Category: Behind the Studio

After a quiet season, we’re opening the door again. A gentle update on what has changed at Willow Lane, what we’ve been creating behind the scenes, and what may be coming next.

Willow Lane has closed most of its products and entered a new season. Here is why the change happened, what remains, and what we believe comes next.

A behind-the-scenes update on why all Willow Lane shop products are currently marked as out of stock, what’s still available, and what this means moving forward.

An illustrated fairytale about the week Willow Lane almost closed — the Big Bad Wolf, a sudden reprieve, and a hopeful light on the horizon.

In the middle of a business crisis, I had to return to the place where our creative world began: storytelling. This post shares the quiet truth behind why I named the business The Lonely Creative — and what rediscovering that name means for us now.

This is not click bait. Our business may have to close in the next few weeks and it’s all because of the greed of companies with their subscription models. We got hit three times in one week, with one of those blows being potentially fatal.

Subscription models have gone too far — and small businesses like ours are being squeezed to breaking point. This is our line in the sand, and why we’re speaking up.

Come inside the colouring-book corner of our office as we create our second book in the 5-Minute Colouring Book Series: Home Sweet Home.