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Jane E. Hall
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Artist–author creating nature-rooted art and wild tales from her Dorset studio.
Exploring creativity as a healing practice while tending land, story and well-being.
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Jane E. Hall @clothofnature.bsky.social · May 6
Thank you for being here. I share nature, art, and glimpses into the wilds of imagination—shaped by chronic illness, sight and hearing loss. I may not always reply, but I read every word with gratitude. This is a space for stillness, wonder, and quiet connection. #CreativeResilience #NatureArt
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Today’s reading from the Fairy House — a Fairy Purse.
A story of silver seed purses, small blessings, and what we choose to carry forward.
Read softly, where fairy light glimmers even by day.

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December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Nature’s Advent Calendar continues to open, one small wonder at a time. Today it’s a fairy purse, full of seed money! Made from the silvery seed pods of Honesty (Lunaria) — tiny purses with silver linings, gathered from the wild world and tucked into my fairytale. #WildFairytale #ClothOfNature #Art
A tiny “fairy purse,” fashioned from a silvered honesty seed pod, rests on a lichen-draped twig like an offering from the hedgerow. Beside it sits a downy seed head and a small handwritten label. The scene is part of the hand-made Advent Calendar, where each square holds a gathered treasure from the wild. A winter-lit studio table filled with miniature wonders from Nature’s Advent Calendar. Seed pods, feathers, moss, berries and tiny sculptures are laid out across a painted grid, with an open copy of Jane’s book - ‘Nature’s Advent Calendar’, showing illustrations of fairy purses. Candles glow softly among jars, brushes and dried botanicals, while green branches outside the window deepen the sense of a quiet, enchanted workspace.
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Tonight, in the Fairy House, I’m reading: ‘The Teasel Christmas’, from my wild fairytale: ‘Nature’s Advent Calendar’… told by fairy light, where devotion, patience, and gathered beauty shape the heart of Christmas.
#WinterStories
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#WildFairytale
#QuietMagic
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December 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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‘Chris-mouse Carols’ - ancient and modern… by fairy light and candle glow.
In this fairytale world, carols rise bright as moonbeams, lifting like lantern light into the dark winter night.
#NaturesAdventCalendar #WildFairytale
#WinterStorytelling
#WoodlandMagic
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A tiny booklet, made of birch bark, titled “Chris-mouse Carols, Ancient and Modern” rests on a hand painted Advent calendar grid, surrounded by miniature candles, seed heads, dried leaves, and natural details, all softly lit for a warm, festive scene. A tabletop Advent calendar, holding small natural treasures, candles glowing at the centre. Behind it, an open copy of Jane’s illustrated book, ‘Nature’s Advent Calendar’ — candles, nature treasures, cones, and woodland, surround it, creating a cosy, story-rich winter setting.
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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A reading from the Fairy House this evening — today it’s Hazel’s House from Nature’s Advent Calendar.

A festive feast is laid for visiting friends, though Hazel herself is fast asleep in her nest of leaves. A story of welcome, generosity and winter kindness, shared from this small, enchanted space.
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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An invitation from Doreen Dormouse, delivered from the pages of Nature’s Advent Calendar.
