Tales from beneath the badger tree

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.

November Newsletter 2022 - It's National Badger Day!

Hey, how are you doing? It’s been months since I’ve had the privilege of popping up in your inbox so thought it was time to check in....

Oct 5, 2022

May Newsletter 2022 - Let's celebrate wildlife

The Earth, Air and Art Fair The Earth, Air and Art Fair for Brian May's Save Me Trust is happening again from 12pm Friday, 20th to 11pm...

May 9, 2022

March Newsletter 2022 - Earth's Embrace

Earth's Embrace The wind howls wild down from the fell, Branches creak and grasses hiss. Sharp rain whips in dancing swirls, Stinging...

Mar 6, 2022

February Newsletter 2022 - Can We Fly?

Can We Fly? We've dug the earth, Climbed branches high, So tell me darling, Can we fly? We found a fly agaric mushroom with nibble marks...

Feb 3, 2022

December Newsletter 2021 - Time to sparkle

Bring some sparkle to your festive season This month's tiny smile bringer is Sparkle, the stoat in its ermine coat. Sparkle loves diving...

Dec 9, 2021

November Newsletter 2021 - Break the mould

Let's do things a little different this weekend Love it or loathe it, you can't escape Black Friday right now. I have decided that I'm...

Nov 26, 2021

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...

Nov 9, 2021

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...

Oct 24, 2021

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...

Sep 20, 2021

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 16, 2021

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...

Aug 17, 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 26, 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 18, 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...

Mar 5, 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...

Jan 26, 2019

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...

Oct 6, 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...

Aug 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...

Apr 5, 2017

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...

Dec 1, 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 18, 2016