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How to style scatter cushions in your home
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Personally, I’ve always been a bit obsessed with cushions. (Is anyone else the same? I’m like a moth to a flame with them in any interior shop.) They are such an easy, cheap and brilliant way to give your space a lift by injecting colour and adding some ‘cosy’. So, to coincide with the launch of my new organic cushion covers, I thought I’d write a few quick tips on how to expertly scatter these joyous bundles of squish in your home. Mix and match A range of different sizes, textures, patterns and/or colours can create interest. If you don’t...
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For the love of a good tea towel
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The tea towels I make are useful, made to last, printed and sewn in the UK, and organic. All big tick boxes and keep the carbon footprint right down. However, if truth be told, the idea came to me initially because I’ve always had a big thing for tea towels. A really Big Thing.
The struggles of a small, green business
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Among many of the podcasts I've gobbled up like PAC-MAN recently is one called Outrage + Optimism. I highly recommend it for anyone concerned about climate change, as it allows for a rant, but also highlights ideas and projects to champion.
Anyway, I wrote the makers of the podcast an email with a request. After I sent it, I realised that it's something I should also be sharing with my customers because my brand IS the journey I am on, and YOU are all on it with me.
Here's why we're doing a different kind of Black Friday
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Ahhh, Black Friday. Possibly bigger than Christmas?! We love a bargain, don’t we, us humans. It’s a fact. And that’s more than fine, when it’s done with a bit of thought behind it. But I’ve felt for a long time that selling quality oak at brittle plastic prices isn’t sustainable either financially, environmentally, or indeed fair-trade-ally. (Yep. Now an actual word.) So, where does that put a small business, when competing with big companies (often owned by even bigger companies) who can afford to manufacture gazillions of identical product? I wonder this every year. It seems to me that there are two choices. OPTION 1 Drop my...