In addition to my blog, you can find me elsewhere on the web….
At Pinterest I curate ideas, projects, inspiration and things that catch my eye; it’s a more eclectic collection than here of the things that I love. You can follow me on Pinterest by clicking the icon below. If you’re a Pinterest regular and you stumble across something you think is right up my street, please feel free to send it to me @KateCurates
I’ve just created a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/katescreativespace – in future every time I post a new project you can read it on Facebook too, and also share any feedback, ideas or photos; please join in!
You can also follow me on Twitter @byKateB
Just discovered your blog via Pinterest. Sooo lovely! Always good to find a Martha Stewart wannabe like myself in blogville. I don’t have my own blog anymore but am toying with a new idea. For now I’ll be following your adventures and just wanted to say Hello and good job!
Victoria x
aka vikkitoria on pinterest
Hi Kate,
Just found your blog and it’s awesome. I am adding it to my favorites on my blog roll!
All the best,
Rita
http://www.designmegillah.com
Thanks so much, Rita! You have a beautiful site; congratulations to you all on the arrival of beautiful Zelda…
Love your blog so have nominated you for the Addictive Blog Award! http://lovinghomemade.com/2012/09/23/addictive-blog-award/
I LOVE Self-Assembly with Harry the Friendly Pirate!! omg you are such a cool mom!! thanks for the tutorial!
-Rebecca NYC
Aw, thank you so much Rebecca!
Hi Kate,
My eyes are glued over spending a Friday night watching Dora, but I suddenly came alive when I read this blog about stacked logs! And check out Ikea’s fabric; http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80240807/#
This is the blog I found it on incase you were interested in reading about others log stacks. By the way, they can’t even compare to yours! http://itsgreattobehome.net
Good night, Claire
I LOVE this fabric, so original! Thanks for flagging it, and the site… I love new discoveries like this
Kate, you are such an inspiration! I love, love all your ideas/projects! Looking forward to your next idea
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Hello Kate,
I love your Christmas Crackers. Did you allocated your ten sets of cracker snaps as I would love to get my hands on a set.
LOVE your website!
Thanks
Hello Kate, I just passed on the Very Inspiring Blogger Award to you at http://dinnerfornone.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/early-xmas-present-the-very-inspiring-blogger-award/
Kate, I just recently discovered your blog… and I loved it so much that I read all of your posts back to the very beginning! I hope you’re not planning to stop sharing your creative pursuits with us when 2012 comes to an end…
Hello from Maine!
Your blog is beautiful! I’m feeling very lucky to have found it. Keep up the fabulously great work! xo
Thank you so much for liking my post about calligraphy, Kate! I just followed your blog because it seems absolutely pretty! I’m looking forward to your next posts and ideas. So keep it up!
Loved your tea bag biscuits and have shared on http://www.facebook.com/GreatBritishTeaParty Thank you for sharing your zest for life with this blog!
Everything is lovely. I’m going to try that papercraft (folding book pages). I’m sure I have lots of paperbacks to do that with!!!
Found You while looking for ideas of handmade cards
I love Your warm articles and advises. Thank for spread of love and inspiration!
P.s. I’ve posted Your article on my newborn Facebook community
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Postcards-and-Greeting-Cards-I-Love/123626727818504
Found You while looking for ideas of handmade cards
I love Your warm articles and advises. Thank for spread of love and inspiration!
P.s. I’ve posted Your article on my newborn Facebook community
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Postcards-and-Greeting-Cards-I-Love/123626727818504
Hi Fellow Lady:) Need some help. How in the world did you create your sidebars? Just purchased Elemin theme, and I cannot figure it out. I like how your sidebar categories link to posts you’ve written in the past. Help? Your site is the coolest, and I have seen quite a bit!!
Hello… apologies for the late response; I am a little behind! The answer is quite a bit of trial and error and some help from the WP tech gurus via the Elemin Theme user forum (I think each WP premium theme has a dedicated site forum. Essentially you drag across an image widget for each category, and then link to the category – it will then select all posts you’ve tagged for that category heading when visitors click on it. The WP It team can help with a more detailed answer; my knowledge of it is very sketchy. Hope that helps a little if you haven’t solved the problem yet!
Wow…Kate…you know I am following your blog for a while now and I just love it here, but…I just visited curbly.com and a WONDERFUL kitchen makeover caught my eye and it was linked to your blog. This is YOUR kitchen!! And I am absolutely absolutely impressed!! What a gorgeous, stylish but still so cozy result!! Congratulations!!
Wow…!
Here’s the link by the way. http://www.curbly.com/m/14817-before-and-after-a-living-room-to-kitchen-makeover
Have a great weekend!
Found your blog when I was researching how to add images to my widgets. I see that you have done that. I have tried everything on my blog and can’t get it to work. Do I need a premium theme? I was able to get an icon by using the image widget for one of my headings but can’t use it again. If anyone out there can help, I would be so grateful. I’m getting “mind freeze”.
Tx.
