It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to grow and blissfully fragrant in the summer months. 
They were my mum’s favourite flower, so growing them now feels like a precious connection. Especially when I pick some and arrange them in her beautiful old blue and gold jug just as she used to do with the sweet peas my dad grew for her every year.
There are some really handy tips for growing success from founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton over on the blog (link in bio). Rosebie has a whole farm dedicated to sweet peas near Chichester so she knows a thing or two about the subject!
Main thing I’ve picked up from her is to allow lots of depth for root growth at this stage and to make my own supportive wigwams from twiggy branches when the plants are really starting to go for it and need a bit of direction. This photo is making me yearn slightly.
I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying out tiny living for a feature I was writing - this was taken on our way to indulge in a spot of forest bathing. To be totally honest, we were both a little sceptical beforehand. But we were only saying the other day how taken aback we both were by the amazing effect it had. I’m working on some new ideas around the subject - will keep you posted. X
I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole site - which has meant lots of photo editing and reorganising so much content. What’s been lovely (despite the claw hand from so much keyboard work!) is revisiting work and becoming engrossed all over again. I thought I’d share a few of the things I’ve been (re) loving - with links in the bio to the old site for now, but not for long…! X
This  image is from a feature about preserving garden roses. I’m going to give this a really good go this year, now I have a better idea what I’m doing. I know there’s nothing quite like a fragrant fresh rose in Summer but there’s a fragile beauty to dried and preserved flowers that I also love, don’t you?
Snowdrops 🌱🤍 . . . . . . #capturequiet #ins Snowdrops 🌱🤍 
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#capturequiet #instabritain #natureandnourish #thewildernesstonic #cornersofmyworld
Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flower Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flowers Forever to be won! My bio has the link to enter as well as to get a peek inside. Beautifully photographed by Laura Edwards, I really enjoyed escaping into the pages and making plans for my own garden - hope you do too! X
To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Cla To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Claire Garland aka @dotpebbles_knits has to be the perfect post Christmas craft project 😊 
If you fancy getting your needles out to make this adorable pair, the link to buy Claire’s pattern is in my bio. Happy knitting! X
Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists for a wonderful wreath making workshop yesterday. Such a special and creative space to spend time. I loved making my wreath - I went for a mixture of greenery arranged quite randomly with red waxed fresh apples, dried hydrangea, dried flowers, poppy and nigella seed heads and a winter white velvet bow. 
There were so many wonderful ingredients to choose from we were really spoiled for choice. 
Sarah’s new studio is such a beautiful, creative space. Think fragrant botanical candles flickering everywhere, mulled wine and apple juice simmering on the stove and containers full of fragrant festive greenery, waxed fruit, dried flowers and oranges, pine cones, lichen covered branches and even tiny gold wax-dipped fresh crab apples. 
Thank you for being so patient with my lengthy ribbon choice deliberations Sarah - and for bagging up a second choice option (dusky pink) to take home! X.  #wreathmaking #wreath #wreathsofinstagram #sustainablewreaths #wreathdecor #christmaswreath #velvetribbon #christmasdecor #festiveflowers
I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - s I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - she came up with the genius idea of embroidering on tulle using nature as her thread - and the results are sublime - like this Autumn colours beauty from her latest book.
I’m delighted that Olga is offering a fantastic prize bundle to my readers. For a chance to win one of her beautiful new dried flower embroidery kits (in collaboration with @driedandfloral ) as well as a signed copy of her wonderful new book(published by @quadrillebooks , pop over to my blog (link in my bio). It’s easy to enter so why don’t you give yourself a chance of winning this very lovely prize? Good luck! 
#driedflowers #driedflowerembroidery #olgaprinku #embroideryhoop #flowerembroidery #competitiontime #signedbooks #embroideryart #flowersontulle #autumn #autumncolours #hoopart #allthingsbotanical #instacraft
This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofp This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofpines and is from her beautiful new book Little Stories of Your Life. 
It’s packed with inspiration and practical ideas to help you become a visual story teller. Because, as Laura says, it’s the little moments that make up the fabric of all of our lives - and those moments are worth capturing and sharing with others.
We have three signed copies of the book to give away - just click the link in my bio to find out more. There’s a peek inside and a lovely film by @xantheb to enjoy too! X 
#littlemoments #littlestoriesbook #alifeofwords #lostinwords #competition #booksarelife #mindfulphotography #bookstagram #booksmakemehappy #booksconnectus #igreads #whatareyoureading #signedbooks
Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has sh Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has shared her wonderfully creative ideas for visibly mending well-loved clothing in need of repair and a little TLC.
She had me at ‘sometimes I like to use giant sequins…’ 
Hope you like Lisa’s ideas as much as I do. The link to head over to my blog and get all her step by steps is in my bio x
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Deborah Reyner of Tuffet Co

