“Tea & Cake for the Soul” is my way of trying to give a little something back by sharing my musings, recommendations, tips, and recipes.
I’m a busy, married, mum of two grown up children, with a varied working background in education, admin, retail, hair and home care. My passions include music, travel, writing, reading and spending time with friends and family.
In the past I have written articles and supplied photos that have been used in music books, magazines, cd booklets, and online forums/websites. I also run several Facebook pages for bands. All this led to me assisting a well known footwear company with their advertising campaigns and new product designs. I even wrote an online “book” once about growing up with a diet of music in the 70s and 80s.
I enjoy going to car boot sales with my dad to find “projects” to upcycle, mostly household items or clothes. I get great pleasure (and quite often a lot of frustration) out of modifying something that someone no longer has use for, into something unique that can be loved and used again. I will share some of these projects with you.
A couple of years back, I went on a real mission to reduce hefty bills like insurance and entertainment packages and it’s amazing what you can do with a bit of time, know-how and effort. I’m a savvy shopper and I share all my tips with you here on this blog . So as I lead a fairly frugal lifestyle in most areas, I am able to indulge in my other passion – travel!
It was the comments received from my holiday diary of my first road trip to America that made me decide to get this blog up and running. I had put so much time and effort into researching the trip that I thought if would be a shame to keep all that info to myself.
In late 2017 I wrote a series of blogs about my life with Mental Illness. It was a long hard slog and took me more than a year to write but I finally published my personal story and hopefully lots of useful tips in how to deal with it for sufferers and carers. It has received some great feedback.
I have lots of new content to share in the Money Saving Tips and Travel sections and I hope I can tempt you with a few more Recipes too.
My Reviews and Recommendations are ONLY of items, services and places that I have paid for myself and want to shout about. My main aim is just to write about my interests and share things that might help people 🙂 .
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