#FebruArty2026 #Fearless

When I saw this teacup in an old magazine, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it - a card entitled 'Storm In A Teacup' 🙂 Rough seas, a gloomy sky plus a #fearless dog wearing a sou'wester completed the picture! #FebruArty2026 #Fearless #recycled #oldmagazines #savedfromlandfill #ilovepuns

Some years ago, I #found this wrapping paper, and used it to make greetings cards. With the addition of different coats and positioning of the hats, I #found the character of each dog was subtly changed 😁 #FebruArty2026 #found #greetingscards #reuse #recycle

And this should have been #FebruArty2026 too! 🤦‍♀️

Sorry - should have been #FebruArty2026! 🙄

Another card for today's #JanuArty2026 theme of #Fuchsia. It's my own cross-stitch design for this flower, which easily became a Bluebell by using different coloured threads. #greetingscard #crossstitch #Fuchsia #Bluebell 2/2

Two for the price of one today. For yesterday's #JanuArty2026 theme of #Fried, a card entitled "All Day Breakfast" with relevant place names from old maps. This was made for a relative called Stephen who is a chef and drinks beer, as reflected in the bottom line of butterflies 😁 1/2 #greetingscard

Today, I'm combining #FebruArty2026 #feel and #ValentinesDay. The heart-shaped lavender bags feel very soft as they're made with felt, and the place names on the card were specifically chosen for today. #myowndesigns #handmade #homegrownlavender #reusing #oldmaps

Another one. This is a really important find - unique in fact. It has slight similarities to a torc from Moulsford (in Reading Museum) but apart from that it's a totally new type. 🧵 PLEASE SHARE, thank you #Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting leicestershirecollections.org.uk/behind-the-s...

This little pooch is finding it difficult to hold the oars in his paws, so is just 'going with the flow' and hoping he'll get to the shore quickly #handmade #myowndesign #papercollage #greetingscard #recycling #oldmagazines #savedfromlandfill #FebruArty2026 #Flow

#FebruArty #Fear

Another of my paper collage cards is entitled "Lost At Sea", and totally sums up today's #FebruArty theme of #Fear. Poor little pup is afraid he'll never get home! More info in ALT #papercollage #handmade #myowndesign #recycling #oldmagazines #savedfromlandfill

Stretching a point for today's #FebruArty theme - I don't have photos of a flock of sheep or a flock of birds, so what about a #Flock of #Foxes? 😁🦊 #gardeningforwildlife #naturalgarden

A square-headed Anglo-Saxon brooch from Warwickshire. Dating to the 6th century, the brooch is now on display at the Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon Museum at Wooler in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #AdGerfin

Today's #FebruArty theme is #Float, so I immediately thought of another of my #papercollage cards. It's entitled 'Jumble Sails' and each element was cut out from old magazine pictures #myowndesign #handmade #recycling #oldmagazines #savedfromlandfill #ilovepuns

I love cats and have made many #papercollage cards featuring them over the years. For today's #FebruArty #Feline theme, I've chosen this one, entitled 'Purr-ambulator' ☺️ #Ilovepuns #savedfromlandfill #recycling #oldmagazines #handmade

#FebruArty2026 #Forgotten

#FebruArty2026 #Fuzzy

I forgot to post anything for #FebruArty2026 yesterday, so here are two today. Vic the Vole once visited a seed feeder but forgot he needed to be slim enough to get back out, so he became stuck inside the tube. He wasn't #forgotten though and we soon released him 1/2

2/2 For today's #FebruArty2026 theme of #fuzzy, here's a squirrel-proof bird feeder cage containing some sheep's wool. It's been very popular over the years as a 'soft furnishings shop' for nesting birds 😊

My first thought when I saw today's #FebruArty2026 theme of #Fancy was Fondant Fancies, so this is my version - a fabric applique cupcake! 🥰 More details in Alt #greetingscard #myowndesign #handmade #fabric #applique #handstitched #FebruArty2026 #Fancy

#FebruArty2026 #Frugal #greetingscard

A threaded card today, which uses a minimal amount of thread. The second photo shows the basic pattern template (copied from a piece of kitchen roll!), a blank circle of card, and the final design made with the use of a 'gadget' #FebruArty #frugal #myowndesign greetingscard

