About
A New Chapter
After 33 years in the beauty industry, I decided I’d spent quite enough time being sensible.
I was ready for a slower life, but I wasn’t ready to stop being curious, creative or useful. I wanted to spend more time doing the things I genuinely enjoy—and see if some of them might even become a new way of working.
The Tea Rose is where that experiment unfolds.
It’s a home for the things that interest me now: finding clever ways to spend less, buying and selling on Vinted, searching antique fairs and auctions for unusual treasures, and discovering how AI can make everyday life feel more manageable.
Some ideas work brilliantly. Others are best described as learning experiences. I’ll share both.
Welcome to HobbiWORK
HobbiWORK is my name for work that feels suspiciously like having a hobby.
It means following my curiosity, trying things for myself and sharing what I learn along the way. There’s no grand five-year business plan and no pretending that I have everything figured out.
I’m simply creating a life with more freedom, more interest and rather less pressure to behave sensibly.
You’ll find honest accounts of what I’ve tried, what things cost, what I’ve saved and what I wish I’d known before I started. If something proves useful, makes life easier or gives me a good story to tell, it will probably find its way onto The Tea Rose.
And, of course, there’s Grace.
She is part of every version of my life, although her walks, adventures and doggy world have their own home over at Paws with Grace.
So, welcome to The Tea Rose—and to my HobbiWORK era.
I’m not entirely sure where it will lead, but I have a feeling it could be interesting.