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I can’t quite believe I’m saying this… but my original Yorkshire piece has SOLD! 🌸🌿I only finished creating this piece a...
23/08/2026

I can’t quite believe I’m saying this… but my original Yorkshire piece has SOLD! 🌸🌿

I only finished creating this piece a month ago, after more than 70 hours of carefully placing hundreds of real pressed flowers and foliage — all grown and collected here in Yorkshire.

I knew it would be difficult to let the original go, especially so soon after finishing it, but I genuinely couldn’t be happier that it’s going to such a lovely home where it will be treasured. 💕

And to make the whole moment even more special, the lovely family who bought it wanted a photo of us together with the artwork before it went off to its new home — I genuinely felt like a little celebrity for a minute 😂🌸 Definitely a pinch-me moment!

The craziest part is that I haven’t even had chance to properly advertise the original yet! It came along to the shows with me and found its new home all by itself.

Thankfully, I created a very small Limited Edition of just 50 fine art prints of the original — and there are now only 30 left.

Once those 30 are gone, that’s it. There will never be another run.

A little piece of Yorkshire, made from Yorkshire flowers, preserved forever. 🌸

Thank you so much to everyone who has stopped to look at it, asked about how it was made, bought a print or simply told me how much they love it. This piece has been incredibly special to create, and seeing the response to it has meant so much. 🤍

🎃 CREATE YOUR OWN BOTANICAL RESIN JEWELLERY 🌸✨Come and join me at The Yorkshire Halloween Festival in York this October ...
17/08/2026

🎃 CREATE YOUR OWN BOTANICAL RESIN JEWELLERY 🌸✨

Come and join me at The Yorkshire Halloween Festival in York this October for a hands-on botanical resin jewellery workshop!

Using a beautiful selection of real pressed flowers, you’ll design and create your very own unique piece of resin jewellery to take home. 🌼

No experience needed — I’ll guide you through the whole process, with full tuition and all materials included.

🌿 Choose from a huge selection of real pressed flowers
✨ Design & create your own botanical jewellery
🌸 Full tuition & materials included
🎨 Completely beginner friendly
👻 Plus, enjoy everything The Yorkshire Halloween Festival has to offer!

📍 York City Centre
📅 22nd–30th October

Spaces are limited, so booking in advance is recommended!

🎟️ CLICK THE LINK IN MY BIO FOR FULL DETAILS & TO BOOK!

🌼 “Perfect Purples” – Pressing Darker Flowers 2/5Darker flowers behave really differently when you press them.They tend ...
13/05/2026

🌼 “Perfect Purples” – Pressing Darker Flowers 2/5

Darker flowers behave really differently when you press them.

They tend to hold their colour better than lighter ones, but they can also dry much deeper than expected — sometimes losing a lot of their natural variation.

One thing that’s quite tricky with them is how they react once you start working with them again. Even though they’re fully dried, they’re still really sensitive.

As soon as you introduce glue, you’re also reintroducing a small amount of moisture back into the flower — and that can change the colour quite noticeably.

Even though I’m using the tiniest amount of glue, you can still see how delicate the process is and how much impact that small step can have.

You can see it here with the pink cosmos — parts of it have shifted more purple where the glue has interacted with the petal. It’s something you have to be really aware of, because once it happens, you can’t reverse it.

So it’s not just about pressing them well — it’s about how you handle them afterwards too.

Do you notice these colour changes, or is it something you’d only spot up close?

This is part 2 of 5 of my “Petal Stories” series ✨🌸

BehindTheScene

💜 “Perfect Purples” - Composition 1/5I’ve been sharing more about what goes into each piece as part of my “Petal Stories...
13/05/2026

💜 “Perfect Purples” - Composition 1/5

I’ve been sharing more about what goes into each piece as part of my “Petal Stories” series ✨

This time I’m focusing on this one — a more purple/blue-toned piece — and I’ll be breaking it down over the next 5 posts.

This one feels quite different to my pastel work. I kept the palette much tighter, so it’s more about subtle differences in tone rather than lots of contrast.

The composition is still quite full, but I’ve been a bit more controlled with placement so everything feels balanced without competing too much.

Do you prefer a more limited colour palette like this, or something with more variety?

This is part 1 of 5 of my “Petal Stories” series ✨🌸

ArtProcess

✨ “Perfect Pastels” - Process & Real Talk 5/5This is the final post for “Perfect Pastels”, next I’ll be talking about th...
11/05/2026

✨ “Perfect Pastels” - Process & Real Talk 5/5

This is the final post for “Perfect Pastels”, next I’ll be talking about the “Perfect Purples” series.

