About us
I'm Kayleigh, I'm 36 years old and I'm a Mum of two. I have a teenager and a four year old, and honestly, working from home with children is a bit of a bloody shit show if I'm honest but we've muddled through. I guess I could be described as a one woman band but the truth is that my wonderful long suffering Matthew is not only my partner in life but he's my partner in business aswell. He's my loudest cheerleader and there's nothing that he doesn't support me with.
So where did Up Your Alley come from? Pre 2020 I was running my commercial cleaning business and things were going well. The business was my wonderful Nan's and she passed it down to me before she sadly passed away. Unfortunately when Covid hit, we took a bit hit because our clients were office based. When the work from home guidance came in, our services weren't required. I knew we needed to do something and honestly I don't quite know where the idea came from. I've always been an opinionated, loud, a bit sweary but I've never thought of myself as creative. Matthew says that when I decide to do something, I research research research and I throw my everything into it, and that's what I did. I bought a sublimation printer, a heat press, a new laptop, a subscription to Adobe and the rest is history.
I'm a fiercely passionate advocate for breastfeeding so you're likely to see boobs printed on all sorts of products. And I'm a proud lefty who's been blocked on social media by my Tory MP. I don't see myself ever stopping making anti Tory products, mainly because the Tories keep handing me more material to work with every day!
So that's me/us