I live and work in the South West of the UK - a country girl at heart having grown up playing in the fields of our family farm.

I’ve always been creative, and would spend hours happily drawing wild flowers, making potions in the garden or writing little stories as a child. But like so many of us, as I grew up my creative spark seemed to drift away.

By my early 20s, I was living in London working in 9-5 office roles, living the city life. But my soul was longing for something deeper and richer … to get back to my roots and use my hands to start making and creating again.

I just didn’t seem to know how.

Of course, the truth is that at my core I did know how, because creating is so fundamental to who I am (and perhaps it is to you too?). When I’m lost in a project and get into the flow, I know I’m exactly where I’m meant to be.

But expectations, society, fear, perfectionism and a good old fashioned dose of ‘artist’s block’ kept me stuck, looking at that blank page but never quite getting started.

That is, until around 2013, when I was made redundant and found myself at a crossroads.

Something shifted within me.

I started writing my first blog. The joy of creating for fun again soon took hold, and I started crafting and tinkering with jewellery.

I’ve always loved making jewellery and working with metal - the alchemy of making something new. The way that we adorn ourselves is more than purely decoration - it’s an external expression of who we are, and I love to envoke this within my collections too.

At the same time as building my fledgling jewellery business, I was also devouring everything I could find about marketing, which enabled me to start a new career alongside my making.

I loved it, and have since worked in busy marketing roles both freelance and in-house. My dream is to now share these skills with other creative business owners just like you!