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  • Colour Theory For Crafters

    Colour Theory For Crafters

    April 27, 2025June 24, 2025 Blog, Colour Palettes
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    Whatever kind of approach you take to making things, whether you like to follow a pattern or if you prefer to do your own thing, you will probably need to make a decision about which colours to use. It sounds easy! Just pick some colours you like and…

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  • Pressing Leaves into Clay

    Pressing Leaves into Clay

    May 26, 2024June 24, 2025 Blog, Creative Invitations, Nature and Seasons
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    Choosing to respond to what is around us in the moment can sometimes take the form of almost wanting to preserve it. Spring is a glorious time, and now in late spring, with summer looming, everything is lush and green. People’s gardens are full of flowers, and I’ve…

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    12 Things I’ve Learnt About Selling on Etsy

    November 16, 2017September 22, 2023 Blog
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    12 Things I’ve Learnt About Selling on Etsy In September 2010, I was in Sainsbury’s in King’s Lynn when a magazine caught my eye. It was the magazine Craftseller.Β On a whim I bought it, and although this is a cliche, it changed my life! I’ve always enjoyed making…

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  • 10 things to do now to get ready for christmas crafting

    10 Ways to Get Ready For Christmas Crafts Now

    September 19, 2017September 15, 2018 Blog
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    10 Ways to Get Ready For Christmas Crafts Now Christmas always sneaks up on me. I know the date never changes, but somehow every year I find it’s the end of November before I’veΒ even started to think about Christmas crafts and what I might make. I suspect it…

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    How to Make Spring Bunting

    March 11, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How to Make Spring Bunting It will probably come as no surprise if I tell you that I love bunting. I have bunting hanging up in my living room, in the kitchen and on the dresser. I did have bunting on the front of my house too, until…

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    Making Easter Hats

    March 31, 2015 Living a Creative Life
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    Holidays offer the perfect opportunity forΒ making stuff, and as we were required to make Easter hats for church, the boys and I had some craft time after school last Thursday. I wanted to keep things simple while at the same time giving them someΒ freedom to make what they…

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A rowan tree πŸ‚πŸ§‘ The rowan is one of my favo A rowan tree πŸ‚πŸ§‘

The rowan is one of my favourite trees. There's a song about it, and it always makes me think of Quickbeam the Ent  in Lord of the Rings, who every time he saw a rowan tree, would lift his tree arms and sway towards it. 

One year I made rowan jelly from the berries. It was a beautiful shade of orange and it tasted like nice marmalade.

There are lots of berries still on this one, and the  leaves are brown and gold. 

Even though it feels like winter now, there are still little bits of autumn hanging on. And it's nice to think that there is food for the birds there πŸ§‘πŸ¦β€β¬›

#wildblossomlife #november #rowantree #creativelife #slowdownandlook
November πŸ‚ Storm Claudia blew most of the leav November πŸ‚

Storm Claudia blew most of the leaves off the trees last week. There are still some, but lots of them have gone now. The berries are very visible, lots of hawthorns and still some rowan berries.

Everywhere is muddy! Big piles of sugar beet have been slowly disappearing, and all the rain has made the footpaths squishy.

If I go out at 4.30 pm to get milk or cat food or bits for tea, it's dark and my reaction is "bleugghh!" But I actually quite like it. It's nice to get back home to my cosy little house with my boys and my cats.

It is tempting to dislike November but I quite like it. What about you? πŸ‚πŸ§‘

#wildblossomlife #november #norfolkfens #findinginspirationinnature #getoutside #seasons
Leaf rubbings revisited πŸπŸ‚ Last year I made Leaf rubbings revisited πŸπŸ‚

Last year I made some leaf rubbings using thin paper and chalky pastels. Now a year on, I wanted to do some more, but different.

I was toying with the idea of trying out printing with a gelli plate (@vickymyerscreations has lots of videos). It looks like fun but I suspect it is addictive, so that doesn't sound like the best idea for me at the moment 🧐😜

Dealing with my disappointment with myself for being sensible, I realised that one of the things that appeals about gelli plate printing is the layers.  Layers is the theme for  October's Wild Blossom Companion (honestly nobody is going to check if the months bleed into each other! πŸ’–), and I had an idea to make leaf rubbings again, but creating layers by adding colour to the paper first.

I like the results, and I already had everything I needed πŸ’–πŸ§‘πŸπŸ‚ I still haven't ruled out the gelli plate thing through!

#creativelife #wildblossomlife #natureinspired #leafrubbings #layers #seasonal creativity
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‚

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#natureinspired #slowingdownabit
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