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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
It’s Christmas Gift Guide time! Ho Ho Ho-w are we at Christmas again! Seriously. I feel like I only did last year’s Christmas gift guide a few weeks ago. This year has genuinely felt like the longest year ever AND the quickest year ever all at the same time. I don’t know how that’s possible,…
Our first Christmas Card collection Chritsmas is fast approaching, which means the Christmas card lists are being written… Enter the new min-range of Katie Alice Christmas cards! This is a brand new product area for us this year, so you can imagine how excited we are to share them with you! They are all…
Brand new phone cases now available After the successful launch of our phone cases at the start of the year, we’ve decided to add a few more to the collection! Our bestseller by a long way has been the Bee Kind case – so much so in fact that we have a Bee Kind…
Back to school – or the Autumn reset. “September will forever feel like the first page of a crisp new notebook or the softness of a new sweater, all fresh starts, optimism and hope.” I read this on an account that I follow on Instagram recently and it resonated with me so…
Meet our lovely Rainbow Charity Bag! Ever since the start of the pandemic, we at Katie Alice have wanted to find a way to contribute to the lives of others that are struggling during these unprecedented times. Many charities have been left struggling financially due to summer fund-raising events being cancelled, and donations coming in…
3 Delicious Homemade Dips We’re all making plans to meet up with our friends and family in parks and gardens as much as possible right now! Not only is the weather beautiful this week, but we’re also trying our very best to embrace the current times and see each other in the safest way possible.…
A Strawberry and Apricot Galette for Midsummer’s Day! Everything about this recipe for strawberry and apricot galette makes this a perfect summer solstice dish. But first things first… Surely everyone is thinking the same as me; “how the blinking hell did we get halfway through the year already?” Yet also, “wow – January feels like…
Our beautiful collection of home fragrance is here! I’m so blooming excited to finally be able to share our lovely collection of candles and reed diffusers with you! Part of our exciting new collaboration with renowned home fragrance company, Candlelight Products. A beautiful fragranced candle is one of my most favourite gifts – to…
Embrace the magic of life’s simplicities with the Bohemian Spirit collection – new for Spring 2019. Bohemian Spirit appeals to the free spirit in all of us and celebrates positive vibes with uplifting phrases and a bright bouquet of vintage florals. Inspired by a love of British summers and exploring our native land, with camping,…
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!