I first set eyes on a Tuffet at a beautiful pop up shop in Chelsea last year. It was a pink velvet one, with piping and leather handles. You couldn’t help but stroke it… and wish you owned one. A Tuffet, in case you don’t know, is an artisan pouffe, crafted with care from printed linen, soft velvets or tweeds and filled with recycled wool. The most useful item you didn’t know you needed in your life – table, seat and foot stool in one. 

So it was very exciting when I saw that Tuffet. Co had applied to join our directory. I love it when that happens. It feels like a relationship that was meant to be. Founder and proprietor of the business, Deborah Reyner, has an inspiring story which I really loved discovering. Hope you do too… X

Please tell us a little bit about the story behind where you are now and your journey there. 

deborah reyner tuffet corose pink velvet pouffe tuffet co

I started out by studying fashion at Loughborough College of Art and was lucky enough to study under some truly inspiring tutors. I learned so many technical skills, alongside a deep work ethic and unshakeable determination.

I’d been making my own sewing patterns since I was 12, so it was just wonderful to get to study pattern cutting with Winifred Aldrich.

From college I went straight into the London fashion industry, working in womenswear and tailoring, fashion forecasting and product design. I made bedding for Heal’s as well as creating lots of different fabric-related products to sell. 

My first business, DWCD ( Desire Will Courage Determination), started in 1994 doing Spitalfields Market. Recession hit in 1997, so I developed £10 sachets in organza & hearts with ‘With Love’ & “Gone To The Beach” using laser-cut fabric for a perfect shape. 

At one point my lavender hearts and rice-filled doorstops were the biggest-selling products in Selfridges. My business went really high really quickly, then times changed and it plummeted just as quickly. I’d under-estimated just how big a thing grey was going to be. 

So I did what I always do. I had more new ideas and started again. I designed and produced new products to trial and sell at market stalls. Selling directly to customers at markets gives you really valuable feedback – as long as you listen. The common thread throughout has been my love of fabric, collecting vintage ephemera, making a bit of a mess & creating stuff from it.

Then I had my lightbulb moment. I was looking at sustainable wool bales and it just came to me. ‘That’s a pouffe,’ I thought – and that was the beginning of the Tuffet.

I spent a lot of time perfecting the shape, design and practicalities.  Having a waterproof base is essential, I realised, as the fabric sits on the floor. Getting the weight/volume ratio right took a few trial runs – I wanted the covers to be removable, but didn’t want the pouffes to be baggy.

I have a very mathematical brain, so it was part instinct and part calculation to get everything just as I wanted.

artisan pouffe pale grey blue made in britain by tuffet co

Please describe your products and share a little about your ethos

I was always going to make my products in the UK, and already knew the makers I wanted to use. They craft using old-fashioned skills and that way I can get the quality and attention to detail that’s so important to me.

I started out using beautiful original vintage fabrics to make the pouffes. But they just didn’t sell. So I asked the customers I met at fairs, shows and markets what they thought. And I learned that they wanted minimal not vintage – and almost always in shades of grey.

I needed to find the ‘bread and butter’ product – which turned out to be the herringbone tweed design. Classic, contemporary and adaptable to any interior. Fabrics are a lifelong passion of mine, so I added in beautiful printed linens, soft velvets and woollens to the range.

I make most pouffes to order – and will always make contact personally with every customer to make sure they get exactly what they want. It’s important to me. There are a few pouffes available to buy ‘off the shelf’ or ex-display in the Sale section of my online shop too. 

