The Earth, Air and Art Fair for the Save Me Trust
What is it all about Not long to go now till the Earth Air and Art Fair for the Save Me Trust. It is happening this weekend, from the 12th...
Creative Tales of Tiny Tails
Welcome to the Beneath the Badge Tree blog, where I share a bit about how I make these tiny treasures, the inspiration behind them, maybe the occasional creative mishap, and if we're lucky, a little bit about what these little fellas get up to when they reach their forever home.
- Oct 24
October Newsletter - The Earth, Air and Art Fair
The Earth, Air and Art Fair for the Save Me Trust A bunch of us wildlife artists are getting together this November for an exciting and...
- Sep 20
September Newsletter - Fundraising for Folly and other news
Folly Wildlife Rescue's online auction Thank you for everybody who nominated a wildlife charity to win these loving badgers. The winning...
- Aug 16
August 2021 Newsletter - Help out your favourite wildlife charity
Loving badger ornament charity giveaway This loving little pair of badgers want to help out a British wildlife charity or rescue and they...
- Aug 17, 2019
Backyard birds
If you follow me on social media you may well know that a few months back I had surgery and it has knocked me for six. Being a sufferer...
- Mar 26, 2019
The badger cull
In 2013 our government started culling badgers as part of their 25 year bovine TB strategy, to much opposition from scientists,...
- Mar 18, 2019
A perfect engagement ring box collaboration
Rich got in touch last year to ask me to create a bespoke engagement ring box for his proposal to his partner, Tash. He knew just what he...
- Mar 5, 2019
Giving a little back - charity donations from sales
For some time now I have made donations to wildlife charities from sales of my little animals. This all began with the badgers. I...
- Jan 26, 2019
Creating your own personalised engagement ring box
One of my very favourite jobs is making customised ring boxes for that perfect proposal. It is a real privilege to create something that...
- Oct 6, 2017
A tale of six little pigs
This tale starts with poo (well, what better way to start a story). A couple of years ago I found some poo in our back yard. While this...
- Aug 5, 2017
The joy of handmade
Ok, I handmake and sell my creations so of course I’m going say that there is something special about handmade treasures, but hear me out...
- Apr 5, 2017
Wildlife Heroes - Appreciating those who inspire my love of the natural world
I’ve just finished reading Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham, one of my lifelong wildlife heroes, and it got me thinking about...
- Dec 1, 2016
Badger engagement ring box continued - The wedding
You may remember a while ago I wrote a post about a badger engagement ring box I made for the super romantic Tom to propose to his...
- Nov 18, 2016
My journey through wildlife literature
For many of us our first introduction to literature involved animals, and often those creatures were the British wildlife we may see out...
- Nov 2, 2016
Our day out at the zoo
Today we had a lovely family visit to the South Lakes Safari Zoo. While I'm generally not a huge fan of wildlife in captivity it really...
- Oct 22, 2016
From engagement ring box to wedding cake topper
Last Christmas I received a very special request indeed. Robin wanted to find the perfect way to propose to his beautiful partner, Saya...
- Jul 31, 2016
Our badger sett stake out when the MOST exciting thing happened
If you follow me on Facebook then you may remember that a while ago my daughter and I thought we may have found a badger sett while we...