Regency DIY

Host your own Jane Austen Festival - at home!

Not able to join us in Bath for the 2025 Jane Austen festival? Here's how you can experience the fun from home. 

Trim your own Regency Bonnet

Ideas for trimming a plain straw bonnet.

L'aimable Jane and the Jane Austen Silhouette

What is a silhouette and how do you make one? Find out how and also take a look at our gift collection featuring L'aimable Jane/ Jane Austen Silhoutte.

Send your lover a Regency Valentine!

Looking for a unique way to say those three little words? We've got you - Jane Austen Style

Possets, or How to Learn from Your Bad Haircuts

Claire Carroll discusses the history of posset

Mr. Darcy’s Favourite Beef-Steak Dinner

A delicious steak dinner in 10 minutes or less!

The Regency Spa: Create Your Own Bath Salts

Make your own Bath Salts from Epsom Salts

The Regency Pastime of Paper Crafting and Quilling

Instructions for two paper projects

The Legend of the Mistletoe

From Parasitic Plant to Pucker Procurer

The Art Of Silhouettes

During the Georgian period, almost all activities that were to be completed in the evening required the use of candles, and especially in the afternoons during the darker winter months. It was not ...

Christmas Tea: A History

As we begin to approach the holiday season, many of you (like us) will be starting to think about what you might gift your loved ones this year, or how you can get into the festive spirit.

Regency Hobbies for staying home

With many of us hunkering down for the Winter season and new Covid restrictions coming in left, right and centre, it might be time for us to re-embrace the at-home lifestyle once more. There is ple...