In last week’s blog I talked about the year so far, the ups and downs, creative choices that had been made and events that have impacted Hannah Kate Makes as a business. I decided to pause on the threshold of July and spend time noticing what the first half of 2026 had taught me, allowing myself space to recover properly from June’s illness and to review how I wanted the rest of the year to look. Luckily this pause has coincided with yet another record-breaking heatwave so sl

Hannah Kate Makes reflects on her journey through 2025 as a folklore and fantasy artist and looks back on a difficult year for independent business owners.

We Made It... I wasn’t sure I wanted to write a reflective blog this month as I did that back at the close of August as summer ended...