We exhibited here a couple of years ago and it really is a super event to visit - for people passionate about countryside pursuits, and the Great British Countryside in all its glory.
We will update you later this year once we know which stand we'll be at - as well as what we'll be bringing along from our collection of wildlife inspired home and lifestyle products.
In the meantime, this is the link for more details about the event:
]]>The shop has been transformed from its former use as a cafe - with lovely stonework revealed, and original slate flooring now reinstated.
Now filled with our own brand of wildlife inspired homewares and gifts, alongside other brands that we love and admire, including beautiful ceramics, British made glass lamps, high quality faux botanicals, luxurious merino blankets and throws, and other gorgeous products to fill your home with, or treat friends and family.
We do hope you will be able to come and visit us soon,
Kara and Mark
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We're so pleased with these new products - featuring our popular highland cow, hare, pheasant, red squirrel and stag designs.
The aprons feature a coloured pocket on a simple, stylish black background - so perfect for men and women - in the kitchen or by the barbecue (fingers crossed for a good summer!)
The double oven gloves have a thick black towelling reverse, central loop for hanging them easily, and our signature black damask label.
As with all of our Seddon and Davison textiles, both the oven gloves and aprons are British made, of excellent quality and made with 100% luxury cotton.
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To be honest, there were so many lovely things we could have added to this page... so please do browse the rest of the website too. We are reliably informed there are lots of Mums (and aunties, and grandmas, and sisters, you get the idea) out there that absolutely love our stuff!
The selection gives you a flavour of what's really popular as gifts for Mother's Day - from a fine bone china mug from our own wildlife collection to artisan candles made in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Our range of wash bags featuring British wildlife together with luxurious, organic hand and body creams from Siabann also make a perfect present.
We're also really excited about the new range of ceramics that we have on the website - from a beautiful hand dipped jug in a gorgeous blue and green colour to a striking charcoal inca patterned bowl.
With the nights still very chilly one of our Abraham Moon lambswool throws, or a rarebreed sheepskin rug might just be perfect for Mums too.
Enjoy browsing,
Kara and Mark
]]>The membership organisation, Make it British, surveyed 1282 UK consumers and 280 businesses that manufacture in the UK, to assess the current demand for British-made products. The survey found that 69% of consumers say that they are more likely to buy products that are made in the UK now than before Brexit and the pandemic, and that they are willing to pay up to 20% more for UK-made goods. The survey also found that 79% of shoppers prefer to buy UK-made products in-store from an independent shop or small business, rather than from big corporations or large online retailers.
Our wildlife collection of British made cushions, tea towels, wash bags and tableware is all made for us by British manufacturers - and we also stock incredibly luxurious blankets and throws by Abraham Moon, artisan candles from Scotland, and organic beauty products made here in the UK too.
With our very first shop opening next month we will continue to expand the number of British brands we work with, and ensure we can all continue to preserve UK manufacturing, boost local economies and increase employment opportunities.
As Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, says...
If everyone in the UK bought just one item made in the UK for £20 it would be worth £1.3billion!
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If you are hunting for a gift or stocking filler for a man that is keen on outdoors living or countryside sports then one of these waterproofed lined wash bags could be just the thing.
]]>You can find us in Hall M at stand M77a and we'll be bringing along cosy blankets and throws, rare breed sheepskin rugs and footstools, artisan candles, as well as our own brand of British made home and lifestyle products - all inspired by the great British countryside.
The event is taking place from 25th - 28th November 2021 and you can book tickets here, and see what else is on at the event - including craft workshops and foodie delights.
A fantastic day out for Christmas shopping!
]]>For our customers though we just wanted to let you know so you can take advantage of any early bird offers the organisers have on.
We'll be at Spirit of Christmas at Olympia in London from 1st to 7th November 2021. Use the code "Early Bird" for a 30% discount for tickets booked before midnight on 9th September 2021.
Then we'll be at Country Living Glasgow from 3rd to 5th December
Kara and Mark
]]>A perfect way to enjoy some much needed retail therapy against the backdrop of the stunning castle and gardens.
]]>The show, postponed from 2020, is now open-air with all the advantages of lots of space while enjoying the benefits of constant cover for shoppers.
Seddon and Davison will be exhibiting alongside lots of other independent retailers who will be housed in rows of mini marquees, each separated, with very wide aisles in between in the open air. A perfect way to enjoy some much needed retail therapy against the backdrop of the stunning castle and gardens.
