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Mother’s Day gifts from brands to trust

18/03/2017 by Ali Clifford

Mother’s Day gifts from brands to trust Mothering Sunday is on the 26th March this year and has been celebrated in the UK Since the 16th century. It is a time for families to show their appreciation for their mothers. This year I have asked Positive Luxury to help me put together a gift guide …

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It must be autumn 🍂 have you found a moth hole

It must be autumn 🍂 have you found a moth hole in a woolly jumper today? are you discovering holes in the toes of your favourite socks 🧦?

I say this as I’m now taking bookings for @incredibusy workshops 🧶 | first dates announced today; more to follow - just popped a @ilovelowie workshop link in the @incredibusy bio for you to tap and bring a friend - be quick as spaces are limited, I like a small class, as that way I can give you all lots of attention and show you how to use the infamous salvaged speed looms pictured here, made from salvaged materials, bike parts and offcuts of @fsc_international certified wood 🪵

Will I see you there?

Big love
Ali x

#SecondHandSeptember #OrganicSeptember #sgiew_repair @sogoodineveryway #mendingmatters #lovedclotheslast

Popped in to @farleyshg for an excellent private t

Popped in to @farleyshg for an excellent private tour of Farleys House in East Sussex, the former home of the photographer Lee Miller and the Surrealist artist Roland Penrose, full to the brim with art and oddities - totally worth the £23 and I had a rather super bowl of soup too.

I rather fell in love with Lee Miller’s kitchen - no photography permitted in the house, so here’s one of a book spread* and another taken from their @farleyshg feed, and yes that’s a Picasso tile cemented into the wall above the Aga.

If you don’t know who Lee Miller is now, you soon will as there’s only one week to go until Kate Winslet’s ‘LEE’ hits cinemas 📽️ across the UK and Ireland.

And then guess what, you’ll never believe it, who did I bump into but Chloë?! @sevensistersspices who happens to be based at Farleys too. Kismet. Definitely check Chloë out if you live in East Sussex.

Farleys is open to the public on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays until 31 October.

Pictured here is lead actor and executive producer Kate Winslet with co-Director and Lee’s son, Antony Penrose, snapped in the kitchen last year by Annie Leibovitz for @VogueMagazine.

Image: October 2023 Vogue. Photographed by @AnnieLeibovitz, Written by Wendell Steavenson, Styled by @tabithasimmons, Vogue, October 2023.

*Book spread - Lee Miller a Life with Food Friends and Recipes Book by Ami Bouhassane, Co-director of Farleys House & Gallery, and granddaughter of Lee and Roland and there’s a fab archives podcast to listen to too.. “Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold Handcuffs” if you’re interested.

Big love
Ali x

#LeeMiller #LeeMovie #Vogue #KateWinslet #AnnieLeibovitz #LeeMillerArchives #FarleysHouseandGallery #LivesofLeeMiller

Better late than never… who went to @endoftheroa

Better late than never… who went to @endoftheroad festival this weekend then?

I’m still a bit tired after an overload of culture and fun, and sleeping on the floor… 😂

It was actually incredible, MAGICAL in fact - the best festival - our third time with these wonderful people @katepowertherapeuticcoach @camparikate @richardjpower and all the lovely non instagrammy folk (including Paul whose photo album I’ve just raided for half of these pics).

I keep thinking about all of those delicious salads in the Healing Gardens - food offerings were amazing! Oh and forgot to mention the morning yoga session with @hayley_yoga too x

Well done @simonendoftheroad and all of your brilliant team - it was so good this year thank you! xx

#EOTR2024 see you next year yeah?

These pics made me chuckle tonight, it’s all you

These pics made me chuckle tonight, it’s all you need really - good food, friends, family and a bit of a London celeb spot… Sian and I caught unawares, by @c41d3r 📷, in the act of sneaking admiring glances at the legend that is Helena B Carter before we were distracted by the prettiest cakes in Soho.

Looking forward to another cwtch with @coldatnight soon for the sewing retreat “Glow Sew 2024”
Thursday 3rd - Sunday 6th October
AT @FFOREST COAST - 🪡🧵

Will you join us? https://www.coldatnight.co.uk/sewing-glow

I’ll be there with @bumbleandbeetle for our visible mending tag-team sessions. And the sewing will be hosted once more by our good friend and very talented maker, Lizzie Everard (@thebettysilk as seen on Great British Sewing Bee 🐝)

Big love
Ali x

#GlowSew #london_by_incredibusy

Afternoon all, a little reminder of the exhibition

Afternoon all, a little reminder of the exhibition (and book) that I’m excited to be featured in this month - any of you live close to Plymouth??

Reposting some of ceramicist @jennysoutham’s words and images here (with thanks).

This weekend is your last chance to get to @theaiplym to see the exhibition Green Making | Materials | Objects.

🍏 “This exhibition celebrates green making, featuring creators and their processes. It highlights the connections between sustainable practices and materials whilst exploring our personal relationships with objects and storytelling. “🍏

SWIPE TO SEE….
1. @jane.deane Wool, natural dyes
2. Exhibition curator @pollymacpherson seen here talking about the exhibition.
3. Jenny Southam. Knitting Pattern Folk plus vintage knitting patterns.
4. Ali Clifford @incredibusy salvaged speed loom.
5. Poster, and video book with contributors’ work available to purchase.
6. Recycled materials and other plastics showing how long it takes for them to break down in our environment.
7. @rampceramics Lids for pots made from recycled plastics
8. @amy_whittingham_glass Sustainable cast glass jewellery and sculpture.
9. @pollymacpherson 3D printed vessels where the areas of disruption are highlighted with gold lustre, echoing the practice of Kintsugi.
10. @yannnnnnnnf_studio Flax metal and wood. Natural fibre artworks.

@makesouthwest @green.objects @plymuni @netzeroexchange #greenmakingmaterialsobjects #making #craft #sustainablecraft #sustainable spotted @suepryke @patrickgrantism and @fix_its Chris Lefteri in the book too! (have a look at the video of the book on the fourth image on the carousel …) and love seeing Professor Nicola Thomas’ #VisibleMending 🧵🧶

Interested to hear from you in the comments if you

Interested to hear from you in the comments if you’ve met up with people in real life that you’ve found through Instagram?

I appreciate that many of us have been moaning about reach/algorithms/changes to this app recently - fair point in many ways, however, without instagram I wouldn’t have met quite so many amazing people…

Charlotte @therapy.kitchen being a case in point, long story, but back in the days when we used hashtags (ok don’t get me started on hashtags) I tapped #WonderBag and met Charlotte.

It’s taken a while but we are finally working on a project together and earlier this week we met up for her “Women’s Time” kitchen session - nourishing spirits, nurturing souls with slow food for thought and play.

It was a day of skill swapping storytelling, reflexology and massage, acupuncture and idea sharing.

Slow cooking the WonderBag way was at the heart of this day, enabling time for treats and treatments to nourish our psyche and take care of ourselves.

Please email Charlotte if you’d like to join us for the next one ✉️ charlotte@therapykitchen.co.uk
or if you’d like to know more

Love and beans, Ali & Charlotte 🫘

#BrightonFoodies #KitchenSessions #KitchenTherapy #BrightonAndHove #SkillSwap @thewonderbag

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