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It's usually around September that my stationery fetish goes into overdrive. I don't know if it's the new job, working from home more, or just how feckin' cute these finds are, but I'm feeling a bit of a desk update. Above:
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Colouring books for adults (distinctly different from adult colouring books, just so we're clear), have become hugely popular in the last year or two – check out how many of the best-selling books on Amazon right now are colouring books for grown-ups. For Christmas, Ben gifted me Lost Ocean,
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It's probably total sacrilege to say this when it's still January: but doesn't it feel kind of, well, spring-like out there at times? Maybe that's why I've been pinning this wonderfully fresh colour combo. Pastel pink is going to be
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One of the things I'm becoming more and more fiercely passionate about – and honestly, one of the reasons behind my recent leap – is my firm belief that the tech industry needs more women. More than ever, more parts of our lives are powered by technology, yet women aren&
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"I live just about as much during the day as a trapeze performer does when he is on the bars — it’s catch the right bar at the right minute, or into the net you go" – Willa Cather Keeping on the theme from earlier in the week, I
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One of my favourite January activities? Planning the trips I hope to take. Or remembering what I loved about last year's – the fresh, biting Donegal air, the inadvertent giddiness that comes with seeing the New York skyline, the first peek at a Dublin cherry blossom, or the feel
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Anything techie can sometimes feel a bit, well, cold to give as a Christmas gift, but I hope these five stylish finds prove otherwise. Tech accessories have come a seriously long way, often incorporating natural, tactile materials like leather and wood, as well becoming beautifully designed things in their own
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Killer podcasts, noise-cancelling headphones and French lip balm – just some of the things brightening up my daily commute. Truth be told, I look forward to my daily trips in and out (admittedly, it helps that I'm traveling against traffic), especially in these crisp, bright autumn mornings. I fire
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I just love the new collection by Irish Design Shop gals Clare Grennan and Laura Caffrey. Names is is a range of beautifully designed, simple statement pieces. As the brains behind one of the loveliest shops in town (which has been championing Irish craft since 2008), the girls know the
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We're having my nephews and niece over a mini Halloween party, so I've been researching games, traditions and pretty eats. Click through for some links! Above: These Halloween "pun-kins" really made me smile. Get the how-to here. Speaking of which, these beautiful Designlovefest pumpkin
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I really wanted to create something that drew from Dublin's historical graphic language. I find we're quick here to dismiss anything that feels even vaguely like the past sometimes, but working in period filmmaking has made me more aware of how modern some of those antiquities
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Spotted a version of this on my friend El's Insta feed and it brought a smile. I'm headed to beautiful Ballymaloe for a few days of eating, chilling, snapping, napping and as little screen time as possible (although that place is so Instagram-friendly, I know it