"When we experience the Beautiful,
there is a sense of homecoming".
John O’Donohue.
Hello, I am so glad you have found your way here…
I’m Lyndsay — mother, creative and storyteller with a background in interiors PR.
Step inside Story & Thread. with me, a cosy, layered home where the threads of creativity, interiors and mothering meet. Here, we unearth the stories from the seasons of our lives, with a house & a garden at the heart, and everyday beauty as our guide…
What is Story & Thread.?
Story & Thread. is a magazine-style publication where all readers will receive regular posts about my experiences of the interwoven threads of creativity, mothering and home & garden as the seasons turn.
The name Story & Thread. expresses my love of interiors and storytelling. Words hold a place in cultural consciousness and ‘thread’ means so many things, from a yarn to create a textile; a continued theme or idea; an exchange of messages; mindful movement around obstacles; the filament of a flower and even the very fibre of our being.
Posts take the form of life writing detailing my observations of the everyday; deep dives into the elements, the stars, flower lore and the seasons; musings on mothering and creating in the margins; notes about slow home-making and garden-pottering in our corner of North London; and collaborative insights from others via the INSIDER series of interviews about the profoundly personal concept of feeling ‘at home’, and ATELIER — a collaborative interview series exploring our creative spaces, processes and rituals.
There is a cosy chat thread for all Story & Thread. subscribers to come together and talk about what we are noticing and what is coming up for us as the seasons turn, come and join us, you would be very welcome.
What is The Beauty Thread.?
I have recently introduced a paid tier within Story & Thread., The Beauty Thread., an invitation to notice, hold and create beauty in our own worlds, woven together by the ever-changing seasons, both around us and within us.
The Beauty Thread. is a membership featuring a seasonal series of offerings, led by my closely-held belief that when we are able to notice beauty within the everyday, we find inspiration and awe in the world around us, and in turn, within ourselves — that our environment and surroundings have the power to shape us, and that we too, leave an imprint on the landscape of our lives. When we come to know beauty, it transforms us, the onlooker, into an exquisite piece of life’s tapestry.
Each season, alongside my regular posts, paid subscribers to The Beauty Thread. will be invited to…
*A Seasonal Salon — a gathering to allow us time and space to notice the beauty around us and to soften into the season we find ourselves in, as we weave together seasonal stories, art, folklore and flowers.
*A Storied Home — a guide for you to keep, containing ideas for creating a storied home through the seasons, led by the senses, sacredness and a sense of homecoming.
*Private chat threads for beauty weavers — that explore topics that emerge around the seasonal salons and the storied home guides, and other themes that delve a little deeper…
*Wildflowers and words — a personal wildflower letter from me will be delivered via email (or post if you are happy to provide your address) for all yearly paid subscribers.
Paid subscriptions to The Beauty Thread. currently cost an introductory price of £5 per month or £45 per year. From the beginning of winter (1st December), the cost will increase to £7 per month or £60 per year.
You can find out more here.
More about me.
My background is in Public Relations as the Director of an agency specialising in the interiors, design, art and architecture sectors. Telling stories and having conversations about spaces and the people who make them was at the heart of my role — this fostered my interest in the details of making a home and the part that our surroundings play in the way that we feel.
This, coupled with a transformative yoga teacher training in 2016 which taught about the importance of daily rituals in creating sacred space, prompted me to start THE THREAD JOURNAL. — an online platform exploring ideas around astrology, interiors, sacred space and homecoming.
Becoming a mother at the beginning of 2020 prompted a great metamorphosis; a time of huge transition that continues to shapeshift and evolve every day. As a new mother (in the midst of the pandemic), I became aware of the power that the mother archetype holds in moulding the energy of the home and how this ripples out to wider society.
Since becoming a mother, I experience the role of my home as more than a place to return to, but a foundation where everything starts from. It is a place to nurture (myself and others around me), a conduit of creativity and self-expression and an anchor to my surroundings, as I observe how the seasons unfold around us.
In the hazy early days of mothering, I found that paying attention to the familiarity of the seasonal shifts and rhythms to be a way to orient myself and this continues to be my anchor. We are not separate from nature — noticing the way the light falls, what is growing in the garden and the feel of the air have become my compass.
Living creatively is important to me; I fill the rare quiet moments with words, colour, scent and texture. I write to reclaim space for my thoughts, to explore and learn more about the things I am intrigued by —but most of all, to notice, appreciate and tell the everyday stories of our life together, in the hope of framing a fragment in time.
Story & Thread. is an invitation to myself and my readers to take up a little more space, to notice the beauty nestled into our lives, to reclaim a connection to ourselves and to our place in the world.
Thank you for joining me.
P.S. Please don’t hesitate to ask me any questions by sending me a message via the button below.
Kind words from fellow writers.
“Reading Lyndsay's letters is like catching up with an old, long-cherished friend in front of a warm drink. Her thoughtful words, seasonal hints, and delightful images are the stuff of dreams”.—
, of rosemary and time.“Lyndsay invites you into her cozy Substack home with an open heart and so many treasures to share, it's a place I feel warm and welcomed each time I enter and that in itself is the most beautiful gift”.—
, A Life of Less with Claudia Wilde.“Reading Story & Thread is like curling up under a gorgeous, cosy blanket and soaking up inspiration from the fibres. Lyndsay writes ostensibly about home interiors, but in exploring the way we live she also examines how we live, how we build spaces for self-nourishment and for creativity, and how we bring our way of life in line with the seasons”.—
, The Gathering.