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Bristol Pop Up Shop - Homeware and Print Picks

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Part 2 of my top picks from the Bristol Online Pop Up Shop is here.  And this time it's focussed on homewares and prints.  There are so many talented makers involved in the shop.   All of these colourful, quirky things would make great christmas presents for someone special, or maybe a treat for yourself.  I may have ordered some things myself whilst compiling this list... oops! From Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Travel Mug by Libby Ballard Ceramics Plants Print by Hannah Broadway Zombie Cow Butter Dish by Dixon Does Doodles Camping Coasters by Fiona Clabon Illustrations Wild...

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A colourful walk along North Street in Bristol

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A colourful walk along North Street in Bristol

The In Colourful Company colour walks around different cities in the UK are unable to happen this year, so here's a virtual walk around my little bit of Bristol.   Bristol is well know for it's street art.  In particular, the area around North Street in Bedminster (which is where I live) is full to the brim with colourful murals to brighten our days!  Upfest gallery hosts a nearly annual street art festival, bringing artists from all around the world, so the walls and shop shutters are a constantly changing canvas.  I've tried to add as many of the artists names...

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