January 2021

A bit of a whirlwind start to January 2021 amidst all the uncertainty in the world us. 11th January I received a boost from Retail Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis. The week before I tweeted Theo about my business during ‘Small Business Sunday’ and was one of six weekly winners. The weekly initiative, set up by Theo in 2010, now has over 2500 #SBS winners and supports small businesses in the UK and Ireland.

Christmas may be over but the Design Council of Irelands #Madelocal is still going strong. Now more than ever it is important that we look to locally made artisan craftspeople. There is an unbelievable amount of talent in this small Country of ours if you only look for it. Craft Fairs may be not running at the moment but more and more makers are setting up websites and a scroll through Instagram reveals what a talented bunch we Irish are. Keep safe everyone xx