This is the post I’ve known I needed to write for the longest time, but I’ve finally plucked up the courage to write. I’d like to introduce myself, the ‘Mummy’ in Mummy’s Muse. My name is Yewande, I’m 32 and I live in London. I’m married and I have two incredible daughters. Watching them – …
Aren’t you supposed to make baby clothes? Yes, I am definitely making baby clothes. This brand is still about making Bold Prints for Fearless Babies & Children, so why am I currently selling masks?! “It really wasn’t on brand for me to wear boring, thoughtless pieces of fabric on my face.” It started the way …
A few weeks ago I had an absolute treat of a day and got to spend the afternoon walking the floors of the Tate Modern. A ‘few’ years ago, I went to University in Central London. We were given Wednesday afternoons off for sport and yeah I wasn’t into fitness then like I am now. …
I chose the image above for this Spring update. Let’s face it, in the UK, this is what most days in this last month of May have looked like. However, June is a few days away and it’s looking like the tide is turning. It’s well timed as the tide seems to be turning for …
I started using Pantone Connect a few months ago and it’s now one of my favourite tools. One of the best things about going on this journey has been getting into this brand new world that I honestly knew nothing about. It’s made me realise that every industry comes with its own tools, terminology and …
Just under a week ago I received new construction samples. This was a significant milestone for me because the last time I received samples was back in October 2019. Can we just pause…October 2019, about a year and a half ago! When I first looked into starting Mummy’s Muse, I planned on producing with a …
I’m launching a new category of posts on the blog. I think I’m going to call it Training Day. These posts will document the journey of me Training my Eye in order to gain a better understanding of colour and design. I realised that exposing my eye to interesting ‘things’ is something I’ve been doing …
I’m embarrassingly late to the game on this one. In the last few weeks, I’ve truly started to learn the value of ‘YouTube University’. What do I mean when I say YouTube University? I mean the fact that you can learn almost anything…on YouTube. Using Downtime to Upskill I’ve written a lot about this journey …
As I wait for fabric to be sourced to produce new samples, I’ve found myself building out cost models – again. It made me realise how honest you have to be with yourself to build these models. Models that account for all of your costs pre-sale. It’s SO easy to not account for everything. When …
I took a week off writing last week. I was busy setting up a few things and didn’t really have an update so I skipped a week. In my last post I spoke about developing psychological resilience. The context of the post was starting a business in general, but more specifically for me right now, …
I’m realising that I need to strengthen my mental rebound game. I think psychological resilience is vital for someone trying to build something from nothing, you have to have a really strong mind. Perhaps they weren’t ‘The One’ I’ve written about the Tsunami of Doubt that washes over me from time to time. It’s really …