"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Every December, I get the itch for two things: candlelit cosiness and the delicious shiver of a good ghost story. So this year the blog is hosting an Advent Calendar of spooky Christmas tales. From December 1st onward, a new short story will appear here
Last artist and I’m almost sad this is coming to an end. After a lot of thought I decided to bring you Maddy Sargent, an extraordinary illustrator living in rural Northamptonshire. Her website is here, her instagram is here. The Christmas section of her website
Today I’m recommending you an artist you can’t actually buy from: Helen Richmond. If you go on her website, you get a pink warning: she’s on maternity leave. Which is a perfect reason for bookmarking her shop and coming back later this year, and keep
If you like penguins, Charlotte Hepburne (website here) is your artist because of this card. But she’s also your artist in case you want dinosaurs and owls. Her website is not very friendly for linking stuff, but you can browse her on-line shop, which directs
Lizzie Hall is a British designer based in London. Linktree here, website here, Instagram here. on-line shop here and Etsy shop here. If you’re looking for gift wrapping, towels and other wide decorated surface, she’s the artist for you. If you’re looking for somethingh funny,
You can find Shannon Murphy on Instagram under the Made By Shannon brand, which is also her website, while her Etsy shop is here. I like her Christmas work because it’s minimal and ironic, described as “Beautifully rude” and I would say it’s perfect for
Good evening, my darlings. I apologize for not sharing any update, but things have been crazy: lots of clients haven’t been working for months, this year (their choice: they didn’t trust people to work from home) and they just discovered that – oddly enough –
Mountain and Molehill is the nickname of an artist using Victorian and Edwardian animals to make decorations. Instagram here, website here and website shop here. The shop is already closed, as you might expect giving that we’re approaching Day X, but I particularly love these
Embers and Ink is the nickname of Emma Woorthorpe, Instagram here and Linktree here. On her Folksy shop (unfortunately closed until after the festivities, so you’ll have to bookmark this for later) you can find her series of festive road signals: Let it Snow, Elves
It was a Rabbit is the nickname under which you can find Lora’s work, an artist based in Wilmslow: her Etsy shop is here and I discovered her thanks to ThisThursday’s post about Christmas Cards. The name comes from the omonimous book, «a charming story