This handsome emerald green luxe velvet pouffe is for sale right now, with £70 off. Just one available.

emerald green velvet artisan pouffe by tuffet co

BUY EMERALD GREEN VELVET POUFFE HERE >>

Please can you talk us through your creative process

I grew up in a family of makers. My mum taught me to sew, my grandma was a knitter and from an early age I was making my own clothes. So, I’m always looking at materials and having ideas about what I could make with them.

Shape is always the starting point for my ‘engineered’ textile products. Usually simple looking but with precise attention to detail and fit. My training as a pattern cutter / designer is in use all the time and I am really grateful for the education I was lucky enough to have.

One eureka moment was sparked by the shape of a vintage Castrol oil-can. I was inspired to create my fabric doorstop design filled with broken basmati rice. It received an award for child-friendly design and was proudly produced for Mulberry Home. 

My style is still simple, well-crafted using beautiful fabrics.

Inspiration is important to the creative recipe. Back then it came from memorable trips to New York ABC Carpet & Home (below) and the definitive Maison et Objet Trade show in Paris. 

abc carpet and home new york

Also, colour is very important to my creative process. Dylon dyes are super easy to use.

Now also appreciate the effects that colour can have on improving mood in the home too. There’s nothing like a pop of chartreuse yellow to lift the spirits. My chartreuse wool tuffet (below) makes me smile all year round.

chartreuse yellow wool tuffet pouffe

Velvets in mustard & green or raspberry are now year-round sellers for a hand-finished ‘Tuffet ‘ Each has individually hand-tinted handles (more messing about!).

BUY CHARTREUSE WOOL TUFFET HERE >>

Favourite of your designs?

dark olive printed linen artisan pouffe by tuffet co

BUY DARK OLIVE LINEN POUFFE HERE >>

I love the Dark Olive linen pouffe with tinted leather handle. I really like the way the tinted leather handles tones with the fabric (attention to detail is so important to me) and the fabric itself is just beautiful. Green is such a soothing colour and good for the soul.

I really do love my new range of printed linens too – and the new outdoor range I’m working on…

tuffet co printed linen fabrics

What’s your morning routine?

Adhoc

Can you describe your workplace to us?

Messy

What keeps you going through the day?

absolute 80s radio

Distractions. I have just bought a van and I do love to listen to Absolute 80s on the radio as I drive around! I tend to work very intensively, setting overly high goals and then beating myself up. I should listen to music more. Motown can always boost your energy levels!

Top tips for enabling creativity/wellbeing?

More tea and remember to breathe, relax and enjoy (I am good at the 1st) – still practicing at the others

What do you do when struggling for creativity/inspiration?

Go window shopping to look at packaging and display and people.

Flowers and beautiful things are life blood.

I created a more meaningful still-life shelf in lock-down that gets regularly re-arranged. 

Time to sort recently has revealed what been collected over the years !!! From flea markets in Paris and Isle Sur La Sorgue when piles of linen nightdresses went for 3F a piece. 

Gloves, old lace and embroidery, coconut buttons from Indonesia which inspired my 1st business DWCD: Desire Will Courage Determination.

(Some buttons were sourced from Stella Rutter (below) whose amazing wartime story is one of Spitfire design, fighting for equal pay & and keeping the Generals calm prior to D Day). Find out more at The History Press.

stella rutter Photo credit: The History Press

What is your approach to setting and achieving your goals?

Adhoc. I am not a person for spreadsheets or business plans. I am very instinctive but I also have a very mathematical brain, so I always have a very strong grasp on the numbers and technicalities. I just don’t have it written down anywhere – it’s all in my head.

I tend to set overly high goals for myself and then beat myself up for not achieving them. I’m working on being a bit easier on myself and embracing the value of making mistakes. You can’t learn or create anything new without making them. We tend to try and avoid them at all costs but they’re a good thing and part of the creative process.

sunbury antiques market kempton park

Best place to watch the world go by? 

Kempton Market for vintage and International traders and visitors and thrill of what might be there.

sunbury antiques market kempton park

Most treasured possession?

Wooden food safe with zinc front bought by Grandparents in 1932 in the original green. Grandad kept his tools in it in the garage.

What are you passionate about right now?

