Makers Month: Tea and Biscuits

We all know by now that we love a bit of Tea and biscuits over here at Live it. Love it. Make it HQ.  Not excluding cake and generally all kind of lovely treats of course!

So what better way to celebrate Makers month for another post, than with our kind of tea and biscuits!

First up we have a very lovely pig on a mug, from HAM, H got to hear about this company at the last Crafty Fox Talk and has been obsessing over the British company ever since!  They also make stationary and so you can get the cute little pigs or rabbits there too, aren't they cute?  They make every mug in one of the last remaining potteries in Stoke on Trent and so are truly British.

With your mug of tea, you want to settle down in a cosy sofa surely and so these amazing cushions from Nikki McWilliams are a must.  We have been loving these cute biscuit cushions since we first saw them on Instagram.  You can choose between custard creams, fondant fancies and of course these Tunnocks teacakes which are just basically brilliant!  Perfect for tucking your feet under, leaning back and having a brew.  Which one would be your favourite?

Then, of course for the real tea lovers, there is the staple of a teapot and these designs from Hannah Turner are just so cute.  It might also help that she has some amazing owl designs, but that just happens to be coincidental, honest!  So this Owl teapot is a must for me, but you can also find Peacock, Birdlife or Hedgerow designs too.

Last, but not least is the tea itself.  I have tried some pretty brilliant tea in my life, but always come back to a usual brew and these ones from Teapigs have so many flavours to choose from.  I do love the everyday brew, but the green teas and peppermint teas are pretty good too.  You can pick up a good variety too, so that you can pick and mix your own favourite flavours.  Which ones would you choose?

So there are my slightly different choices for a tea and biscuits afternoon, what do you think?  What would be your favourite flavours and treats to have?

Let us know in the comments below and we can get some serious food envy!

H

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Live it: Crafty Fox talks

A couple of weeks ago we got a last minute invitation to go to the Crafty Fox Talk in London.  The very lovely Zoe from Craft Candy offered us a ticket, although it was only 'one' so it was a H solo mission - scary!  Zoe was going to be talking at the event and so it was lovely to be able to go and support her.

If you have not heard about Crafty Fox before, you can usually find them running markets in London (see more about them here), but have in the past year embarked on a talks series.  I think their website says it best and so, ahem "The Crafty Fox Talks is an event series designed to bring creative's together for an evening of inspiration, learning and sharing. Each event includes speakers discussing a particular topic with plenty of opportunity for audience questions. This is followed by relaxed drinks, tunes from the Crafty Fox DJs and a chance for guests to meet one another and make connections."   I think that just about sums it up.

The night started with chatting to a few people in the room, having a drink, looking at the inspiration table as it filled up with goodies from some of the attendees.  I got to meet the lovely Tilly from Tilly and the Buttons who was doing a talk and totally had a fan girl moment when she said she had seen our tweet just before the event!

Then, it was onto the talks which were all about using social media and blogging for your business, after a short intro from Sinead who runs Crafty Fox Markets, we met Katie from Eventbrite who was chairing the event and got us rolling. Then Tilly was up and talked about how she got into blogging and started her business.  With some great tips about social networking and finding inspiration for your blog posts, it was great to hear Tilly talk about her blog.

Up next was Jo from HAM who talked about how she started doing pop-ups and used social media to promote her brand.  Then it was Zoe's (Craft Candy) turn for a bit of Pinterest advice and how to use it to gain new followers and interest in you as a brand.  When it was over it was time for a bit of networking and catching up with Zoe properly.  I got to meet some new (to Me) bloggers and crafts people and catch up with some old friends too, from Mister Peebles to Claireabellemakes.

It was a great night and some really useful advice to take back to Live it. Love it. Make it HQ.  Did you go to the talk?  Or have you been to any of the others?

The next talk is in September and will be on the Creative Process, so do go check it out.  Its a great way to meet like minded people and learn something along the way.

H