Brand new stockists

This year we were lucky enough to secure some of our dream stockists.

Let me introduce you to some of them..

RSPB

Their work is diverse and comes in many forms - from species recovery and large-scale conservation, to policy-influencing and inspiring change or action.

The RSPB have taken a selection of sustainable and plastic free hand warmers for their fabulous birdwatching and outdoor loving patrons. We loved working on these products with bespoke prints for RSPB. They chose nature based prints which perfectly compliments their ethos, as well as ours.

You can take a look here.

Abel and Cole

The OGs of vegetable delivery boxes..

We are so happy to be stocked by Abel and Cole so you can shop Vesta whilst you shop your groceries..

They have taken a selection of gifts and everyday items. Shop here

HUSH

Hush are one of those companies Ive been looking at forever.. since the beginning of my buying career, so when they reached out asking to stock us, i was delighted. This is our second year stocking Hush and we love the simple balck and white gingham print they chose for our cosiest products.

Take a look here

DAYLESFORD FARM

WE love what Daylesford does. A working farm entirely dedicated to organic farming

They say… “Nature is at the heart of everything we do at Daylesford. We farm, eat and live in a way that nurtures and nourishes her. We hope to inspire you to connect with and celebrate nature, by living in season and in balance with our beautiful planet.”

We couldn’t agree more…

If you want to see our products you’ll have to visit their beautiful farmshop at Kingham, in the Cotswolds. Find them here..

What happened when we spoke to Hush for their International Womans Day campaign.

On the 14th February, I boarded a train to London to go and speak to spend a day with the Hush team, having my hair and make up done and being photographed for their international womans day campaign.

The train station was perfectly quiet and i boarded the train with zero issues, however, a weather warning had been issued as Hurricane Eunice was set to cause damage but the shoot was going ahead and i didn’t want to miss it. Sure enough the train halted at Beaconsfield due to a trampoline on the over head lines and we had to vacate the train.

Happily, Hush found a way to include us in the feature with a variety of other brands and their female founders.

HUSH interviewed their favourite brands who are setting out to Break the Bias.

https://www.hush-uk.com/inside-hush/she-started-it.html

You can read the full feature above…

We were thrilled to be involved, despite missing the fun of the shoot.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO CREATE A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS WITHOUT COSTING THE PLANET OR YOUR POCKET, THIS GUIDE IS FOR YOU…..

Read on..

Christmas time has become synonymous with a whole lot of plastic crap and tat and over spending… but i’m here to tell you, especially during this time of economic uncertainly, that Christmas can be more magical and beautiful than you can imagine.

Many of the traditions we embark in at Christmas have roots in traditions that have been around for thousands of years.. and they’re not about lining the pockets of billionaires.. they’re about honouring the season, the gods, nature and spending time with our loved ones.

Here you can find our guide on how to have a sustainable Christmas with so much meaning and beauty, which will delight your loved ones, warm your heart and save you pennies.

SUSTAINABLE DECORATIONS

Use all of natures beauty for your decorations. Bring greenery inside.. The bringing in of a fir tree for Christmas was popularised by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and has roots in Germanic and Slavic culture, although decorating the home with ever greens has been observed across the world.. Since winter solstice recognises the return of the light, with the longest night and shortest day of the year.. After this point, the days become longer again. The ever greens signify everlasting life and serve as a reminder that some plants thrive all year round..

I like to bring in evergreen branches from the tree in my garden, or i forage.. remember to take only what you need. I like to hang up large boughs and decorate with natural decorations like dried oranges and pine cones. It looks magical and delights everyone to see a beautiful natural mobile in the home. Hang on walls or in hallways, where there is hight.

SUSTAINABLE CHRISTMAS TABLE DECORATIONS

Decorate your Christmas table with beeswax candles and arrangements made from smaller pieces of ever green. Keep everything green and twinkly. Write handmade tags with peoples names on for place settings and use pine cones and slices of dried oranges everywhere. Im a maximalist when it comes to decorations..

MAKE A YULE WREATH, SUSTAINABLE AND PLASTIC FREE

A wreath is known as the wheel of life, and used to decorate winter solstice tables adorned with candles. There are plenty of natural ones you can buy, but why not have a forage for some bendy branches and make your own. Take a mindful walk, maybe with your family and collect fallen foliage, cones and branches.. then sit around the table together and talk about what you want from the year ahead? Enjoy the process.. make it a tradition.. if you don’t want to make a huge fussy one, a simple strand of ivy in a circles.. looks really beautiful and simple.

