These Two Hands

08/06/2026

For the second of my Meet The Maker blogs, I chose . Her designs are some of my favourite things in my shop! Hannah's illustrations are such beautiful studies of nature full of wonderful childlike curiosity and wonder. She keeps sketch journals about Drygrange in the Scottish borders (where she lives) and the places she goes with her kids, the birds and plants they see. Her large wraparound 'A Garden For Wildlife' cards in particular are so special and designed to be kept and framed as pieces of art after they have been read.

Even though we have never met, I feel connected to her through her art and her lovely email newsletters which are like reading letters from an old friend. She hopes that her designs make people feel connected to the nature they love, and connected to the people they share her cards and paper goods with. I really think you they do! I loved reading her answers to my questions and I hope you do too. https://thesetwohands.co.uk/blog/

04/06/2026

A recent survey in our area asked what people in the community wanted more of and the most common answer was more community events and spaces and reasons to gather. We all crave more connection with people and more real conversation. It's the reason why I started the BS4 arts trail 4 years ago and it's the reason why I'm launching a monthly Makers Market on my little high street, Sandy Park Road, from July onwards to showcase local artisan makers. I want to create a lovely space for people to gather, celebrate the season and feel more connected with their community. Each market will be curated with a seasonal theme, there will be creative workshops for all ages and each one will be raising money for a different charity linked to the theme. 

July's market is all about flowers and plants, garden parties, summer colours, scents and designs. There will be flowers, ceramics, jewellery, soaps and balms, cakes and art. I will be running my pressed flower tealight workshops for all ages during the day. There will be a raffle to help raise money for with each maker donating something to be won. I am so proud to know so many amazing makers who are interested in being involved and to be able to do something I believe in that I think will make a big difference to our area. BS4 is a hidden gem with a wonderful community.

If you are a maker and would like to be involved, you can visit my website for all the dates and the application form and to see what each month's theme is. I can't wait to gather and celebrate community and creativity with lots of people every month.

01/06/2026

Sometimes you look back and wonder why you stopped doing something. I used to do regular meet the maker blogs when I first started my shop and then I stopped writing blogs. But I've missed them and I’ve missed sharing more with you about the 85 incredible women whose work I stock, so I put together some questions inspired by nature to ask my makers and the first of the series is now online.

My first interview was with a maker who is now one of my closest friends and who helps me run the local BS4 arts trail. She inspires me every day, not just with her beautiful linocuts but with her passion and knowledge of all things bee, bug, butterfly and insect related. She is a fellow nature nerd and allotment lover and an all round brilliant human. I am so proud to support her work. I loved reading her answers to my questions and I hope you do too. The blog link is below and in my stories https://thesetwohands.co.uk/blog/

22/05/2026

What's this, a sunny bank holiday weekend?! Picnic rugs have arrived just in time and lovely new glassware too. Pop in to the shop today or tomorrow from 10am till 5pm. You can pick up a free BS4 arts trail map while you're here too, so you can plan your route for 13th & 14th June.

I'm also starting a monthly Makers Market at St Cuthbert's church from July on the first Saturday of every month. I want to give more people a reason to visit our lovely little high street so that all the great small businesses here can keep doing what we do. If you're an artist and would like a stall, head to my website to apply and I'll share more details of who will be at the first one soon. Have a lovely sunny long weekend! Naomi x
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22/05/2026

The sunshine is back and there is a hot and sunny long weekend ahead! To celebrate, I’m giving 20% off (almost) everything all weekend!*

Treat yourself to a picnic rug or blanket or some beautiful wall art perhaps; or maybe the special mug you have had your eye on or a unique piece of jewellery. Just enter the code MAY20 to get 20% off from now until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday.

I’ve shared some of the things I would like to treat myself to here. What would you choose? Have a lovely bank holiday weekend! Naomi x

Some of the designs I would choose are:
Fired earth bowls by
- I'd like a whole set
Brass butterfly ring by
Wooden sunflowers by
- sunshine for every room
Willow asymmetric basket - i want one by the fire
Meadow check yellow wool blanket - perfect for summer evenings
Rope plant pots by - in yellow to go with a new plant I also want to treat myself to and in purple for my Oxalis

* 20% discount doesn't apply to sale or back order items and ends at midnight on Monday

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08/05/2026

Its been a while. Here is another 6 favourite things from the shop video. All inspired by nature, all handcrafted by brilliant women. Which are your favourites?

Favourites shown today are:
Seasonal Foraging Calendar print by
Notebooks by
Pressed flower frames by
Flower press by me - get 10% off this month with offer code: press
Naturally dyed beeswax candles by
Dimple wildflower jug by

07/05/2026

Yesterday my daughter Lucy asked for one of my flower presses to press some beautiful flowers she had seen in the garden and it made me so happy to share the joy of flower pressing with her! Something that I discovered when I was a bit younger than her and that still brings me so much joy! Once you start pressing flowers, it's hard to stop. The magic of opening a press a few weeks later having forgotten what you put in it and rediscovering the blooms and seasons preserved inside.

At this time of year, its impossible to go anywhere without seeing so many flowers you want to capture and preserve. I have 3 of my presses full at the moment and will be making up a few more this week. Lucy wants her own personalised one.

Each wooden press is made extra deep and sturdy from high qualtiy wood and laser etched by in Cornwall. They are made to last a lifetime and be handed down from generation to generation. A flower press makes a great gift for siblings to share or for a whole family to use together. I have loved seeing Sybbie using her and Arthur's wooden press to press snowdrops and daffodils.

To celebrate this month of flowers, I am giving 10% off flower presses, including my personalised presses. Just use the offer code: press at the checkout this month.

Have you got the flower pressing bug or did you press flowers as a child? What is in your press at the moment?

06/05/2026

It feels like time to go back to the roots of what These Two Hands is all about. I haven't posted for a while because it didn't feel polished or perfect or new. I am not a photographer and I am terrible with technology. But when I strip all the noise away to what really matters, this simple photo I took today sums that up. Everything in my collection works best with nature as its backdrop. Everything is inspired by nature and handcrafted using natural materials by women who are passionate about plants like I am. The designs bring the beauty of the outdors inside. They preserve and treasure that beauty to enjoy all year round.

Whenever I see or smell a new flower in bloom, it reminds me of something in my shop. When I put together new collections, they come from something I have experienced in nature. Whenever things feel muddled or I feel anxious, I take a long walk through the woods or spend a couple hours at the allotment and things come back into focus and feel calmer. May is such a joyful month in nature, I want to spend as much time outside as possible! What are you enjoying outside at the moment?

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24/03/2026

11/02/2026

There hasn't been much sunshine so far this month, so I have been finding my sunshine in flower form and in the designs in my shop. In my wild dried wreaths and posies, in Maggie's wooden flowers, in these daffodil cards and in fresh narcissi, and in beautiful art that is sunshine for your walls. Yellow is such a happy colour and these designs bring me so much joy! What gives you some of the joy of sunshine when the sun isn't shining?

Daffodil cards by
Dried flowers by me
Wooden flowwrs by
Sunflower linoprint by
Home print by
Prairie print by