Hi! I’m Lou, a 40-year-old (ish!) mum of a daughter. I live in Nottingham, England, with her, my husband, a dog and two rabbits . I have a longing to live somewhere warmer, though – ideally Spain. 

Birds and Lilies was started in 2012 when my daughter was six months old, after I had left my old social media marketing blog behind, and wanted to write about my new life as a mum and hopefully create something that meant I could stay at home with my daughter whilst doing something that I love.

Essentially, this blog is all about my life and my thoughts and feelings on different things. We tried for our daughter for four years and went through two rounds of IVF. I blog about that as well as books, travel, parenting, food, wine, beauty and style, weddings, mental health, and our day-to-day life.

My favourite posts to write are those that just spill out of my brain, and are real and honest – and they seem to be the ones my readers like the most too.

I’m a blogger and freelance writer, which I love, and I feel so grateful that I get to do this full-time around school runs and family time. I have been lucky enough to work with lots of brands, both big and small, and I love working hard to create content that we are both happy with.

I can be rather sarcastic, and I think I’m quite funny sometimes. I might be the only one who does. Oh, and I love lists, and I make a lot.

I am always late, but I wish I wasn’t, and it is something that I am always working on. I am quite shy until I get to know you. Then, once I do, I talk far too much and never stop.

I really want to learn to play the piano and to salsa. My dream is to travel across America (in a car with its top down). I try to exercise regularly, but I am annoyingly inconsistent with it. I am really interested in health and wellness, and I love finding remedies or products that can help with my health in a more natural way and help me to live a more balanced life. I go to bed too late and I drink too much wine and tea. I also take lots of supplements, drink a lot of water, eat coconut oil, drink lemon water, and make my own healthy chocolate.

If I had to describe myself, I would say I am friendly, emotional, sensitive, impatient, self-conscious, stubborn, caring, happy, petulant, a bit of a drama queen, and I’m always right.

When I asked my daughter to describe me in three words at the time of writing this, she said: ‘I love you more than anything else in the whole wide world’. She wasn’t so great at counting back then.

It’s really lovely to have you here – I hope you enjoy reading.

I would love to hear from you. You can contact me via email at louise@birdsandlilies.com, or connect with me on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

My wonderful daughter.