- Jessie Tait – Another Sad Loss to Design

Another of my other huge inspirational design figures has also died recently. Jessie Tait died aged 81 on 14th January.  She was well known as the chief designer for Midwinter, I have fond memories of growing up with her ceramics as part of my grandmothers kitchenware and later I started to collect some of her pieces. [...]

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- Retro Vintage Brabantia Cannisters

I’ve been a very busy bee on ebay lately and found these over in the Netherlands, from a very nice Dutch seller. What is it about the Dutch, they are all so polite, well when it comes to retro vintage sellers. These are spanking new in condition. I want the matching breadbin / box  I’ve seen [...]

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- Scandinavian Design Mad

Yet another parcel drops through the letterbox from Ebay. This time it’s a gorgeous 1960s scandinavian folk art type print half apron. I love it. I can see me now, baking fairy cakes with this cinching in my waist (not designed for the naughties waistline these aprons!). I had intended to use the fabric to [...]

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- Vintage 70s Flower Power Mugs

Yet more ebay finds being shared. My lovely pair of Staffordshire Potteries 70s mugs which I just adore. So much so I’ve started to now try and find more as they have a particularly comfortable curve in the base of the handle setting them apart from others of the era and later mugs from the [...]

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- Vintage Fabric Baby Dresses

I’m having a real drive at getting ready for the Spring and busy making more baby dresses using vintage fabrics. The simple A-line shift seems the best choice. I played with the design last year but have gone back to the original as I think I over complicated it all adding extra unneccesary pieces. Will [...]

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- Hello Duck. Vintage 60s Tin Toy

Here is my cute little tin toy a wind up from the 60s I found on ebay, just itching to be bought by yours truly. He sits on my studio shelf along with various other clobber gathered on my travels.

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- Valentines Day Crochet Hearts

Well being the industrious soul I am with a few spare minutes – been making some of these little hearts for Valentine’s Day gifts or just to say I love You for someone special in your life,  they were made directly from a tutorial at Meet Me at Mikes. (the image is pulled straight from [...]

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- Lucienne Day – A Sad Loss To The Design World

Starting my first blog of the year with a rather downturned mouth I’m afraid after hearing the news that Lucienne Day passed away on 30 January 2010, at the age of 93. She’s always been my favourite designer and I’ve absolutely loved her work. She was a true inspiration and is a huge loss to the design world. Here [...]

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