“We’ve moved quite a bit in the past few years, which was how our decluttering started. Now we only own a couch, a small dining table, and our mattresses.” Single mum-of-one and writer, Kay Haupt (kayhaupt), on home life in rural Iowa…
Author: The Early Hour
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“Our market days are more like mini festivals with music, visual art, kids activities and street performances popping up each month.” Claire Carroll helps run The Frome Independent market in Somerset. She talks market day, motherhood and working every weekend…
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“The business was inspired by my three-month-old daughter, who always had her bottom on show. I was constantly pulling down her dresses and that’s when I decided to design a fun range of leggings around this concept.” Meet the founder of kids’ clothing label Blade and Rose…
Family
“Our vintage little people town and play kitchen are high on the boys’ lists of favorites. I try to sit back and watch their imagination wander,” says full time mum-of-two and blogger Lindsey Badenhop (lindseybadenhop on Instagram)…
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We catch up with Alys Wood-Bibby, founder of Blomst – a flower subscription service – to talk motherhood, floristry, her newly renovated kitchen and the garden studio she’ll soon set up shop in. Oh, and mornings – of course…
Family
Today we hear from Sasha Przybyla (@sashaisagirl on Instagram) who lives near San Francisco with her husband and young daughter, Ellie. She talks travel, blogging, eating out at the weekends and believing that “more is caught than taught” when it comes to parenting…
Work Life
He takes traditional fairytales and introduces homosexual, transgender and racially diverse characters, as well as wheelchair users. We meet Olly Pike to talk early mornings, equality and LGBT books for kids…
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On falling pregnant, Laura-Anne Smith knew that her career as a dancer and circus performer would be affected but assumed she’d re-train post birth. This hasn’t quite happened. We talk motherhood, body image and finding a new career path…
Family
Moving in with your partner and their children – how does it work? We asked two stepmums and two stepdads – ranging in age from 28 to 59 years old – what it’s like to be a stepparent…
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Financial analyst by day, entrepreneur by night – Princess Onitilo is the founder of Tress Free: the UK’s first ethnic hair and beauty booking platform. We catch up with the 23-year-old to talk mornings, living with her parents and running a business while working full time…