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home: made [ Christmas wreath making ]

home: made [ Christmas wreath making ]

If you fancy getting creative and want to design and make your own unique Christmas decor for your door, you don’t necessarily have to try and get to one of the many wreath making workshops.

Head to our favourite Hobbycraft and check out their extensive Christmas decoration and wreath department and pick out your own pieces to create your own beautiful masterpiece to hang on your door. It’s affordable and fun.

Plenty of trends and colour ways to choose from, and shapes and designs to use as a base.

home: event [ wrapping paper printing ]

home: event [ wrapping paper printing ]

Learn to create your own wrapping paper designs and bring a unique edge to your Christmas gifts this year.

This Christmas Wrapping Paper Workshop with Hato Press is on Wednesday 11th December.

£45.00

They say;

Learn about riso-printing, mark-making and collage techniques
Take home 10 sheets of Riso printed wrapping paper of your own design
Complimentary mulled wine and mince pies included 

The festive season is nearly upon us, and with it comes the unavoidable seasonal insanity; Christmas CDs on loop, bearded men inviting you to sit on their knee, unnecessary amounts of tinsel, and industrial presses methodically churning out packs of generic greetings cards. Not at Hato HQ. We’re encouraging you to get personal this yuletide with some creative wrapping paper making to share with  your nearest and dearest. Using a mixture of collage and mark-making techniques, you will create 10 sheets of A3 wrapping paper, printed in 2 colours on our risograph printers.

home: trend [ stripes ]

home: trend [ stripes ]

Stripes are in and out of favour continually and currently we see them with both a natural feel in linens, natural colours and soft tones, but also in bolder starker contrasting tones that make a statement within an interior.

Not a pattern to clash with varying stripes on different homewares but great clashing with florals or bold block colour prints.

Main picture guide

Top row

Vase £14 Nordic Nest / Cushion £13.50 Trouva / Rug from £75 RugOnline

Middle row

Cushion £45 Design Vintage / Bedding £35 Bed and Bath Emporium / Bedding from £12 Secret Linen Store

Lower row

Vase £8 Ikea / Armchair £995 Cox & Cox / Cushion £68 French Bedroom Company

home: nice price [ tea towel ]

home: nice price [ tea towel ]

Need a great bit of quirky witty homeware? This great tea towel would also make a great gift and is in the sale for just £3 from Inside Store London.

They say;

The ideal gift for those tricky to buy for… or an witty house warming.  

The Unwanted Gift Tea Towel comes printed with a handy, time saving resale listing description. By Garudio Studiage. 

home: featured [ Just Maison ]

home: featured [ Just Maison ]

We are a little bit in love with relative newbie to the online retail homewares market, ‘Just Maison’. It’s full of simply beautiful homeware, including prints, ceramics, candles and lighting. Gorgeous pieces to create a neutral calming home interior, all combining perfectly to fill any room.

The store also offers many products that would make beautiful Christmas gifts and have even just introduced hand painted baubles to their decorations range.

They say;

Just Maison is a homeware and lifestyle store with a beautiful selection of brands and independent designers. Neutral tones and simple design to enjoy throughout the home.

home: event [ wreath making ]

home: event [ wreath making ]

Be quick and you can still grab a place on these super sell-out Christmas wreath making classes.

Aimed at raising funds to be able to offer pensioners free wreath making classes, these classes from £46.95 are both rewarding and creative. A way to make your own wreath and contribute so you know others can too.

£46.95 including booking fee

They say;

Thanks to popular demand – we are back again and helping our community too! 

As our students know, every year we provide, totally free, Christmas Door Wreath making workshops for pensioners in Covent Garden. This year we are proud to host 2 classes at The Seven Dials Club. 

Part of your ticket price helps us achieve this, so thank you for choosing us. 

In this 2 hour floristry for beginners Christmas door wreath making workshop, we promise to relax your mind and bring out your creative side.

We will be based in the heart of Covent Garden, London, in the beautiful Neals Yard, just around the corner from Covent Garden tube. 

You will learn – how to make a fresh Christmas Wreath using floral foam and fragrant foliage such as eucalyptus, and nobilis pine and to give it that WOW factor, learn how to wire sweet smelling cinnamon sticks, pine cones and lotus seed pods into the wreath.

This wreath is totally high end, we use the best fragrant foliage and your door wreath will last well into the New Year (you have to spray it now and again of course) It is perfect to hang from your door at Christmas to welcome your family and guests.

The image shown is what you can achieve – its your wreath though and you can be as creative as you want to be. We provide the extras, you provide the talent ! The finished design will be between 14-18″ wide.

The design is one of the main floristry arrangements and it has multiple uses. You can turn this into a table arrangement with candles – the Tutor will show you everything you need to know about floristry wreaths and their uses.

If thats not enough – we issue our students with an invaluable step-by-step guide on how to make your own wreath. This class is suitable for Beginners.

These workshops sell out every year so be quick to book!

home: trend [ Kilim rugs ]

home: trend [ Kilim rugs ]

By definition;
A kilim (Azerbaijani: Kilim کیلیم, Turkish: Kilim, Turkmen: Kilim, Persian: گلیم‎ gelīm) is a flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug traditionally produced in countries of the former Persian Empire, Iran, Azerbaijan, the Balkans and the Turkic countries of Central Asia.

And they grace many a floor because their patterns, designs and colours are so adaptable to different interiors.

They are often very affordable compared to other types of rug so it’s in everyone’s reach to have beautiful statement rugs.

Newer styles have a modern take, a lot more geometric patterns, many bolder block colour layouts, more minimal designs; yet still the traditional patterned styles are still exceedingly popular and can be found across the highstreet and online.

Top row

French Connection £155 / La Redoute £99 / The Handmade Rug Company £1295

Middle row

Huh Store £78 / The Rug Seller from £99 / Modern Rugs from £31.99

Lower row

Jennings Rugs £545 / Modern Rugs from £149.00 / Made In Design £200

home: nice price [ rug ]

home: nice price [ rug ]

The gorgeous Margo Selby Mix Geo rug from West Elm is great, patterned monochrome rug and it has a huge discount in their clearance sale.

Was £399.00 Now 279.95

They say;

Known for her signature geometric patterns, UK textile designer Margo Selby created this all-cotton rug just for us. A playful touch to bedrooms, home offices or any living area, each rug is ethically handcrafted to Nest standards.