If you'd told me a few years ago that I’d swap the classroom for custom gifting, I might have laughed at the idea. But as it turns out, being a primary school teacher was the perfect training ground for running a small business. Teaching isn’t just about phonics and numbers. It’s time management, multitasking, creativity on demand, and most of all, people skills. These are the very tools I now use every day as a small business owner. In the classroom, I was used to planning w

A few years ago, if someone had told me I’d uproot my life, move countries, change careers, survive a health scare, and start a small business, all in one whirlwind chapter I would have laughed nervously and politely asked them to stop tempting fate. But here I am. Life has a curious way of unravelling in ways we never quite expect. The decision to move countries wasn’t taken lightly. It was fuelled by a mixture of hope, exhaustion, and the overwhelming need for something dif

When I launched my small business, I thought I had a fairly good idea of what to expect. I knew it would be hard work, time-consuming,...