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  • Landscape and Creativity Part 1: Hierophany

    Landscape and Creativity Part 1: Hierophany

    May 7, 2023June 24, 2025 Blog, Thoughts and Reflections
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    Recently I’ve been reading a book called Enchantment: Reawakening Wonder in an Exhausted Age by Katherine May (this is an affiliate link). Both the title and some of the reviews make it sound like it’s a book full of bonkersness, but it’s not. It’s a beautifully written book…

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  • Springtime Slow Stitching Craft Kit

    Springtime Slow Stitching Craft Kit

    March 31, 2023June 24, 2025 Blog, Gentle Projects, Nature and Seasons

    You know when you have a crazy idea? Covid and life in general have meant that my poor old brain was busy with other things, but now, the crazy ideas are like the green coming back to the trees, like a fuzzy green mist of things to make…

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  • Sewing With Knits: Choosing Fabric

    Sewing With Knits: Choosing Fabric

    March 24, 2023June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives

    Whatever you are sewing, it can be difficult choosing the right kind of fabric for your project. It’s hard enough when you need for a lightweight cotton! There are so many colours and prints to choose from. With knit fabrics, not only are there lots of colours and…

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  • Crocus Coloured Mug Cosy Tutorial

    Crocus Coloured Mug Cosy Tutorial

    March 19, 2023June 24, 2025 Blog, Other Crafts Archives

    Carrying on with the theme of spring, I decided to remake a mug cosy that I designed back in 2015 in crocus colours. I love cabling, and getting different textures that look like weaving, and at the time, I only knew cabling and things as a knitting technique….

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  • Finding Inspiration in Spring Colours

    Finding Inspiration in Spring Colours

    March 10, 2023October 21, 2025 Blog, Colour Palettes, Nature and Seasons
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    We’re now into March, and although it was snowing here yesterday, signs of spring are everywhere. The bulbs I planted in the autumn have sprouted, and in my garden there are crocuses, some early daffodils and grape hyacinths. While I’ve been out roaming the village, I’ve spotted snowdrops,…

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  • Embroidered Spring Wreath in an Embroidery Hoop

    Embroidered Spring Wreath in an Embroidery Hoop

    February 24, 2023June 24, 2025 Blog, Gentle Projects, Nature and Seasons
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    Back in the autumn, I made a little embroidered autumn wreath in an embroidery hoop. It was my plan to make one for each of the four seasons. I haven’t yet made the winter one, and while February is most definitely not spring, this week has felt like…

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Do you... 🍁 Find inspiration in everyday thing Do you...

🍁 Find inspiration in everyday things?
🍁 Like spending time in nature?
🍁 Crave slowness but can't seem to find it?
🍁 Like making things but don't know where to start?
🍁 Maybe miss yourself a little bit?
🍁 Would like something gentle, not another demand?

Then you are in the right place! πŸπŸ§‘πŸ‚ This is exactly what Wild Blossom Life is about. No huge life changes or masses of time required, just some gentle ways to slow down a bit, notice the changing seasons, and be creative without any expectation of perfection. If this sounds like you, you are very welcome here πŸπŸ§‘πŸŒ°πŸ‚

#wildblossomlife #creativelife #seasonalcreativity
#natureinspired #slowingdownabit
I've been thinking about how easily we can slip in I've been thinking about how easily we can slip into comparing our lives with other people's and feel that we are failing because our lives don't look like theirs.

In the end, we are all different, our circumstances are different, our children are different, our home lives are different. What might work brilliantly for one person at the moment, in the season of life they are in, might just not work for you right now.

Sometimes the best we can do is accept that the current situation is what it is. Sometimes particular things need to take priority, or there might be a weird phase we have to live through. 

But it is worth remembering that growth can look like stillness, care can be keeping things simple, wintering is a thing, letting go is sometimes necessary, and tending what is can be as necessary as cooking up something new.

This is what Wild Blossom Life is about. It's not about making huge changes to your life. It's about doing little things that help, slowing down, getting outside even if it's only for a few moments, remembering to breathe, noticing what is there, then having some kind of creative thing for your hands to do if that is what you need, without pressure or expectation.

#wildblossomlife #autumn #lettinggoofperfectionism #peacefulmoments #changingseasons
From October's Wild Blossom Companion: "This is a From October's Wild Blossom Companion:

"This is a season of layers. 

Leaves drift down to form a rustling tapestry on the forest floor. 

The hedgerows become textured with sloes and rosehips. 

The fields lie stubbled and still. 

The skies stretch wider.

There's a richness in the layering of scent and sound: damp earth, woodsmoke and the call of migrating birds."

#creativelife #wildblossomcompanion #october #slowdownandlook #autumn #imspiredbynature
Painting leaves πŸπŸ‚πŸ§‘ After making an Octo Painting leaves πŸπŸ‚πŸ§‘

After making an October colour palette with water colour, I wanted to do something else with the paint. 

So I painted some leaves πŸπŸ‚

If you feel that you are not much of an artist, it can be difficult to try, even if you really want to. Often we have this expectation that what we make, draw or paint has to be perfect.

One thing that is very clear from looking at autumn leaves is how beautiful they are in all their imperfections! The colours are blotchy. They look like they ought to be symmetrical, but they often are not. The edges are wiggly and the lobes are uneven. So if you don't paint perfect, neat little watercolours, your leaves will probably be lovely!

I already had the colours, so that was one less thing to think about. It was a joyful experiment, not an exercise in perfection. Blotchiness is required! And a pro tip if you are new to this, let the leaves dry before painting the veins πŸ˜‰πŸ§‘

#creativelife #paintingautumnleaves #creativeinvitation #octobercolours #colourpaletteforoctober #lettinggoofperfection
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