New Shop! Summer has also arrived! ✿

Hi everyone!

So sorry its been 6 months since I last posted!  I've been busy setting up a new Etsy shop and I really, really hope that you'll drop by and have a leisurely browse around!  And here it is:

The shop is filled with magical Spell Bottles and, hopefully in the next week or two, lots of other magical goodies.  This has been in the pipeline since last year and I'm so excited about it.  

Also, I'm now on Instagram.  To be honest, I will post  something nearly every day over there as I find its a lot more relaxed and spontaneous than putting together a blog post.  So, if you're an Instagrammer as well, please drop by and say hello!  You will find me at  here.

I hope you're all having a lovely, magical summer so far.  When I'm not working, I'm pretty much obsessed with our forestry which has suddenly transformed into a fairy-like place of moss and trees and birds.  It is my haven for sure and re-energises me when I visit.  I snapped this little tree in a beam of light the last time I was in there (yesterday evening!):

Please do visit me on Etsy and Instagram and have a wonderful summer!

~Siobhan xox

Hello Irish Summer!

Just a tiny little bit of time has passed since my last post!! Everyday life and its ups and downs waylaid me a bit, but I'm back on track on now. A few photos from this part of Ireland.  May has been a typical Irish-weather month with moments of blazing sun, then torrential downpours and dark clouds.

This place has become my sanctuary, I love our forestry. After 12 years, it has really become a proper 'grown-up' forestry, filled with moss, ferns and birds. I can think and breathe here. 

The moss is green, soft and luscious.

Early morning cobweb. So intricate.

I always find feathers on my walks. I'm a bit of a feather-fanatic.

I bought myself a couple of treats last month.  This compact is awesome. And so much better than my grubby, broken, 20 year old Clinique one.  I got it on Etsy.

I also saved up for a package from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. Oh the delight! This beautiful card was inside. I love it.

My boy, Charlie Parker. He could give Grumpy Cat a run for his money.

Listening to my MP3 while waiting in the car.  I love the Brain Sync downloads. They do actually work!

A Gothic companion for lunch, at work, on Friday. He was super cool.

I hope you're having a lovely early summer wherever you are.

~Siobhan x

Misty Sunday morning

The past 3 weeks have had some lovely moments and some not-so-lovely moments...but I won't be talking about them!

Here are some of the happier times so far in April:



Walking through our forestry in the early morning mist...enchanting...




The tiny little egg we found, all on it's own, nestled in a bed of leaves and moss...




Discovering that vegan double chocolate fudgey cupcakes taste amazing!




Re-reading Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers again. A favourite book from my childhood.

Hoping you have an amazing week, full of magical moments and happy surprises! xox

Friday Happiness!

Ahh, Fridays! Aren't they the best? The thoughts of a late breakfast on a Saturday morning is very cheering, especially if you work 9-5 ish, Monday to Friday!

For the record, happy moments today, in my little corner of Ireland:

Beautiful Mocha coffee on way to work, lifting my spirits considerably

Sharing recipes for a no-fail Victoria sponge with whipped cream and jam...










Sinful chocolate Moro bar at lunch, calorific but very necessary

Walk through a forestry after work with my dog Boots

Sitting on a mossy bank, in said forestry, thinking...

Blackbirds, raising the roof at dusk, chattering crazily


Have a fabulous weekend wherever you are, filled with happy moments.