Wow - today marks one full year since we first set foot on our land... We've been looking back on our time here, seeing how far we've come and what has already been achieved: this helps immensely in how

Who or what is feeding off your energy ?

Here's my latest drawing, it was quite surprising to me! I usually tend to draw more soft shapes, circles, floral things, round figures. I almost never feel like drawing geometric shapes with angles and

Hello, dear creative community 😘 It feels like ages since my last post. I wanted to start a new sketchbook or at least just keep drawing wherever i could. These last few months have been difficult. I've

I finished yet another colored pencil drawing yesterday and I really like it 😊 It's so interesting how different it is from my last one! I find it quite funky and more of a story telling one, whatever

Dearest Hive Friends and Needleworkers! I’ve really missed this community, and have been keen to get back to sewing these last weeks, BUT the mess in the house, our moving things and taking care of our

Elderberry season has arrived again, and I left it a little late; some berries have already dried up. Knowing how nice they are as wine, I was motivated to pick them just after the rain had stopped. As

I know I said I wanted to catch up on sharing all the drawings I've made over the past couple of months but I actually want to share my latest one today! Just finished it yesterday! We're not working

Hey Hi there! Wow, it's been a while, this past month really feels like two in one. I really want to catch up on sharing all the drawings and paintings in my sketchbook. I like them so much, they deserve

Often I feel like I'm not quite here. Where am I? I'm in my mind and my mind is in the future. It's beautiful here too. Everything's just a little blurry. These photos were made by leaving my phone camera

Fourth year of a challenge of turning scribbles into drawings

Sometimes the most beautiful and interesting things are right there underneath my feet. Right there on the ground, sometimes they even are the ground! I'm so intrigued by colors lately, can't get enough

The plant life at the spot we spent the past two nights sparked inspiration! I didn't feel inspired or creative at all lately, so I was so very happy when I felt this little tingle again that told me to

Ciao dear Hive Listeners, Here is my most recent podcast - The Art Of Life by Clare. Gaia Sophia - a living voice transmission around how things are unfolding in this magical wee corner of the cosmos:

Quitting Hive is easy when one comment gets you blacklisted without even the attempt of a justification. CYA EVERYONE

This is the one drawing I made with my old cheap pencils before I got the new ones, so the colors are quite pale. I did have a few "metallic" pencils that are pretty cool and quite vibrant, so

the finished bag, in recreational action - Portugal Ciao beautiful Hive Friends! The last week or so was a whirlwind: the first proper showing of my new collection, then the house tour and discussions

phew: 2 years of sewing, 2 months of intensive prepping, and 2 days of setting up - McMA pop-up shop is open! the opening night dress, made from nighties, tablecoths, shirts and aprons! When did we stop

Dearest Needleworking Friends & Lovers Of Original Sewing Creations! Full immersion: leading up to the (pop-up clothing store) event on Friday – and the House Crawl that we have the very next day;