Uses for recycled plastic being used for modern ‘conveniences’ ie loos that plumb in are easy to clean ,virally resistant and what we all need when out and about or even at home for visitors. And also a way to use recycled plastic. I’m picturing sleek, modern design inspired by the prefabricated build-your-own Huf Haus. 

huf haus

I have ideas about developing Portable Facilities & spaces in re-cycled materials.

Looking to collaborate with Designers & Dragons on materials and products to enable better lives with the current restrictions.

Secret to being happy?

Find things you enjoy doing and develop a little routine for that. Appreciate all the little things within that routine and forgive yourself if you don’t achieve something. Forgiveness is key. And don’t avoid a bit of boredom. Slowing down to do simple chores like doing the washing up can free up your brain. Creativity so often comes out of boredom and we tend to rush about avoiding it at all costs.

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It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to grow and blissfully fragrant in the summer months. 
They were my mum’s favourite flower, so growing them now feels like a precious connection. Especially when I pick some and arrange them in her beautiful old blue and gold jug just as she used to do with the sweet peas my dad grew for her every year.
There are some really handy tips for growing success from founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton over on the blog (link in bio). Rosebie has a whole farm dedicated to sweet peas near Chichester so she knows a thing or two about the subject!
Main thing I’ve picked up from her is to allow lots of depth for root growth at this stage and to make my own supportive wigwams from twiggy branches when the plants are really starting to go for it and need a bit of direction. This photo is making me yearn slightly.
I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying out tiny living for a feature I was writing - this was taken on our way to indulge in a spot of forest bathing. To be totally honest, we were both a little sceptical beforehand. But we were only saying the other day how taken aback we both were by the amazing effect it had. I’m working on some new ideas around the subject - will keep you posted. X
I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole site - which has meant lots of photo editing and reorganising so much content. What’s been lovely (despite the claw hand from so much keyboard work!) is revisiting work and becoming engrossed all over again. I thought I’d share a few of the things I’ve been (re) loving - with links in the bio to the old site for now, but not for long…! X
This  image is from a feature about preserving garden roses. I’m going to give this a really good go this year, now I have a better idea what I’m doing. I know there’s nothing quite like a fragrant fresh rose in Summer but there’s a fragile beauty to dried and preserved flowers that I also love, don’t you?
Snowdrops 🌱🤍 . . . . . . #capturequiet #ins Snowdrops 🌱🤍 
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#capturequiet #instabritain #natureandnourish #thewildernesstonic #cornersofmyworld
Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flower Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flowers Forever to be won! My bio has the link to enter as well as to get a peek inside. Beautifully photographed by Laura Edwards, I really enjoyed escaping into the pages and making plans for my own garden - hope you do too! X
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If you fancy getting your needles out to make this adorable pair, the link to buy Claire’s pattern is in my bio. Happy knitting! X
Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists for a wonderful wreath making workshop yesterday. Such a special and creative space to spend time. I loved making my wreath - I went for a mixture of greenery arranged quite randomly with red waxed fresh apples, dried hydrangea, dried flowers, poppy and nigella seed heads and a winter white velvet bow. 
There were so many wonderful ingredients to choose from we were really spoiled for choice. 
Sarah’s new studio is such a beautiful, creative space. Think fragrant botanical candles flickering everywhere, mulled wine and apple juice simmering on the stove and containers full of fragrant festive greenery, waxed fruit, dried flowers and oranges, pine cones, lichen covered branches and even tiny gold wax-dipped fresh crab apples. 
Thank you for being so patient with my lengthy ribbon choice deliberations Sarah - and for bagging up a second choice option (dusky pink) to take home! X.  #wreathmaking #wreath #wreathsofinstagram #sustainablewreaths #wreathdecor #christmaswreath #velvetribbon #christmasdecor #festiveflowers
I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - s I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - she came up with the genius idea of embroidering on tulle using nature as her thread - and the results are sublime - like this Autumn colours beauty from her latest book.
I’m delighted that Olga is offering a fantastic prize bundle to my readers. For a chance to win one of her beautiful new dried flower embroidery kits (in collaboration with @driedandfloral ) as well as a signed copy of her wonderful new book(published by @quadrillebooks , pop over to my blog (link in my bio). It’s easy to enter so why don’t you give yourself a chance of winning this very lovely prize? Good luck! 
