Plum Design & Publishing Ltd

24/12/2020

After some unexpected delays with the publishing of the SITREP Veterans journals, Darren Finley (Sitrep The Veterans Journal) and myself are very pleased to say they are now finally live on Amazon! :-)

Sadly the journals won't reach you for Christmas Day, which is such a shame as many have asked to know when it's for sale and wanted it as a Christmas gift. But... they can still be the perfect New Year's gift for the person who needs it so they can start using it as a positive force in their life from DAY ONE in 2021.

Please help share or tag someone who knows veterans or military families who might benefit.

We have created two designs depending when veterans served:
Pre 2002: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QG4M9J9
Post 2002: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08R64MQDX

11/11/2020

Wonderful walk for a long overdue catch up with my lovely friend and beautiful Samy 🐕‍🦺 talking business and life matters! Loved this new forest area, thanks Gaby, it's going to be my new fav spot! 😊🌳🍁🍃🍂

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08/07/2019

Have you always wanted to blog for your business but not sure where to start?

If so, why not join my friend Vanessa Hunt Consulting blogging course for beginners on the 19th July for a great headstart!

Check her website below for full details.

Is blogging bringing you business?

If the answer's "not really", please mark 19th July in your diary and join me in my full-day "Blogging for Business for Beginners" workshop! It's not your usual workshop ... 🙃

In addition to attending the course and benefiting from promotion of your blog afterwards, you'll also be the first to receive access to my eLearning course "Blogging for Business".

Full details here: https://www.vanessahunt.co.uk/events/

01/05/2019

Finally! Such a fantastic news! 🌟🙌😁

Richard Daniel Curtis, looks like we were early in the wave with our Gratitude Journals in Schools and at Home series 2 years ago! Maybe time for a relaunch!

Find out more at: www.inspiringjournals.com

Most of the time, when children act out by kicking and screaming expletives, it is because they do not understand what they are going through, and cannot find a better way to release their feelings.

27/04/2019

"Every day plant seeds of gratitude. When you're in gratitude you can't be in any other state." Jay Jetty ❤️🙏

This is why I loved creating my series of gratitude journals, to help people feel better and happier. They make great thoughtful presents. You can find them on Amazon via my website www.inspiringjournals.com

02/03/2019

Clever idea! 😍

02/03/2019

Very pleased to be back at the Happy Children Wellbeing Workshop at Brookmans Park Primary School in St Albans today, selling my journals, with The Kid Calmer: Richard Daniel Curtis.

01/02/2019

Great night with my lovely friends Rachael Wood, Matthew Ball, James Hakesley at the last night! Congratulations to James and his team at Cube Video who won the "Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award." 🏆 So well deserved, and great speech!👏😊

31/12/2018

As we're getting close to the end of 2018, you might find those questions useful to reflect on before starting 2019.

Wishing you a year full of love, happiness, abundance, vibrant health and many successes in your businesses! May it be your best year yet! 🎉🌟



https://freedommastery.com/blogs/news/101-questions-to-reflect-on-before-you-start-2019

Reflect on the Nine Most Important Aspects of Your Life Successful people reflect on their progress before they start the new year 2019.Some people asked me how do I reflect, so I took some time and I have listed some questions I ask myself to reflect every year ;-) I hope it helps you ;-)Take 1 hou...

20/12/2018

For all the book worms 💞🤓📚
Leonie Dawson top books of 2018

Leonie’s Top Books of 2018 by Leonie Dawson | Dec 19, 2018 G’day possums, It’s that time of year… my yearly book review post! This has been an annual tradition for the last 7 years… to share the books that I’ve read for the last year that have deeply affected me. It started as a fun way ...

04/12/2018

❤️ Absolutely love this kindness advent calendar idea from Action for Happiness.❤️

"Let's spread more kindness this festive season.

This Do Good December kindness calendar has daily suggested actions to do throughout December 2018 to help you spread a bit more kindness in the world.

The festive season should be a time for human connection and simple joys, not consumerism. So why not print and share this as an alternative advent calendar which encourages kindness - and avoids unnecessary plastic waste or sugary rewards too!

You can download it as an image file for sharing via social media or a PDF file for printing. Pass on to others and help to spread the word." 💞🌷

http://www.actionforhappiness.org/do-good-december

29/11/2018

Feeling twice lucky this week! 😊 Had a brilliant evening with my very special friend Vanessa Hunt Consulting, fellow Co-Sponsor at . Love how business relationships turn into lasting friendships! 😍 I had the most divine Superfood salad, highly recommended if you visit The Marlow Bar & Grill! 🌟

28/11/2018

One of the benefits of networking with is you meet great people running small businesses like you who become very special close friends! It's definitely 50% business and 50% social! Love it, such a fun night! ❤️

09/11/2018

Excellent BIG BISCOTTI event today with other Biscottiers! I enjoyed supporting my lovely friend and client Vanessa Hunt Consulting with her fantastic Facebook Café, always very successful! And the pretty cakes were delicious too! Thanks Sue Reeves for a great event.

15/10/2018

Time flies!

Bisham Business is already this Thursday 18th October from 10-12pm!

Come and meet local small Bucks and Berks businesses in a relaxed environment, make connections and enjoy delicious cookies from our lovely hosting venue, Bisham Abbey. Don't forget to bring plenty of business cards with you!

