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Creative ‘clutter’ and cleaning-up – inspiration, creativity, and spring cleaning!

As the days slowly brighten and turn to spring, my thoughts turn to spring cleaning and making space for all […]

It is immensely powerful…

Dear Simone, I loved your article on real compliments. It was very timely for me and I am attempting to […]

Together working towards calm Festive Days with our neurodivergent children

For our intense, super-sensitive and hyper-reactive neurodivergent children, Christmas can be a huge challenge: dealing with transitions from normal life, […]

Make your Own Simple Paper Christmas Ball-balls – Tutorial –

This simple Christmas decoration tutorial is intended to be relaxing, fun and easily do-able with only a few resources and […]

Compassionate Crafting at Christmas (and allowing things to be ‘good enough’)

The Christmas holidays can be a lovely time for some cosy seasonal crafting and a good way to fill (and […]

Nature Exploration with Air-Dry Clay (Make your own Mushrooms!) – Tutorial

This open-ended craft exploration is directly inspired by a recent ‘Fungi Treasure Hunt’ walk and talk in our local park, […]

Preparing for Christmas

Each year when our daughter was young, the carefully crafted balance in our family always started to go pear-shaped around […]