Hi Rebecca; I did this by dragging across an image widget for each category and then customising with specific images; I’m not sure if this functionality is only available with a premium theme (I use Elemin). It’s worth going to the WordPress user forum for the theme you’ve chosen and asking the specific question there, and also adding a link to my other other sites that have the look you want to achieve; the gurus can then give you very specific guidance on how to get the look that you want. Good luck!
Hi! I love your blog and have nominated you for the Sunshine Award. Please don’t feel obliged to accept if it’s not your kind of thing but I hope you are pleased to be nominated anyway! Thanks for all the inspiration! Here is a link to my own post about the award: http://crescentnumbernine.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/its-gonna-be-a-bright-bright-sunshiny-day/
Jill xx
Hi Kate,
Thought I would take the time to post my comment to say thank you for an awesome idea. I used the link for the superhero cuffs and was amazed at how great they turned out. Instead of using buttons I used foam stickers in the shape of stars. My son had a blast helping me with it (it was his 6th birthday and we invited 13 kids). So of course I had to ask friends to help me get some toilet paper rolls
. The party was a lot of fun to plan and this idea was pretty much last minute but so easy. It’s a craft we could do at any time and have a good time. Fantastic !
Thanks Kate,
Charmain
Hi Charmain
Have a great weekend.. Kate
Lovely to hear from you and I’m so glad they were a hit – sounds like you (or rather your son..) had a brilliant party! It’s GREAT to hear when ideas are used and are a hit, so thanks for taking the time to share
Hi Kate, I just foun
I found you quite by accident. Isn’t that how some of life’s most delightful moments happen, though?
You are at the beginning of your mom-life and I’m in the empty nest stage but finding it really important to share my thoughts and ideas with my grown kids and anybody else who’ll listen.
I will enjoy wandering through your beautiful and eclectic blog for ideas and inspiration and encouragement! Thanks so much…
Karen @ IntoMyWindow
Hi Kate, thank you for your blog, it’s so much fun to read what’s doing in your household and what amazing creations you’ve devised for young Harry. Your Fathers Day blog brought back happy memories of my own dad with his clunker of a typewriter, being ever so proud of it and how he would have embraced this new technology we have today. Time flies by and our lives are filled with magic moments. Thank you for letting me share some of yours and for reminding me of my own special dad. Love from down under ….. Trish x
Hi Kate, am so happy that of all the choices suggested in ‘You may like’, I clicked on your blog. You are such a multitalented person and excel in everything. Keep up the spirit dear!
And yes even read the post on India, wish had discovered your blog before you visited my city. I wish to share that post of yours on my blog http://sapnabhattacharya.blogspot.in/. Can I?
Hi Sapna; welcome and thank you so much for getting in touch! It was a privilege to experience Mumbai… just wonderful. And yes, please do share…
Hi Kate – If you make it to Connecticut on your trip to New England in October, Harry would love Mystic Seaport. You would be able to board the Charles W. Morgan, an 1842 whaling ship that is a National Historic landmark and America’s oldest commercial vessel, which was launched again in July after a five-year renovation. (As Harry is fond of pirates, what could be better than exploring a ship that could have encountered them on the high seas?) There is also a re-created 19th-century village with role playing characters (and a special Sights and Frights event planned for October in honor of Halloween). Mystic Aquarium features beluga whales, penguins and more and is just down the street. On October 18, there is a family overnight where children (accompanied by an adult, of course) will be able to pick a place to sleep alongside the tanks housing their favorite sea animals. Discount coupons and information about both venues are available on line. Have a wonderful trip!!!
Kat
PS – I love your blog!
Hi Kate, enjoyed reading the Homes & Gardens magazine October issue feature on your fabulous kitchen, notice on your blog you have changed your kitchen chairs since the magazine article, it certainly is a Dream Kitchen.
Sx
Hi Kate! I just came across your blog and I have been completely engrossed in it! Your writing is divine, your pictures are amazing and your creativity astounding. So glad I found you and will be keeping up with your newest posts! Cheers!!
Hi kate been following your blog for a while in absolute envy. You are fantastic and everything you do is truly beautiful.
I have a query. You had a post about a santa sack that has been taken down? Do u still have the printables? I finally get the courage to give it ago and I cant seem to find it. Natasha
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Hello Kate, I came across your blog by accident and up to know have not understood what blogging is all about, always felt quite bemused by it. But this is it, your blog is what it’s about and it is fab. I love logging in to see what you have done next, very inspirational. Love it! Karen
How could I have missed a whole year of wonderfulness! Love this and what a great break it is from our “normal” days…
I’ve just discovered your blog Kate, and I’m in awe – your writing is open, heartfelt and honest, and your ideas and images simply inspirational. I’m a fan!
I have also just discovered your blog- its FAB and has given me so many ideas. I thought i might begin by making your beautiful stars- i just wondered where you source/sourced your card from or is hand decorated? xx
Dear Kate,
I’m lusting after your kitchen work surfaces, the grey ones at the side and the paler island. Would you mind telling me what they are? presumably a composite of some kind?am struggling to find a closer picture of them. Huge thanks!
