by Laura McMahon | Feb 6, 2025 | Blog Posts, Winter
When the dark evenings linger, there’s nothing quite like the comfort of curling up with a good winter read. Slow-paced days invite us to settle in by the fire and escape into other worlds. And now, as we find ourselves in the last full month of winter,...
by Laura McMahon | Feb 5, 2025 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories, Winter
February has never been my favourite month. I love winter but by this point in the season, I am craving a change. In times long past the common Old English name for this time of year was Solmonath, thought to translate as ‘mud month’, and that name feels...
by Laura McMahon | Feb 1, 2025 | Blog Posts
If you run a business in which you sell most at certain times of the year—Christmas, the beginning of the school year or during the summer—you will be no stranger to seasonal marketing. But seasonal marketing can also take other shapes and forms, both in response to...
by Laura McMahon | Nov 22, 2024 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories, Winter
The first proper snowfall has descended, firmly signaling that winter is on our doorstep impatient to be greeted. Not that I have seen a single snowflake here on the Welsh coast. Instead, we have had a delightful freezing rain to contend with, so I am enviously...
by Laura McMahon | Oct 21, 2024 | Blog Posts, Autumn, Myth & Folk Stories, Seasonal Stories
There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight My memories of celebrating Halloween and Samhain as a child are clear. A washing up bowl full of cold water and bobbing apples which we took great delight in shoving our faces in, desperate to be the first to...
by Laura McMahon | Oct 21, 2024 | Blog Posts
Brand designer, creative mentor and writer Sarah Robertson reflects on the need for rest and play in an article about her creature comforts. — In a world that moves at speed, how do we create space for rest and play? Whether building a business, nurturing creativity,...
