a creative business e-course

Today I bought an e-course by Elsie Larson & her sister Emma, who together run the blog abeautifulmess. I really love reading their blog, and I remember loving her fonts & scrapbooking style in all your old scrapbooking books, Mum.

The e-course is called Dream Job and includes over 22 sessions on how to run a successful creative small business. At the moment, this really would be my dream job.

There is a 25% off sale on ALL their e-courses which ends today, just as I was looking through their blog. I felt like it was perfect timing. Doing something creative for a 'job' has really been on my heart & mind a lot, particularly in the past few months. And Soph & I have been talking a lot more of wanting to make a serious attempt at making hours&ours a money-making endeavour.

It looks like a really good course so far. Elsie & Emma both share their stories of how their small business dreams started and have made it to where they are today - 10 years after they first started & really thriving!

The course covers topics from branding, pricing and customer service, to inspiration, growth, styling of your business and your products. I'm really excited to get into the course & learn more...and who knows, maybe hours&ours will eventually turn into something that slightly resembles a little business!

secondhand side table

This was a bargain for only $3 at a sale in a community hall in Kangaroo Valley that Cecily Thew Patterson was involved in running. 

I used some white house paint for the base & then gold spray paint over the top of that to add a bit of interest on the base of the legs. I'd noticed a lot of DIY pictures on Pinterest where they'd used a different colour on the base of chair or table legs to add some contrast & make it a little more interesting, so I was keen to have a go.

And was happy with the results!

I really love this little table.

It works perfectly in our living room & is so useful for perching your tea on. 

At the moment it is also home to a little succulent & a bright orange teapot I also found at an op shop.