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What's coming next for Approved - Flower Power!



 Ok, so all of you who follow me on social media have been bombarded by pictures of my paper flowers (Sorry!). Between keeping my daughter entertained and doing housework, I have been making flowers from Simply Creative paper to test out some ideas for a new range.

          My idea is to have everything from the flowers to the favours and bunting all in the same paper so it all matches and looks gorgeous. I'm hoping this is a gap in the market that I can fill and get to make beautiful things at the same time. I use my Scan n cut machine to cut the flowers and leaves, then glue gun them together (usually burning off my fingerprints in the process).


          Being a mum and trying to build a business in the Summer holidays is tougher than I thought. I really don't know how people do it. It is the end of the day and i have barely got half the things I wanted to do done and my daughter is complaining of being bored every 5 minutes. And as a side note - why are children 10 times hungrier in the holidays than when they are at school??? I have literally no food left in my house.

            Anyway, I am trying to get my Winter/ Christmas Range sorted in the next few weeks as well as putting out feelers for Wedding stuff. So please tell me what you think, I'd be really interested to hear your views.

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