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I received my fireworks Pothies boots last week and I adore them! So beautiful and very impressive craftsmanship. They feel great and are so nice to put on during colder weather. My mom and sister have been rather jealous.
~ Nora Owens

I use my Cosymajig most on Period Days - it's so comforting.
~ Camille Jacquemart

Thank you so much for the beautiful slippers you made for my kids. They adore them and the colours are lovely. I am waiting on my slippers to wear out so I can order myself a pair!
~ Sinead Macklin

My Cosymajig has been revolutionary when trying to warm up post-sea swim, or ease monthly cramps/IBS flare ups, aaaand I wear it high on my back for shoulder/neck pain and lower for back ache and somewhere in the middle just for keeping warm when I am sat still at my desk or sewing machine for hours.
~ Hannah Hay

I met my first pothies over 15 years ago and have never looked back! I wouldn't be without my trusty pothies and have bought a pair for all my favourite people!
~ Anna Caine

"Wearing Super Hero Slippers is one of the most comfortably empowering things I have ever done."
~ Patsy Sadowski

Pothies | A Quiet Celebration of Life and Hug for your Soul.

Welcome to Pothies, the home of simple and beautiful things which fill-us-up-to-the-brim with unquantifiable riches.

Care-crafted to spark joy and bring deep soul comfort.

Good for the Planet | Good for the Humans | Good for the Beasties.

Slippers

The classic Pothies Slipper, unchanged for 70 years. Adult's Slippers £43.99 | Children's Slippers £23.99 Choose you colours and size.. Plenty of space to customise your own.

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Vouchers

'Pick your Own Pothies' Voucher. You'd like to gift some Pothies but have no idea which size or colour? This is the perfect solution, the whole Pothies choosing experience in a pretty envelope with touchy-feely threads. Draw around your feet, choose your colours and post back to me. LOVE!

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Boots

Pothies Boots all ways. Pothies Boots | Loopy Boots | Baby Boots £28.99 - £58.99 Adults and Childrens variations Choose your colours and sizes or customise your own. It's all possible!

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About Pothies Slippers

Pothies Slippers History

About Me

Barefoot Review

FAQ

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Creativity

Creativity connects me to my heart, my hands, my breath and the wilder rhythms of the natural world. As Dotty Angel says "Do feel a little crafty at least twice a day"....

Curiosity

Cultivating Curiosity builds interest in the world around us, which results in a deeper understanding of ourselves and each other.

Country

I am blessed to live on a smallholding in Mid West Wales. I'll be keeping you up to date on the comings and goings of our rural antics!

Instagram musings...

Ever since I was 14 I’ve had a serious girl crus

Ever since I was 14 I’ve had a serious girl crush on Molly Ringwald of Pretty In Pink stardom. At the time her character embodied everything I was; creative, geeky, a bit of an outsider. The original up-cycler ( Way before upcycling was a thing) she made the most amazing outfits from thrifted clothes.. I SO wanted to be her 😍. .
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Well nothing much has changed except I now have THE most amazing sewing teacher, Camille from Thimble, who seriously knows her stuff, is generous beyond measure and smiley with it. .
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This weekend I’m doing her ‘copy your wardrobe’ weekend. I’ve taken along a dress I love to recreate and a couple of meters of charity shop fabric. Today we conquered the art of tracing a pattern from a garment (a lot of pinning) Tomorrow, WELTED POCKETS 😬. .
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So I’ve got a date night with my girlfriends to indulge in P.i.pink all over again and perhaps I’ll be able to wear my new thrifted dress to the movies 🎥 .... (I’ll let you know how I got on tomorrow!)

