Callula Glass for your Home

Callula Glass makes a wide range of brightly coloured fused glass products.  They’re all hand made in the UK.  Fused glass is made by taking layers of compatible glass and joining them together by heating them, in a kiln to around 800 degrees centigrade, until the glass becomes fluid.  The pieces of glass then fused [...]

Outdoor Mirrors from Brighton Roc

Mirrors are a great way to increase light and the perception of space inside your home and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t use them to give the same effect outside.  Outdoors you can use a mirror to increase light in a dark corner, to show off a garden feature or favourite plant, to catch [...]

Little Wren Gifts

Little Wren Gifts are based in Wales and specialise in selling goods made by different artisans.  Many of their products have strong eco credentials too. I do like these cute vintage style coin purses.  They are made by hand from colourful, vintage look fabrics and decorated with complementary buttons. You can use them to keep [...]

Jewellery from Becca Williams

Becca Williams is a West Midlands based designer whose work is, surprisingly for someone working in landlocked Birmingham,  influenced by the seaside.  She produces handmade contemporary jewellery with a soft, delicate look. This Black Heart Pendant from the Flotsam range is very simple and very pretty.  It’s made from hammered sterling silver and has a [...]

Beamers’ Greetings Cards

Beamers Designs is a Herefordshire based small scale publisher of contemporary Art based greetings cards. They source their designs from within the UK, so they support UK based artists. The cards are printed using vegetable inks and supplied in vegetable based biodegradable wrappers. Lots of the images used on their cards are taken from the [...]

Children’s Activity Parties: Rainy Days

Sometimes the weather is so unpromising for days on end, you just have to embrace it.  Making use of those relentlessly rainy days is the aim of this activity party.  It’s one that can be arranged at short notice too and everyone will be glad of something to entertain the children. Ask your guests to [...]

Jewellery from Abbott and Ellwood

I’m always on the look out for jewellery that’s a bit different, so I was pleased to come across Abbott and Ellwood’s brooches and necklaces.  Their quirky pieces certainly have an individual style.  All their jewellery is hand made in Cornwall. This dog and bone brooch is one such example, it’s a brooch with a [...]

Children’s Activity Parties: Windy Days

There’s a traditional rhyme that’s the basis for this party: March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.  That said the British climate has no respect for which month it is and you could hold it any month that has a windy enough day. Kite flying is the obvious windy day activity.  It’s a [...]

Dressing Up for Boys

My son and his friends love dressing up and the costume collection is probably the most used part of our toy collection when guests come to play.  It’s easy enough to get a pirate costume, but it can be hard to find something a bit different.  My Funny Bunny have a wonderful range of costumes [...]

Children’s Activity Parties: Leap Year Day

It only comes round every 4 years so make the most of leap year day.  Use celebrating the day as a way of educating children about how our calendar works. I’ve put together some party ideas centred around leapfrogs to have a fun activity party.  You could ask your guests to wear something green to [...]

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