The event features top quality decorative accessories, soft furnishings, furniture, antiques and gift items for you, your home and your garden. Now in its 28th year, this event, which takes place in the grounds of historic Ripley Castle, home to the Ingilby family for the past 800 years, features 130 companies and has on-site dining facilities and free car parking close by. The marquees with covered walkways are situated on the banks of a lake with the castle in the background. There is free car parking in the adjoining field.
For more information you can visit the organiser's website at www.ukgrandsales.co.uk. For complimentary tickets please sign up to our newsletter at www.seddonanddavison.com.
]]>Not just any mug, Seddon and Davison's wildlife collection of mugs are fine bone china and 100% British.
Each piece is made for the company in a pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire; taking a blank British made mug and using traditional silk-screen printing techniques to make the decals of the designs, which are then applied by hand by expert lithographers, before drying and being kiln fired.
]]>Each piece is made for the company in a pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire; taking a blank British made mug and using traditional silk-screen printing techniques to make the decals of the designs, which are then applied by hand by expert lithographers, before drying and being kiln fired.
Seddon and Davison are determined to continue their support of British manufacturing for the multiple benefits it brings...
Lower your carbon footprint
Buying products made closer to home means you can significantly reduce the number of miles something has travelled. In turn, this reduces its carbon footprint.
Seddon and Davison also have their products made in much smaller quantities, discouraging waste within the supply chain.
Save essential skills
The creation of each mug requires a breadth of different skills and by purchasing a product that is made in the UK you are helping to save these skills.
Create job opportunities
2.7 million people work within manufacturing in the United Kingdom - meaning everyone that buys British is directly contributing to keeping someone in employment.
Promote UK craftsmanship
When you buy a product that is made in the UK you are helping to preserve craftsmanship that has been passed down through generations. Not everyone is suited to the services industry and Seddon and Davison really believe we need to encourage and support these skills and crafts.
]]>A much loved favourite of the British countryside, the red squirrel has long been requested by Seddon and Davison's wildlife keen customers.
The new collection includes cotton cushions, tea towels, wash bags and chefs pads - with this charming red squirrel looking splendid against a range of gorgeous background colours. Teal green, ochre, steel blue, charcoal grey, steel blue, sage grey, pale grey, blackberry and mulberry.
All of the company's brand of homewares are British made - with all of their textiles made in Lancashire.
]]>As the appetite to shop locally and support local businesses grows, we’re taking part in the first-ever Made in UK Day on Tuesday 9 March 2021.
Seddon and Davison has its entire range of country inspired products made here in the UK - with our china made in Stoke-on-Trent, our textiles all made in Lancashire, our coasters and placemats in Lincolnshire and our greeting cards in Cheshire.
]]>The Made in UK Day campaign has been created by Make it British to celebrate their 10 year anniversary.
UK manufacturing is currently worth £192 billion to the UK economy and employs 2.7 million people. More than 65 million people live in the UK and if everyone bought just one item made in the UK worth £20 on Made in UK Day it would be worth £1.3billion.
Seddon and Davison has its entire range of country inspired products made here in the UK - with our china made in Stoke-on-Trent, our textiles all made in Lancashire, our coasters and placemats in Lincolnshire and our greeting cards in Cheshire.
We also continue to support many other British made brands too - such as Siabann organic beauty products and Sandwick Bay candles - based in Scotland, and Bronte by Moon luxury wool throws - made in Yorkshire. Over the next few days we'll highlight how and where our own products are made, as well as the other British brands we support too.
By purchasing from UK-made businesses you are helping to:
Lower your carbon footprint
Buying products made closer to home means you can significantly reduce the number of miles something has travelled. In turn, this reduces its carbon footprint.
UK-made products are often made in much smaller quantities, too. Many can be made to order, discouraging waste within the supply chain.
Save essential skills
Manufacturing requires skill. Not everyone suits working in a service-based industry. By purchasing a product that is made in the UK you are helping to save skills within local communities. Skills that would otherwise be lost.
Create job opportunities
2.7 million people work within manufacturing in the United Kingdom. When you buy a product that is made in the UK you are directly contributing to keeping someone in employment.
Promote UK craftsmanship
When you buy a product that is made in the UK you are helping to preserve craftsmanship that has been passed down through generations.
Spend your money wisely and help UK manufacturing to thrive.
You can get involved in the campaign too by pledging to buy something that is made in the UK on 9 March and share your pictures on social media using the hashtag #madeinukday
]]>If your Mum is a lover of the British countryside, its wildlife and birds - plus a supporter of British made products - then we may have just the thing!
We have put together a whole selection of gift boxes to choose from - featuring one of our British made mugs and/or coasters alongside specially selected items guaranteed to bring a smile on Mother's Day.