Too all of you who are Striving towards something

Too all of you who are Striving towards something different, not matter how big or small, you are courageous beyond measure, you have Grit, I admire you and your determination. Keep going. The fresh new shoots of spring are pushing up and through. You’ve got this 👊🏻.
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It’s been a shitty/difficult week for many in my community. I’m not sure what’s going on but you/we are not alone. I hear the echoes of struggle in the snippets of conversations and I automatically want to feed everyone and wrap from head to toe in untold comforts. .
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But I know the gift of struggle is a valid and important one. More than anything I’m rooting for ya... count the steps... one at a time and breathe. Sending love ❤️ (if you need it) x

One thing that I cannot stand is poor production q

One thing that I cannot stand is poor production quality.
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It doesn’t matter what it is or what it’s made from if it’s badly made it ain’t gonna last is it? .
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‘If you can’t mend it - it’s not worth buying’ are easy words to filter your purchases through. Obviously bits and bobs slip through the net but it’s a good value to work with. .
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Choosing fabrics and production methods for the Cosymajig has been a minefield, I’m not going to lie. But it has made me really identify what I want to stand by, dig deep into my values and ethics and that has to be something worth re-evaluating.
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Good for the humans, good for the planet, good for the beasties. .
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Where d’you stand?

How I love it when a man orders himself sparkly pi

How I love it when a man orders himself sparkly pink and purple slippers. .
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That’s all 🎈😁.

I've been pretty vocal about the role in which chi

I've been pretty vocal about the role in which chill swimming is playing in my business but there's another meeting I attend that is harder to explain and equally as powerful.

WATT - Women At The Table meets once a month in the restaurant of a coastal pub. We put £2 in a jar to cover teas and coffees. On the surface it all looks pretty 'normal'. Except it's not.
Shann Nix Jones the WATT creator, also runs a super successful business which she started on her kitchen table. In 4 years her business has sky rocketed and each month we get to see the high and lows of that journey; whilst sharing our own and that's where the magic lies.
I once heard the term 'threading-the-beads', a picture of a community each sharing their story (bead), each bead from that circle gets threaded onto an invisible necklace. Strong and beautiful. We sit either side each other listening and sharing. Becoming accountable, gaining strength from one and other, mopping up tears and laughing out LOUD.

Most of ALL its given me the strength to believe that each and everyone of us has a gift (actually we have LOTS) and that with the right tribe next to you everything is easier and funnier.

Shann has written a book covering the inspiration behind our meetings. Its due out in May and I cannot wait to read it. I'll keep you posted. Until then go out and find yourself one of these groups xx

This time last year an idea for a hot water bottle

This time last year an idea for a hot water bottle sling landed in my lap. It's called a Cosymajig and it has POCKETS! It’ll be launched on my website on Monday 24th February .
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Its roots lie firmly in the Epic Adventures that I've had with @thebluetits after joining their flock in January 2019 (THANK YOU 🙏)
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I feel like I'm in some surreal episode of Dragons Den right now, releasing by 'baby' into the world - in talking with so many of you I totally believe that the Cosymajig is going to be useful to so many folk for so many different uses that I'm having to step aside. 😬 .
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Literally everyone I've shown it to has said, 'oh my ....... needs one of those'.
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Please tag that person in your life!
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I'll add details of my newsletter and latest blog in the bio as I realised to late that the link in the newsletter doesn't work! 🙈 Please sign up for first hand news.
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😍 The Cosymajig is going to sit along side the making of your slippers, they're a little bit in love with each other..
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Warmly, Belinda.
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📸 Heather Birnie

This photo made me so happy this week! Your intera

This photo made me so happy this week! Your interaction and sharing on this page makes me giggle and warms mi cockles. I hope you're feeling it too? .
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In my last post I was curious to know if you still darned - what a varied response (of course!)
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From 'creative patching' to owning to heirloom darning mushroom - you've got it covered 😁
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Whilst Pothies slippers have never claimed to be 'glamorous' to think that a customer did this in a former life and darned her tights before going on stage really speaks to me. .
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It gives me hope that All-the-skills are not being lost and slowly but surely we will return to mending and spinning and chatting and grinning. .
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Just the way it was. .
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Now, who's up for a bit of dressing up??? 😘

Morning everyone! . . So a funny thing happened ye

I've spent today wondering if I'm more like the .

