How do you create meaningful content? This is a question I have struggled with on and off again over the years. While the word ‘meaningful’ is subjective, I know myself I want to create with a purpose and not necessarily...
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 …
In the yarn industry and yarn community, there are some very difficult but important conversations happening right now. They are the types of conversations that can change a system at its core hopefully for the better but sometimes it gets …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Do your mornings look like a scene from Lord of the Rings? Mine usually do. It’s a whirlwind fight of the breakfast monsters in the cottage and I was yearning for a more peaceful calm wake up. This usually...
As we fall back into our September routine here at the cottage, I remembered that I wanted to thank all of you for your continued support for this blog and podcast. So much has happened since September 2016 that...
It has been a while since I have posted a personal post and I thought this was a good time to catch up on life in the cottage. Last week, after eight years, we lost our rabbit Berry. To those...
If you are stuck with kids over the summer holidays it’s hard to find places to go. I hold my hands up and say that I have two toddlers 3 and 2 years old and they absolutely loved the Battle...
Today is my birthday and I’m sitting in the garden listening to the birds. Watching them fly, have dirt baths and knock each other into the pond. In this quiet serenity, my mind always wonders. I don’t know if this...
I get asked a lot of questions about what I do and for a long time, I couldn’t really answer. I would bounce between content creator, blogger, writer and lately photographer and in all honesty, I do all of those...
Macha by Aoibhe Ni in Hedgehog Fibres Merino DK This shawl is one of my personal favourites from Aoibhe. An Irish shawl design with an Irish hand dyed yarn from Hedgehog Fibers, what’s not to love? I have already...
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and this week I am highlighting women’s issues on the blog/podcast. All of these are issues that I have wanted to highlight previously but for some reason or another, I never thought that they would...
It’s a funny thing being born in Ireland in the 1980’s. Much of what made the headlines went over my head as a child. My thoughts on this country were always that we were lucky; blessed to have a...
When I saw this daily post for Simplify I wanted to write a blog post in reply, my children had a different idea and the days rolled by in a blur of coughing, high temperatures and constant fluid refills. This...
This year started in a whoosh, all deadlines and submissions and it didn’t seem to stop. I don’t even remember getting a chance to stop during the holidays. This led me to some spiral thinking. You know the type were...
One of the questions I get asked a lot is how I got here. There is no magic answer and I didn’t do it alone. I’m part of a wonderful community of creatives who support one another. I don’t...
It snuck up on me again. The date never changes but each year the start of the holiday season always seems to hit me in the face. BAM! It’s here and there is nothing you can do except enjoy...
Hi I’m Nadia. I’m a coffee loving gardener with a passion for craft and DIY. On the blog, you will find posts on Gardening, craft lifestyle and our Edwardian cottage. Grab a cuppa and come and join me
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