MiGoals is the latest brand to join us at Cup + Cloth with these pocket sized notebooks that will help you achieve your daily tasks and goals you have dreamed of. MiGoals hails from Australia who's mission is to empower people around the globe to take action on the life they want to live. They even offer free resources through downloadable worksheets to help you plan your vision + find your purpose, all delivered straight to your mailbox. Theres no excuse for no direction folks, come on Get Shit Done! www.migoals.com
Customer shots
Our mid century inspired plant pot holder looks mighty fine here sitting next to this wonderful Illustration of British Corvids, part of a British birds study by the very talented Dick Vincent who is based in the north of the England. As well as drawing birds, Dick also has a particular love of drawing foxes, mustachioed men + bears. Please go check out his charming work, you'll love it. Plant pot available in the SOURCED section in the store.
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Customer shots
Lovely pic here from a happy customer Naomi of textile label Posner and Posner. The cute Laura Bird face pot purchased yesterday at the Treacle market Macclesfield bares a happy side or sad side depending on your mood! These pots are available in the MADE section of the store.
Mini planters with a great choice of hairstyles.
Cup + Cloth go Global
Hello world! We are pleased to announce that we can now ship to most corners of the globe. Unfortunately we can not ship out to the USA + Canada + Mexico because of insurance purposes.
Illustration courtesy of Mark Weaver
Destination South
Spanish Cadaques + French Occitan
Cadaques in North East Spain on the Costa Brava is a dreamy seaside town that sits on a crystal clear bay surrounded by the bluest of Mediterranean sea. The incredible light and rugged coastline attracts artist new and old, Salvador Dali lived here for many years. Just up from Barcelona its accessable and worth the effort, so put it on your bucket list. www.driftwoodjournals.com
Mauvaisin 36 km southeast of Toulouse sits amongst gentle rolling hills that carry you eyes right over to the foothills of the Pyrenees. Chateau Mauvaisin is an amazing house that carries a faded grandeur, yet comfortable with its rustic charm and character.
www.chateau-mauvaisin.com
Laura Bird pots have landed
We are so pleased here at Cup + Cloth to receive these gorgeous vessels from Hackney based potter Laura bird, Her pots ooze charm + character and are equally decorative + useful, fit for purpose with inner glazed finish for added practicality. Check her bio out in the Creators section + her lovely collection in the MADE section of the store.
Girl posing no.1
New artist joins WALL
Steven Heelham AKA Ladysheep is our second artist to showcase on WALL. Based in Manchester 1966 to present day. Ladysheeps work is truly diverse, he paints with such ease faces of girls dreamy + pouting in all their beautiful glory. In contrast his mixed media collage collection is a little more edgy, the subject can make the viewer feel a little uneasy, with the subjects slightly distorted in posture. He goes from cute to darkside in a wonderful + concise body of work. Steve is influenced by the urban vernacular + faux sophistication personified by the 1970's sitcom The Likely Lads, Terry + Bob. 'An innuendo of suburban behind closed curtain sexual fumblings adds frisson to the naive style'. Lovely! Go check his work, he plays on your emotions, you will feel all warm + nice with the beauty of Girl posing, then straight to the dark side in one easy swoop!
Girl in underpants
Customer Shots
Super stylish shot from a lovely customer today who purchased a Cup + Cloth iron tripod plant stand at the great Altrincham market. We had a great day in the incredible Victorian glass covered market. Ciara happens to be a very talented lady, shes a wonderful jewellery designer + maker on top of being a set/studio stylist. Check her out @wearekinstudio // ciara.clark@mail.com. To see when we are next attending this iconic market keep an eye on the MAKERS MARKETS in our main heading on the HOME page.
C + C do Altrincham Market Sunday 19th March
Market House, food hall at Altrincham Market. Photo courtesy of Altrincham Market.
We are very excited to be taking a stall at this iconic market on various Sundays of the month 10am - 4pm. check dates in the Makers Markets section for updates. Alty Market was voted the 'Best Market' in the Observer Food Monthly Award Winners in 2015 . What better way to spend a weekend mulling over the eclectic mix of craft + designer wares, alongside plant + flora stalls + vintage + wonderful local food + regional brewed ales. This European style one stop shop + eat + drink emporium brings people from across the northwest. It all stands under a beautiful grade II listed 19th Century covered market. In the words of the markets contemporary day founder, Nick Johnson. 'Passionately regional, we are a celebration of the identity + culture of England's northwest in an age where identity is being constantly eroded in the hands of the corporate obsessed with brand' Says it all really, come and have a look and say hello, you'll love it . Greenwood st + Altrincham + WA14 1SA www.altrinchammarket.co.uk
Setting out our stall at Altrincham market, March 2017.
Spring is springing
Busy times here, styling up the new season goods for photo shoots galore, i love this element of the business, making the wares look as covetable as they are in the flesh. The items have hit the store this week at Cup + Cloth, lovely stuff to edit into your homes for spring. Glassware to die for modular + stackable vases in beaut shades of smokiness, such a lovely collection allowing you to indulge your inner creative flower arranging passion! Gold baby faces have also joined the ranks, cute lil' faces handy for storing the little things in life or play about with small plants and hair styles! Plants + flowers figure big time this season + show them off in our new vessels in dotty crackled glaze fit for any urban jungle. Hope you like the new edit as much as we did hunting them down. Check them out in the SOURCED section in store.
