10 Tips for doing a Trade Show like a Pro

Ok, so we aren't exactly Pros by any means but here's some things we learnt from doing Life Instyle: 1. Be human. (Most important!) You can't help it, you are human, don't try to hide it. Sometimes we jumbled our words, forgot...

Tinitrader interview - Queens of Colour

To celebrate International Women's Day Tinitrader asked to interview me along side four inspiring women. Gosh what an honour.  To read the full article click here, enjoy! Here's my favourite bit from a long term girl-crush of mine, Rachel Castle: Your range is...

Plan A

Sometimes in life you have to put all your eggs in one basket. At least that's how I seem to live. From the very beginning, when the idea of Mustard was taking shape, I knew that I wanted to launch at Life InStyle....

See for yourself

One night I said to my husband, “I just need to go to China.”  He is fairly well adapted to my spontaneous nature and knows that I am not someone who will ask for permission and wasn’t born with a very large...

Handmade Pedestals

The day I first came up with the idea of creating beautiful lockers I was walking along the beach with my sister, we were dreaming out loud about what might be next for me after having a baby. The seed grew rapidly...

Making the Mustard

It may sound strange to say that my first business was not about making money. Yes, I wanted some shiny coins in my pocket and yes I sure did have bills to pay but I also rarely checked my bank account or...