posts about building a journaling habit, you will know that over the past few months, I have endeavoured to write something in my book every day.  I haven’t written every day, but I would […]

I have gained many new followers of my blog this week so I thought it was time for a little introduction! When I left art school with a degree in silversmithing, I went self-employed. That’s what you did. That’s what everyone did, needless to say, with varying degrees of success. I had learnt a lot […]

We have been keeping some exciting news under wraps. Not because it is a secret, but just because there is so much going on in everyone’s lives right now, it never seemed like the right time. Our close friends and family have been supporting us from afar. Still, I wanted to share my experience before […]

I have been daily journaling for a month now and this is how I’m finding it so far! First thing, although I’m calling it daily journaling the truth is I am not managing to do it every day.  I write most days, I have only missed one or two.  For my track record I think […]

I am told it takes between 30 to 60 days to form a habit.  I want to share with you some ways you can help your daily journaling become a habit. Choose your time wisely!  If you are a morning person use your journal to clear your mind.  You can find out about “morning pages” […]

Is there a place for the handwritten word in our digital age?  Of course there is! In this time of lockdown I find myself thinking about how technology is helping us through these tough times.  Those working from home are taking part in Zoom meetings.  Fitness fanatics are sweating through online workouts.  Twenty-four hour news […]

With more free time on my hands than ever before I am left wondering if procrastination really is the enemy of creativity?  At the moment, due to the UK being currently on lockdown, I am not working my day job.  As a result I have plenty of time to do, well, everything.  But still I […]

This step by step guide will show you how to make your own pocket notebook. At the time of writing we are in “lockdown” here in the UK.  As this is one of the most simple books you can make my hope is that you can do it without any special supplies.  Use whatever you […]

We are all doing it!  Working from home – but what happened to my work/life balance? For many of us life has changed beyond what what we could ever have imagined.  Alongside putting all my free time and effort into developing Blazing Rebel, I do have a day job.  Well, I did until a couple […]

Marketing yourself is just as important as marketing your product  It can be daunting but can be essential for small businesses like mine. If you have been reading some of my other posts you will know that this is not my first attempt to build my own business.  I have always been happiest making things […]