I missed making my New Moon card yesterday. For a moment I was frustrated with myself, but then I realised this personal practice isnโt about perfect timing. Itโs 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
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Summer Solstice โ Standing in Your Own Light
The Summer Solstice arrived this year in shades of gold. For this Art Card, I painted a radiant sun face surrounded by warm oranges, pinks and metallic gold. A tiny gem at the third eye, giving the piece something of a small shrine quality. It feels celebratory, abundant and unapologetically bright. As I worked on … Continue reading Summer Solstice โ Standing in Your Own Light
First Steps New Moon 17th April
For the new moon on 17 April I made this card, First Steps. The shape at the centre is an egg, inspired by Ukrainian pysanky and by the egg motif that has been appearing in the shrine pieces I have been making. An egg feels like the right symbol for this particular moon: something quiet … Continue reading First Steps New Moon 17th April
Ostara โ The Quiet Beginning
At the Spring Equinox the year comes into balance. Day and night stand equal for a brief moment before the light begins to lengthen and warmth slowly returns. Ostara is a festival of awakening, fertility and new life โ a time when seeds begin to stir beneath the soil and possibilities begin to take shape. … Continue reading Ostara โ The Quiet Beginning
Mothering โ A Motherโs Day Art Card
The next art card began with a simple drawing of a mug decorated with canal roses. What started as an idea for a Motherโs Day card gradually became a quiet reflection on mothering โ not just the role, but the everyday ways care is offered and received. The canal rose motif feels especially personal. My … Continue reading Mothering โ A Motherโs Day Art Card
Candlemas
Candlemas falls on the 2nd of February and marks a moment that has been recognised across many cultures as a return of light. While it has Christian origins, the simple act of lighting candles at this point in the year appears again and again in different traditions โ a human response to lengthening days and … Continue reading Candlemas
Snow Full Moon
The Snow Full Moon takes its name from the deep winter months, when snow was often at its heaviest and people relied on stored resources, patience and endurance. Itโs a moon associated with quiet resilience, watchfulness, and seeing clearly in low light. This year the Snow Moon arrives close to Imbolc โ a moment of … Continue reading Snow Full Moon






