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Paper, cloth and thread
Paper, cloth and thread
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A simple journaling format
A simple journaling format
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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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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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It’s been a very migraine-heavy week or two, and rather tricky not to lose momentum after my recent burst of inspiration. The tiny book in the picture was an early prototype at that size (A10), and I need to do some more work after a second att
Pink tulips wrapped in brown paper, a pinch of cinnamon in my porridge, a good novel waiting by my bed, exchanging smiles with strangers… the little things ✨ . . . . . #stillswithstories #pocketsofheart #poetryofsimplethings #noticepausetre
I feel ridiculously inspired. It started as an intention to be playful, but it only took a quick browse of my Pinterest boards to unleash ideas. I think I now have a plan for a whole new collection of paper goods… I’ve written more about
I am one step closer to actually making use of all this… I took the Queen Robe Project class with @unabashedapparel last year, but then… I got stuck. I finally made progress last week - only a tiny bit, but enough for it to feel possibl
I’ve been a little out of step with the world. January didn’t feel particularly long. I’ve had no wish to hibernate. I’m not immune to the wider despair, of course, but we only have one life and side-stepping our own joy has n
One of the many things I love about my job is stepping out of the library into the night after an evening shift. Usually it’s the moon above All Souls or the stars crowning the Radcliffe Camera that catch my eye. But the other day it was the vi
Miniature books ready to take flight… I’m feeling very unmotivated this week, with the main item on my to-do list being City & Guilds homework. There’s so much I need to do to submit for my level 2 bookbinding qualification, bu
My daphne doesn’t flower quite as beautifully as it used to, but featuring it here is something of an annual tradition - the colour and scent of January. I’m always drawn to pink at this time of year, pale and delicate, like a new beginni
My home is in disarray. Plastering work is underway in the dining room, while its contents are scattered around the rest of the house. And everything it seems is covered in dust. So this morning I created the illusion of dreamy calm on the mantelpiec
It’s been a quiet week: writing, calligraphy, library shifts, gently, through the fog of migraine. Last week I saw five different friends over walks, lunches and drinks, but this week was more solitary. So on Wednesday I took my camera on a wan