Acorn cappuccino, wild strawberry tea and woodland nibbles are set out, while our sleepy hostess dreams in her nest of leaves — a quiet winter welcome from our wild fairytale world #WildFairytale #ClothOfNature
A close view of a handcrafted Advent calendar scene laid out on a painted grid. Tiny cups and bowls made from acorns and cobnuts are arranged like a woodland tea service, with a handwritten note, inviting guests to enjoy drinks and nibbles. Dried leaves, berries, lichen, and small natural objects are carefully placed around the setting, suggesting a dormouse’s winter gathering. A wide view of Janes wooden studio desk, arranged as a nature-inspired Advent calendar. An open illustrated book rests on a stand at the back, surrounded by candles, glass jars, dried plants, feathers, seed heads, and small handcrafted figures. The calendar grid is filled with miniature woodland scenes and wrapped parcels, creating a warm, storybook atmosphere that feels quiet, magical, and wintery
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Finding these plants still flowering in the sheltered folds of our land felt like discovering quiet winter miracles
Today’s Advent offering grew from that joy: a thimble-full of wildflowers, shared with love and a nod to those who celebrate our wild plants all year round
A miniature arrangement set on a hand-drawn Advent calendar: a tiny thimble holds pale yellow primrose, wild strawberry flowers and leaves and four-leaf clover, nestled into soft grey lichen. Around it sit carefully placed seed heads, berries and wrapped paper parcels on a wooden studio table, with candles, botanical treasures and an open copy of the artists book: Nature’s Advent Calendar ~ A Wild Fairytale , in the background. The scene feels calm, intimate and winter-quiet. A wide view of Jane’s studio table transformed into ‘Nature’s Advent Calendar’. A large hand-drawn calendar grid covers the tabletop, with individual days marked by small natural treasures, wrapped parcels, seed heads, lichen, and miniature fairy figures. An open illustrated book — Nature’s Advent Calendar ~ A wild Fairytale, by the artist, rests on a wooden stand, candles glow softly, and jars, feathers, dried plants, stones, and woodland finds fill the space. A window behind the table looks out onto winter greenery, creating a warm, quiet, story-filled atmosphere.
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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A fireside moment from the Fairy House — tonight I’m reading Hazel Dormouse’s Invitation from Nature’s Advent Calendar, a quiet winter welcome, softly spoken. ✨🧚✨

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#StoryInNature
#SlowDecember
December 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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A fireside reading from the Fairy House this evening — today it’s King Alfred’s Cakes from Nature’s Advent Calendar.
A quiet winter tale to listen to by the fire.
If you’d like to read along, copies of my wild fairytale are available via this link:
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December 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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A Teasel Christmas tree, alighted by a Holly Blue Fairy.
Seed heads, lichen and meadow flowers gathered with care for ‘Nature’s Advent Calendar’, unfolding day by day.
A reminder that light doesn’t always come from wires and switches, but from attention, devotion, and the stories we choose to carry
A miniature “Teasel Christmas tree” made from a dried teasel head, trimmed with wild flowers and lichen, arranged on a hand-drawn Advent calendar. A small Holly Blue butterfly fairy (with hand embroidered silk wings and sculpted body) is perched atop. Nearby are other miniature nature treasures, including a campion posy in a poppy vase, moss, wrapped parcels, and handwritten labels, all set on a wooden studio table. A wide view of a wooden studio table arranged as a Nature-inspired Advent calendar. The hand-painted calendar grid is surrounded by miniature wild treasures: tiny flower arrangements, seed-head sculptures, moss, wrapped parcels, and handwritten tags. Candles glow softly nearby, with jars, twigs, stones, and a framed nature photograph creating a warm, candlelit winter atmosphere.
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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A candlelit reading from my studio this evening — today the Columbine Fairy steps out from the pages of Nature’s Advent Calendar.
These quiet moments feel like winter lanterns, and I’m delighted to share them day by day through December.
If the story calls to you too, you’ll find more info in my bio
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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I stepped out into the wild weather seeking Advent treasure — and in the quiet heart of an old copse found Red Campion in flower. Too precious to pick, her winter miracle remains shining. Re-imagined here with silk petals, seed heads and burnished leaves. A creative whisper of the wild #WinterMagic
A three-image collage showing a nature-inspired Advent calendar scene and a late-flowering Red Campion. Top image: A wide view of Jane’s studio table set for Advent: an open copy of Nature’s Advent Calendar rests on a wooden stand beside a lit “Winter Woodland” candle. The Advent calendar board lies below, holding tiny handmade creations — seed-head figures, leaf lace, and miniature garlands. Natural objects such as moss, pinecones, lichen, feathers, and winter greenery surround the scene. Outside the window, birch trees stand in a winter landscape. Bottom left image: A close-up of one of the Advent “windows” featuring a crafted Red Campion posy set in a poppy-seed pod vase. Next to it are seed heads, berries, and a miniature wrapped parcel, with the candle and studio objects visible behind. Bottom right image: A macro photograph of a fresh Red Campion flower still blooming outdoors, the pink petals delicate and slightly ruffled against soft green and brown background tones.
