This cute polka dot tea set from Emma Bridgewater offers all the essentials for an afternoon tea party: cups and saucers, plate, sugar bowl, milk jug, spoons and, of course, a teapot! It's made from melamine so it's suitable for outdoors eating or parties that are liable to get a touch out of hand.
The set costs £29 from the Emma Bridgewater website.
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The eco drive to rid our high street of plastic bags is resulting in some very attractive canvas designs being produced. This number comes courtesy of Megan Price and is called the Sweet Sundae bag. The bag illustrates an ice cream sundae on the front and some old fashioned sweet shop signs on the back. There is also a Saturday version which shows a menu for a full English breakfast, as well as a cup of tea. Her prints are very traditionally British in their inspiration, including cafe signs, cake and bingo.
These bags are hand printed, are made out of substantial cotton and measure 35 x 38 cm, making them perfect for bringing lots of dolly mixtures and jelly babies back from the shops. They cost £16 each. Her designs are also available on mugs and tea towels, all on display on the Mr PS website.
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If you fancy introducing some Russian modernist chic into your home, this striking cup and saucer has been produced to accompany Tate Modern's current exhibition, Rodchenko and Popova: Defining Constructivism. The exhibition explores the role of these two artists in post-revolution communist Russia. As their main aim was to move art out of the gallery and into everyday life, they created dynamic designs for books, textiles and theatre design, for example, as well as for the highly important business of drinking tea.
It is based on a 1922 design by Alexsandr Rodchenko, realised in fine bone china, and it reflects the simple and powerful use of colour and pattern associated with the artist that remains influential today. It costs £31.32 from the exhibition shop.
Buy it from the Tate exhibition shop
Mr Potato Head has been around since 1949 – and 60 years on, George Lerner's creation is still going strong, most recently as the Mr Potato Head Easter Egg at John Lewis.
Yes, not only do you get a well-proportioned milk chocolate egg to feed your face, you also get the fun of Mr Potato Head complete with a rounded nose, a bushy moustache, eyes and pink ears, all able to fix to the egg with the included pot of 'chocolate goo'.
Available online (and instore), it sells for £12.
The “Dani” range from Habitat consists of a variety of products printed with retro patterns.
The range includes the set of four espresso cups and saucers, pictured here in the circles pattern, priced £12.50. There are also mugs (£5), coasters (£10 for a set of four), placemats (£7) and serving trays (£4 and £12). As well as the circles pattern, there is an interconnected squares pattern and arc pattern.
Visit the Habitat website to see the full collection.
Summer is on its way and what better way to cool down a warm drink on a sunny afternoon than dropping in a few cubes from the Space Invaders ice cube tray.
Make four types of arcade alien in your tray, with a total of 24 cubes at a time. Each tray is made from food safe rubber and is suitable for use by anyone over eight years old. Guessing that includes you.
Get one now, priced at a very reasonable £5.99.
