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  • You Are What You Give... with Miranda Sinclair

    You Are What You Give... with Miranda Sinclair

    Miranda helped me style Scribble & Daub's first ever trade show over a decade ago - truth be told, I’m not sure how much the crowd appreciated our gorgeous high gloss, high colour creations - but we did! - and it was the beginning of a friendship and ongoing professional admiration that led to me making her wedding invitations (inspired by legendary hotel Le Colombe d'Or's menus) and now this lovely interview... Continue reading

  • Let's Stick Together This Christmas!

    Let's Stick Together This Christmas!
    “Snowflakes, of course, are the
    ultimate exercise in sheer creative glee” 
    Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way
     
    Wilson ‘Snowflake' Bentley was the first person ever to photograph a snowflake in 1885. Over the next 47 winters of his life, he took 5,381 pho...
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  • You Are What You Give with... Charlotte Molesworth, Artist & Gardener

    You Are What You Give with... Charlotte Molesworth, Artist & Gardener
    This week, we are honoured to welcome the Topiary Queen herself, Charlotte Molesworth, to share her Christmas traditions and thoughtful presents.
     
    A universally adored and admired artist and gardener, Charlotte presides over a wonderland of giant peacocks and other fantastical, topiarised tree-sculptures at Balmoral Cottage, where she lives with her equally wonderful husband, Donald.
     
  • You Are What You Give... with Sophie Rowell of Cote de Folk

    You Are What You Give... with Sophie Rowell of Cote de Folk

    Welcome to the second festive instalment of our You Are What You Give interview series, where we ask distinguished and discerning guests to share their gifting and decorating traditions, and five things they would like to give, and to receive, this Christmas…

    Sophie Rowell is a creative force; after twenty two years as an art director and fashion stylist, she switched lanes and - entirely self taught - became one of the most singular and exciti...

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  • A Crafted Christmas

    A Crafted Christmas
    "Craft is expensive, but it’s worth it when you take a moment to understand its value. Our great societal ill is that everything else is so cheap."
     
    Hugo Macdonald (of Bard Scotland) in Wallpaper* this month