There's a fair chance I've shared this photo before; I don't have many of my dad and I, and this is one of my favourites. The life I have now is essentially my seven year-old-self's dream, and in this snap I'm not far off that age, scribbling in my auntie's garden in Somerset. We lost dad four years ago this summer but I'm so glad he got to see some of the things his love of art sparked for me; in his own life he never had the chance to pursue his creativity ...
March 24, 2024
Bonnets, blossom, baskets & bunnies... an Easter edition of The Scribble
Into the light...
Just before Easter comes Ostara, celebration of the Spring Equinox, a casting-off of winter's dark spell and the weaving of a new one of blossom and renewal.
March 05, 2024
Crafty Mamas... on Creativity & Motherhood
Wonder Women
Wish it were mine, but the above painting is by Caroline Walker, an extraordinary artist who is also a mother to young children, and who frequently takes that experience of parenthood as her source material. Thi...
January 26, 2024
Pretty in Pink...
Introducing the latest additions to our exclusive hand-sewn streamer collection, two new confections in shades of Schiaparelli pink which we shot on location at Dot Cottage in Rye, the most romantic of rendez-vous.
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December 19, 2023
You Are What You Give (Christmas Edition) with... Peter Liversidge
Peter was the first artist I commissioned in my previous life in the contemporary art world, and in the course of our professional relationship he managed to persuade me to go to work dressed in a BBC squirrel costume, drive a lorry with him from London to Switzerland to plant apple trees, and fire a rocket from C...
December 18, 2023