F.A.Q.

I love hearing from people who visit my site whether by email, twitter, facebook or in the comments you are always welcome to get in touch with me.

There are some questions which crop up more often than not so I thought it may be useful to make the answers easily accessible. Here I hope to answer some of the questions which readers ask me most frequently.

Can you give me some housework tips?

Sure, my best tip is: hire a cleaner! I would love to be an authority on housekeeping but I’m sorry to say it is bottom of the priority list at the moment.

Which camera do you use?

I use a Canon EOS 500D. More often than not I’m using the standard kit 18-55mm lens. I also have a 50mm F/1.8 which I sometimes use (if you want to know about a specific shot feel free to ask).

Early posts on this blog use a Canon PowerShot Sx110 IS (no longer available but the Sx120 IS is the updated version).

I sometimes use a standard tripod. I also have a Joby Gorillapod and should really invest in a ball head to go with it.

Do you digitally edit your pictures?

As a rule of thumb: no.

I’m a little too lazy to learn how to do it well! Pictures are sometimes cropped, occassionally auto-corrected in Picnik but most often are straight out of the camera.

Where do you buy the children’s clothes?

Their clothes are a combination of second hand, hand me downs and sales bargains.

My favourite shops are: Juicy Tots, Little Baby Company, Love it Love it Love it, Sisters Guild and Tootsa MacGinty.

You can find out a bit more about specific brands in this post.

Where do you buy your fabric?

My favourite UK online fabric shops are: Fabric Rehab, M is for Make, Saints & Pinners, Backstitch and The Eternal Maker.

I also buy from my local haberdasher, Etsy and second hand sources.

Will you be my BFF?

Yes, lets have a crafternoon!