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It’s packed with inspiration and practical ideas to help you become a visual story teller. Because, as Laura says, it’s the little moments that make up the fabric of all of our lives - and those moments are worth capturing and sharing with others.
We have three signed copies of the book to give away - just click the link in my bio to find out more. There’s a peek inside and a lovely film by @xantheb to enjoy too! X 
#littlemoments #littlestoriesbook #alifeofwords #lostinwords #competition #booksarelife #mindfulphotography #bookstagram #booksmakemehappy #booksconnectus #igreads #whatareyoureading #signedbooks
Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has sh Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has shared her wonderfully creative ideas for visibly mending well-loved clothing in need of repair and a little TLC.
She had me at ‘sometimes I like to use giant sequins…’ 
Hope you like Lisa’s ideas as much as I do. The link to head over to my blog and get all her step by steps is in my bio x
Thank you @therealflowerco for these heavenly swee Thank you @therealflowerco for these heavenly sweet peas - the perfect way to celebrate #britishflowersweek 
I just wish I could share the blissful fragrance with you too 💕🌸
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Last call to enter our Pippa Greenwood Grow Your O Last call to enter our Pippa Greenwood Grow Your Own gift bundle competition!
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Last call for anyone who’d like to enter our Cla Last call for anyone who’d like to enter our Claire Garland Christmas Mouse knitting pattern competition. The link to enter is the top one in my bio. Good luck!
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Stitching a powerful message can be  more effective than shouting it at someone who’s not listening to you. If you’d like to get involved or find out more, follow the top link in my bio.
Thanks to @botanical_tales for sharing beautiful d Thanks to @botanical_tales for sharing beautiful dried flower wreath ideas over on the blog - link in bio. I love this dried mini wreath as natural gift wrapping decoration (you can buy ready-made too) - all the links are in the post.
Thanks too to Kirsten @henthorn_farm_flowers for sharing her step by steps for creating a stunning giant foraged dried flower wreath as well as her beautiful simple wreath in silvery winter whites. 
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One of the joyful things about this time of year f One of the joyful things about this time of year for me is making plans for next spring and summer in my flower cutting garden. After two years of growing cut flowers, I’m ready for some fresh ideas and to raise my game a little more. I would like to fill some gaps in shape and colour and to extend the flowering season in particular. I’d also like to start drying and preserving my flowers... so I am thrilled that Kirsten of @henthorn_farm_flowers has shared a beautiful glimpse into her seasonal and sustainable flowery world as well as lots of fantastic expert tips and ideas over on the blog - the link is in my bio. I hope you find some inspiration too. Kirsten lives in a very beautiful part of the world - the Ribble Valley in Lancashire. It’s an area very close to my heart as I grew up not far away. Loved spending a little virtual time there again, thanks to Kirsten - and I am yearning to go back in person one day soon and breathe it all in again.
To be honest, I’m still clinging on to the last To be honest, I’m still clinging on to the last moments of Summer. I do always eventually embrace Autumn but, this year in particular, I’m wanting to hold on for as long as possible to the quiet bliss of the last few months. 
I do really worry about what lies ahead for us all, but spending time outdoors, connecting, really up close, to what’s going on in the garden definitely helps. I still have roses, sweet peas, snapdragons, zinnias, asters and LOTS of dahlias blooming so there are always jars and jugs of flowers on every available surface. Rose geranium leaves have been a revelation for adding a fragrant green frilliness - and now I’m full of love for abelia. 
This beautiful photo is by @gandgorgeousflowers and captures the between-seasons beauty in the flower garden right now. I am inspired to create something similar as I have many of the same colours. 
I do realise that it’s silly (and utterly pointless 😂) to resist Autumn as it’s actually one of the most beautiful times of year. As soon as the leaves really turn, and everywhere starts to smell like Autumn, I’m sure I’ll be fully on board. 
With that in mind, I’ve shared lots of inspiring Autumn Flowers ideas over on the blog (link in my bio) from some of my favourite flower creatives including @gandgorgeousflowers @simplybyarrangement @therealflowerco @wildbunchflowers @floribundaroseflorists @thesussexflowerschool @electricdaisyflowerfarm 

Hope you enjoy - and find a little bit of creative inspiration too. X

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