]]>If your Mum is a lover of the British countryside, its wildlife and birds - plus a supporter of British made products - then we may have just the thing!
We have put together a whole selection of gift boxes to choose from - featuring one of our British made mugs and/or coasters alongside specially selected items guaranteed to bring a smile on Mother's Day.
Whether your Mum likes hares, stags, badgers, pheasants, a highland cow, horses.. the list goes on but you get the idea ... you can choose a wildlife mug or coaster of your choice to put alongside delicious biscuits, gorgeous jams and preserves, incredible scented artisan candles.
Alternatively, we have our wildlife wash bag range to sit alongside some amazing organic beauty products and our artisan candles from Scotland.
We have put together lots of ideas but if you want to put together your own selection too then we can do that too - just choose which of our gift boxes you'd like and we can put it all together for you.
Don't forget.. Mother's Day is 14th March in the UK this year.
]]>Spring, Easter, sunshine, longer evenings ... all these things to look forward to ... and we really do need something to look forward to.
With that in mind we are firmly embracing colour and the vibrant the better. Our new ochre yellow is a welcome addition to our textiles range. It is warm yet bright and looks fabulous alongside ether our pale grey or sage grey colours too.
]]>Spring, Easter, sunshine, longer evenings ... all these things to look forward to ... and we really do need something to look forward to.
With that in mind we are firmly embracing colour and the vibrant the better. Our new ochre yellow is a welcome addition to our textiles range. It is warm yet bright and looks fabulous alongside ether our pale grey or sage grey colours too.
We have combined our highland cow cushion alongside a Bronte by Moon lambswool throw - perfect to take the edge of a colder evening (it is the UK after all, we can't get too giddy about the warmer days).
The highland cow tea towel in ochre is a great addition to any country or cottage style kitchen - but the colour, and the coo, pack some punch and who can resist that gorgeous mop of highland cow fringe (memories of lock down hair of course...).
]]>Delighted to see that the Yorkshire Dales National Park has been named as the best in Europe by Tripadvisor recently (and 11th in the world).
Of course we may be a little biased living where we do but it really is the most beautiful of places and inspires so much of what you see on our website
]]>Of course we may be a little biased living where we do but it really is the most beautiful of places and inspires so much of what you see on our website. As a wildlife and landscape photographer Mark literally just has to step out of the front door to capture images like this one of Scaleber Force - within easy walking distance of us here in Settle.
Each year Tripadvisor pulls together all the reviews and ratings and saves that travellers have shared to"spotlight the very best" through the Travellers' Choice Best of the Best awards.
]]>We have lots of amazing shops, farm shops, cafes and visitor centres in Scotland that stock our range of British made homewares and gifts - and we love being a part of the Scotland Trade Fair which gives us and other small businesses like us a chance to meet potential new customers and meet up with our existing ones too.
If you are interested in stocking our products you can always get in touch via our website - or take a look at the Scotland Trade Fair website to see all the other lovely exhibitors too!
]]>We have lots of amazing shops, farm shops, cafes and visitor centres in Scotland (and elsewhere) that stock our range of British made homewares and gifts - and we love being a part of the Scotland Trade Fair which gives us and other small businesses like us a chance to meet potential new customers and meet up with our existing ones too.
We can show off new colours or products, put on a big colourful display and generally have a good old chat with everyone.
Sadly, none of us can do that this year but the lovely organisers at Scotland Trade Fair have set up a great new website for us to "virtually exhibit" our products and they are keeping it live all year. That's a huge help to us and to the shops and businesses that want to buy from us all - as we all try and navigate 2021 as best as we can.
If you are interested in stocking our products you can always get in touch via our website - or take a look at the Scotland Trade Fair website to see all the other lovely exhibitors too!
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With no face to face trade events able to take place at present, we are instead taking part in the Top Drawer On Demand event running from Monday 25th January 2021 onwards.
From 25 - 29 January 2021 the organisers are running inspiring live content including product launches and industry leading seminar sessions.
]]>With no face to face trade events able to take place at present, we are instead taking part in the Top Drawer On Demand event running from Monday 25th January 2021 onwards.
From 25 - 29 January 2021 the organisers are running inspiring live content including product launches and industry leading seminar sessions.
If you are a retailer then there are over 500 brands and new season trends available for you to explore.
]]>With January looming and the dark nights not quite a thing of the past just yet, perhaps a little revamp of the kitchen might lift the spirits - we have a beautiful collection of wildlife inspired tea towels - all British made and on a range of heritage inspired background colours.
