When I set up The Woodland Wife, I had three hopes: It would become a creative outlet for my writing and photography I would inspire and spark the conversation about a slower, sustainable way of life in a fast paced modern world I might be able to one day see an income from the hours spent writing as well as any future ventures via The Woodl[...]
We live in a rapidly changing world, where our online lives are becoming just as important to us as the life we lead offline. For years, so many of us have debated the ‘perfect images’ in magazines and on TV and many have fought to show the reality of the beauty and fashion world, as well as those in the 'public eye'. The fashion industry, as we[...]
Recently on my Instagram feed I touched on the changes that I have noticed in our woodland and whilst I too, am struggling with the seemingly non-existent Summer after the blocking high in Europe left us with rain for weeks, I am feeling excited at the prospect of the changing season and what lies ahead. Autumn is quite possibly my favourite season;[...]
As we all know as we get older, time seems to speed up; life gets busy and often we overlook small areas of our lives. One such area for me is breakfast; in my 20s, I rarely ate breakfast, and as life got more and more busy, I spent less and less time in the mornings looking after myself, resulting in feeling hungry by midday, or snacking continuously[...]
Living just 5 minutes from The Walled Nursery, it often baffles me why I don't visit as often as I could... and should. This place is one of those rare gems in Kent that I regularly drive past and rarely have time to stop off at. So, this morning, just as the sun decided to put in an appearance, I decided to take the husband, our 'wild one' and set[...]
For the first three years of my daughter's life, we never had birthday parties for friends, keeping things really small with just family, it has always been so lovely doing that, however this year, our little girl made it VERY clear that she wanted a party with all of her friends there! As her personality has begun to really shine, and her interests ap[...]
As mentioned previously on my blog, we are huge fans of Belle and Boo and Mandy Sutcliffe's stunning illustrations. For the past two years, I have made a Belle and Boo themed birthday cake, this year, my little girl asked for... the same! As an 'outdoor girl' and with a 'Woodland Explorer' theme to her birthday party this year, I set about searchin[...]
I often wonder who enjoys our woodland fairy houses more, my nearly four year old daughter and her friends... or me! These tiny creations dotted around our woodland were created for my little girl when she was a baby; I wanted to create an 'enchanted woodland' based on my own childhood memories of a very special place I used to visit in Cornwall[...]
Summer for us, isn't about jetting off to exotic far off places, it's about taking time at home to spend time together in the place that gives us so much, a place full of adventure. For Half Term, we decided that a 'Staycation' was what we'd have, some time to watch the woodland come back to life and burst into colour. I was recently approached[...]
We all know the feeling as parents', as the end of term approaches there is a wonderful feeling that soon you get to spend quality time with your little ones, a break from routine to enjoy what really matters. It isn't long, however, until you soon realise the wonderful lessons taught and activities our little ones have grown accustomed to at school, s[...]