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ChatGPT Vs Me

What happened when I gave ChatGPT the same brief I got to design Coral’s bee-inspired prom dress “Create a prom dress for a girl who loves bees.” That was the prompt I gave ChatGPT, essentially the brief I myself had from my daughter Coral, AFTER I’d already designed her dress, just to see what it…

What Brexit brought my business

Ten years on from the vote to leave the EU, many people are still surprised when I tell them that I can no longer sell my veils to customers in EU countries. To do so, I would need to have a representative physically located in an EU country and, as a sole trader based in…

Veil Cost Breakdown: Cobwebs & Crystals

I’m doing this not just for price transparency but also because smashing the pay taboo helps everyone get the pay they deserve. And I am self-employed so I have the privilege of no boss to get in trouble with. This veil was easier to work out my hourly rate because, unlike Happily Ever After in…

Veil Cost Breakdown

How much of the cost of a veil actually lands in my pocket? The answer, it turned out when I tried to work it out, is not straightforward. I’m not sure whether I was surprised by the figure I kind of landed on, but I found it interesting enough to share it. This example is…

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Hello, I’m Holly. Welcome to my latest musings on designing, dressmaking, what goes on behind the scenes and all things weddings. May contain cats.

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