Hooked on Leaves

14/06/2026

Looking forward to being back at Princes Risborough Farmers Market next week. 🍃

ONE WEEK until our next Farmers Market! 🌿 Princes Risborough Farmers Market features a delightful selection of locally crafted produce, lovingly made by friendly producers from the Chilterns and nearby areas.

📍 King George V Playing Field, Wellington Avenue, HP27 9EE
⏰ 09:00 AM to 2:00 PM
📅 Saturday 20th June 2026

08/06/2026

May is a wonderful time of year for a botanical printer like myself, fresh leaves unfurl and flowers bloom giving plenty of material for us to create. I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by greenery and the dye flower seeds I planted earlier in the year are doing well. The Cosmos look strong and the Marigolds are flowering and I’ve already started to dry some to store away for winter dyeing. So I’m busy printing this week to add to my stock, lots of dungarees of course! You can find me on Saturday which is a great event with plenty to amuse young and old! Hope to see you there. 🍃.

02/06/2026

Mondays and Tuesdays I work a few hours at my local farm shop, so I do all those little jobs for Hooked on Leaves in between. Today’s job was to stick the eco printed photo paper to the cards so I can replenish my greetings card stock. Job done ✔️ I am off to my Mums tomorrow for a couple of days so taking a few small of those small jobs with me. 🍂.

27/05/2026

Sometimes customers say my eco printed clothes are not bright enough for them, I teamed these leaf printed trousers with this coral top tonight to go out to dinner in to give a bright and summery look. So lovely to go out with a friend and the food was delicious. Off to bed now, will have some new pieces to share with you tomorrow. Good night 🌙.

22/05/2026

In between pottering around the house and garden today I found a moment to print on a roll of photo paper. These are the results, not perfect but I learnt a little something and thats a good thing, plus I’m excited to try again! Enjoy your weekend, it’s a bank holiday here in the UK and it looks like a hot one! ☀️

13/05/2026

Organising my festival wardrobe and pride of place at the front are my new handmade trousers! Made from an old tablecloth with an ivy leaf design on it and then dyed with red onion skins and modified with iron to give a khaki green. They dyed a little uneven and I had a couple of hiccups when sewing. But that’s ok as none of us are perfect! 😉 🍃