How I design a new collection of ceramics – Part 1 One question I get asked quite often is how I come up with our new designs at Katie Alice, so I thought I’d reveal some of the behind-the-scenes details. Part 1 covers the inspiration behind how your favourite collections are created! It’s now…
Katie Alice X Haus Of Botanica Dried Flower bouquet To celebrate the launch of our new collection, Josie’s Blush, we teamed up with one of our favourite local businesses Haus Of Botanica to create this gorgeous gift set. The set includes our small Josie’s Blush jug along with a hand-tied dried flower bouquet inspired by…
Pretty in Pink – Josie’s Blush is here! Say hello to our new collection… A gorgeous vintage floral design in blushing hues of dusky rose, pale candyfloss, salmon pink and deep magenta. The ramshackle posy features peonies, lilacs, tulips, iris and hydrangea; some of Katie’s absolute favourite flowers. We instantly fell in love with…
Let us introduce you to beautiful Blooming Margaret Blooming Margaret is a stunning new design, with our trademark vintage florals reworked into a modern design. Available in a small range of our bestselling dinnerware pieces – a dinner plate, side plate, cereal bowl, small bowl and two of our tankard mugs. Blooming Margaret is…
Spiced Apple Bundt cake with Maple Glaze I’ve had a lovely copper vintage Bundt pan hanging up un-used in the kitchen for years now, and I finally pulled it down this autumn to make this delicious apple Bundt cake! The wonderful thing about making cakes with fresh fruit in them is that it’s easy to…
Our First solo trade fair – Exclusively Housewares 2021 It’s taken me a month to get round to, but here (finally) are some photos from Exclusively Housewares which we attended at the end of August! Exclusively Housewares is a lovely trade show with a really great atmosphere and this year was no exception. In…
The wait is finally over – our new stock is here! It’s been a long time coming, but our brand new delivery of stock is finally here and ready to ship! Same great products, brand new stock All of our best-selling lines have been replenished, some of which have been out of stock for over…
Let Yourself Grow – Botanical T-shirts This year Katie Alice celebrates its 10th business Birthday! We can’t quite believe we have reached this amazing milestone! To mark this special occasion, we needed a special product launch. Something new that we hadn’t done before and a commemorative t-shirt felt like the perfect match! We love the…
Hooray to 10 Years! This month – June the 7th to be precise – Katie Alice turns 10 years old! I’m so unbelievably proud that we’ve reached this milestone – especially after the year we’ve all had! And it feels so apt that this year is set to be our biggest, scariest, most exciting year…
Camping with a toddler Are you considering your first trip camping with a toddler this year? As we know, foreign holiday prospects aren’t looking that great for summer’21. As a result, most of us will be looking at UK breaks this year. And with demand sky-high, hotel accommodation and Airbnb prices seem to have…
It’s time for a super-duper clearance sale… Out with the old and in with the new! Who’s ready for the Katie Alice Spring clearance sale? We are finally getting closer to the arrival date of our new stock – yippeeeeee! The first drop of newness is going to include lots of our sold-out bestselling items…
New products and a spring mixtape Spring is here! Well, if you ignore the random blizzards we’ve been getting in between the sunny spells. That’s quite enough now, thank you snow. We have tulips and magnolia flowering in the garden and the crab apple is covered in little buds ready to explode in a…
Chocolate and Guinness Loaf Cake for Paddy’s Day Well seeing as we’re not in the pubs sinking pints of Guinness this St Patricks days, Guinness cake seemed like the next best thing. And this Chocolate and Guinness Loaf cake is the perfect home bake option. It also seems perfectly timed as we have a few…
Cakes + Co. Carrot Cake Cakes + Co have quickly become an institution in our lovely market town of Stamford. Their beautiful, Instagram-able layer cakes are available to buy by the slice at weekends, as well as whole celebration cakes also available to order! Think chocolate, honeycomb and caramel cake, carrot and walnut mini loaves,…
Hello there! This blog post has been a loooong time coming! ‘Where are your ceramics made?’ is one of the most frequent questions we get asked as a tableware business in an increasingly conscious world. As we are about to launch our first small collection of English made ceramics, we thought it was the perfect…
Whiskey shortbread with orange and caraway, served with blood orange curd Sounds fancy but isn’t! This is my super rustic but absolutely delicious recipe for Whiskey Shortbread with orange and carraway – indulgently served with a big dollop of orange curd! Shortbread is so very easy to make at home and so rewarding! You can…
A Comforting Potato soup for January Potatoes are not the enemy! I repeat, potatoes are not the enemy! Especially potato soup! It can be easy to fall into the January diet trap and cutting out carbs. But, during this cold month, it’s good to treat yourself to something warming and good for the soul. This…
5 things we’re looking forward to in 2021 Happy New Year! And what a start to the year it’s been! Just as we thought we were saying bye-bye to the Year of The Pandemic…. Hello, fresh new January Lockdown ? What a way to kick start 2021… It’s easy to get caught up in a…
Ideas for a socially distanced Christmas There is no getting away from the fact that this Christmas is feeling hell’a different to every other single Christmas, ever. Sure, some familiar components are there… But even though the music is playing, and the bright, glistening wrappers of Quality Streets are twinkling against the LED’s, there’s definitely…
Setting the Christmas table Christmas Day dinner is arguably the most hyped up and extravagant meal of the year. Such a special occasion deserves some extra special thought when setting the Christmas table. This year, a lot of us are going to be having smaller, and quieter Christmas Day’s than we might be used…
Hello! Welcome to the Katie Alice blog! This little space is where I can keep you up to date with what we’ve been busy doing, as well as new product and collection launches. I also like to throw in the odd recipe, music playlist or competition, and sometimes just a bit of general chit-chat is in order. And almost always with pretty photos... Enjoy!