CHANGE OF ROOM: We are lucky to be back in the beautiful Abbey this month, in the Margaret Dickinson room. Far left room on ground floor. We'll have lovely views of the river, and hoping for a bright day. 🔆

Contact any of your Bisham Ambassadors with any questions: Vanessa Hunt from Vanessa Hunt Consulting, Yannick Le Touze from YLT Wealth Management, Tanya Ces Maneiro from Vida Coaching and myself Chrystel Melhuish from Plum Design & Publishing Ltd.

Full event details here:
https://lnkd.in/ejYdaGw

All visitors (members and non-members) contribute £4 (cash) towards coffee, tea & delicious homemade cookies, which we pass to Bisham Abbey for kindly hosting us.

Non-members pay an additional £10. Please ensure you make this payment for your non-member ticket in advance, online.

Apologies from Vanessa and Yannick who won't be able to join us this month and who will be missed.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Best wishes,
Chrystel and Tanya

06/10/2018

Ready for the Happy Children Conference at Brookmans Primary School in St Albans!



@ Brookmans Park Primary School

07/09/2018

Very excited to do this Introduction to Modern Calligraphy course tomorrow by Mint Lettering! 😀 Something to do with my hands instead of design software! 🖋🖐️ Exciting as I've never been very good at drawing, so that's a beautiful and different option! ❤️

Tucked away in a beautiful side street in the picturesque town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire, you’ll spend this 3 ½ hour informal, practical and inspirational workshop in a rustic barn exploring the wonderful art of writing using a nib and ink, but with a modern twist. The workshop will begin with s...

04/07/2018

What are you grateful for today on this 4th July?☀️🌷🌺

Today I was grateful to celebrate my friend Monica's birthday and having lots of fun taking photos for our websites and trying videos which I've been avoiding...

This is my first video for Instagram! 😳 Thanks for the motivation and little push. Practice makes perfect, right! 😊

04/07/2018

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” William Arthur Ward

To find out more about my gratitude journals and my daily success journal, check the link in my bio.

04/07/2018

Research has proven that the practice of gratitude helps with better health, better sleep, more positivity and a greater happiness in life.

Do you practice gratitude on a regular basis? How do you do it, do use use a gratitude journal or do you say it in your head?

If you're looking for a gratitude journal for yourself or as a gift for a loved one, check the link in my bio.

23/06/2018

YOU are your 😊

20/06/2018

As they say, it gets easier the more you do it!... It did! 😊 Today I delivered my 7 Steps to Self Publishing presentation for the second time, at Twyford. Definitely less nerves and great to have lots of laughs from the audience over bad book covers and some very confusing book titles! 😂
Another great networking event, meeting lovely new people and having great 121's!

19/06/2018

Today I was busy reviewing and practising my 7 steps to self publishing presentation which I will deliver at Twyford tomorrow. I was doing some Amazon research on Facebook marketing books to show as examples of good and bad covers. As I sorted the results by relevance and average customer review, I was happily surprised and very proud to discover that from my client and lovely friend Vanessa Hunt Consulting came as the first result!! :D

Well done Vanessa on your 30 x 5 star reviews in just over a year! AMAZING, it's the proof of a very high quality book!

18/06/2018

Here is a brilliant article sharing 50 beautiful colour combinations which will give you inspiration for your new brand, your designs or for a book cover. My favourite is number 36. Inspirational and Romantic... Warm pinks, reds and purples, very me! I actually use the tree image and colours for my Inspiring Journals - The Power of Love and Gratitude brand!

Which colour combination is your favourite? 😊

One of the keys to making your design come alive is choosing just the right color combination. Whether you’re attempting to evoke the feelings associated with a breathtaking landscape, a romantic sunset or a dynamic scene bursting with color, it takes ...

07/06/2018

Very excited to announce the release of my next client's book '4 Lines of Reason' by Valerie Kite. It's an inspiring little book that could bring hours of fun, debate or reasoning with friends and family on an evening or Sunday afternoon. :)

Save £2 until the 18th June - currently at launch price of £6.99 on Amazon. -> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lines-Reason-inspiring-reflect-reasoning/dp/1719494266

In Valerie's words... "4 Lines of Reason is a guide to the world of reasoning using 4 interconnected links. Practical advice on applying reasoning to your home, family, friends and life. A glimpse into the world of WORDS and what these WORDS mean to you. Start the path of reasoning today and take yourself on a journey of WORDS. Remember WORDS never end, their meaning changes."

24/05/2018

I thought that was a very clever graphic from Evernote! 💟I wonder if any of you get lost in any of those areas on the map of procrastination?...

I could be in the river when tasks are difficult or lost in the social media forest at times for longer than I want to. 😉

👋 Hey there! Thanks for stopping by our Social Media Forest.

21/05/2018

I'm SO EXCITED!! 😁🙃🌟 Just discovered someone in the US has bought 92 of my Gratitude Journal Butterfly 🧚‍♀️ (46 pink, 46 blue) on Amazon! I've not really managed to hit the Amazon US market so far, so for me that's huge!! 🙏🌈🌷😍 HAPPY ME! 😃 I wish I knew who bought them so I could say thank you.

18/05/2018

Another lovely networking meeting at Bisham Abbey NSC yesterday supported by our lovely new Ambassador Tanya Ces Maneiro from Vida Coaching.

We missed our two other Ambassadors Vanessa Hunt Consulting and Le Touze, not quite the same when the team is not complete.