Creative inspo for amazing mums
Posts in November, 2015
When you mention Grace Woodward to fashion people, the response I often hear is "OOH, I love her." Grace is the kind of strong, stylish mum whose name is synonymous with guts, style, grit and honest determination - all traits I could do well to draw from at least once or twice a week. Grace is renowned for being a stylist by trade, but she is also a survivor and...
I don't blog about myself at all, as I wanted to just assemble a load of amazing interviews with you lot here on the Mumspo blog, but I thought maybe you might like to know something about me! Maybe not, if so, please do just go ahead and ready about the other amazing mums here. SO I got the boys out of the house today and got time on my...
Fellow magazine hoarders will remember beautiful, collectible Amelia's Magazine well. One of her early notebooks is still on my desk, so it is a delight to finally have a reason to interview Amelia Gregory, now a mum of two little peaches. Amelia has moved on from publishing her illustration-rich print magazine to her website, books and a new book; Amelia's Colourful Colouring Companion: Adult Coloring Book. She's funding this latest...
Helen Edwards has that magic number, 15. That number crops up so often when I talk to creative mums. It seems that 15 years of gathering expertise, working for other people is about the right time for lots of people to then have families and launch their own thing. Helen put 15 years into artist management and print art production, and five years ago she launched her own thing. Helen's...