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Red Ted celebrates winning the Hillarys Craft Competition 2015!
Yesterday, I had some amazing news. The kind that shocks you so much – in a good way – that you can’t speak and simply
Yesterday, I had some amazing news. The kind that shocks you so much – in a good way – that you can’t speak and simply
After sharing photos of Sian’s beautiful Daisy caravan with you yesterday (and the fabulous vintage party package giveaway – check it out here!) I felt
Scary, butterflies, lost, nervous, smiles, cocktails, friendly, giggles, girls, cupcakes, funny, happiness, joy, pride, fun, delight, awe, thrilled. These are the words that sum up
I mentioned last week just how relaxed I’d been about what to wear for the Cosmo Blog Awards and that I’d kind of left everything
What happens when your dreams come true? I’m not sure, but I think that’s kind of how I’m feeling about being a finalist in the
Today I wanted to share my blog post on making the switch from WordPress.com to .org which was first published on The Fairy Blogmother blog, where you
I can’t believe it! I’ve just found out that my lovely readers (you, yes you, thank you!!) have been nominating Cassiefairy.com on the Cosmo website
Yikes, the nominations are almost over! There are only 2 days left to nominate for your favourite blogs in the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards 2014 and
Ok, I think I’m getting a little bit addicted. To blog awards. Yes, that’s right, I’m trying to get nominated for another blog award and
I can’t believe it but my little lifestyle blog has been featured in the local newspaper! They’ve shared news of my National Blog Award and
Hello. Welcome to a day in my life. Wait, don’t go – it’ll be interesting, honest! After my ‘personal branding’ lesson last month, I realised
Have you ever spent years dreaming about an event, months working towards it, weeks planning your movements, days deliberating your outfits, hours getting ready, only
Did you know it’s the National Blog Awards this week? Did you know that I’m a FINALIST?! Have I mentioned it before..? 😉 Going to
If you’ve not heard me shouting about it already, I’m a FINALIST in the National Blog Awards 2014! I’m going to the awards ceremony on
On Friday I celebrated 3 years of blogging with a big chocolate chip sponge cake after accidentally finding out that my blog had reached this
There are some days that I really feel like I’m a professional blogger. Okay, these days are few and far between, and most of the
I have amazing news and I’ve already been yelling it all over Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and Google+ so if you haven’t already heard my
Today, I’m back to normal. After all the festivities of Christmas and new year, an after a month of having a poorly hubby at home
I can’t believe it. I’ve broken one of my new year’s resolutions already. On the 3rd of January – now that has to be some
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had a lovely evening, whatever you got up to and saw the new year in with style. Hubby
It’s new years eve and I can’t wait for tonight’s party as the clock ticks over into 2014. I really like even numbers (don’t ask me
I’ve received fantastic news that my little lifestyle blog has been honoured by REXLondon.com as one of their favourite blogs. They contacted me to let me know that
I know I don’t usually blog twice a day but I’ve just had some amazing news and I have to tell someone or else I’ll
I like a good school fête. True, it’s been many years since I last went to one (because it’s a bit odd to go to
Over the past couple of months, I’ve been running a series of articles on hen parties – and today is actually the hen party of one of
I’ve had a bit of a result today when buying a piece of vintage clothing. I spotted a Laura Ashley dress in my local charity
So last night I was lucky enough to attend the Company Magazine Style Blogger Awards 2013. It was an amazing night, and I’m only now
I’m off to the Company Magazine awards ceremony and I just can’t wait to get there and meet all the other lovely shortlisted bloggers. I’ve enjoyed
Just in case you haven’t already heard me shouting it from the rooftops, I had great news last week: my little blog has been shortlisted in
I can’t believe it. This blog, my little lifestyle blog, has been shortlisted for a Company Magazine blog award. This kind of thing doesn’t happen to
UPDATE: I’ve made it through to the shortlist!! So please please vote for me in the Best Thrifty Blog category if you get the chance
I am so pleased to say that one of my new range of fashion tulle skirts has been included on The Wardrobe Challenge blog I
Yes, I’ve been making tutus this week, as usual – but I was extra-excited when a custom order arrived for a fabulous rainbow ballet tutu because this
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to
I am pleased to announce that my blog now has its own domain name! Yes, I must be a grown-up in the world of blogging now, because I