]]>We have a beautiful collection of wildlife inspired tea towels - all British made and on a range of heritage inspired background colours.
We have grouped together the mulberry, pale grey and dusky pink colours here - which are rich and warm together. Other popular combinations include our teal green ochre and sage grey colours.
Choose from highland cows and stags, British hares, badgers, owls and more favourites of the British countryside.
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Customers can choose from a whole range of gift boxes - gift boxes for couples, gift boxes for men, pamper gift boxes, Yorkshire gift boxes - or according to which particular wildlife animal they love - stags, highland coos, pheasants, hares, horses, sheep, owls and more.
As each box is full of lovely things from small businesses in the United Kingdom - you'll also really be helping to shop small this Christmas!
]]>We will be featuring a selection of our cushions, fine bone china mugs, placemats and wash bags - all British made and featuring favourites from our wildlife collections. We have also introduced some stylish gift boxes - combining our own products with wonderful artisan candles and beauty products, as well as tasty biscuits, jams and preserves. All British made!
it is a great way to support and buy from your favourite brands and discover many more with a wonderful selection of products on sale. From the best of British offering high quality craftsmanship and beautifully designed creations, artisan food and drink producers, to high-end sustainable brands enabling you to gift with the planet in mind, the shop definitely has something for everyone.
We are excited to be taking part in Country Living Magazine's virtual artisan pop up market this coming weekend of 6th to 8th November 2020.
With exclusive discounts being offered by all participants it really is a great event to sign up to if you haven't already.
You can register @clartisans on Instagram or via the Country Living website.
]]>With exclusive discounts being offered by all participants it really is a great event to sign up to if you haven't already.
You can register @clartisans on Instagram or via the Country Living website.
Country Living has been a fantastic supporter of UK artisans for 35 years, through their Spring and Christmas Fairs and without these events taking place this is a great way to buy some unique Christmas presents, or something for yourself, and get some exclusive discounts at the same time!
You will be sent a brochure of everyone taking part once you register - and then receive an email just before the event starts - you'll be taken to a directory of artisans and their discount codes. The codes will be valid from midday on Friday 6th November to midnight on Sunday 8th November only.
Happy shopping!
]]>Have a look at the extract from their emporium pages - a beautifully put together collection of items with our blackberry cushion nestled in comfortably.
]]>The new range, all British made, is still available on Seddon and Davison's website and features luxury cushions, tea towels, wash bags, coasters and placemats - all in their distinctive modern country style, and on range of beautiful background colours including mustard, claret, teal and pale grey.
]]>All of Seddon and Davison's own range of homewares and accessories are inspired and created from Mark Davison's original wildlife photography.
Therefore each design, like each photograph, has a story behind it....
]]>All of Seddon and Davison's own range of homeware and lifestyle products are inspired and created from Mark Davison's original wildlife photography.
Therefore each design, like each photograph, has a story behind it. Whether it was the hare that was fast asleep in the field, or the little owl that kept a close eye on Mark, peeking out from its shelter.
All of Mark's photography is also available to purchase too - such as this beautiful image of a highland cow taken up near Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands.
Capturing images of the fantastic array of birds and wildlife we have in Britain and finding ways to bring those characters into people's homes across everyday home and kitchenwares - as well as through photography - means everyone can have their own reminder of the British countryside wherever they might be.
]]>This particular little owl was photographed by Mark here in Yorkshire - peeking out at him from his hideout. With stern features and a distinctive shaped head, the little owl lives up to its name as the smallest owl in England. It is only 20cm in height.
]]>With stern features and a distinctive shaped head, the little owl lives up to its name as the smallest owl in England. It is only 20cm in height and has a short tail. The little owl has piercing yellow eyes and is coloured mottled brown and cream across its body and head.
The little owl was introduced here in the 19th century and is mainly found in England and Wales, and a few parts of southern Scotland.
As with our little owl, you can usually spot them during the day - perching on a tree branch, telegraph pole or rock (early morning or dusk is best). Here in the Yorkshire Dales they are commonly seen sitting on top of one our dry stone walls. Listen for their strange mewing call or the male’s ‘hoo-eet’ song on summer evenings.
It will bob its head up and down when alarmed. In flight it has long, rounded wings, rapid wingbeats and flies with a slight undulation.
The little owl makes its home in small copses, on parkland, around farms and in orchards and open woodland - no wonder we are so lucky to see them so often where we live in the Yorkshire Dales.
As you will see from our website, we love owls - including these cross looking little owls.
https://seddonanddavison.com/collections/owls-eagles-and-other-birds
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