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Savouring the season
Savouring the season
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Why beautiful stationery matters
Why beautiful stationery matters
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Fresh starts, clean slates, drafts and new notebooks
Fresh starts, clean slates, drafts and new notebooks
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How to get visual inspiration from a quote
How to get visual inspiration from a quote
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Note-taking: a book and an exhibition
Note-taking: a book and an exhibition
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Why I love maps
Why I love maps
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A fairy tale on my mantelpiece
A fairy tale on my mantelpiece
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My everyday notebooks
My everyday notebooks
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Handwriting at Christmas
Handwriting at Christmas
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The creative joys of rubber stamps
The creative joys of rubber stamps
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How to time travel… on foot
How to time travel… on foot
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Rub it out and start again: all about erasers
Rub it out and start again: all about erasers
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Another Chapter

Stories of love and grief, reinvention and everyday magic in the aftermath of loss – for anyone looking to write their next chapter.

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Would you like to meet my books (and me!) in person? I’ll be at the @commongroundoxford Christmas Art Market on Sunday 1 December. Do pop round if you’re local, it promises to be a lovely way to kick off the festive season :) ✨ . . . #pa
I love the dark evenings. Setting off to work in the afternoon as dusk sets in, the scent of the night, landscape turning to black. Turning the corner towards the Camera, all lit up, dramatically, over the darkening sky. Later, emerging back out, our
Capturing magic can be tricky… The gold calligraphy on my time travel journals is difficult to photograph as it seems to appear and vanish with the dancing light. Rather fittingly I think… . Swipe to the end for a Mimi cameo. . Time tra
Favourite tree, about halfway between ‘my’ shepherd’s hut and the bindery, on a foggy late afternoon earlier this week. I spent five days learning to make leather case bindings, all through the pain and haze of back-to-back migraine
I’m not sure where October has gone… lost somewhere amongst gold calligraphy and library hours. I only had a short wish list for the month, but most of it is still outstanding so November will continue to be about autumnal food and walks
I’ve found my wand, and with my book of spells (actually a dictionary, but I think that counts), a pumpkin and (paper) stardust, I’m ready for a little magic… . Check my stories for the post I made this wand for 6 (!) years ago 🪄
I think I may have a problem. This was just going to be a snap taken in my studio, when I realised that props from a failed photo attempt did look like a lovely, whimsical scene after all. I was going to post it as it was. But then… the urge t
Moods in bottles, like scents… just a whimsical dream (and a few of my miniature books) ☁️ . . . . #thatwhimsicaltouch #stillswithstories #dreaminginpictures #handboundbooks