The Pony Way Is Essex 2026

Collections, Journal, Life & Creativity, Model Horses

Just back from a live model horse show, my first in more than 13 years, and easily the one with the best name ever. Although it’s been a long time since I’ve been active in the model horse world, and especially in showing, I still get so many questions...

Colour challenge: Colchester

Journal, Life & Creativity, Making, crafting & artist dates, Photo Challenges, Photography

There are some brilliant communities for photographers around, and one of these is Lisa Devlin’s Photography Farm – open, supportive and actually useful. So when she suggested a collective challenge, run across 10 cities at the same time on the same day,...

BTS: finding hares in Norfolk

Art, Journal, Process, Wild Magic (hares & jackalopes)

Having always wanted hares and jackalopes in my portfolio of art (mainly for my own wall, though Moon Hare is one of my best selling prints!), finding myself staying next to fields of wild hares in Norfolk back in 2022 felt promising – look how beautiful it is....

Monster High Twyla cosplay Part 3: Making the accessories

Cosplay, Costume, Journal, Larp & Cosplay, Making, crafting & artist dates, Self Portraits, Tips, tricks & tutorials

The last of the series of posts showing more details of how I made my Monster High Twyla cosplay – let’s go! Choosing what to make While accurate cosplays are very satisfying, I did not have a lot of time to pull this one together, and put most of my...

Monster High Twyla Cosplay Part 2: Making the Book of Talismans bag

Cosplay, Costume, Dolls, Journal, Larp & Cosplay, Life & Creativity, Making, crafting & artist dates, Self Portraits, Tips, tricks & tutorials

The second of the promised more detailed posts about how I made my Monster High Twyla cosplay… this is the Book of Talismans, which I turned into a book bag! By far my favourite of Twyla’s accessories is her Book of Talismans. It’s a book, it’s...

Cosplay: Monster High Twyla

Bounding, Cosplay, Costume, Journal, Self Portraits, Style & Self Expression

Introducing Twyla Boogeyman… I am so proud of this one! Sitting somewhere between bounding and true cosplay, it feels like the essence of her, and the only thing I’d add is face & body paint, I think. How I decided on Twyla I hadn’t made an...