Thanks to Homegirl London for the write up about this 'mouth-watering selection' of Gillian Blease designed Pattern tablemats. Homegirl London writes daily about trends, finds, profiles, news and shops and adds in some great visual imagery. Definitely a great site to follow for inspiration and up-to-date interiors finds...
Time and Again, 53 King Street, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1PZ
Time and Again has a great selection of retro and vintage furniture and home accessories, which I hope you'll agree, compliment the Gillian Blease range of Flower and Round designs beautifully...have you spotted the Sunflower tray in the shop window?...why not pop in for a browse..
Today I visited St Margaret-at-Cliffe on the beautiful Kent coast and discovered the house of Ian Fleming nestled under the white cliffs, which has been so wonderfully illustrated by People Will Always Need Plates as one of their range of mugs. I was very pleasantly surprised to be offered a copy of Ian Fleming's book Casino Royale by a passer-by who was distributing it as part of the great World Book Night event, what a co-incidence...
thank you to Kent profile for this lovely article...
You are invited to join me and twelve selected designers/makers and artists at Brighter Days at the Pie Factory Gallery, 5 Broad Street, Margate CT9 1EW. There will be displays of work by every participant, who have also each designed a table mat on the theme of Thanet - all the marvelous work and the table mats will be available to buy (payment by cash or cheque only). The show will be open from 10am to 5pm on Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th March and there will be free workshops led by the artists from 12 to 3pm on the Saturday and Sunday. Why not make it a day out or weekend in Margate? Southeastern Rail are offering £10 return tickets at weekends and there will be plenty to do, with exhibitions at the Turner Contemporary and other galleries and independent shops around the town...hope to see you there...
Victoria Eggs, who you can see beautifully modeling one of her English Dinner aprons, designs and produces fun and colourful print designs for your home which celebrate Britishness. With a range of homewares and gifts available which show her clever and witty use of the English language (including Cockney Rhyming Slang) there is bound to be a mug, t-shirt, cushion or tea towel (along with many other products) - which will become a much loved item in your household...
Thank you to Yay Retro!, the ever changing online shop, for the terrific write up on their blog about Jenny Duff 'Wonderful Melamine Table Mats'. Yay Retro! is a wonderful site which sources and sells a fantastic selection of china and tableware dating from the 1940's through to the 1970's - so if you're looking to add to your collection, change your look or buy as a gift, a visit is strongly recommended...
The Gillian Blease Flower range of table mats, coasters and trays have been nominated "Pretty Thing of the Week" by modflowers on their blog this week - thank you for the lovely comments...
I came across this beautiful Crown Coupe Plate by Natural History-The Origin of Style when I was exhibiting at the wonderful Home trade show in London last month, it's so difficult to walk through the aisles there without seeing something lovely. If I was going to have a whole new dining table china look, this is what I would need. I hope you agree...