In fact, I’m not even sure how it’s pronounced – is it ‘pin-ter-est’, ‘pin-trest’ or even ‘p-interest’. Not that this even matters considering that I’ve
Faeries and Enchanted magazine is celebrating its 20th edition and their autumn anniversary issue includes a special feature on this year’s Three Wishes Faery Fest including
Hubby recently went away on business to Germany and for the first time, I wasn’t able to go with him (my passport has expired –
Just got back from one of the best weekends ever – I went to the races at Newmarket and had a fantastic day despite on/off
This weekend I went to the Ipswich Maritime festival and spent a scorchingly hot day wandering around the docks doing a spot of shopping, eating lovely treats and
This time last week, my husband and I were celebrating our 9th wedding anniversary by taking a whole day off and doing absolutely nothing. It
This past weekend I took a trip to Southwold and luckily enough I stumbled upon a lovely vintage fair that was being held along the
One of the cutest sights of the year so far is this absolutely beautiful partridge and her 13 tiiiiiny chicks. We had to rescue the mummy
I had such a hectic (but lovely) weekend over the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday that its taken me this long to recover and get back
After recently posting about two of the family chickens hatching out their first clutch of chicks, I was asked to keep my lovely readers updated
Here’s a few snapshots of my lovely staycation holiday in sunny East Anglia: We had a great time walking the coast, photographing beach huts, playing
Thanks to all this gorgeous sunny weather we’ve been having this week, all the lovely plants and trees are bursting into life during and a
I’ve just heard on Radio 2 that today is International Tiara Day! After a quick Google I’ve found out that this is the 2nd Annual
Yesterday mum’s lovely little chicken ‘Friendly’ hatched 2 of her eggs into fluffy little chicks – here’s a photo of these angelic yellow bundles of
I’ve just been given a new bike! Well, I say new, but what I mean is, new to me – it’s actually a very old bicycle that’s
I love my old Seamstress Sew-Tric sewing machine; it’s the prettiest sewing machine I’ve ever seen, it has beautiful ornate panels and it looks like an ancient hand-powered machine
I wanted to share with you my lovely little Christmas Tree. This is the first year I’ve ever had a ‘theme’ for my Christmas decorations
Until last weekend! And I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw two real-life reindeer for the first time in my life (which consists of
I don’t think I can beat last year’s Christmas tree decorations but I wanted to share this photo of my tree with you to show
Morning everyone! Here’s a little treat for your tea break – a free online magazine! Click on the image below to open up the special
The average person experiences up to 3,000 advertising messages per day, so the biggest risk for a business is to be lost within this barrage of marketing. But businesses too need to be certain that they are not adding to the problem of junk marketing themselves…
I’ve decided to join up to the WordPress Post-A-Day/Post-A-Week campaign and try to increase my blogging activity, both on my personal blog and the Cassiefairy
I was absolutely thrilled to be asked by Creative Crafting Magazine to contribute an article on online promotion techniques following the masterclass I hosted on
If you’re packing for university this week here’s my words of wisdom (!) of moving away to uni – I reckon you’ll think “oh I
I am pleased to report that my chat session on the Creative Connections network on Tuesday 19th Aug went swimmingly! Loads of crafty individuals gathered
Following on from part one of my blog post – here is the actual article written by Sharon Williams that appeared FAE magazine, along with images of
I’m very excited to have been invited to host a Creative Masterclass in honour of Creative Connections’ birthday next week on 16th August. Creative Connections
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I found out via Twitter that the Cassiefairy Blog had been featured in the most recent edition of Creative
Today is my mum’s birthday – happy birthday Mummyfairy! Here’s me and my lovely mum enjoying her garden last week: So I’ve had a fun day
Apparently, I once found a fairy at the bottom of the garden, aged 2 and (although it is fairly unlikely seeing as we lived in
Today I visited Alive and V-Dubbin Volkswagen festival at the Mid-Suffolk Showground and after browsing the gorgeous shops, munching on some yummy fish & chips
One of my lovely wedding blogging friends recently spoke about the challenges and rewards of being self-employed (although it seems that the challenges often appear
I spent a lovely sunny bank-holiday monday morning at a carboot sale, where I purchased a men’s blue t-shirt for 30p – I had a
