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It's #nationalwildlifeday today which was founded by Colleen Paige and aims to highlight animals that are vulnerable to extinction. Our much loved British hedgehog was officially classed as vulnerable to extinction last year, mainly due to a combination of habitat loss, roads and use of pest control such as slug pellets. There are a few things we can all do to help hedgehogs in our area whether we have a garden or not: Avoid using slug pellets or any bait poisons.   If you do have a hedgehog coming into your garden then you can feed it meaty cat or...

You can find my happy puffin on the Pedddle Great British Summer Holiday Online Market from today 10/7/2021) at 10am until Sunday (11/7/2021) at 10pm. Hosted on the brilliant online event platform Tresstle. The first three people to order from my website during the market will all have a randomised set of 4 gift notes included as a little treat, perfect for sending with posted gifts. You can browse the market at this link - https://tresstle.com/events/the-great-british-holiday-market/ , it is currently in preview mode but the links will go live at 10am on the 10th of July. You can see my Puffin pin here...

  Autumn is such a beautiful varied season, you have the end of summer with the warmth and harvest bounty it brings, gorgeous leaf and berry colours, Halloween with all the spooky feels and then the month is capped off with November and the start of the Christmas countdown. It is no secret I love Autumn and I love all the designs and artwork that the season inspires so I thought I'd put together a little early Autumn Gift Guide from some of my favourite small businesses. You can click each person's business name to see their Instagram pages or...

When I joined Folksy as a seller I loved the whole community feel and the weekly sharing of work by fellow sellers using the hashtag #folksyfriday on Instagram. So here are my contributions so far in 2020.   19th June 2020 Happy Friday! Here is my first ever #folksyfriday post, I've gone with a garden birds theme as we have had loads of gorgeous fledglings in our garden this week.Clockwise from the top left:@lellibellecards - Robin Greeting Card@daffodowndilly - Bluetits Greeting Card@littleramstudio - Wren Print@sistersisterdesigns - Lovebirds Pin@foxandboogiftware - Poppies and Wren Cushion@jennynewallglassart - Greenfinch BOB Glass Suncatcher@etchable_laser - Blackbird Wooden Model@robyncoetzeeglass - Glass Bluetit     26th June 2020...

I have always loved daffodils, their cheerfulness is infectious and the sight of them bobbing on a cold but sunny morning is one of my favourite Spring views.

So when I was looking for a name for my business  I wanted to try and incorporate daffodils into the name somewhere.