I've spent today wondering if I'm more like the .
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🐈 cat who can sniff out a nice bit of woollyness to curl himself up in away from the storm.....Or.....more like the .
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🐕 dogs who've been having a brilliant time chasing each other through the trees, all invigorated by the energy of the wind. .
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I reckon I'm a Cog - half 'n' half, rice 'n' chips. 😁
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🧜‍♀️ D'you like my new labels??
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A tiny sneaky peak of my new invention was revealed in my email this week. I've had some wonderfully encourgaing messages and pre-orders as well as some questions about it which I'll answer in this weeks email. .
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If you'd like to catch up with Part 1 of the journey you can read it in the link below, and if you'd like to read part two as it comes out then sign up to my newsletter.... links in bio 😍 .
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Warmly, Belinda x

🌝 Morning Beauties, . . ‘There is no risk bes

🌝 Morning Beauties,
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‘There is no risk besides the risk of not trying’
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This is so super spot on for me right now... Did you you need to hear it too??? .
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✍🏻 I’ll be sending out an email by the end of the day if you’d like to hear what I’ve been up too behind the scenes then do check your mail....
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🙋🏻‍♀️ Or sign up if you haven’t already. Link in Bio.

Earth - shattering thought for the day: . . 🚐

Earth - shattering thought for the day:
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🚐 Why don't they put proper sized, functioning rubbish bins in cars? .
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👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 Do they not understand that this is what every family needs? .
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🍌 If, in the unlikely event that any car designers are reading this post - I'd also like my car-bin to have a compost cady, oh! and it must be easy to empty otherwise it's going to fester which isn't nice. .
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Thanks 😁
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Dear Careers Advisor, . . Thank you for your input

Dear Careers Advisor, .
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Thank you for your input all those years ago... when I was young and impressionable your best advise was for me to become a civil servant or funeral director 🤷‍♀️.
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✂️ I’d like you to know that I’m still happily peeling dried glue off things and ‘mucking about’ with bits of lovely fabric. .
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❤️ Always trust your instincts .
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I’m curious to know what was on your perfect match careers and if you ever ended up doing one??? .
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Over the next few weeks I’m going to be showing you a new product that I’ve been developing over the passed year. It’ll be available on my website by the end of the month and I’m super excited as I know you’re gonna LOVE it 😍. Keep tuned or sign up to my newsletter in my bio 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼for first hand updates!!! Eeekkkk the world’s about the get even cosier 💃🤸‍♀️💥.

Two of my favourite things: . . 1. Slightly damp,

Two of my favourite things:
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1. Slightly damp, quite musty, completely disorganised Charity/Junk Shops that don't sell all their treasures through the internet for a "vintage" fortune.
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2. A nice stash of fabrics from treasures sources which I quite literally skip around for a loooong time. Equal to Art in my honest opinion. .
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💃 The joy of a good rummage, amongst stacks of history filled fabrics and blankets teetering on shelves and in cupboards.... unfolding it, stroking it, smelling it and then refolding and buying it is a deep, deep pleasure. .
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🤸‍♀️ So, so happy in the knowledge that I'll be able to work with it and make it into something new... Old New... or is that New Old?
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💥 Watch this space, more on what they’re destined to be made into over the next month - BIG DREAMS!!! In the mean time if you'd like to see these in their true unfolded glory pop up to my stories...... and fill your charity shop boots. You're very welcome. .
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What was your best charity shop find?

Note to self (and anyone else who might need it) .

Note to self (and anyone else who might need it) .
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🌈DREAM BIG (and then find your tribe who will tell you to dream bigger than that because we are far greater than we as individuals know).
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🌈 The world needs you to walk your dreams right out into existence, step by step, cm by cm, breath by breath. Crawl if you have to, whatever it takes. .
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JUST. KEEP. GOING - you can do it ❤️ x .
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Please feel free to tag anyone who might need to hear this right now ❤️❤️ and if you want to practise sharing your dreams in the comments below I will most definitely be your cheerleader 📣⭐️
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I’ll go first! Today I’ve been dreaming of: ⭐️ living in a world where every #indiebiz owner gets to do their thing and earns a salary to match their striving.
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⭐️ and an education system that teaches creativity, resilience and flexibility with money-know-how along side the ABC’s of life.... .
⭐️ a housekeeper 🤸‍♀️
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⭐️ less stinky dogs (yup, he went for a little 💩 top-up this afternoon 🙄 check my last post!)

