This tutorial will use the hand-smocking techniques outlined in part one to create a gorgeous cushion for your home! I've used velvet in...

Smocking is an embroidery technique which is thought to have originated in Europe in the middle ages. Traditionally smocking was used to...

A recent market research report published by the Crafts Council (2020) shows that more people than ever are buying from makers and craft...

It’s been one year now since I first launched Hex & Henbane; I knew I was taking a huge leap of faith starting my own brand fresh out of...

‘As to the arsenic scare a greater folly it is hardly possible to imagine: the doctors were bitten as people were bitten by the witch...

It perhaps comes as no surprise that lately I’ve been feeling like I’ve fallen out with blogging and social media generally, in fact. It...

By making the most of all opportunities presented to me, starting a business became much less intimidating.

One week on from the collection launch, it's feeling like time to check in and tell the story behind the brand.