I have been here before, but this one hits just that bit harder. The emptiness and silence my family feels without our wee best bud is all-consuming. Oscar came into our lives as a pup when I was in my third year of university. At the time, I was living at home and my Dad […] The post Oscar appeared first on February Stars ..read more

When I first started painting with watercolour, I used a cheap starter kit and paper. I got by with it but I began to feel frustrated by the fact I struggled with my paintings. I could never get them to turn out like the tutorials I followed and it was all too easy to overwork […] The post My Favourite Watercolour Supplies UK appeared first on February Stars ..read more

Today I made the decision to stop working and start my maternity leave. I am now almost 34 weeks pregnant and— if I am being honest with myself— I’ve been finding work challenging for a few weeks now.  Work Has Been Busy The Past Few Weeks I am incredibly grateful to say that Valentine’s Day […] The post Taking Maternity Leave When Self-employed appeared first on February Stars ..read more

I have been here before, but this one hits just that bit harder. The emptiness and silence my family feels without our wee best bud is all-consuming. Oscar came into our lives as a pup when I was in my third year of university. At the time, I was living at home and my Dad […] The post Oscar appeared first on February Stars ..read more

When I first started painting with watercolour, I used a cheap starter kit and paper. I got by with it but I began to feel frustrated by the fact I struggled with my paintings. I could never get them to turn out like the tutorials I followed and it was all too easy to overwork [...] The post My Favourite Watercolour Supplies UK appeared first on February Stars ..read more

Today I made the decision to stop working and start my maternity leave. I am now almost 34 weeks pregnant and— if I am being honest with myself— I’ve been finding work challenging for a few weeks now.  Work Has Been Busy The Past Few Weeks I am incredibly grateful to say that Valentine’s Day [...] The post Taking Maternity Leave When Self-employed appeared first on February Stars ..read more

  If you are looking for some unique Mother’s Day cards in the UK I’ve got you covered! I have 14 designs that I have illustrated and turned into greeting cards for Mother’s Day. Each design is printed by me onto 300gsm recycled card stock and comes with a recycled, fleck kraft paper envelope. If [...] The post Unique Mother’s Day Cards UK appeared first on February Stars ..read more

Every year, I set a word of the year. It’s an alternative concept to making New Year’s resolutions that I enjoy doing. If you are new to the idea, a word of the year is where you choose a word that is central to the goals and achievements you want to work towards. It allows [...] The post My Word of the Year for 2021 appeared first on February Stars ..read more

It’s been a few months since I sat down to write on this blog. But I wanted to make time to sit down, reflect and write about the past year. Oh, 2020, where do I start? a year none of us expected I don’t think any of us would have imagined what was ahead of [...] The post 2020: My Year in Review appeared first on February Stars ..read more

In 2019, I began selling my art prints and greeting cards on the online marketplace Etsy. Etsy has been brilliant for me and, as I write this, my shop has just surpassed 1000 sales on the platform! I am incredibly proud of my Etsy shop but I’ve decided to branch out and recently I built [...] The post Opening a Standalone E-commerce Website in Addition to Etsy appeared first on February Stars ..read more