What are you having on your morning toast? Honey? Marmite? Strawberry Jam? Well, we’re having marmalade. Paddington would be proud… and it’s not just any marmalade either. It’s handmade by the Queen of Preserves – Francine Lee from Bumblee's :). Fran creates the most gorgeous artisan marmalades, jams, vinegars and chutneys right here in beautiful Somerset and now we’ve tried them, basically there’s no going back! We spotted some of Fran’s preserves in the Hauser & Wirth shop 

Be cool. Two little words on a fab wooden sign that caught our eye last year… can’t imagine why! :) The sign was made by this lovely lot – Jacks & Stripes – AKA Gordie and Mandi, who create beautiful, bespoke artwork and frames handcrafted out of reclaimed wood, at their home in Taunton. The guys create custom-made pieces with massive amounts of love, skill and soul… and their wider support team often gets involved too! Say hello to their lovely little boy Camden and the very

Happy Easter weekend... and what a sweet treat we've got in store over the next few days! It was pretty easy to decide what we'd love to feature on the blog over Easter: The Chocolate Society - a small, very cool, artisan chocolate maker in the heart of rural Somerset, doing all kinds of awesome stuff with the most beautiful chocolate we've ever tasted! So today, owner and brilliant Chocolatier (and very lovely guy) Al Garnsworthy, gives us his Four Thoughts. Then, on Easter

Yes. This is a Christmas Public Service Announcement - about Go La La! So, where to begin? Well, I met Laura Kavanagh on Twitter a little while back. I came across her blog The Noisy Cafe and it made me giggle. We once had a chat about the joy of eating pies, so when I found out she was going to create cool greetings cards right here in Somerset, I pretty much knew straight away I'd flipping love 'em.  And I was right. I do... so I wanted to have a chat with her to find out a

Cows. Cool ones. Cheeky ones. Jersey ones. Guernsey ones. Somerset cool ones. Jackie Spurrier paints them all… and she does it brilliantly! I went along to meet Jackie (and her lovely dogs) one sunny Friday morning, as she launched her new 'Cows on Canvas' studio at her home in Hinton St George. Having spotted ‘Imp’ online (one of Jackie’s iconic cow paintings and her favourite cow, by the way) I was keen to discover a bit more about where her passion for painting these beaut

Driving up to the front door of artisan chocolate company The Chocolate Society, you’d never guess how much awesome stuff is happening inside that old milking parlour! For the creators of Easter eggs for the likes of Harrods and Selfridges, who's luxury handmade chocolates are featured in an array of stylish magazines AND for chocolatiers who get five star reviews from Michel Roux Jr no less, their HQ is massively understated. There’s no sign outside to say it’s their home an