Tonight’s window reveals a thistledown fairy’s festive Christmas crackers — with snap, prickle and trinket.
Tiny crackers made from cardboard tubes, wrapped in comfrey and beech leaves, their ends crowned with dried creeping thistle flowerheads. A wild, whimsical celebration.
#WildFairytale

A gentle catch-up in Nature’s Advent Calendar tonight.
A mistletoe fairy’s nest — discovered in the wilds of my imagination — rests among gathered treasures on my studio desk. A reminder that even when days falter, wonder still waits.

#NaturesAdvent
#WildFairytale
#NatureAndStory
#StudioAlchemy

A tiny “fairy purse,” fashioned from a silvered honesty seed pod, rests on a lichen-draped twig like an offering from the hedgerow. Beside it sits a downy seed head and a small handwritten label. The scene is part of the hand-made Advent Calendar, where each square holds a gathered treasure from the wild.

A winter-lit studio table filled with miniature wonders from Nature’s Advent Calendar. Seed pods, feathers, moss, berries and tiny sculptures are laid out across a painted grid, with an open copy of Jane’s book - ‘Nature’s Advent Calendar’, showing illustrations of fairy purses. Candles glow softly among jars, brushes and dried botanicals, while green branches outside the window deepen the sense of a quiet, enchanted workspace.

Nature’s Advent Calendar continues to open, one small wonder at a time. Today it’s a fairy purse, full of seed money! Made from the silvery seed pods of Honesty (Lunaria) — tiny purses with silver linings, gathered from the wild world and tucked into my fairytale. #WildFairytale #ClothOfNature #Art

Tonight, in the Fairy House, I’m reading: ‘The Teasel Christmas’, from my wild fairytale: ‘Nature’s Advent Calendar’… told by fairy light, where devotion, patience, and gathered beauty shape the heart of Christmas.
#WinterStories
#NatureAndStory
#WildFairytale
#QuietMagic
#ClothOfNature

A tiny booklet, made of birch bark, titled “Chris-mouse Carols, Ancient and Modern” rests on a hand painted Advent calendar grid, surrounded by miniature candles, seed heads, dried leaves, and natural details, all softly lit for a warm, festive scene.

A tabletop Advent calendar, holding small natural treasures, candles glowing at the centre. Behind it, an open copy of Jane’s illustrated book, ‘Nature’s Advent Calendar’ — candles, nature treasures, cones, and woodland, surround it, creating a cosy, story-rich winter setting.

‘Chris-mouse Carols’ - ancient and modern… by fairy light and candle glow.
In this fairytale world, carols rise bright as moonbeams, lifting like lantern light into the dark winter night.
#NaturesAdventCalendar #WildFairytale
#WinterStorytelling
#WoodlandMagic
#NatureAndStory
#ClothOfNature

A close view of a handcrafted Advent calendar scene laid out on a painted grid. Tiny cups and bowls made from acorns and cobnuts are arranged like a woodland tea service, with a handwritten note, inviting guests to enjoy drinks and nibbles. Dried leaves, berries, lichen, and small natural objects are carefully placed around the setting, suggesting a dormouse’s winter gathering.

A wide view of Janes wooden studio desk, arranged as a nature-inspired Advent calendar. An open illustrated book rests on a stand at the back, surrounded by candles, glass jars, dried plants, feathers, seed heads, and small handcrafted figures. The calendar grid is filled with miniature woodland scenes and wrapped parcels, creating a warm, storybook atmosphere that feels quiet, magical, and wintery

An invitation from Doreen Dormouse, delivered from the pages of Nature’s Advent Calendar.
Acorn cappuccino, wild strawberry tea and woodland nibbles are set out, while our sleepy hostess dreams in her nest of leaves — a quiet winter welcome from our wild fairytale world #WildFairytale #ClothOfNature

A fireside moment from the Fairy House — tonight I’m reading Hazel Dormouse’s Invitation from Nature’s Advent Calendar, a quiet winter welcome, softly spoken. ✨🧚✨

#NaturesAdvent
#WildFairytale
#WinterStory
#FairyHouse
#StoryInNature
#SlowDecember