Colourful new arrivals at Pedlars

Love these new items on the ever stylish Pedlars menu.

Totally can't afford this gorgeous, colourful Folkware crockery (because it's only for sale as a complete set, of 18 pieces, for £245. Sigh.) 

By way of compensation if you, too, can't currently justify a brand new dinner set – equally colourful, and available individually, are these lush POP mugs. They are a whopping half pint size (I have some other Pedlars mugs the same shape and always have the best morning cuppa from them) and have cute slogans on the bases – such as 'Lightbulb', 'Kiss Me' and 'Ice Cream'... yum. Each mug costs £13.95. Build your collection slowly. 

There are lots of other goodies in the new summer range on the Pedlars website, including some lovely retro-style city prints in frames... 

Five favourite Easter thingies

I'm not a big Easter celebration sort... but I could be tempted by some of the sweet bunny-egg-chick themed things in the shops right now. Hard to resist...

1. Our Workshop is a lovely place to browse online for handmade and vintage goodies. And these egg-shaped salt and pepper shakers, just £3.50 would not only give a sweet Easter twist to your Sunday lunch – but you could use them all year round.

2. These Russian chicks, £10 (set of four), from John Lewis are totally pointless but make for a dinky festive mantlepiece adornment. And kids will love playing with them too.

3. Simple but stylish, no? Wooden bunny ears egg-cup , £10.95 from Not on the High Street (check out their sweet Easter egg cosies too)

4. I had a bit of a bonanza window shop at NOTH (or should that be eggs-travaganza, ba-boom). These dinky crocheted chick egg holders, £1.50 each, are adorable though, how could I resist? Perfect for a children's egg hunt, or simply on the table for breakfast or a small, chocolate-y pudding...

5. Do you need bunny-shaped Easter bunting? YES YOU DO! Get yours from Etsy, around £3.30 per garland, plus £1.57 for postage.

PS – if you're looking for cute Easter cards to send, try Claire Giles. Lovely graphics.