Tag: Folksy

Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Tunnock’s teacake cushion by Nikki Made

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Tunnock cushion

When it comes to icons of the UK's cake/biscuit industry, Scotland's Tunnock's teacake has to be up there, going strong since the 1950s. Celebrate a bit of that sweet history with this Tunnock's teacake cushion by Nikki Made. 

The cushion uses the distinctive packaging of those teacakes to make an impact. Circular shaped, their cotton, has been screen-printed with those instantly recognisable red stripes. Team them up with one of  Gillian Kyle's bags and mugs for a teacake-tastic look. 

Each cushion costs £12. 

Buy them from Nikki Made's Folksy store

Categories / Design and Interiors

Sarah Waterhouse glasses case

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Sarah Waterhouse glasses case

Even a humble pair of specs deserves a stylish home. Store your favourite vintage pair in this glasses case made by Sarah Waterhouse. 

The cases are made from a printed cotton and hemp mix that's hand-printed with a great 50s influenced design. Cat-eye glasses and stars are illustrated over bright polka dots which come in a choice of teal, red, green or yellow colours. To complete the cute retro look, the case is lined with gingham. 

The price is also a sight for sore eyes at £16. 

Buy it from her Folksy shop

Categories / Bags, Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

Gillian Kyle Creamola Foam bag

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Creamola_Foam

If you are Scottish and of a certain age, you are likely to recognise the design Gillian Kyle has used on her new bag, featuring the packaging for the Creamola Foam drink. 

For those less in the know, Creamola foam was a soft drink manufactured, as it says on the bag, in the form of soluble crystals. It was made in Glasgow and sold from the fifties until 1998 when Nestlé ceased production of the drink. If you're eager to try some, there's apparently now an independent company who manufacture a similar drink but until you track them down, this bag is a tasty substitute. The charming packaging of the crystals has been foil printed in fuchsia onto a plain cotton tote. 

If you've got a sweet tooth for all things Scottish, Kyle was the artist behind the Tunnock's Tea Cake tote bag we featured a little while back.

You can get the back for £17.50. 

Buy it from Folksy