In Use

There’s lots of things that social media is good for, but one of the best things is when a customer shares a photo of one of my products in use. Whether it be them wearing one of my beanies or scarves, using one of my string bags as a beach bag (when you live in a hot country, of course that’s what you use it for), or one of my baskets as a storage solution in a small space like the canal boat in my post.

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I love seeing how people use my products in ways I’ve never even thought of. It makes me realise that what I’m doing on a daily basis is valued and most of all, useful. As William Morris said, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”. 

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I love that quote. One of my aims in life is to achieve that goal. If there is ‘stuff’ in my life that doesn’t fit into one or both of those categories, then I find a new home for it - give it away on Freegl or sell it on any number of second hand/pre-loved sites like Vinted, Depop or Facebook Marketplace.

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I’d like to think that if people consider my work beautiful and useful, I have achieved what I set out to do. We don’t need much really, just the stuff that helps us on a daily basis and sometimes that is simply a beautiful piece of art - something that makes us smile and feel proud to be its owner.

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I’m always open to suggestions, so please feel free to offer me your ideas for a new product that will help make your life easier. There are so many wonderful ideas out there, I can’t possibly try them all, but I can give it a damn good try.