It's Saturday morning and instead of writing about my wonderful garden, I find myself planning out a months worth of meals. Lockdown has really had an effect on our eating habits as a family and I wanted to get back to my clean eating plan that I had in place before...
As a mum, you spend a lot of your time rewatching old movies with your kids. Sometimes it's a (futile) bonding exercise (they will never love it as much as you do) or sometimes it's family movie night where you find yourself watching a Disney princess prance about...
This is a question that is popping up a lot recently. Some asking me directly and some asking the question in relation to blogging versus a social media presence. To the latter, all I can say is that having your own website, a base, that is yours and run by you is...
With all of the rain last weekend it's no surprise that we ended up working on the plants for inside the cottage. Have you ever looked at indoor large terrariums/glass planting and fell in love but hated the price tags? Well one trip to Johnstown Garden Center and a...
We have been doing a lot of DIY in the cottage renovation and a lot of you asked about this in my DM's on Instagram so here is a quick reference post with all the details. Ikea BEKVÄM The stool is the €10 euro Ikea BEKVÄM stool. I would suggest giving this a quick...
When I sat down to write this post it occurred to me that this blog, my podcast, the cottage garden and all of my photography collaborations would not have happened if it wasn't for this 100-year-old cottage which we live in. The journey we had while buying our first...
I can't believe we are in December already and that it has been so long since I wrote a post that I forgot my login details! As you may have guessed this is a personal post. I always think that these are a good idea especially if you are feeling lost or want to forge...
This is a rather strange post for me to write, essentially this is a vote for me/my blog type of post. Over the last 2 years of running the Notebook, I've made friends through the wonderful craft, gardening and parenting communities. I've tried to highlight indie...
This is a surreal post for me to write. I'm usually the person watching and cheering on her friends and co-workers from the side as they collect awards, give presentations and speeches or get invited to PR events. Generally, be the person of support as they live their...
As a parents one of the questions we have struggled with is whether to share images of our children on social media. If we choose to do it, how do we do it safely? How do we as parents control it? *warning this post is full of cute toddler images & different...