Independent designers and makers were one of my core focuses when I started blogging in 2009 and although I’m still a massive fan of discovering new brands, ingenious designs and adorable crafts online it’s not often that I share them, so I thought I’d start a series of them, introducing the first one of my […]
This time I’m bringing you some Folksy fashion. I love shopping Folksy for fashion accessories, there are so many unique designs and so many versions of things that you might see on the high street. But when you shop Folksy you are buying something handmade from a passionate individual or a small independent business rather […]
With the Royal Jubilee just around the corner, I thought I would take some British inspiration for this week’s Folksy Friday. I’m not going to go for the typical union jacks and pictures of Queenie though, I’m sharing with you one of my favourite purveyors of quintessentially British biscuit couture, Nikki McWilliams! You will hopefully have seen Nikki’s handy […]
I discovered soap shop Bits N Bobs on Folksy, when I was getting married and was browsing for gifts for my bridesmaids. I was making gifts around a biscuit and cake theme, so when I found Bits N Bobs biscuits soaps, I couldn’t resist them as a gift. This Folksy shop has a great range […]
Ok, so this is going to hopefully be a new regular thing from me, to get me back to my roots of searching out fantastic handmade, independent and quirky small brands. If you haven’t already seen Folksy, it’s the UK version of Etsy and is filled of affordable, beautiful, quirky products of all sorts and kinds, well […]
As you may well know, I just love a good browse of some clever crafty shops. Folksy.com is my favourite place to do this, it’s like Etsy, buy much easier to navigate, as it’s UK focused and therefore you don’t get overwhelmed by choice like you do with the marvellous Etsy. Here’s what’s on the […]
Here begins my series of gift guides for the run of to Christmas, each one will be themed and although aimed at Christmas I’m sure you’ll find them useful for Birthdays and other celebrations. If you haven’t noticed already I have a love of biscuits and kitsch, so my first instalment is my top gifts for biscuit […]
I’m always spotting amazing items that I wish I could have. Thought I’d share them on a regular basis, seeing as I’m pretty sure my fiancée doesn’t want to hear about something awesome that I’ve found online every five minutes! So I guess, I’ll make this a regular feature, so that I can share my […]
Ok, so pretty much everyone who likes their lovely handmade, crafty bits of heard of Etsy.com, right? Well the problem with Etsy is that there is so much amazing stuff on there it’s difficult to just browse, and I find that you have to know what you are looking for, which is often not the […]