Blue Monday, the so named most depressing day of the year, got me thinking. It got me thinking about ‘the blues’. But rather than focus on the darkness that the 'Winter Blues’ elicits this is my personal version of Blue Sky Thinking…
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We thought it might be helpful to pull together all the lovely gifts that we have that are under £50. And, of course, if you’re on our mailing list then POSTAGE IS FREE (always).
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The black and white of it is that we’re resolutely refusing to fall into the ‘For Him / For Her’ approach to seasonal shopping. Instead we’ve organised the collection into colour groups. In our Monochrome Edit we have things that are black, white and a good few shades of grey.
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If a natural tone is what you’re after in your homewares shopping then our Natural Selection Gift Guide including alpaca wool throws, wooden boards, copper watering cans, walnut coffee scoops and jute twine…all designed and made on these shores is a good starting place.
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All of our gifts are handmade, crafted things that have ALL, without exception, been made in the UK and Ireland and that each support a designer, maker, small business or unique industry. If this is what you’re looking for, then this is the gift guide for you. Here is our Colour Injection edit.
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This is going to be a winter like no other isn’t it. A winter where we will find ourselves collectively hibernating. We have gathered up some of the most lovely blankets and cushions for you to squash yourselves into until spring.
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Occasionally we add new things to the Simple Shape collection - here is one of our latest additions from the super design duo, Superfolk.
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This is going to be the most British of summers for most of us. Seems like the best time to celebrate our island, make for the coast and turn a picnic into an occasion, you might as well!
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The upside of being at home more is being around to pick the blackberries from the brambles that cascade over the wall by my studio from the next-door neighbours garden. This recipe for Blackberry Ice Cream is really worth the effort. Find yourself a patch of brambles and get going.
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Our apron has become an essential tool belt for cooking, for gardening, for woodwork, for DIY jobs, for art students. It has been shared around. It is a hard worker. It’s grubby and needs a wash.
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When there is nothing that feels normal, holding on tight to the things that won’t change is important. Dates. Birthdays, anniversaries and special events. We can help.
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Green is… a small but important little word. Green is for GO.
Read MoreThis soup came out of a narrowly averted argument. But don’t let that put you off.
Read MoreWe have added a book to the Simple Shape collection so this seems like a good moment to explain how we choose our stock and make decisions about what we’re going to include in the collection.
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This is the weather for staying in, wrapping up, making-like-hedgehogs and hiding from the elements. Add books and blankets, a cosy fire and some candle light and you’ll be ticking all the boxes. However…
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Our trees and green spaces have never been more important. We thought it would be nice to put the woods we walk in and the wooden things we sell next to each other in mutual appreciation.
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As party season approaches try warming your insides with The Pomegranate Moscow Mule.
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Finebone china or polished concrete. We have egg cups to last you a life time.
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As the season is spring and the colour is yellow we’ve used this gratuitous link to talk about wondrous waxy lemons. They have surprising extra properties!
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Never mind the ubiquitous ‘which came first’ question, the hot ‘egg’ question is actually ‘why the shape’?
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