Laura Hynd

Laura Hynd's photography is so incredibly beautiful. I want to live in the house she shot her story about hen keeping. She also took the pictures for The New English Table, by Rose Prince, which is one of my very favourite recipe books.

Solitaire

There are so many samey greetings cards out there, but these silk-screened cards by husband and wife Matt and Em Bruty are especially pretty, I think.

Sofie Schnoor

Danish childrenswear label Petit by Sofie Schnoor is really quite precious. Sofie doesn't sell to any shops in the UK, I don't think, but you can buy her things online here and here.

Elizabeth Baer

The most beautiful French hand-woven and hand-embroidered tablecloth, with a story, from the amazing textiles dealer Elizabeth Baer. I'd love to raid her collection of peasants' smocks - she's a specialist dealer in vintage workwear, but her prices are low, so her customers are artists, potters, cooks and gardeners rather than posh shops.

Armor Lux

Armor Lux have been around since the 1930s, and make the most perfect, top, top-quality Breton-stripe things and fisherman's smocks. They have lots of shops across France, but you can buy them online here and here and here, and just the men's things here.

Elbow-patch cardigans

Beatrice and I went to the opening of the new Cabbages and Roses shop on Avery Street at lunchtime and it took absolutely every ounce of restraint I had not to buy this brown wool cardigan (on the left), with Liberty-print patches on the elbows, as a present from me to me. But I didn't, because you're not allowed to buy yourself things in December: it's the rule.

Whistling kettles

Few things are more cosy than the sound of a whistling kettle on a wintry afternoon, particularly when you're drying off in front of a fire after a snow-swept journey home. I'm on the lookout for a new kettle, and my shortlist includes this practical one from Riess, this sturdy Le Creuset number, and this shiny Wesco kettle that reminds me of the one we used to take camping.