This piece took waayyyyyy longer than I expected.

A big part of that is re-pressing — quite a few flowers didn’t come out right the first time, so they had to go back in. It’s a bit of a cycle, especially with more delicate ones.

Even once everything’s ready, it’s still really careful work. Adding glue can easily ruin a flower — too much, or in the wrong place, and it can stain or turn the petal translucent. Even worse - sometimes reintroducing moisture (from the glue), turns the flower brown, this is especially true when working with pastels and whites.

If that happens, you can’t just leave it… you have to (as gently as possible), remove the flower without damaging the surrounding flowers, and then find something to replace it with. It’s slow and a bit nerve-wracking at times. Luckily there’s no audio recordings that come with the compositions… it would be NSFW with all of the expletives 🤭

Then even when the piece looks “finished”, there’s still more to do. Every single petal has to be properly secured so nothing catches or chips when it’s being framed. After that, each flower is sealed with a protective varnish, and then the whole piece goes back into a large press to dry again after the gluing and sealing process. The bigger the piece of work, the longer it takes to re-dry the whole piece and let me tell you, it is absolutely NOT a fun wait.

There’s also the overall design to think about — choosing the flowers, keeping the palette balanced, making sure nothing feels too heavy in one area. It can feel a bit overwhelming in the middle of it all.

But once everything finally comes together, it’s (nearly) always worth it.

Do you prefer seeing this side of the process, or just the finished piece?

🌿 Post 4 – Texture & Detail ✨There’s actually quite a lot going on in this one when you look closely.I’ve used a mix of ...
10/05/2026

🌿 Post 4 – Texture & Detail ✨

There’s actually quite a lot going on in this one when you look closely.

I’ve used a mix of different textures, sizes, and types — from really delicate petals to slightly more structured flowers, and small leaves alongside the florals.

It’s about how all those elements sit together so nothing feels out of place. Even though everything is quite different, it still needs to feel balanced and work as one piece.

I try to make sure the texture and detail flow symbiotically, so your eye moves naturally across it rather than stopping in one spot.

What’s your favourite part — the bigger flowers, the tiny details, or the leaves?

BotanicalArt

The pressing process Pastel flowers are honestly some of the hardest to work with 😅About 80% of the light/white flowers ...
04/05/2026

The pressing process

Pastel flowers are honestly some of the hardest to work with 😅

About 80% of the light/white flowers I press don’t end up being usable, which means most of what I dry never actually makes it into a piece.

It mainly comes down to pigment — these flowers have so little colour in them to begin with, so they mark easily, fade, or go a bit translucent during pressing.

So even though they look soft and simple, they’re actually some of the most time-consuming to get right.

Definitely not as easy as they look.

Have you ever tried pressing flowers before?

“Perfect Pastels” composition & DesignThis one came together quite naturally — I didn’t fully plan it, I just started pl...
03/05/2026

“Perfect Pastels” composition & Design

This one came together quite naturally — I didn’t fully plan it, I just started placing flowers and built it up from there. I knew I wanted to use a pastel palette and keep the tones warm and inviting.

I like filling the whole space so there aren’t any big gaps, and then mixing smaller flowers in between the bigger ones so it doesn’t feel too heavy in one area.

It’s one of those pieces where you can keep looking and spot different little details each time.

What part do you notice first?

I realised I don’t often properly talk through each piece… so I’m changing that.Introducing “Petal Stories” ✨A little se...
02/05/2026

I realised I don’t often properly talk through each piece… so I’m changing that.

Introducing “Petal Stories” ✨

A little series where I’ll be sharing more of what goes into each piece — from how I build the composition, to colour choices, to the not-so-glam side of pressing (there’s a lot of trial and error behind the scenes).

Starting with this one 🤍

If there’s anything you’ve ever wanted to know about pressed flower art, ask away and I’ll include it as I go.

This one’s a bit of a colour journey 🌈I didn’t set out with a strict plan for this piece—I just started gathering flower...
30/04/2026

This one’s a bit of a colour journey 🌈

I didn’t set out with a strict plan for this piece—I just started gathering flowers and letting the colours lead the way. It slowly turned into this soft gradient, moving from deeper purples and pinks through to warm reds, and down into those golden yellows at the bottom.

Every flower has been pressed and placed by hand, and I love how each section has its own little mood while still flowing together as one piece.

It feels like a whole season captured in a single frame.

Do you see it as a gradient or more of a wild mix? 🌸

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