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Anna Jones – One Pot, Pan, Planet

Anna Jones – One Pot, Pan, Planet

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Finally got some amazing, brightly-coloured flanged cord piping from @dalston.mill.fabrics now it is open.

I am making cushions to fit the built-in seating in our kitchen using vintage fabrics. They will be double-sided to be mixed and matched depending on mood, each edge with different coloured piping.

Might try and find one more fabric design to add to the collection or double up on the top (vintage IKEA ‘Syssan’) fabric.

Bottom left is Paule Marrot for Bruschwig & Fin and bottom right is Juliet Glynn Smith ‘Toy Cupboard’ for Conran.

What do you think? Add another or double up on green plants?

Cushions for built-in seating using colourful, patterned vintage fabrics and trimmings

Sensory Design & Brand Perception

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How I Activate My Intuition through Sensory Engagement

How I Activate My Intuition through Sensory Engagement

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A card for a friend. Trying to draw, paint and create more and do it intuitively. Today, I was simply inspired by the wallflowers popping up in my garden and the plants in my kitchen whilst thinking about swimming in the sea. Am reading ‘Untamed’ by @glennondoyle - a present from my amazing sister @annieridout and it is truly eye-opening. Feeling inspired by ‘Wallflowers’ feels like a relevant but coincidental synchronicity today...

Quick Colourful, Playful, Sensory-Inspired Cards For Friends

Useful tips for reducing plastic in our lives for Riposte Magazine 11

Useful tips for reducing plastic in our lives for Riposte Magazine 11

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Consultancy

Magpie Collection

Magpie Collection

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Who else feels the magic when stumbling across a patch of newly blooming violets?

Viola Odorata is a really rare, expensive and precious extract in perfumery as you need so many violets to create even a drop of pure extract. Today, it is highly unusual to find perfume containing real violet. Its sweet, powdery scent is usually replaced with a synthetic version.

However you can still get essential oil of violet leaf which has the most amazing fresh green cut grass, cucumber and melon notes. A little goes a very long way!

Other uses for the flowers are flavouring sugar, making a sugar syrup or sugared flowers. You could also try a mini home enfleurage too.

The main problem is finding a patch you know a dog or animal won’t have weed on, as they tend to appear in grass or on low banks!

#hekaviolaodorata

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Mood-boarding for an exciting branding project I am working on.

Taking inspiration from torn and cut antique paper, painterly marks and warm but bold joyful colour palettes.

Watch this space, all will be revealed in the new year.

#hekamoodboarding

Compost Cosmetics

Compost Cosmetics

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Stained glass fruit chips inspired by @homechefseattle

Fruit colours are so beautiful and how pretty do they look when they bleed into one another?!

The shapes of the fruits start to look really regal too. Going to attempt a really big pattern next time.

Stained glass fruit chips inspired by @homechefseattle

Solar Ascent

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Costa Commuter Branches

Costa Commuter Branches

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This part of our kitchen is my favourite bit of the house.

I designed it all myself including the little shelving nook under the boiler for spreads and tea. It’s full of my plants as well as being a plant-cutting hub and herb-drying wall. I often leave potions and powders to infuse up here.

Some of my favourite jars, cups, tins, bottles and small bits and bobs are on display. They’ve been collected or given to me over the years and only the ones I still really love make it through my more strict decluttering these days. You can spot wedding presents from @chrissie.macdonald and @annalomax as well as a print of me and @annalomax from back in the @thisisycn / Jiggery Pokery days. The ice-cream van was a baby present from @janeymae_ but I have adopted it as my own 🙃. My beautiful new @hampsonwoods board is the newest feature.

I am always reshuffling and have started painting the terracotta pots to be more colourful as the idea was to have a wood and white backdrop for bright pops of colour and plants.

As all the plant cuttings are re-homed, i’ll be adding lots of stuff that has been wrapped up in the attic.

The peg board is bespoke from @kreisdesign and the ultramarine blue paint is ‘Majorelle Blue’ from @bristolpaint (I love how it’s reflection glows on the pegboard), floor is from @mosaic.factory and the birch plywood cabinets were made bespoke for us by in incredible carpenter.

This part of our kitchen is my favourite bit of the house

Crane 29

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Grains for Thoughts

Grains for Thoughts

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7 Products That Will Inspire Walks in Nature With Kids

7 Products That Will Inspire Walks in Nature With Kids

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Coffee Illustrated

Coffee Illustrated

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How to Eat your Christmas Tree

How to Eat your Christmas Tree

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The Museum of Extinct Foods

The Museum of Extinct Foods

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Threshold

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The Alchemist’s Dressing Table

The Alchemist’s Dressing Table

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Cook’s Canvas

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Leftovers Chair

Leftovers Chair

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How Sensory Play and Co-Creation With Kids Can Activate an Innovation Mindset

How Sensory Play and Co-Creation With Kids Can Activate an Innovation Mindset

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