Pauses you can feel

Drawn from nature

Nothing needs to be added. Something can be noticed.

Through illustration, books and workshops, I explore small moments of noticing that help children and adults reconnect with themselves, each other and the natural world.

BOOKS & FIELD NOTES

A PAUSE TO QUESTION

Exploring the conditions that allow us to grow and thrive.

ILLUSTRATION

A PAUSE TO IMAGINE

Stories, brands and products that encourage connection.

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A PAUSE TO NOTICE

Creating experiences rooted in nature, curiosity and noticing.

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SHOP

A PAUSE TO KEEP

Illustrated moments to give, keep and live alongside.

I have just completed a joyful underwater children’s wall planner for a wonderful client.

It has been such fun sloshing about in colours, underwater personalities and the world of children’s imaginations! 🐠🐡

Reminded me to have fun and put aside time to play 🤸🏻‍♀️

#bespokeillustration #childrensworld #havingfun #illustratorlife #kirstytoddillustration

A quiet origami weekend making the Christmas wrapping for my A5 notebooks.

TBH I am not great at origami but have become a master of a fish, bird and star ⭐️😂

Enjoyed a beautiful restful walk highlighted by beautiful fungi 🍄 and a tree face that made me chuckle. Love this time of year 🍁

#christmaswrapping. #origamifun #giftingideas #momentsofmylife #kirstytoddillustration

We are being blown into Autumn 🍃

This week I kept on finding peace inbetween the storms. One of my favourite Celtic poems pulled me back from an emotionally busy week and reminded me to notice peace everyday.

I had coffee with a very special couple who gave me beautiful gifts of friendship, peace and a hand crafted tray made from an oak tree that grew in a spiritual space. All three will be treasured. 🌳🕊️🤍

#noticingpeace #preciousgifts #autumnart #momentsofcalm #kirstytoddillustration

A small background detail from a larger commission. I grew up with big skies and distant views so a few lines take me right back to family holidays on the Isle of Skye.

This week we said goodbye to a dear aunt, celebrated her life and our crofting heritage.

Our grandfather and his 4 siblings grew up in a one roomed croft and it was with sheer determination and resilience that he beat a path out of this hard life to become a doctor with his own practice in Loughborough.

These photos are places and scenes celebrating the life and spiritual home of another giving, resilient and selfless doctor.

#celebratingheritage #resiliencematters #isleofskye #familybond #kirstytoddillustration

It was a family affair on a Sunday afternoon!

We took a cardboard box - measured it, painted it, cut holes in it and made a dog house for the littlest member of our family to play in … when he can get the rest of his family out of it!!!🐶

For speed and coherence we went to the amazing Christopher Hart’s book ‘ How to Draw Animals’ which is a fab book for older children and adults to enjoy constructing dog and cat images 🐈🐕

#familyfun #cardboardcreations #toddlertoys #sunnyafternoon #kirstytoddillustration

‘Swim Wildly’ has escaped the notebook…These A5 notebooks have now sold out, but I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to this pair. So they are back, this time as an A4 print.

Inspired by those days when staying beside the log fire would probably be the sensible option, but running into the cold sea with a friend seems much more fun !🩳

Celebrating the joyful moment when doing the less sensible thing makes you feel wonderfully alive 👙

#joyfulmoments #wildswimming #coastalvibes #carpediem #kirstytoddillustration

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