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There’s something about shiny new leather

29th September 2022 Time has whizzed as usual, and here we are in autumn again. (As an aside, the spring and summer were textbook Hilary Johnson Handmade - when we weren't at work we were mainly enjoying being outdoors, listening to live music, driving around in...

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The last four months!

1st February 2022 Autumn came and went in a whirl of flaming colours and cosy fires.  Hilary made shelves of bags ready for the Christmas craft fairs and in between stints in the workshop spent lots of time outside schooling the horses. The sea was seen and we battled...

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We’re secretly loving the start of the cosy season!

Friday 1st October 2021 Well, here we are again in the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. The summer came and went with the usual levels of hard work (lots of lovely bag orders), random fun (screaming round a festival racetrack in the back of the Challenge...

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What a difference the sunshine makes!

Friday 18th June 2021 We've been walking round grinning - which to be fair is not unusual as it's quite smiley round here anyway.  But we've been extra grinny with all the wonderful sunshine.  Everything outside seems hyper-real; the hedgerows, the coast, the lush...

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It’s not actually raining in here!

Friday 4th June 2021 What a hideous few weeks it's been outside.  Grimmy, grim, grim.  However, we've felt quite warm and cosy in the workshop - the rain has been beating on the window and it's made us feel a bit nostalgic for childhood caravan holidays. We haven't...

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The simple things

30th April 2021 We don't need to tell you it's been a funny old time.  In many ways life has carried on as usual in our part of rural Devon but without the layers of incidental but essential human contact that we would all normally enjoy.  Fields have been planted,...

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