Spotlighting Art & Books by Mums

A Shop Small Gift Guide

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I’m on a Substack hiatus this month re-drafting a novel. Meanwhile enjoy this gift guide featuring mums who contributed writing and art to Entwined & Ember.

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Visual Art

Original Collages & Prints by cover artist Twiggy Boyer (US)

Cyanotypes & Visual Art by

Jocelyn Mathewes

Fine Art Illustration Prints from

Emma Carpendale

(UK)

Tapestries, Paintings & Prints by

Mindy Wara

(US)

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Handcrafted Gifts by

Tamsin Chennell

(UK)

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Books

for black birds pushing against glass and Darkling by

Sheree Mack

(UK)

Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding by

Joanna Wolfarth

(UK)

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Creative Tools

Creativity is Your Self Care by

Allegra Chapman

(UK)

Wild Union Oracle Deck by Erica Settino (US)

My own book… Discover Your Creative Ecosystem is currently sold out (and on preorder.)

But I have a stack of Creative Ecosystem Art Journals in stock and ready to go.

And, of course, you can still preorder Entwined & Ember.

Please keep in mind these are still in development and will not arrive for the 2024 holiday season.

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Memberships

Joyful Visibility Creativity Circle by

Claire Mackinnon

Sparkle on Substack

by

Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

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Support a Charity

Donate to

Postpartum Matters CIC

founded by

Zoe Gardiner (she/her)

to support mums and birthing parents.

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  This newsletter is a curated collection of tidbits from my overgrown Compost Heap (or digital garden.) Rummage around, turn the heap, and see what you can find for yourself. 🪱🐛🌱

  Illustrations by Gracie Klumpp of Leave the Fingerprints. 🐞