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Are you batch and BBQ ready this summer? Missing a few things at the batch? We have those missing items.. Platters for grazing boards? Bowls and dishes for salads and roast veggies ? Extra plates for those unexpected guests?  Cutlery that you ever knew you needed such as parfait spoons, cheese knives, cocktail forks! Trays to serve your creative cocktails on.  More glasses for all those accidental New Years breakages.  Champagne buckets to keep your drinks cold.  Bottle openers, cork screws and bottle stoppers.  Classic chip bowl (don’t forget the dip bowl too) A selection of mugs for morning coffee...

Let’s just say I didn't know how many different types of spoons were out there until I started looking through our cutlery stock. So i did some research. The most common spoons you see include teaspoons, collectable spoons, wooden spoons, soup spoons and table spoons. But there are spoons dedicated just to eggs. With a short handled and shallow bowl, the user can retrieve every inch of egg out of the shell. Grapefruit spoons which are always popular. Similar to a teaspoon a grapefruit spoon has a serrated edge to help separate rind from flesh. But be careful they can...

52 Years in business. Hooray for us

Do you love vintage New Zealand Pottery as much as we do? Naturally locally made pieces are twice as nice. let’s celebrate the countries three most renowned pottery companies are in our little country. Timaru Potteries was originally called South Canterbury Pottery and Mining Company. They produced pieces of pottery from the 1930s until it closed in 1959, using clay from Mt Somers north of Timaru.  During the Second World War the company helped supply the government with crocks, ceramic jars and bottles. These were used to transport petrol and ointment to troops overseas. After the end of the war, Timaru Potteries move to...

  Give a gift of a vase. Yes a vase! They last longer then the flowers and can be reused. If you want to give flowers buy some ethical and sustainable dried flowers. Buy a reusable, resealable jar and fill it with your mums favorite cookies, chocolates or treats. Want to go all out this year? Why not put together an afternoon tea vintage hamper. Include a floral trio, a teapot, a tea strainer, some embroidered napkins and a set of cake forks and spoons. Come in and spend time looking through vintage postcards or souvenir spoons. Choose one which...