Seven Seventeen at Cup +Cloth
How chuffed were we at the C + C headquarters when we came across Seven Seventeen. Wonderfully sumptuous English made candles without the price tag of other luxury candleware brands. Located on the Sussex coast, longtime friends collective Naomi + Sarah share careers in interior journalism + motherhood and have come up with their unique concept. Fine quality oils + natural wax that burns cleanly and throws out the scents all produced here in Blighty. If this wasn't enough, they donate £1 for every candle sold to the worthwhile charity PANDAS + helping women suffering from pre + post natal illnesses . Win win we say, go check the sublime scented beauts out in the Made section of the store.
Customer shots
A great shot here sent to us by another happy customer, the iconic willow pattern bangle was upcycled from a teacup. Created by Stay Gold Mary Rose, it sits so well with the indigo hues of the ceramics. Find these lovelies in the Made section of the store.
photo courtesy of Kara Leigh Ford
Kara Leigh Ford joins the mix
We have a new designer + maker joining us at Cup + Cloth, Kara Leigh Ford with her gorgeous ceramics. The spoons are to die for, earthy + rustic with the most beautiful coloured glazes honestly placed. Her beautiful pieces are fit for purpose and made to be used, they are robust and tactile so perfect for tea + coffee stirring + getting the jam out + skittering the spices. We hope you love them as much as we do!
New designers join the C + C store
Scout Editions
photo courtesy of Scout Editions
We are most excited to announce 2 new UK designer + makers have joined us here at Cup + Cloth. Scout Editions see above, are brother and sister duo Pui and Wai who share a love of travel + art + design + folklore, this is evident in the gorgeous goods they create. Wherever possible they try their best to create products in the UK, also using recycled materials and printing with vegetable + water based inks. The gorgeous little pins we have sourced from them are the cutest badges you could ever find. See them in the MADE section in the store.
photo courtesy of StayGoldMaryRose.
StayGoldMaryRose is a collection of work by UK designer Abigail Mary Rose Clark. The bone china + porcelain is sourced from the UK's biggest china manufactures as seconds + damaged goods. she strongly believes in upcycling + reusing beautiful objects that have outlived their original purpose. See her lovely china bangles, both nostalgic + modern in the MADE section of the store.
Happy 2017
Well I don't know about you but I love the start of a new year, yes I'm one of those weird ones! Reason 1. after the deed of taking down the Christmas decs, rooms looks new and clean, without even picking up a paint brush! 2. my birthday is in February so the next party will be here before you know it. 3. you can start to actually plan your next holiday for real. 4. However the main reason is..... I begin the new spring/summer edit on the Cup + Cloth wares, lots of fresh exciting goods coming your way. StayGoldMaryRose will be joining the store with her wonderful jewellery collection using reclaimed china. A new ceramicist will also join the group, the gorgeous glazed spoons are to die for. So watch this space as spring is just around the corner!
a Porto pic from last years holiday... gorgeous paper lanterns in a Ribeira alleyway. Start planning your next trip for 2017
customer shots
nice pic here of one of our Copper + Solder concrete marbled candle holders, looking good in its new home in London.
Totem
How great does the gorgeous Totem key fob by Holm look in this still motion shot.
Totem key fob available in our MADE section.
photo courtesy: Adam Riozzi , set stylist: Angie Kirk
Nov/Dec issue out now
The Skinny
Cup + Cloth have been featured in the latest issue of The Skinny magazine Nov/Dec.
Another accolade for us to be included in such a high regarded print. The article covers 'local' independent northern shops, providing inspiring gift ideas for Christmas and all year round. The Skinny brings to you engaging independent journalism, covering everything from arts and culture, fashion, music, bars and restaurants. Articles are honest, well informed and curious. All this for free too, either read digitally or pick up your copy from many shops and bars around Manchester and Liverpool. www.theskinny.co.uk
Elle Decoration
How super chuffed were we at the Cup + Cloth headquarters when we were featured in the style bible Elle Decoration's online magazine, THE 23 BEST ONLINE HOMEWARE STORES. A big moment for us, our hard work over the last 18 months is paying off and how nice to get such recognition from such a high regarded interiors mag, thanks for the love ED! www.elledecoration.co.uk/news/the-23-best-online-homeware-shops/
Perfect Porto
What a wonderful city Porto is, our chosen destination for this years time out, we arrived and immediately fell in love with it. This charming city combines the best of old and new, you will find stunning 18th century architecture set amongst a laid back vibe. The city is very walkable with different areas of cobbled streets, ancient squares, scroll work balconies adorned with flowers. Tiled front building were wonderful and varied, as was the excellent food and wine. Porto is THE perfect city, with its ancient history, uber cool shops and galleries, you won't want to leave. We did manage to drag ourselves away for a few trips out, taking trains to Coimbra a beautiful ancient University city, a smaller city to explore in a day. The Peneda Geres is a national Park that's wild and beautiful and offers a respite to city living, a train to the ancient city of Braga ( also worth a visit ) and then a bus into the park was easy and accessible, amazing walking and rural landscapes to die for, definitely worth the trip. www.independent.co.uk/travel/paris-shopping-portugal-hotels-fashion-restuarants-a7329056.html www.localporto.com
A creatives dream...Porto is Tile heaven
Crochet installations in Coimbra, a one hour train trip south of Porto.
Great street imagery. Porto
I love how this perfect green doors pop of colour draws your eye down this ancient granite corridor. World renowned and Pritzkter award winning Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura designed the transformation of this beautiful Pousada at Santa Maria do Bouro Amares in the Peneda Geres national park, just 2 hours out of Porto. A wonderful reason to leave the city for a day trip.
Tiles I purchased on my trip, one very old and one not so old, sitting well next to the mid-century pottery and smokey vase.