Birthday Adventures and a £10 voucher for you :)
Some favourite moments from my 40th birthday walk, and £10 off for 24 hours only
Whoops, long time no newsletter! Summer seemed to slip through my fingers this year and here we are well in to autumn. I spoke in a video a while ago about burnout, and I’m certainly still struggling with that. Creativity doesn’t seem to be flowing easily for me these days, and so I’m taking things slowly and trying to stay grateful for the moments when my work does feel possible. Somehow I’ve lived in Wales a year already, but it doesn’t feel like I’ve found my feet yet.
I did take some time out recently to celebrate my 40th birthday in style. My good friend (and superbly talented artist) Katriona Chapman bravely agreed to hike 100 miles with me across the Bannau Brycheiniog to celebrate both my decade and my new home. We sure did have an adventure. We managed 88 miles over six days, our full 100 cut short by both Storm Agnes and a broken down car, but we did swim in waterfalls, find magical mushroom forests and have an absolutely wonderful time.
Both Kat and I are hard at work editing daily vlogs of our escapades. We both love making videos and so we’re really excited to share what we documented from the walk - favourite sights, favourite animals, and all of our silliest moments. I can’t promise exactly when those videos will be published, but they’ll be shared across both mine and Kat’s YouTube channels, so subscribing there would be the best way to hear when they go live.
Since the walk I’ve been resting my feet and getting gently back to work. In my most recent video I shared some new enamel pins that I’m hoping to launch this coming season, plus I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of my new tea towel design too - fingers crossed it will be here in time for seasonal shopping. With mushroom season upon us I’m enjoying packing orders from my little shop to head out into the world far and wide.
Today Etsy is running a promotion offering £10 off any purchase over £40. It’s a generous discount entirely funded by Etsy, which means that I - or any other seller you choose to support - will still receive the full value of the order while you benefit from £10 off. But be quick! It’s only for 24 hours.
The code is YES10 and applies to any orders paid for using Etsy payments, until 11:59pm BST tomorrow, October 11th 2023.
Thank you so much for being here, and your interest in and support for my work and my sporadic newsletters :)
Katie (and Jack)