SUSTAINABLE GIFT GIVING

Shop small, where-ever you can. Support your local shops and indies. Make gift giving all about the story of the item. I love to tell the receiver, “i found this amazing woman who makes ceramics from home” ..

I like to make food gifts too.. from items ive foraged in the later months of the year. Elderberry Syrup and quince jam are up there as my favourite things to make.. As well as mince pies and cookies.. Everyone loves a food gift and works so well for school teachers and relatives.

We have some great gifts for all the family.. check out our gift section of the website for gifts and festive items for all.HERE

GIFT WRAP

Rather than buy reems of wrapping paper, which usually cannot be recycled due to plastic content… wrap gifts in fabric, or brown paper. Use ribbon to tie them up. You can use string too or any twine you have lying around the house. Add slices or orange and ever green and add a hand written gift tag..

HOW TO HONOUR SAMHAIN THE CELTIC HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL

This time of year holds many festivals honouring the harvest, the end of the year and our ancestors who have passed… Halloween leads in the commercial world and has already happened on the 31st October.

I feel more in tune with Samhain, pronounced SAU wen, which is roughly translated as summers end. Samhain hails from Ireland and this year falls on the 7th November, but its not just a day. Its a period of time, so if you want to celebrate or honor this time, you just need to tune into how you feel not worry about a specific date.

I am not traditionally religious and was brought up in an atheist home, although my Irish and Scottish ancestors would have been both catholic and christian, but i have found that ritual and ceremony give my life roots and meaning. Honouring the seasons seems like the most natural way to do this, since we are cyclical beings and the draw of festivals before Christianity and Catholicism interfered with them are much more appealing.

So this time of year, i naturally enjoy slowing down. I want to be quiet and still… It is said that the veil between the worlds is thinner allowing our ancestors to come through or make connections. I like to meditate more frequently and pay particular attention to my dreams and the messages they hold.

I create an alter in my home.. which i have all year round as a place to centre my meditations on. At different times in the year i dress it with different objects associated with the season. I burn incense and leave offerings.

I spend time there whilst i journal and try to create a calm loving space.

Understanding the seasons and cycles, keeps us rooted to the earth.. and being rooted to the earth, keeps us making better decisions for the planet when it comes to our everyday life.

Pagan festivals have zero to do with over consumption and capitalism, which is so refreshing and has a much cleaner energy around them.

If you want to create an altar for Samhain its really simple to do.

Find a space on a sideboard or its own table. Cover with a cloth or scarf. Add candles, crystals and any natural objects that appeal to you whilst you’re in nature. Acorns, pine cones, beautiful leaves, stones. Then add in pictures or objects from loved ones who have passed. You can add offerings in the form of food, sweets, seeds, apples. You can also do this outside your house to welcome ancestors in. Sage and incense is a traditional way to cleanse energy.

Then, simply spend time there. It is a good opportunity to talk with the people you live with about your loved ones.

You cant get it wrong really.

So Samhain blessings to you.

As the season starts to turn to winter and more pointedly, christmas weve booked in some market dates so you can some and see us locally, close to you.

We will be bringing all our sustainable gifts.

Environmentally friendly and completely plastic free gifting and home products to make your home extra festive and seasonal.

Our reusables wipes are not only super practical for cleaning your home and using on your skin, but they’re are only made from 100% organic cotton sourced from GOTS approved factories.

This is so important for many reasons..

Using natural fabrics, meaning anything that is grown from a plant, means that as long as they are unprocessed with harsh dyes, they will be reabsorbed into the earth, making them degradeable. This means that unlike fabric made from petrochemicals like polyester and acrylic (think microfibre cloths and fleece).

Natural fabrics include, cotton, linen, hemp, bamboo, silk and wools.

But its not enough to simply use cotton fibres..

Growing crops using heavy pesticides, kills soils quality and harms the health of farmers and workers who tend the crops. We need a soil quality to be high so that the food we eat is filled with all the nutriants we require to be healthy.

Right now, only 1% of cotton produced worldwide is organic. Rather than seeing this as a huge problem, i see it as a huge opportunity for customers to be demanding more organic cotton. For more retailers ti use organic cotton.

The great news is that it only takes 2/3 years to go from a pestacide using farm practise to fully organic. Meaning soil quality can repair and farmers dont need to risk their health.

We all have a responsibility to understand how our choices impact not only our beautiful planet, but all the people who live on it.

Rest assured that when you buy our reusable wipes or unpaper towels as they are sometime called, they are made from only the most ethical fabrics, from the best factories, and are made by hand here at our studio in Digbeth Birmingham meaning you can shop without guilt.