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I’ve been away with the fairies these past few days… borrowed by their bright mischief and winter magic. They insist I return their energy with rest, so I’m a little behind on replies. But I’m fluttering back now, catching up slowly, gratefully, and with a pocket full of wildflower light.
✨🧚✨
Jane stands before a circular mirror framed in soft, golden, cocoon-like fibres that resemble spun webs and woodland silk. She wears a hooded, silver-grey shawl and looks upward with a dreamy, reflective expression. Warm fairy lights glow all around her, their reflections twinkling in the mirror and casting a gentle enchantment across the scene. The walls are decorated with painted trees, moths, butterflies, and delicate textures in muted purples, browns, and creams. Branches and tiny hanging lanterns complete the magical, fairytale atmosphere of the fairy house.
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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A candlelit moment from my studio — tonight’s reading is the Beech Tree Fairy from Nature’s Advent Calendar, a wild fairytale for winter.
I’ll be sharing a little of the story each day through December, for anyone who’d like to wander with me.
If you’d like your own copy, the link is in my bio.
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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A miniature Christmas garland, strung with campion seed heads and shell beads, all threaded on willow-herb fibre.
A tiny herb robert seed-head — ‘grannie’s needle’ — holds the thread.
A tiny natural element, re-imagined creatively, can carry a little wild magic into the everyday world. #WildMagic
A small handmade garland resting on Nature’s Advent Calendar 2025 The garland is strung with dried campion seed heads and pale vintage shell beads, threaded onto fine willow-herb fibre. At one end sits a tiny dried Herb Robert seed head, known as “grannie’s needle,” securing the thread. The soft browns, creams, and muted woodland tones sit beautifully against the illustrated page beneath, creating a delicate, wintry, nature-inspired scene. A hand-drawn Advent Calendar board sits on the artist’s desk, surrounded by natural treasures: seed pods, moss, tiny wrapped parcels, berries, and feathers. On today’s square lies a miniature garland, made from wildflower seed heads, shell beads and plant fibres.
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Setting off to Bath with butterflies on the car and fairytales in my bag…
If you’d like to listen in, here’s the link.
Winter magic, ready to be shared.

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Jane stands beside her Cloth of Nature car on a misty hillside. She’s wearing a deep teal dress with a rust-red scarf tied warmly around her shoulders, boots laced for the outdoors, and a soft smile. The car door displays her name and a detailed butterfly illustration. Behind her, pines rise into pale winter sky and distant hills fade into cloud.
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Tonight’s Advent treasure ~ leaf lace, shaped by winter’s slow alchemy.
Rain, frost and microbial life soften the leaf away, leaving only its fine-veined skeleton.
In nature, these miraculous transformations happen all the time — reminding us that even in fading, another layer of wonder is revealed.
Close-up of the delicate holly leaf skeleton, pale and translucent, accompanied by a handwritten label reading “Finest festive filigree fairy lace (holly and ivy).” A hand-drawn Advent Calendar board sits on an artist’s desk, surrounded by natural treasures: seed pods, moss, tiny wrapped parcels, berries, and feathers. On today’s square lies a skeletal holly leaf and a skeletal Ivy leaf, its fine lacework of veins intact.
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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This evening’s Advent treasure is a Comma Butterfly Fairy, resting on a curl of hop vine — the plant her young depend upon.
I love how butterflies carry their stories in partnership with the plants that raise them.
A touch of true magic from the wild world meeting the soft magic of fairytale. #Fairy
Alt text: 1 - A close-up of a handcrafted Comma Butterfly Fairy: an intricately embroidered butterfly with orange-and-brown wings, perched on a sprig of dried hops. Around her lie tiny natural treasures and miniature seed-pod ornaments arranged on a hand-drawn Advent Calendar board. A wider view of the artist’s studio table: the Advent Calendar board surrounded by moss, seed pods, feathers, berries, wrapped miniature “gifts,” dried plants, a candle, and the artists new book: Nature’s Advent Calendar book on a wooden stand. Link in bio
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The first day of my Nature-inspired Advent Calendar…
tiny candlesnuff candles, each held in a campion seed-head candlestick.
Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) is said to be bioluminescent — lit by the light of the moon, no matches required.
A quiet start, glowing softly at winter’s threshold.
Close-up of three miniature “candles” made from pale candle-snuff fungus stems fixed into campion and acorn caps as tiny candlesticks, standing on cushions of green lichen. A handcrafted Advent Calendar laid out on a wooden worktable. A large card grid is bordered with tiny natural treasures: seed pods, moss, berries, feathers, wrapped miniature “gifts,” dried plants, leaves and lichen. Behind it sit jars of natural materials, a yew branch decorated with small red berries, and various woodland-themed objects.
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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There’s something enchanting about fungi — rising quietly from hidden realms with old magic in their names. Yesterday’s candle-snuff find reminded me of the tiny tapers in my wild fairytale… a whisper to welcome more wonder into December. #WildWonder #Fairytale

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Close-up of two tiny handmade candlesticks from an earlier Advent Calendar, created by the artist, Jane. Each “candle” is crafted from candle-snuff fungus with a dark smoky tip, set into delicate holders made from campion seed pods and poppy seed heads. They stand on a hand-drawn Advent grid alongside other natural treasures.
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Daylight is snuffed out far too soon at this time of year…
So it made me smile to find candle snuff fungi standing in my path this afternoon — tiny winter sentinels said to glow faintly in the dark.
A small reminder that even when the light dips early, something quiet is still shining. #WildWonder
Image 1 A close-up of candle-snuff fungi growing from a decaying piece of wood on the forest floor. The slender black stems are tipped with pale, powdery white, reaching upwards like tiny matchsticks or ghostly flames. Around them lie damp autumn leaves in shades of russet, copper and brown, softening the scene with woodland colour. Image 2 A tight macro photograph of several candle-snuff fungi emerging from dark, decaying wood. Each thin black stem fades to a chalky white tip, contrasting against glossy brown beech leaves resting nearby. The fungi curve delicately upwards, resembling tiny extinguished candles among the wet leaf litter.
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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A tiny posy of wildflowers — campion, yarrow and strawberry — gathered into a little vase fashioned from a poppy seed head.
Shining a small wildflower light into my studio… so precious at this time of year.
#WildflowerHour
A miniature posy of wildflowers — pink campion, white yarrow and a tiny strawberry flower — arranged in a small vase made from an upturned poppy seed head with a delicate golden base. A handwritten tag beside it reads, “A posy from the wildflower fairies with love x.” The scene rests on a wooden tabletop with soft winter trees blurred in the background.
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Rainy November days can dampen the spirit, can’t they?
I’m missing Jack Frost and his spiky, sparkling ways, but until he returns, here are a few wild fairytale words to help lift the clouds.
Reading from Nature’s Advent Calendar on the fairy house doorstep, casting a little winter magic in the air.
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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At first light, I stepped into the fairy house and found that Jack Frost had been tapping on the windows overnight.
Perhaps he stopped by for news of our wild fairytale… he missed the fairies, so left his frosted messages shimmering across the panes.
A little winter magic for you.
A collage of four frosted window photographs taken at first light. Three of the images show windowpanes covered in delicate ice crystals forming fern-like patterns, branches and fine feathery lines. One arched window frames a pale blue sky with a hint of golden sunrise beyond the frost. Another shows an old leaded window, its diamond panes misted as dawn glows behind the meadow. A close-up reveals intricate frost filigree with winter trees blurred beyond the glass. The fourth image includes a copy of Nature’s Advent Calendar – A Wild Fairytale, resting beneath a window in Jane’s cosy studio, its cover catching the soft morning light. The overall scene feels quiet, magical and touched by Jack Frost’s overnight visit.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM