brighter days are ahead
ingredients; optimism, perseverance, hope, little moments of happiness
don’t jump through hoops
ingredients; boundaries, bravery, reflection, honesty, self-kindness, a liberal spinkling of unqualified nos, growth and absolutely no people pleasing
we figure things out by doing
ingredients; action, play, creativity, out of the box thinking, and absolutely no rules
done is better than perfect
Ingredients; momentum, action contains no overthinking, procrastination or perfectionism
Food for Thought
Food for thought is a project of daily doodles As with much of my artwork, I will be using ordinary, everyday objects to explore the themes, feelings and emotions that we all might recognize (and wish we could find the … Read More
When nothing is your jam
Do you feel a bit blah? Muddling through your days, getting things done, but with a dulled sense of motivation, purpose or enjoyment? If you’re feeling like nothing is your jam, perhaps what you’re feeling is languish. What is … Read More
Alright treacle
I can’t quite believe I’m typing this, but I’m unbelievably excited to tell you that I’m a nominee in the @hollytucker Independent Business awards in the category modern craft. Knowing how many people were nominated, it just blows my mind that I’ve … Read More
Bonne sante, stay well
Sending you all a jar of bonne santé this sunny Sunday. Put it on your toast, serve it with a scone – I hope it’ll bring you a new week of good health. You don’t need me to tell you all the things you need to do to stay well by now, so just make sure you keep doing them xx… Read More
If in doubt
If in doubt … ☕️ I shared some videos of me making an order yesterday over on stories and had a lot of comments and questions about how I work, so I thought It was worth a mention here too! This is how each piece of my artwork is made, using a technique called freehand machine embroidery. The mechanism to pull fabric through the sewing machine has been turned off, so the drawings and writing are made by me guiding the fabric around on the machine – a bit like drawing, albeit by moving the paper instead of the pencil. I go really slowly (I like to call it mindfully!) I don’t use a sewing machine foot (which I’m only mentioning because it’s the question people ask the most.. someone will probably ask today!) and my only trick is that I practice every day, which isn’t really a trick at all!
Happy Thursday everyone xxx… Read More
You can’t pour from an empty cup
Your Monday morning reminder to look after yourself. ☕️ You might not be able to pour from an empty cup …… Read More