by Laura McMahon | May 18, 2023 | Blog Posts, Making Stories, Seasonal Stories
Spring (and maybe even summer) is in the air, it’s time to throw open the windows and revitalise our living spaces, re-tuning our everyday moments into the changing seasonal rhythm. I don’t know about you, but this slower spring has meant that winter clothing...
by Laura McMahon | Dec 11, 2022 | Blog Posts, Making Stories, Seasonal Stories
Nurturing our creativity in winter can deepen our connection to the season and support our well-being. Creative artist and Author Becki Clark is a multidisciplinary creative designer inspired by seasonality and nature with over eight years of experience working in the...
by Laura McMahon | Jul 19, 2022 | Blog Posts, Making Stories
As I sit to write this, it’s a scorching 32 degrees outside and the summer heat is intense. Of all the seasons, I find summer the most joyful, yet it often packs a melancholy punch. Being a mother of school-age kids, each summer’s arrival inevitably brings with it an...
by Laura McMahon | Dec 5, 2021 | Blog Posts, Making Stories
As the days shorten and the light dims, we are naturally drawn to spending more of our time indoors. We bring in our pine trees – real or not, decorate our hearths with greenery and light up our houses with twinkling lights and candles. Seeking out the warmth...
by Laura McMahon | Jul 12, 2021 | Blog Posts, Making Stories
Hello and welcome to the studio! Take a tour of the warm and inviting candle studio space I have created in my house. This is the space where I tinker away with essential oil blends and drink far too much tea. I spend many hours here pouring and infusing natural waxes...
by Laura McMahon | Jan 31, 2021 | Making Stories
Making a natural liquid soap Hand soap has been playing a significant role in all our lives since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and I have been meaning to make a batch of my own natural liquid hand soap for months. I am constantly at the sink these days and we...
