FLORAL GIFT GUIDE
Flowers are a wonderful source of inspiration and colour. Many flowers also have meanings behind them and are depicted in many styles and forms. Here is a selection of floral gifts to brighten someone’s day.
Oh to be able to wander along Columbia Road Flower Market on a Sunday again! I actually haven’t been since having my second daughter, because going with a small dog can be challenging, let alone with an entourage in buggies!
Why not bring the splendour of the market home with this luscious limited edition A3 print of Columbia Road by Red Faces Prints.
Treat someone to a floral arrangement that keeps giving with a beautiful dried flower arrangement from Blaise Flowers, encased in a glass cloche with a gold base. It will add a constant colourful splash of joy to any room.
If you know someone who loves fresh flowers at home, why not get them a display stand to really show them off.
A Softer Edge makes stunning statement stands in copper piping with a jesmonite tile base, which comes in a selection of colours or can be customised to match your home.
These stands are so versatile and can be used as an occasional side table or champagne stand when entertaining.
The simplicity of these black ink drawings by Wildwood Paper really highlight the interesting forms of the flowers and their petals.
This monochrome risograph print would be the perfect edition to any style of interior.
Soothe your skin and calm your mind with this “Mindfull” body and bath oil from Soothe-Me, with soothing geranium, relaxing lavender and healing Patchouli, perfect for dry skin.
Soothe-Me products are all sustainable, organic and plant based, and are hand-crafted in small batches in East London by founder Suzie (who I also share my studio with).
Great Overnight Therapy with Silk has created these “Flip” me pillowcases which are 100% white cotton on one side to complement your existing bedding then on the reverse 100% Mulberry silk.
What could be more indulgent than sleeping with your face on a silk pillow? With the added bonus of preventing premature wrinkles, keeping skin hydrated, helps prevent hair loss and prolonging blow dries, WIN!
Rye & Co. soaps are handmade in small batches in Staffordshire.
This nourishing soap is great for sensitive and dry skin, made from a rich blend of olive oil, shea butter, coconut oil and castor oil, combined with marigold petals. Marigold contains antioxidants that help to fight inflammation, an ideal soap to help protect hands from all the extra hand washing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Flowers don’t always steal the limelight, there are some plants that have phenomenal foliage.
Like these striking statement earrings by Mica Peet. Here are Stromanthe 'Triostar' leaves with variegated dashes, pink, white, cream and green. These earrings are made of high quality digitally printed FSC certified 3mm plywood with gold plated nickel free brass earring posts.
Wearing a mask is now our new normal for the foreseeable future, and reusable fabric masks are definitely the way forward to be more sustainable and fashionable.
Why not treat someone to a colourful floral mask with a matching scrunchie from EKW Designs.
What could be more prettier than wearing real flowers?
Lizzy Chambers grows her own British flowers in her garden at her London home. She dries them preserving their shape and colour before she makes them into timeless pieces of jewellery.
Here are delicate Forget-me-nots which represent true love.
We use tableware everyday, why not elevate these moments with bone china pieces from mugs to tea bag tidies, with my monochrome Cosmos Flower design.
My bone china jugs also make lovely vases for small flower arrangements, making them multi-functional gift.
Tea and coffee taste better from bone china and there is science behind it, read more about here.
If you know a tea or coffee connoisseur treat them to an elegant cup and saucer like this Blue Carnation design with platinum banding.
I hope you’ve been inspired by my floral gift guide and you feel encouraged to shop small and support small businesses. If you would like to find out more about shopping small check out the Just a Card Campaign who’s mission is to encourage shoppers to support artists and makers and independent shops.
