Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s that time of year again, time to get packing in preparation for heading off to Arizona for Showit United! So you’ve heard me talking about United for the past 2 years, what is it? Showit United is a conference for photographers based in Phoenix Arizona. It has leading industry speakers, fantastic workshops, and is […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMayberry Meets Manhattan is a new lifestyle blog run by Carrie Porter. She lives in the town of Bentonville, Arkansas with her husband Clay and pupper Riley. Bentonville is also the home to the Walmart Corporation headquarters, making it for a very interesting town indeed. They mix big town living, with small town charm – […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesDay One   We arrived in Amsterdam, dropped everything off at the hotel, and tried to figure out the tram system to get ourselves into the city centre. Hat’s off to Helen who did most of the figuring out the entire trip (because my GPS on my phone is a little off and also because […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesUnless you are running a hobby blog on a free site, turning a blog into a business is going to cost money. There’s so much advice out there telling you to spend money left and right and on just about everything, but what do you actually spend money on? Before I take a deep dive […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis Summer I teamed up with another Scottish web design company called Two Fentons. Together we created a website for “Beauty Therapy Trainer”, a Scotland based educator for all things beauty and therapy. This is a little different to the companies I normally work with, as you can probably tell from the colour palette alone. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes    “I am so excited about my brand guidelines and logo! really gave me a boost of motivation to drive the business forward!” – Jenna Lloyd – Catch One Rabbit   Jenna Lloyd started up her business with the main goal of helping other start-ups. Her aim was to help them get the correct […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesYou jumped into the blogging pool and made a giant splash. Congratulations! But uh…now what? It can feel like there are a million and one (to be exact) things to do as a new blogger and everything you read tells you to focus on something different. What do you do?? What usually happens is you […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes    Anne Thomas is a London based professional makeup artist and hairstylist with more than 10 years experience in the beauty industry! She always had a passion for make-up and finally decided to pursue her dream of becoming a makeup artist at the age of 55. Anne was searching for a brand that didn’t […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesLet’s be honest, my business is based heavily on stock images. You don’t honestly think I take all of these beautiful photographs on my website, social media and website templates do you? That would be hundreds of hours of work at a skill level I simply don’t have. I use approximately 25 images a month […]