Another of my greetings cards for today's #FebruArty theme. The dog in this paper collage card certainly looks like he's having #Fun! 😁 #papercollage #greetingscard #handmade #recycling #oldmagazines #savedfromlandfill

#FebruArty2026 #Frost

For #Day1 of #Februarty, this woven paper card was made from strips cut out from old magazine pictures. I particularly chose red berries with a dusting of frost as I liked the contrast between the red and white #frost #handmade #greetingscard #savedfromlandfill #recycled

Wonderful Ice Age art! Some 40,000 years ago, this tiny head of a cave lion was skilfully sculpted from mammoth ivory. It is one of the oldest known works of figurative art! 📷 by me #Archaeology

Despite my resolve to post something every day for #JanuArty2026, I've failed miserably, so today I'm combining two - #wet for yesterday and #sky for today. These two paper collage cards were made from pieces cut out from old magazines, entitled Summer Sails and Winter Sails

Schwarznasenschafe Valais in der Schweiz

As I didn't manage to post anything yesterday, I'm combining two for today. This is the trunk of our old pear tree which fell down after strong winds 8 years ago, and what it has become now, covered in fungi, moss and lichen #Januarty2026 #tree #down #fungi #artinnature #wildgarden #naturalbeauty

With the current cold weather, these two crocheted scarves will help! The small one is designed to go under a coat and when I did craft markets, these were very popular 🧣❄️ #handmade #crochet #scarves #Januarty2026 #matching

For today's #januarty2026 theme of #fresh, here's a woven paper greetings card, with fresh Holly and Hoar-Frost #recycling #oldmagazines #savedfromlandfill #greetingscard #wovenpaper

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥰🥳 #mixedmedia #greetingscard #snowman

Well said! 👏

Eye-to-eye - a friendly encounter from earlier this year! #wildlife #mammals #redfox

Photo (by me) of the absolutely stunning sunset tonight, taken from an upstairs window #sunset #redskyatnight

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Stay safe and be happy 🥰🎄🤶 This card was made from old magazine pictures 😊 #recycle #card #homemade #originaldesign

Hallelujah!! 🥳 medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12...

The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic Photo: Pete Seaward

Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3 📷 D. v. Recklinghausen 🏺

Fabulous Visigothic bronze belt buckles inlaid with cloisonné glass. AD 500s. Which is your favourite? From the Visigothic Necropolis of Duratón, near Segovia, Spain. Casa del Sol Museum, Segovia 📷 by me #Archaeology

🌿☕ This was posted on a local website recently, reported by Lloyds Weekly in 1844 I wish journalists would write in this eloquent way now, it sounds so.. jolly🎈💃 When hot air ballooning was all the rage for those of a gentlemanly distinguished disposition🕴️ #chrisbeer #cheltenham #hotairballoon

A remarkably well-preserved early medieval comb, found in Trier, 5th century, made from animal bone with iron rivets. The comb consists of three layers: the central strip with fine teeth is decorated with stylized animal heads and is framed by two side plates. To protect the ... 🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

The garden's looking very Autumnal at the moment, with colourful leaves and fallen apples. It's a bumper year for apples so, as some are quite small, they're being left for the wildlife 🍂🍃🍏Photo by my husband 📷 #wildgarden #organicgarden #homegrownapples #gardeningforwildlife #lefttoitsowndevices

The Westness brooch-pin formed part of a Viking-Age grave disturbed by a farmer at Westness, Rousay, Orkney, #OTD in 1963. It is silver decorated with gold, amber and glass. The grave contained the remains of a young woman and newborn child. 📸National Museums Scotland #medievalsky

Photos taken by my husband 📷😊

In 2018, we lost our c100 year-old pear tree during a storm. We cut off most of the smaller branches but left the main trunk as a bench, which gradually became covered in moss & ivy. Now it also has Turkeytail fungi happily growing on it😊 #fungifriday #wildgarden #naturalgarden #lettingnaturethrive

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower”

For #FindsFriday just a few of the fabulous Viking age beads discovered at Haithabu/ Hedeby - 📷 Schloss Gottorf Museum.

#FindsFriday The highly decorated reverse side of a #Celtic bronze mirror from Desborough, Northamptonshire, England, showing the development of the spiral and trumpet decorative theme of the Early Celtic La Tène style in #Britain. #Artwork #History #Art #Archaeology