Wish List Wednesday - Barruntando Ceramics

It's Wish List Wednesday again and this month I've discovered and fallen for Barruntando Ceramics. I actually found them through the Red Door Gallery website. The gallery is a stones throw away from my work and a great place to pick up gifts and homewares, it's stocked by local and independent makers and the staff are so friendly!

Barruntando Ceramics have their own Etsy site as well as distributing internationally from there base in Spain. The pieces are made by a group of five ladies who all came together over their shared love of ceramics, they hand craft in white earthenware clay because they like the purity of its colour and it's strength.

They make the most adorable pieces that are practical and cute, their work includes; spoon holders, cake toppers, salt and pepper shakers, jewellry, figures and their signature yarn bowls. Originally I was going to base this post around the Jurassic Clay Collection, set of five dinos that are hand painted and full of character but as I kept looking through their Etsy page I fell for the Mermaid Miniature Figures, Unicorn Cake Toppers and the Trees Ring Dish too.

They say that their main goals are to 'Create different, bold and modern, light and original utilitarian pottery.' and I think they have hit the nail on the head. So if you are looking for an interesting gift, something to brighten up your home or a little quirk to add to your special day then you should check them out. Everything is hand made and decorated so all their pieces are unique, no two are the same!

I'll leave you with a picture of the adorable dino team to swoon over. xxx

Wish list Wednesday - Tunnock's Tea Cake Cushion

It’s Wednesday again already! This week I am featuring Nikki McWilliams’  Tunnock's Tea Cake Printed Cushion. She has created many amazing biscuit based cushions including Digestives, Malted Milks, Rich Tea Fingers and Party Rings but my favourite, and the first that caught my eye, is the Tunnock’s Tea Cake cushion. I love Tunnock’s tea cakes, they are amazing, generic tea cakes are never as good as a Tunnock’s tea cake, one of the main reasons I give blood is to get a tea cake at the end (that and the saving lives).

Look how big they are! 

The tea cake cushion is 16” in diameter, made from 100% and has a concealed zip, they are so big and fluff, they’d look amazing on any sofa, chair or even bed as a statement piece. Personally I’d love a couple Caramel Wafers on my sofa and the Tea Cake Cushion on my armchair.

Some of the cushion range

Nikki is Dundee based and also has her own blog and one of the best Instagram accounts in town! She launched the homeware and accessories label in 2009 and id inspired by 'a love of British culture, contemporary Pop-Art and her fascination with the ritual of the Tea Break'. Not only does she produces beautiful cushions but you can also pick up biscuit based brooches, necklaces, pocket mirrors, stationery and amazing prints on her website - nikkimcwilliams.com as well as over 60 stockists around the UK. At Christmas time last year I fell in love with the Gold and Ruby Jammy Heart Foil print but Santa didn’t deliver, maybe next year.