August: A time for al fresco antics
What better way to celebrate Summer than to enjoy your own backyard? That’s exactly what we did on August 3rd …
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September 22, 2023
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Archive
Muddy Marvellous: Embracing “Some Down-and-Dirty Growing Fun”
Somehow, over the 16 months I have been at mark-making*, I’ve become known as some kind of Monty Don protégé. …
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June 27, 2023
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A social just like mamm*a used to make
We know that creative inspiration can come from unexpected places. It’s part of the reason that our Spring social – …
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May 30, 2023
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Out and about at the Birmingham Design Festival
This month some of the mark-makers visited the Birmingham Design Festival to see, hear, and learn from the industry’s finest. …
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June 27, 2022
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A social to wax lyrical about
Prior to 2020, mark-making* liked to take an afternoon a couple of times a year to step away from our …
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May 25, 2022
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Metaphors in creative copywriting – metaphorically speaking
I read the other day that we use metaphors about every 25 words. Which seemed a lot. So I started …
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July 22, 2019
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Sock full of (silly) ideas
So, we’ve been a bit sock mad recently. But then there’s good reason to be – socks are pretty darn …
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December 12, 2018
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A pleb’s approach to polymathy
mark-makers on creativity In this series we’re asking mark-makers to reflect on their relationship with their craft and what inspires …
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February 8, 2018
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