May 2022 Newsletter - 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...
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.
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- Mar 6
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...
- Feb 3
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...
- Dec 9, 2021
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...
- Nov 26, 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 9, 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...
- Oct 24, 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...
- Sep 20, 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...
- Aug 16, 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 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...