Blogmas Day 8: Handmade Charleston Envelopes

The gift shop at Charleston has beautiful papers by Cambridge Imprint, using patterns inspired by the decorations in the Farmhouse.…

Blogmas Day 7: A Trip to Ashdown Forest and Tunbridge Wells

What a beautiful early winter day: crisp and cold, and perfect for a little Christmas shopping. We started with coffee…

For my daughter’s October birthday, I made her a painting of conkers so when she decorates for autumn, she has…

As a thank you to everyone who has supported my blog, today only (December 5th) I am offering a 50%…

Here are some of my favourite winter birds here in the UK. Fieldfares have always been a bird I look…

The farmhouse itself at Charleston doesn’t make any particular alterations for the festive season, but there are a few lovely…

The leaves have mostly fallen from the trees, and it’s a good opportunity to draw twigs, if–like me–you struggle with…

Welcome! I have some fun Blogmas content planned so I hope you enjoy the lead up to Christmas with me.…

Along with many artists, I am feeling disillusioned with social media and the pesky algorithms (looking at you, Meta) so…

I have enjoyed taking more time over my drawings and paintings recently. It’s a discipline I’ve not been able to…