Sometimes a project is simply about making something because you can’t stop thinking about it. After spending the day at a wonderful Mister Finch workshop, I came home with frogs still hopping around in my imagination. Rather than packing for my trip to France, I found myself reaching for a piece of emerald velvet and … Continue reading A Velvet Frog for France
I missed making my New Moon card yesterday. For a moment I was frustrated with myself, but then I realised this personal practice isn’t about perfect timing. It’s about taking a moment to pause, reflect and create. Frogs have been very much on my mind recently. Last weekend I spent a wonderful day at a … Continue reading New Moon | Taking the Scenic Route
I have just listed the first five Curious Shrines in my Folksy shop. These small textile shrines are part artwork, part keepsake and part quiet companion. Each one is designed and handmade in my Leicestershire garden studio using painted and dyed fabric, hand embroidery, felt, glass gems, mirrors and mixed media embellishments. Each shrine opens … Continue reading Curious Shrines: Five Stitched Sanctuaries
This new moon card features Oxford ragwort and cinnabar moth caterpillars — small fragments of nature that instantly remind me of childhood canal paths, collecting caterpillars in little tubs, and being fascinated by transformation. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve felt overwhelmed, unwell, distracted, and disconnected from some of the small creative practices that … Continue reading Returning | New Moon Art Card | 16 May
A circle held, a life unfolding This card is built around a circle. A continuous pattern, interwoven and unbroken — something ancient, something steady. I painted it in metallic tones so it catches the light, sitting against a deep indigo wash that feels like night settling in. At the centre, a small cluster of pink … Continue reading Full Pink Moon – 2nd April
Art Cards for the Turning Year – beginning before the year begins I wanted to begin this practice before the new year officially starts. Not with resolutions.Not with goals.But with a pause. New Year’s Eve has always felt like a threshold to me — a moment that belongs to neither the year that’s ending nor … Continue reading The First Card: Year Threshold
The final week before Christmas has its own kind of energy — bright, busy, a little chaotic, and full of lists. So I like to balance it with small, soothing, handmade moments that help me slow down and reconnect with the season. Nothing complicated.Nothing overwhelming.Just simple, colourful makes that bring joy into the final days … Continue reading Last-Minute Handmade Christmas Ideas: Cosy Creative Projects for a Calm Festive Week
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