As you may have seen on Instagram, over January I ran Celebrating Winter, A 4-week course embracing the darker days and celebrating nature with creative workshops, ideas, and inspiration. I was delighted to have a few familiar faces returning from the Autumn course and spent early December putting the final touches onto the kit design and excitedly posting them out!

January arrived and saw us come together for our first workshop where we spoke about the words and feelings we had about the month ahead before collectively exploring colour mixing to create swatches in response to the words , gaining confidence in paint mixing but also exploring our own beliefs about feelings and colours.

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Welcoming February with a sense of excitement as we head into the second half of winter edging ever closer to the joyful days of Spring.

There are lots to celebrate in February… you might have already spotted the snowdrops and camellias appearing bringing some much-needed floral magic to hedges and pathways, I always find it so exciting spotting these after months of embracing foliage and berries! The days are getting noticeably lighter, we will see an extra hour of light by the end of the month, and fingers crossed we keep enjoying the crisp but sunny days we’ve had in January, it makes such a difference getting outside in the sunshine even with a big coat and gloves on.

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I’m excited to share my first collection of craft projects of 2022, commissioned by the Hobbycraft team I’ve created 3 step by step craft tutorials for creating with resin as well as some instagram content you may have spotted over on their instagram channel showcasing the inspiration behind the projects and also a reel showing how I made & decorated the resin bud vases. Here’s a peek at the 3 projects from the collection and if you fancy trying them just click the image to take you over to the Hobbycraft Ideas hub for the full craft DIYs…

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As we head into a new month and new year I’m looking forward to embracing the winter after the twinkly lights of christmas have been packed away, although it’s harder there’s lots of mid winter magic to be found. It’s also the perfect month for cosying up and getting creative in the darker evenings…

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Creativity doesn’t have to be painting masterpieces, for me it is all about how something makes you feel. Whether that’s creating a colour palette that fills you with joy, arranging flowers, putting on a jazzy outfit, learning something new or simply noticing a beautiful colour combination outside on a walk. Creativity is all about the process and sometimes it’s hard to know where to start, with that in mind in as we ease in to January and a new year I will be practicing more gentle creativity with no expectation but to enjoy the process, its something I’ve been doing over these days between christmas and new year and has helped to remind me how important slowing down and having fun exploring and experimenting is.

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At this time of year most of us have a pile of cardboard ready for recycling, so this quick and sustainable Christmas craft comes at the perfect time. Today I’m sharing a craft step by step, originally created for Hobbycraft, for Scandi-inspired cardboard Christmas decorations. These star and house shape decorations look great when threaded onto foraged branches - all you need is some cardboard, twine, a paint pen and a quiet afternoon complete with your favourite Christmas songs!

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This Christmas, one of the best gifts we can give each other is being mindful of our impact on the environment. While so many of the decorations we can buy are moving away from being throwaway pieces, there’s still something lovely about crafting something completely natural and sustainable which looks lovely and festive too.

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One of the best things about Christmas craft projects is they naturally lend themselves incredibly well to a focus on sustainability, recycling and reusing. Cardboard packaging is abundant, nature offers plenty of greenery for foraging and the shorter daylight hours mean time spent hunkering down at home being creative. Today I’m sharing a step by step for creating a natural, foraged Christmas wreath. There’s nothing more satisfying than a brisk winter morning walk, gathering and foraging in nature and then spending a cosy afternoon creating a beautiful wreath to hang pride of place on your front door. I’ve shared this natural wreath tutorial and more sustainable Christmas craft ideas on Hobbycraft’s Ideas Hub and will show more craft ideas in the lead up to the big day itself over on my Instagram so do follow along.

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The final weekend before Christmas is prime crafting territory for me. The presents are (mostly) wrapped, work has slowed down and I can take a little time to enjoy being creative and adding some seasonal cheer to my home. On my list to create this weekend is a sustainable natural wall hangings. Made with dried oranges, cinnamon sticks and foraged natural treasures such as pine cones and berries these decorative hangings add maximum Christmas impact with no environmental detriment. Created for the Hobbycraft Ideas Hub, this how to is wonderful for all levels of crafters who enjoy sustainable creations which celebrate nature’s bounty at this time of year. Perhaps the best thing is that they are totally unique to you and reflective of your surroundings.

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Welcoming December and all its magic this month! I’m heading into the month slightly overwhelmed (I’m not going to lie, it’s been a very busy few weeks) but looking forward to some slower days embracing creativity, nature and most of all the Winter Solstice on the 21st December.

