About

Welcome to Yellow Feather

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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.

– Maya Angelou

Hi, I’m Sarah!

I am:

A daydreamer and wanderluster
An incurable oversharer
An unapologetic feminist
A perpetual nester of even the most temporary spaces

Oh, and I’m also a 30 something Brit who moved halfway across the world, got stuck due to the pandemic, and is now making a life in New Zealand for who knows how long.

I love travel, photography, tattoos, 60s music, houseplants, scented candles, and white bedding.

I’ve always been a writer, but an internship as a blogger for a TedX event was where I got the blogging bug. I needed an outlet for all my creative energy that was being wasted at the financial services job I loathed. So Yellow Feather was born, all the way back in 2015. I still remember exactly where I was when I bought my domain name, and how excited I felt.

Back then it focused on crafts and interiors, two things I’m still passionate about. I’d always loved making and designing and wanted to share that with a wider audience. After speaking to friends I realised I actually had some useful knowledge to share – not everyone finds it easy or even fun to design gallery walls or pull room designs together and source decor, this was something I loved doing just for fun for my imaginary houses.

As my life has changed the theme of the blog has changed too. Since it’s beginnings there have been two 3 month travelling gaps and I’ve moved 8 times including relocating halfway across the world. Which means sharing travel content became a natural pivot. And boy do I have some stories to tell!

For the last 2.5 years I’ve been living in Wellington, New Zealand. After a minor pandemic/work-induced burnout and a loooong blogging break I decided to pivot back to the good old days of lifestyle blogging – no niche. That’s right, we’re taking it back to the 00s. Just sharing things I’ve done, places I’ve been, things that inspire me, products I love, basically any cool stuff I want to share.

In this corner of the internet expect to find:

Real travel stories, especially of the low-budget, solo female traveler variety
New Zealand expat life updates and advice
Self care tips, skin care go tos, and a bit of mental health chat
Sarcasm, humour (or what I think is funny anyway) and a hefty dose of gifs
The odd bit of interior inspo
A lot of pictures of colourful houses and houseplants
Hella lotta Oxford commas

What you won’t find here:

Amazon affiliate links – fuck you Bezos! #eattherich
Negativity – self-love and good vibes only my friends
Sponsored content from brands/products that I don’t personally use and like

Phew so if you’ve made it this far then thanks. I warmly invite you to grab a beverage and settle in for a read.

Love, Sarah

Available for worldwide collaborations and adventures, contact me.

P.S. I write about my travels in non-chronological order so apologies in advance for the ever-changing hair.

All photos and words are copyright Sarah Walker–please get in touch if you wish to use any of my images. All thoughts expressed on this blog are my own. All advice and tips should be read as opinion based on my experiences.

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