Katy
Hi Katy, firstly so sorry for the delay – I’ve been going through the paperwork from our kitchen and trying to look up what it was. In vain, alas – so best thing is to give Martin Moore a call (see link below), who supplied and fitted it. It was definitely a composite and comes in a range of colours; we chose a ‘mole’ kind of colour for the main work surfaces and a more beige-y tone for the island. Best of luck – and if I do track it down I will email you! K http://www.martinmoore.com/page/90/English.htm
Hi Kate I love your blog and have recommended you to my sister as she wants to do the book folding that I know you had instructions for…but I cant find it…was I imagining it?
Hi Annaliese, you weren’t imagining it – here it is! x https://katescreativespace.com/2013/03/13/a-spot-of-diy-book-art-and-a-giveaway/
Hi Kate,
I am a researcher in technology and child development. I found your blog really creative and interesting. I am preparing for an academic presentation in Seoul later this month and I wonder if you would mind me using the second photo on your blog titled “And whilst we’re talking cardboard….” in my slide to illustrate social pretend play in early childhood to my audience.
Best!
Hi Zhen, yes that’s fine – thanks for checking in with me.
Thank you so very much:)
Hello Kate, Have just found your site. I don’t think I’ve ever (and I mean ever!) seen a more beautiful or creative site before. It’s like flicking through the pages of a gorgeous magazine! Your talent – and photography skills – are amazing. I so look forward to seeing more of your creations! Thank you!
I just completed my version of cascading book last night. How can I share a picture of it with you?
Hi Sue Ann, and apologies for the delay; I’ve had a month away from the blog. Do please send me your pic to [email protected]; I’d love to see!
Hi Kate, I just wanted to say how much I love your blog. The projects you do are fab and your photography is beautiful! I also wanted to ask something; in one of your posts the background looks to be a neutral table runner / placemat with a red stripe running through it – this would be perfect for my new kitchen, would you mind telling me where its from? Thank you and keep up the beautiful blog x
Ah Becca, I know the one you mean and alas it was a French flea market find; it’s almost 3 metres long and woven from thick, old linen, so something of a one-off. If it’s any help, there are a number of online sellers of vintage french linens if you google, so worth a trawl to see if anything comes up that fits the bill x
hello kate i could not find your email here. Wondered if I could email you about a use of one of your pictures (with credits) on my website. Could you please email me? Many thanks – taru
Hi Taru, you can reach me at [email protected] thanks, Kate
Kate, I just wanted to say thank you…..I made the beautiful wine bottle cover from a sheet of A4 paper, using your PDF file with the corkscrew printout, using your concise instructions. It was a doddle to do, and looks fabulous. I did, however, burn myself several times with the hot glue gun, and leave some interesting knife cuts on the bread board….but that was simply down to my impatience to try it out NOW!!!
I love your website,and so much look forward to all your latest ideas. You are wonderfully creative, and it’s obvious how much pleasure you get from making a beautiful home for yourself, and your family.Sharing it with us is a bonus! Thanks again, Marilyn.
Sensationally incredible…. thank you for the brilliant ideas….
people often tell me that i got bitten by the creative bug….. it clearly got you too…
Happy Crafting Kate
applause and thanks again
Incredibly beautiful writing Kate. I enjoy every email.
By the way there is a broken link at https://katescreativespace.com/2012/03/16/ahoy-there-mhearties/
Hi Kate,
I’m wondering if you can help – I have formatted addresses in a powerpoint document as you suggested in this post: https://katescreativespace.com/2013/09/20/the-cheats-guide-to-calligraphy-or-how-to-acquire-beautiful-penmanship-in-no-time-at-all/
I have sized the slides to match my intended label size, with one address per slide. Is there a way to print these addresses on to labels that come 6/per sheet?
I would appreciate any expertise you may have!
Thanks in advance,
Katie
Dearest Kate, I just found your blog when I was looking for a grey room! I was so happy to find it, because you are amazing!!! I have to tell you that I’ve got emotional when I saw Harry’s Play House! Congratulations for the your blog!!!
Suzi, what a wonderful thing to say, thank you so much! I am very glad you found me… Have a great New Year in 2016! Kate
Happy New Year Kate!!! I’m looking forward to see the beautiful things you will have this year to share with us! May God bless you and your beautiful family!
Have just found your blog and have read up to October 2012. Love it and all your ideas. Your home is beautiful.
Hi Kate. I have just found your blog and have signed up for email notifications but I keep getting told the that something went wrong and to try again. I love what I have read and your ideas so I hope that one of my attempts has been successful. Apologies if I have signed up multiple times.
Anne, so sorry to hear you’re having problems with the sign-up (and for the delay; I’ve been on vacation and taking a mini-break from the blog!). Here’s hoping the link worked for you in the end…. and thank you for the lovely comment!
I have just found your blog when looking how to make pine cone firelighters. What an amazing blog. I absolutely love it and am telling all my friends. Thank you!
Louise, thank you so much!! I’m very glad you’ve discovered us
Hey Kate
My blog is moving to a new address! You’ll find me under the link below now. Please consider following again and keep up your own great work!! 
http://www.recolouringlife.wordpress.com/about