They’ve taken us just under a year to design and get made, but we have finally received stock of our new unique cards The Celtic version of the zodiac doesn’t concern it’s self with constellations, but with more immediate, practical signs: the trees and plants that grow around us; that are useful in our everyday lives.Here are links to the thirteen cards, see what your Celtic sign says about you! Birch; The Achiever (Dec. 24…
The Sturdy Oak
What would England be without me? Your navy were once called ‘The wooden walls of England’. But would those walls have kept the French and Spaniards at bay if it weren’t for my timber that clad the ships and protected the live hearts beating safe within.Stout hearted with a broad reach, I grow bigger and live longer than any honest tree in the realm.What child doesn’t know the wavy shape of my leaves, what man…
Another range of wooden kits!
Yes we have a few*, but these are different again. Small detailed animals Fun to put together They don’t need any glue and the pieces grip each other due to an ingenious ‘spring’ incorporated into many of the pieces Panda, Duck, Rabbit, Squirrel, Bull dog, Dachshund, Schnauzer, Cats, Alpaca, Elephant. All £11.50 *The kits we have are:Ugears – complicated kits, mostly for adultsWooden city – Similar to above, but some simpler kitsQuay – Traditional push-out…
The Truthful Holly
I like to feed the robins in winter; the colder the winter, the more berries I will wear. I’m the guardian of the forest whilst the other trees take their winter sleep; bringing a surge of welcome colour into a grey world.What house is not cheered by my greens and reds over the winter solstice, and doors hung with wreathes at Christmas?I make an impenetrable fence in a hedgerow and my crown is often left…
Our first cheese board
We’ve been playing with our new laser a while now, but it’s hard to get it running without the odd hiccup and as images take a long while we usually get a programme crash or the laser not stepping the correct amount. But here is our first success. It took just over 4 hours! New Forest English Oak Otter engraved Cheese Board £35 15″ x 10″ The English Oak; three hundred years to grow, three…
Swedish Door Harps
After a gap of eight years, we finally have a range of door harps back in stock. A Scandinavian musical instrument hung on the inside of your front door to welcome guests into your home with a beautiful soothing sounds as the door opens and closes …or you can hang one on the fridge door, as a tuneful alarm to stop night raiders, Traditionally a Swedish folk item, these door harps are made from beautiful…
The Thoughtful Hazel
I am the tree of knowledge, where the dormice choose to sleep. My magical protection makes the best wands and water diviners. My wood can be bent and knotted for neighbourly fences or dried for strong walking sticks – though leave your stick in fertile ground and find a tree when you return.Perhaps most importantly, stir your breakfast jam with a stick of hazel and it’ll never be stolen by fairies. What I mark, I…
The Tree
Another unique card, written by ourselves; hardly a greetings card, but a card with a message from all trees. When you were young I kept you shaded, kept you fed.As you learned, my gifts were your tools of progress.For shelter and warmth, you’ve always looked to me.We even crossed the oceans together, you and I.Now I feel you have moved on, and do not look at me or love me still,but remember, mine forever is…