We recently visited The Staffordshire Hoard exhibition at the Potteries Museum in Hanley . The largest and most valuable Anglo-Saxon tre...

I was very excited to receive a copy of a Turkish magazine called Kanavice . The company behind this publication is Tuva who publish books a...

What brings you good luck? Is it black cats, or leprechauns, lucky heather, chimney sweeps, four leaf clovers perhaps? I believe that there ...

Life is slowly getting back to normal, or should I say a new normality? Things will never be the same, life changes and moves on and as with...

Over the last few months our lives have been dominated by boxes, all around us people are on the move. One son moved house, the other moved ...

“Happy New Year everyone and Good Health”. I have had hardly any time to catch up with your news so please forgive my tardiness. Our Christm...

We are delighted to announce that Apple have relaxed their controls on promotional codes, (until now these have only been available to custo...

I have been reading an old gardening book which refers to daffodils as daffydowndillies, isn't that a lovely name? Our daffodils have m...

Despite the spring like nature of this post it seems more like Christmas here in my home studio. I can see snow on the lawn outside and I ha...

“May you have warm words on a cold evening, 
a full moon on a dark night and the road downhill all the way to your door.” This Irish Blessin...

Allow me to introduce to you an amazing young artist called Chris Chun. His colourful and highly decorative artworks are inspired by beauty,...

As promised, I would like to announce a new delivery of Duckling Easter egg tins. They are available in my two shops, here and here I hope...

All we need now is a light sprinkling of snow and we are all set! Our nearest major city and favourite place to shop is Manchester, now at i...

A wise old owl sat in an oak, The more he heard the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard, Why aren't we like that wise old...

If you haven’t already entered the free draw to win the beautiful braided rug below you have until Monday to do so, when I will pick a winne...

Our hedges are covered with Hawthorn or May blossom at the moment. There is something about the size and shape of the petals that always rem...

And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountain green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures s...

I hope no one is offended by my offering for April, I have been told that the language that Shakespeare used is not altogether “proper” for ...

Recently I wrote about the very sad news that Hudson and Middleton, the old and established bone china factory here in Stoke-on-Trent, had g...

Here is my illustration for January, inspired by the soundless flight of a barn owl, clear and still moonlit nights, crystal snowflakes and ...