This is exactly what I DID have planned after our

This is exactly what I DID have planned after our lovely Sunday afternoon walk.... until the dog rolled in his own body weight of shite and then jumped on his sister to make her smell 'just as delicious'. Flapjacks'll have to wait.... the bath beckons.... .
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Dogs eh! 🙄 What gets rid of that smell???

All the Saturday morning-in-the-studio-packing-up-

All the Saturday morning-in-the-studio-packing-up-feels (although it’s now technically the afternoon...)
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This week I’ve made slippers for all shapes of feet... including .. .
🦶🏼wide size 5’s in ‘hedgerow berry’
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🦶🏼’velvet seas’ for a lady with a bunion on one foot. Slippers needed to be different widths.
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🦶🏼Long, narrow 6.5 in ‘stormy seas’ boots
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🦶🏼kiddy rainbows - ‘heavy on the red’.
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🦶🏼high instep size 9’s erring on the shadowy side of ‘Dawn Shadows’ colourway.
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🦶🏼and more! DM me to talk slipper needs or comment below on specific needs - colours or shapes! .
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Off the the Post Office now, have a great weekend x

Women support women in soo many different ways - d

Women support women in soo many different ways - daily, I am astonished as I witness this silent interaction of kindness currency. .
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I have your back and I know you have mine 💝. .
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Today I had a massive list of things I wanted to put in place for my photo shoot tomorrow. But one of my children needed a little extra from me and I pretty much dropped everything else. That’s how it is though isn’t it? Constant plate spinning ... .
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The ripple of support I needed from my tribe was totally there. A gentle wave of holding hands allowed the day to evolve, my girl got the care she needed, everyone got fed, slippers got made, kids got to clubs, lists revised and soup made in preparation for a slightly more ‘spontaneous’ photo shoot than otherwise planned! .
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Sending you all a big, big hug of appreciation for all that you are and do. You/we are all bloody marvellous 😁💝.
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I’m off for an early night 😘 x

This last few months I have definitely seen a rise

This last few months I have definitely seen a rise in men ordering slippers for THEMSELVES. It’s a new thing for sure. I’ve had plenty of women ordering for the men in their lives but these orders are men sending their own templates and choosing their own colours. It’s amazing! .
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I LOVE their colour choices - they’re bright, contrasty, and joyful. .
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Orangey Fun
Red with charcoal flecks
Blues and yellows
Gold and black
Red, turquoise, black and sap green
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It’s making me really happy to see so many blokes caring for themselves - I don’t know what’s changed and I don’t know if it’ll last but right now I’m celebrating each one that pops through my inbox. Men are so often last in the comfort corner, it feels like a cosy shift which we can all share. .
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I’m really chuffed - just thought I’d share that with you! If you’ve got any thoughts on what’s changed please leave a comment or two 🧜🏼‍♂️.
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I don’t charge any extra for men’s slippers, sizes 4 and up are £48.99 including P&P.

💎 How come COLD is sooo colourful??? .We went t

💎 How come COLD is sooo colourful??? .We went to see ‘One Day More Less’ over the weekend - an exhibition by the super talented www.bethmarsden.com @bethanawenmarsden (check out the poster thingy on my stories for dates n venue). .I love Beths work - and her puddles triptych was my absolute favourite 👌🏻. She’s soooo clever (and a great teacher too!) .Now I’m completely obsessed with frozen puddles and colourful sunsets, so great to get a new perspective ❤️ thanks Beth x .📸 last two images are Beths paintings.

Remembering the glorious sun- filled- yellow- and-

Remembering the glorious sun- filled- yellow- and- blue spaces between the rainy days ☀️!! .
Lots of dead wood on the roads, the river is totally swollen and quite a few more wobbly slates over here.... and weirdly LOADS of Red Kites overhead this morning. Guess everyone needs shelter. .
How’s it in your world?

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