Wee Cheeky Toerag

28/08/2026

Happy Friday Toerags and Lovelies.
I started Wee Cheeky Toerag when I gave up my job in homeless prevention because of mental health. My mum had passed and PMDD at menopause was playing havoc with my mind and body.
Creativity was my medicine at this time and daring to be a Wee Cheeky Toerag , when confidence at rock bottom, was a total lifesaver.
Recently things have been very jaggy and abyss like in my mind . I could not summon any satisfaction or release in creating. It was terrifying to lose the will to make , in case I was going under without my creative life jacket.

Being long in tooth I live by the Buddhist Teaching of Chop Wood Carry Water, Which I think just means don’t be too attached to the brain weather and keep going with the basics.

This week our geriatric cat was given new medication. He has dementia and a host of other ailments and It had become routine to be wakened by him several times a night. I had not made the connection that sleep deprivation is torture until I got a nights sleep without being woken by yowling. I felt so much better. He is on painkillers now and I got my first uninterrupted sleep in years. Anyhow we love our old boy. He is still enjoying things but with just that proper rest courtesy if his meds, so am I 💚

The message in this post is Chop Wood Carry Water is a brilliant signpost in dealing with life but also looking after the basics also means self care.
Self care is essential and not a luxury.

When you are exhausted , in pain and low in resources the brain sees things through a dark curtain. It takes all the joy from all that you love. So don’t suffer in silence.

I hope you all take care of yourselves. The beautiful world can feel dark and heavy if you are sensitive to it’s suffering so we need to look after ourselves and each other.
I really hope that sleep returning means my creativity will flow instead of being blocked and the business is not just a chore. 🙏💚

Pic of recent makes and The Old Boy, HRH Kolbington Bear, Prince of Whales 🐳

27/08/2026

Love this one. From a chipped rice bowl.

27/08/2026

Happy Thursday Toerags. Spoonfuls of love, joy, courage, kindness, cake , tea or coffee. I thought of key ingredients folk need to leave the house.
A Cheeky Wee Toerag told me I forgot Booze, and Red Lipstick. 🤔

18/08/2026

Towanda Tuesday Toerags and Lovelies. Feeling guilty for not posting but tbh betwixt the Lunar Eclipse and the world leaders bring absolute psychos, well I have hit a creative block. Until I have something pretty to show you, here is a wee poem about a newborn from a crone ###x

Bairn.

Hush now ma bonnie wee bairn
Nae need fur tae fuss or tae fret
This big little world is so strange to you
You dinnae ken your place quite yet

You cannae settle , to take it all in
The air and the sounds must be fair startling
You miss the warm water ower yer skin
Yer no ower the shock of the parting.

So coorie doin ma wee honey.
Snuggle in tae these loving arms
Let sleepy sheep dreams come roll in
I promise you’ll come tae nae harm.

You are held here by mair than me.
Held by aw the land o the living.
Nae matter how small you are
Just hold onto the line you were given

Your a golden stitch in the tapestry
Life flows and glows from your birth.
Hush now child and forget this day
your part of the miracle Earth

So hush , now ma bonnie wee lamb
Nae need to fuss or tae fret
let sleepy sheep dreams come roll in
The moon and stars are here pet.

Excerpt From Klimt 3 Ages Of Woman

09/08/2026

Happy Sunday Toerags and Lovelies. Pottering away quietly at a snails pace , getting ready for the Roslyn Fair on 29th August.

When things are handmade and unique they take time. Have a braw day 🙏

25/07/2026

I love the colour of these pieces. So Summery. Handmade in Penicuik using orphaned pottery. Each piece absolutely unique.

Pendants £10 each plus postage. If you want one just let me know which. When I sell in a shop I have to charge a little more as they generally take a 30% commission but as always I endeavour to keep prices fair.

Balerno Craft Fair
Handmade Scotland
Made in Midlothian

05/07/2026

04/07/2026

Cooking quietly.

17/06/2026

Ola Toerags and Lovelies. Anyone else a wee bit scunnered with Junetober? This is a representation of me in my Scottish Bikini.
Hae a braw day. We are only here for a wee while so get your wellies on)

16/06/2026

Happy Tuesday Toerags and Lovelies. I was evicted from the Craft Midden at Toerag Towers. OH could not cope with the chaos. I must admit even though I can not find a thing it is a better space. So I am now a Toerag with a Studio. Message for today- keep breathing 🙏