Last minute photoshoot prep – argh
I have a photoshoot with the lovely Grace tomorrow afternoon. We booked it months ago, which means the date has snuck up on me, and while I'm very excited, I'm also incredibly disorganised. This week I have been frantically making these beauties: while simultaneously...
A fortnight in photos: June 2015
A friend made this amazing meringue... to celebrate another friend's 30th (which we photographed on her instant camera, hence the glorious 70s tinge to the second photo)... I had glorious cake at work... to make up for having to stand by this display and...
Chocolate nostalgia
One of the great unsolved mysteries of my life has been whatever happened to the Secret chocolate bar. I remember buying it in the newsagent near my school - inside the gold and purple wrapper and the white cardboard inner, lurked yummy strands of milk chocolate...
Proof that in blogging years, I’m prehistoric
ELEVEN YEARS. Well, ten and a half currently... but on November 6, this year, I will have been officially blogging for 11 years. How the hell did that happen?! Here's my first ever blog entry, on my first ever blog, which I found by accident this afternoon. It's......
The ghosts of Carla past
Aka a spontaneous trip to say goodbye to my childhood home before it was sold. We moved in in 1993, when I was seven... and we turned it from an identikit new house on an estate to a much loved family home with a glorious garden. (I say 'we' - I had a miniature cement...
Not all of us have one true calling {Video}
Here's a TED talk I've been waiting for since forever. Emilie Wapnick, founder of Puttylike and fellow scanner/Renaissance soul/polymath/multipotentialite, shares her thoughts on how we're all wired differently. If you've ever felt adrift, confused or lost because you...
What no one will tell you about starting your own business
Through my various ventures and the community of solopreneurs who keep me sane, I've learned some intriguing truths about starting up. Whatever stage of business you're at, whether it's thinking and daydreaming, early stages or you've been going for years, I hope they...
Tulle and rainbows {What I Wore}
A dear friend's 41st birthday... our new favourite bar in town... a balmy Saturday night... and a quick detour to the ruined priory at the bottom of the high street for some photos on my way in... Jacket and tshirt: ancient components of my wardrobe | Tulle petticoat:...
How to give old shoes a magical new lease of life
Three ways I've given old shoes a new lease of life... 1) The Rainbow Shoes I don't know if I'm ashamed or proud to admit that I have three pairs of identical Mary-Jane shoes from Schuh, in different colours. Red ones, a present for my 19th birthday, to go with my...
Postbox: Blackbird in the Rowan Tree
I believe wholeheartedly in being able to manifest experiences and my life's direction, but have always been a bit dubious about being able to manifest physical things I want into my life. Happily, I have been proved wrong. Back in February, I was browsing the...
I'm Carla, a quirky thirtysomething with a penchant for unicorns and glitter. I believe in magic and make-believe, and the gorgeous rebellion of making your life absolutely your own. And I'm a proud multipod!
I am a photographer and catalyst for small business owners, and a real life mermaid. I photograph people as they truly are, help women see and step into their brightest and best selves, add a sprinkling of magic to the mundane, and am a happy ambassador for stationery and slow living.
Proud to be both girly and geeky, when I’m not writing, photographing or daydreaming, you can find me dancing burlesque, riding my bicycle Bluebell, growing herbs and collecting typewriters.