This magical woodland themed collection of cards and wrapping paper feature the wonderful animals who reside in the magical Singing Fern Forest. Owls, mice, foxes, bears... all celebrating the festive season together.

Being inspired by seeing nature up close in our wildlife garden.

During the run up to Christmas last year I took part in a festive art challenge created by the art agent Jehane Boden Spiers from Jehane Ltd. It was called Jehane’s Twelve Days of Christmas and Jehane provided a list of inspiring Christmas prompts for everyone to use to create Holiday artwork throughout December.

I have always been inspired by folktales and fairytales and I have quite an extensive collection of books on the subject I have collected over the years. Many of them are so rich with detail and are hauntingly poignant, they linger with you.

To celebrate the launch of my very first Embroidery PDF Patterns now available in my shop, I thought it would be nice to create a special stitchy gift for my newsletter subscribers.

Embroidery tinting is the name given to the technique of adding additional colour to your embroidered work by using paint, crayons, etc. I have used this method a lot over the years and it is a lovely way to add another dimension to your work and experiment with materials.

One of the subjects I wanted to share with you today was inspiration and shed some light on my approach. If you already follow my instagram account you will be aware I have a deep fondness for anything vintage, particularly textiles and books.