SMOKEY LUSH FIREFLY VASE

Another find from Pulse this week was Sara Newman Design.  Glassware Rejuvenated – Sara’s designs are sandblasted onto unwanted glassware.  She breathes new life into plain, vintage glassware.  Buy from the collection or give a facelift to something you already own. This smokey grey tall vase has stunning lush vegetation wrapping around the lower section [...]

The Ashill Girl’s Shirt

We love to support British businesses here on TGF.  So I thought you should have a look at this very cool and bang on style shirt for young girls. An attractive classic fit girl’s shirt that offers style and practicality that will suit any occasion. The Ashill shirt is made using pink and blue striped [...]

Valentine’s Day with Green & Black’s White Chocolate & Raspberry Swirl

  Indulge in a pot of this delicious White Chocolate & Raspberry Swirl ice cream from Green & Black’s this Valentine’s Day with your loved one or simply enjoy with friends. This is perfect to enjoy with a romantic dinner for two, or get together and share with your friends.

Cards and Prints From Etsy

Etsy is a great place to source cards and prints that are a little bit different.  Made by small scale producers, you won’t come across these designs everywhere, so buying a print or card from Etsy will enable you to get something different without paying bespoke prices. This card would, I think, be perfect for [...]

Essential Foods & Fairtrade Fortnight

  Fairtrade Fortnight is taking place from February 25 – March 10 2013. Events are being held all over the UK that will include anything from Fairtrade cotton fashion shows to Fairtrade wine tasting.

Buy British and Reduce Your Footprint

The issue of climate change is a growing concern. As well as the current harm being done to the environment as a result of climate change, there are fears that worsening conditions could soon wreak irreversible damage to the globe. The main cause of global warming is the emission of harmful gases. The primary producers [...]

KateHH Studio Charity Collection for Plan UK

      Jewellery designer, Kate Hamilton-Hunter is donating 10% of sales from her jewellery collection to support Plan UK’s ‘Because I am a Girl’ campaign.     Kate designs beautiful handmade jewellery from her studio on the North Wales coast. Her first jewellery designs were fashioned from old patterned tins. Her collections are now [...]

Children’s Activity Parties: St.Andrew’s Day

St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and his special day is 30th November .  It’s Scotland’s National Day and a great time to celebrate all things Scottish. You could ask your guests to wear one of Scotland’s colours either blue to represent the Saltire flag or mauve the colour of heather.  To create [...]

Scandinavian Style Christmas

Christmas and Scandinavian style seem to go so well together.  There’s the red and white palette in common and the reindeers and snow too.  You might be starting to think about Christmas decorations now, so how about a Scandinavian style Christmas this year. This handmade Christmas stocking complete with hanging ribbon is handmade in Lewes [...]

Children’s Activity Parties: Bonfire Night

Making a colourful, bonfire night picture is a fun thing to do, it’s very easy and there’s the bonus that it can be done indoors too.  You’ll need some black (or dark blue) paper; some flame coloured things (we used orange, red and yellow tissue paper and some of the more colourful autumn leaves that [...]

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