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Secondhand Rose

Retail therapy? I’m not entirely sure that those two words even go together. Read More



My Crafternoon Tea Experiences

I can’t quite believe that a year ago, I launched my Crafternoon Tea Experiences in my studio. Read More


As seen on TV!

So that’s a wrap! My episode for Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas has been aired and by now you may have seen me beavering away at Christmas HQ, trying to look calm… Read More


My Backstory Filming

So, after I got the fantastic news that I was to be a Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas finalist, I had to prepare myself for some backstory filming. Read More


I’m going to be on the telly!

I am thrilled, delighted and very excited to, at last, go public that I will be a finalist on Channel 4’s Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas TV show on the 20th of… Read More


Hanley Farm & me

For those of you who don’t know, I am situated in the business centre on the site of Hanley Farm, a picturesque farm shop at Tidenham, just on the Forest… Read More


Wild Beasts

‘Creativity takes courage’, and nobody knows this more than the person who said it, the French artist Henri Matisse. Read More


Easter Trees

Many years ago at Easter time, I visited Taurus Crafts, a local attraction here in the Forest of Dean and I remember I was really taken by their display in… Read More


Pointillism and Mosaic

I’ve just returned from a fabulous short break to Dublin – my first trip to the Emerald Isle. Read More


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