Category: #CraftingABrighterFuture

1. Crafting a brighter future - Switching to Recycled Toilet Paper

   Posted on 12:00pm Sunday 9th Jun 2019

   

   A blog about using the bog...

   Hello my colour loving friends! Just to warn you, this post is a little different to my usual topics and definitely far less colourful. But that's OK, because sometimes things are just black and white.

   Our planet is heading for a climate catastrophe and collectively we need to do everything we can to be as environmentally conscious as possible. Making large scale changes to our lifestyle can feel overwhelming, but if everyone started off by committing to one small change, we’d be well on our way to crafting a brighter future!

   The first small change I'd like to introduce you to happens in the smallest room in the house...

   I wonder whether I can encourage you to switch to recycled toilet paper?

2. Crafting a brighter future - Intention Setting

   Posted on 12:00pm Sunday 10th Feb 2019

   

   If you have read my previous blog post Crafting a brighter future - A period of self reflection you'll know that rather than rushing into any new work I spent most of the first month of 2019 mentally taking stock and looking at ways to make my life more positive. During this review period I indulged in an awful lot of navel gazing and wrote an emotional manifesto of how I wanted to feel, before starting to think more practically about all the things I wanted my life to provide.

   So how did I move from introspection towards action?

3. Crafting a brighter future - A period of self reflection...

   Posted on 3:00pm Friday 1st Feb 2019

    

   

   As a product designer who designs and makes colourful gifts and accessories with the intention of selling them to make money, you may think it odd to hear me say that I have come to the conclusion that the key to making life more colourful may not actually be more things…