Know Your Clasps: Shackle Clasps

Know Your Clasps: Shackle Clasps

There are loads of different types of clasps out there, one to suit every jewellery piece, one for every occasion and one for every wrist. Some can be harder to work than others, while some have benefits that you may not have thought of before. Time to have a look at...
Know Your Clasps: Toggle Clasps

Know Your Clasps: Toggle Clasps

There are loads of different types of clasps out there, one to suit every jewellery piece, one for every occasion and one for every wrist. Some can be harder to work than others, while some have benefits that you may not have thought of before. In this part of Know...
Know Your Clasps: Lobster Clasps

Know Your Clasps: Lobster Clasps

There are loads of different types of clasps out there, one to suit every jewellery piece, one for every occasion and one for every wrist. Some can be harder to work than others, while some have benefits that you may not have thought of before. It can be important to...
Ripples in the Pond

Ripples in the Pond

Sometimes you find yourself wondering why you exist. Is there a greater purpose, something you’re supposed to innately just know? And, how can you make a positive impact on the world? People often refer to meaningful actions as “ripples in a pond”. The idea is that...
My Top 3 ‘Be Proud. Be Me.’ Personal Influences

My Top 3 ‘Be Proud. Be Me.’ Personal Influences

How do you decide on who to follow? How do you decide who to give some of your time to, every day? What is it that actually matters, in the end, when making connections to or with other human beings? This is my list of my Top 3 best personal influences online and off....
Black Friday, what’s that?

Black Friday, what’s that?

In the second year running with only Blursdays in the weeks, and the weeks and months barely existing anyway, how are we supposed to know when important dates are? I mean, seriously, it’s a bit easier for people resident in the USA because it’s the day after US...
Adulting in the Year of the Ox

Adulting in the Year of the Ox

Adulting. The very (non-)word fills some with dread. I am a fairly independent person. I live with a flatmate and she’s very independent too. We live our separate lives in the same space. We have separate meals, we clean separate areas (and share some of the...
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021

Mental Health Awareness Week 2021

CONTENT NOTICE: This post contains detailed descriptions of mental illness, specifically OCD, and intrusive thoughts. Please exercise caution about reading it. I have been reliably informed that it’s Mental Health Awareness Week this week. I make no secret of the fact...
Genderqueer or Nonbinary?

Genderqueer or Nonbinary?

As most people have probably caught on to by now, I’m a genderqueer / nonbinary person. I use they/them pronouns, which means that when you talk about me you don’t say “he went to the shop” or “she bought some bread” but use...