A Long Overdue Update: New Diagnoses, Growing Children and a Self Build. It has been quite some time since my last post, and life has been moving at such a pace that I’ve struggled to find the right moment to sit down and share[...]
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In a fast paced, digital, 'influencer' led world being a 'sponsor' or 'in partnership' with someone often means you have been paid to share a brand and/or product, in this instance, no money has changed hands, I am simply sharing[...]
Starting The Woodland Wife, I soon made connections with small independents who shared the same ethical standards and general ethos as me through Instagram. Watching these independents launch beautiful collections time after time[...]
Our journey with cloth nappies started back in 2012 when we first found out I was expecting a baby; a couple who live a fairly frugal lifestyle and with both of us being self-employed we soon worked out the huge cost implication o[...]
How to Make Broken Pot Fairy Garden A few years ago we visited a local auction full of all sorts of interesting bits and pieces; one lot I came across had masses of fabulous terracotta pots and planters and being someone who pref[...]
I have very recently touched on the emotional and mental well-being of our daughter in the post 'Supporting Learning at home' and how we as her parents see this element of our daughter's upbringing as one of the core areas we need[...]
With all the policies and procedures, friendship groups and general exhaustion that comes with school, we have noticed a shift in our daughter’s general demeanour since the new school year has begun. For the most part she loves[...]
A Flower Fairy birthday party for our daughter's 5th Birthday, inspired by Cicely Mary Barker's 'Flower Fairies' illustrations. With our daughter's 5th birthday looming our daughter asked for a 'Fairy' Party to celebrate with her[...]
When we first received planning to convert the woodland office into a dwelling, our home - it was September 2013, Autumn was setting in so our plans to start creating a garden were put on hold until the Spring. By Spring 2014 w[...]
Over the past few weeks we have been enjoying a daily assault on our senses here in the woods. Each morning as we opened our garden door, the scent of bluebells filled the air. A short wander into the woods and we were greeted by[...]