I left off on the last post, in a period of transition with how I dress myself. Vintage no longer felt relevant and comfort was key. Yet where did that leave my sense of self? So much of my identity was tied up with how...
I have spent large portions of my life feeling disgruntled with my body and wishing I could wear clothes that I didn’t think suited me, or didn’t fit me in the way they looked on models in magazines, or the slimmer girls at school. As...
One of my ways of honouring the seasons is to lay the table in ways that reflect the external shifts. I've collected a few ideas or prompts to think of when laying your own Autumn table. Bring the outside in. If you have plant pots,...
Dear teenage Java You will be loved. I know you are sat in your bedroom worrying that no one will ever love you, but you are already so deeply loved and there are so many people you are yet to meet who will be overjoyed...
I though I'd let you in on how I draw, where I draw my inspiration from and the different stages of the process. Inspiration: It is truly possible to find inspiration everywhere. Recently I found inspiration from a textile pattern of suns on a mid century child’s...
My shop has been slow to build and is still relatively small. The reason for this is probably down to my very specific criteria and very specific taste. My criteria: Do I personally own and use this? Is it beautiful? Is it useful? Is it delicious? Is it from an independent...
In March this year I reached out to a list of twelve women. I knew some of them in person, and some of them purely online. I asked them if they would be interested in talking to me about their creative path for a podcast...
One of the things I love to do in life is to assemble beautiful things - which of course also applies to assembling beautiful people around a beautiful meal at the kitchen table. After assessing some of the pieces in the shop, I realised that they...
Towards the end of summer, I made my way up through the highlands on my way to Skye, to catch a boat to the Shiant Isles. I was about to spend six days on a remote, uninhabited island with no infrastructure, in the company of...
Six years ago I became pregnant with our first baby Alma. At twenty weeks she was diagnosed with DiGeorges syndrome and an interrupted aortic arch. After researching the possible outcomes of this diagnosis we chose to have a termination at six months in the womb....