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November is definitely slow cooker season here in the UK, I pretty much use my weekly until about March now. With a little bit of prep in the morning you have a delicious and comforting dinner ready for you after a busy day at work or with the little ones. Slow Cookers really are your best friend in the winter months. I have put together 4 tasty slow cooker recipes for you to add to your meal planner this month. Each one is either a favorite of mine or something new I've discovered this year. Either way I can guarantee...

I’ve put together a handy list of stocking filler ideas for you to make a start on your Christmas shopping. I think these products are perfect for Secret Santa gifts, teacher thank you presents and for your stationery addict friends.

Add a touch of luxury to your Christmas this year with my calligraphy Christmas gift taps, cards and dinner table name cards.

Stationery gift box guide, unique gift ideas for stationery lovers.

Why should we shop small? How can we shop small? I'm answering all the shop small questions right here.

Autumn is officially here and with it comes the launch of my Autumn inspired stationery collection. As you may already know I design stationery to make meal planning easy and all my designs are inspired by the seasons. As well as the popular meal planner and shopping list notepads I also designed a range of fruity notecards each season for all those times you need to send a little note to a friend or loved one.  I wanted to share with you my inspiration behind the autumn colour palette and design to give you an idea of the work that...

September has always been my favourite time of the year, it goes back to my school days, when I would get excited for the end of the summer holidays which meant time for stationery shopping! 

For those of you with children or family members who are heading off to uni this September I have compiled a handy stationery essentials guide that will equip students to plan ahead and save money by wasting less.

I felt the need to pen an open letter to Sainsburys after a few weeks of unsatisfactory substitutions on my weekly online shop. I've been reading 'Dear Zoo' recently to my little girl before bed, this is where my inspiration came from.

The funniest food shop fails to make you laugh today.

It’s coming up to the end of a school year like no other! I thought I would put together a gift guide for teachers as a way to say thank you for their support this school year.

My summer stationery collection is here! Read all about there inspiration behind the design in this blog post.

Writing a shopping list is the ultimate form of list writing in my opinion, it’s definitely on another level to the daily to do list. Not only does it bring you joy in planning everything you need and carefully trawling your fridge and cupboards in your mind to make sure you don’t miss anything it also rewards you with amazing meals and snacks.

Find out how I use my meal planner each week to mix up what I'm cooking and to make sure I don't waste any food.

10 reasons for you to send a notecard today.

Now the Spring collection is live on the website ready for you to order I wanted to share my thoughts and inspiration behind the design.

I wanted to share with you my thought process behind designing the products in my new stationery collection. They’ve been a long time in the planning...

Hello, welcome to Ink & Spoon's first blog post. What better way to start than an introduction to Ink and Spoon and me, Sarah, the person behind the brand.