Red Poppy
Denim Collection!
The Phone Buzzes.... ....and if it is from the legendary Mags, that means there's a load of jeans ready to be collected from the Irish Wheelchair Association. So today I…
Malakoff Torte
I Blame The 70s…..
The Origins of This Delicious Cake I was a child in the 1970s. There wasn't the food culture like now. Exotic was a term leveled at garlic. Recipe books were…
Fiona Small Messenger Handbag in Purple Meadow
Red Fuchsia, Purple Meadow and Christmas
Finally! Wow, has it been a while since I wrote a blog post. In early October I got a call from the RTE Nationwide office to say that the following…
Neckband in Purple Meadow
New Products!
A Little More Time Six months into life with Covid 19, the lack of large events like Bloom has meant that time I would normally spend creating lots of…
Tara Large Zip Top Handbags
Emerging from Lockdown
At the start of Lockdown... ... no-one knew how long it might last. Suddenly our world shrank to a 2km radius. I'd been used to hopping in the car to…
My Backpacks Have (Finally) Arrived!
How long? Really? It's take you how long? More than 2 years. For more than two years I have been saying to people who have asked if I make backpacks…
Spanish Point Beach
Looking Forward and Back – a true January Blog Post
Nothing Day? It is a long, long time since I wrote a blog post, and I've got slightly out the habit of writing them. So, seeking inspiration I decided to…
Highlighting where a pocket was with embroidery
Why and How I use Recycled Jeans to Make my Handbags
I'm regularly asked why I use recycled jeans in my bags. It would be easier to use new fabric that is handy to cut, for instance. Why do I say…
A Celebration of Spring, Carnaval, International Women’s Day and Sunshine! And a Spring Promotion!
It's the 1st March today, and I always think that March signifies the speeding up of the year. Once January and February are done, time seems to speed up and…
Imbolc is here – and that’s a Good Thing!
According to Wikipedia, "Imbolc, or Imbolg, also called Brigid's Day, is a Gaelic traditional festival marking the beginning of Spring. It is held on 1 February, or about halfway between…