Rosa Harradine | Photo: Heather Birnie With a passion for heritage crafts and working with sustainable materials, our Friday Feature this week is none other than Rosa Harradine. Recently chosen as one of The King’s Foundation’s “35 under 35”, Rosa hand-makes brooms and brushes that are both practical and beautiful. We asked Rosa some questions to get to know more about her and her creative small business… Do you feel being creative is a part of your identity? Definitely! Before I came to craft, I trained in music, so I’ve always been creative in some way. I can play the clarinet, saxophone and piano, although I don’t have much time

Our Friday Feature this week is the exceptionally talented Krishanthi Armitt. After fifteen years of making exquisite artisan cakes and sugar flowers, Krishanthi now focuses solely on creating beautiful floral creations from different mediums. Let’s get to know more about her… What does being creative mean to you? Being creative means coming up with some original and unique ideas to explore and elaborate. It’s a form of personal expression through art. Creativity simply means having a blank canvas to transform my ideas into reality, whether it be an experiment of fusing different ideas together or working with a specific  medium. In other words freedom to play Have you always been creative? I

This week’s Friday Feature is the talented Charlotte from Cloth & Clay. With a background in costume making in the West End, and a growing love of creating pottery, Charlotte had the creative skills and passion needed to start her own business when the pandemic struck. Since then, she has focused on creating sustainable homeware pieces with a touch of luxury. Elevating everyday essentials (from tea towels to tablecloths) by using high-quality linen. Let’s get to know more about the lovely woman behind the small business… Do you feel being creative is a part of your identity? Being creative is definitely a big part of my identity. I’ve always loved

Our Friday Feature this week is the wonderful Becks from The Interior Lens. With a passion for creating spaces that are practical and beautiful, and an incredible eye for colour (bringing personality, style, and warmth into homes without making them feel over the top), Becks is a well respected interior designer and content creator. Her gorgeous designs have featured in numerous home magazines, and she regularly shares inspiring spaces and creative ideas on her Instagram (to over 180k followers, we should add!). Let’s get to know more about her and her business… Do you feel being creative is a part of your identity? Yes, it’s a huge part of my

This week’s Friday Feature is the lovely Thaksala from Inky And The Bears. Thaksala is a full-time teacher by day and an artist by night (or any free time she can get!). Art and creativity have always been a big part of her life, and she even went on to gain a degree in fine art from art school. Her current focus and joy comes from creating collage and hand-lettered art, but she has a wealth of experience in all kinds of creative projects. Let’s get to know more about the inspiring woman behind the creative small business… Do you feel being creative is a part of your identity? Yes!

She’s the creator of the cutest gifts, stationery, and accessories – all with happy little faces and sweet designs… our Friday Feature this week is the lovely, Hannah from hannahdoodle. Hannah creates a whole range of products to make people smile from greeting cards to pin badges. Though, she’s probably best known for her adorable felt teacup pincushions (or coffee or hot chocolate, if you prefer), with her trademark little faces. Let’s get to know more about the wonderful creative woman behind the joyful small business… What first got you interested in making cute things? I think it partly stemmed from watching and copying things by drawing characters I’d seen