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Category Archives: Artwork / Illustration / Design
Autumn Matryoshka
We’re in the middle of a fierce, Autumn storm on top of our little hill here. It got me thinking about my ‘Autumn’ Matryoshka Russian dolls. She was inspired by purple thunder clouds, fallen leaves, wet bamboo and watery golden sunlight. Here’s … Continue reading
Creative kits header cards
Yesterday I was so excited to finally get my hands on the new header cards for my range of creative kits. Yay! I picked them up from the printers in their satisfying, shrink-wrapped bundles of 100 cards, all perfectly cut, … Continue reading
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My new fabric shop on Spoonflower
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve just opened my own little fabric shop through Spoonflower! I have a range of prints that I’ve designed myself which are available to buy as swatches, fat quarters or by the yard. You can … Continue reading
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New things!
I’ve been beavering away like a crazy creative thing lately and am launching a whole lot of new products tomorrow at the annual Summer Fair at Michael Park Rudolf Steiner School (the school that I went to). Exciting! I’ll be … Continue reading
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2010: My year in blogging
I started this blog back in April. Over the past months there have been many times when I haven’t managed to blog as often as I wanted (or, let’s face it, at all!), but looking back over all the posts … Continue reading
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Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a very happy 2011! Thank you to each of you for visiting my blog and sharing this journey with me over the past months. Blogging has brought a huge amount of creativity, joy, community and fun into … Continue reading
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New things
A couple of new things around here today… The first is a freshly hatched chick! So adorable. One of our hens, Blax, has been sitting on eggs for the past three weeks, and yesterday the first one hatched. More may … Continue reading
Hand carved stamps: lanterns and blossoms
Yay! I’m so happy to be back blogging again! Over the next few weeks (I have a lot of photos to show you!) I’ll share some of my recent adventures in the UK, Morocco and Germany, but in the meantime, … Continue reading
My shop is now open!
I’m so excited, my online shop is now finally OPEN! I’ve been busy sorting out my shipping and shop policies and getting all the visuals prepared for my listings…not to mention actually uploading each listing onto Etsy inself. It’s been … Continue reading
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…and the winner is…
CONGRATULATIONS to April Yedinak who has won the giveaway! Here’s what April had to say about where she lives and what she’s loving about this time of year: “I live in Hodgenville, KY. Birthplace of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. It is … Continue reading