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You will probably already know that Uni-ball pens are a much-loved part of my craft kit and many of my projects incorporate their Posca and Pin pens. As well as recently creating the plastic-free packaging for Uni-ball’s new extra fine brush pen I was delighted to also be commissioned for a wonderful festive project showcasing these two pen brilliant ranges which I think you are going to love.

Celebrating a sustainable Christmas with Uni-ball, I have created five ways to recycle and transform the cardboard so many of us online shoppers will have an abundance of over the coming weeks into very merry crafts. Each of the five projects projects are designed for complete beginners right through to seasoned craft enthusiasts and the full tutorials will be featured on Uni-ball’s site.

I’ve included a sneak peek of each of the five festive projects below but do head over to the Uni-Ball blog to find the full step by step guidelines. And because it’s the season of giving, you will also be able to see more of these sustainable cardboard Christmas ideas on my Instagram.

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Join me in celebrating winter and embracing the sense calm and tranquility January offers with a 4 week course of mindful creating.

Designed as a completely immersive creative experience, this series of seasonal and mindful workshops will help you find and celebrate the light and magic of midwinter. Throughout the month you will be encouraged to embrace seasonal changes, deepen your creative connection with nature and create your own joy and light despite the soft cloak of darkness this time of year brings. There will be time spent outdoors in nature, foraging materials to inspire your seasonal crafts and your creativity will be further cocooned with 6 hours of live video workshops.

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Easing into November after a wonderful October celebrating Halloween with lots of workshops painting pumpkins, crafting garlands and creating spooky decorations. It’s been the most gorgeous autumn weather so I’ve been enjoying lots of time spent outside running aka nature therapy.

So as we head into November I’m welcoming it with excitement for seeing the changes in nature and celebrating them through creating. I’m also starting to think about christmas crafting, mostly because I want it to be enjoyable and relaxing so slowly preparing and starting in November means I’m not going to be feeling overwhelmed in December.

So if you need some seasonal inspiration and ideas here are some ways to embrace the month ahead…

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I was delighted to be commissioned by Mollie Makes Magazine to create a DIY craft tutorial on how to make a dried grass garland centrepiece ready for festive gatherings over the next few months. Using dried bunny tails & pampas grass from Hobbycraft I crafted a 1 metre centrepiece that can be used time and time again for your tablescaping decorations, team it with darker table linen for a wintery feel or when spring comes around pair with light pastels for a whole new style. You'll find detailed step by steps along with 12 images showing you how to craft your own dried garland inside the issue ….

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Now Halloween is over and the spooky garlands have been put away for another year comes the month of November. Although I love decorating for Christmas I’m not quite ready to get the tree out yet so for me November is all about bringing some of the outside in to create a cosy creative home that’s reflective of what is going on outside. These can be small touches like the autumn branch on my mantelpiece, dried ferns in vases or heading out foraging for springs to create larger seasonal celebrations. Here’s some of the ways I will bringing the outside in this November…

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As we move through October, Autumn has well and truly arrived I’ve been enjoying the crisp sunny mornings out running and a sunshine filled studio for the month. I’ve also been busy teaching my Nature Journaling workshop over the last four weeks, it has been lovely connecting with a wonderful group of women each Saturday and working through creative ways to document the season from mark making, abstract painting, botanical line drawing, curating journals and brush lettering. I’m feeling a little sad that the month together celebrating the season as has come to an end but definitely feeling inspired to keep working and creating in tune with nature as we move into the darker days…

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As October aka spooky season has arrived, I thought I’d start sharing some of the ways you can get creative in the lead up to halloween and where better to begin than with simple creative ways to decorate pumpkins from painting floral patterns, graphic designs, brush lettering and botanical motifs.

Each of these techniques could be applied onto real or ceramic pumpkins , I personally love a ceramic pumpkin because you can keep them year after year. However if you do use a real one and need to create a base colour I would suggest using a spray paint for a quick drying even coverage.

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Look what’s landed in the studio today! Well I’ve actually had the fabric samples for a few months now but that doesn’t have the same dramatic drum roll effect does it?

So I’m very excited to be able to share that my new fabric collection in collaboration with Nerida Hansen is now live and available to order, The fabric collection features 4 pattern designs inspired by the fruit and florals of summertime, from lemons to abstract foliage, florals and of course some daisies for good measure. View the full collection now.

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