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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 £48.99 | Children's Slippers £28.99 Choose you colours and size.. Plenty of space to customise your own.

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Cosymajigs

The Hotwater Bottle Carrier | The Cosymajig Original | Limited Edition | Thrifted Ranges £75 - £90 Shop the whole range here.

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Boots

Pothies Boots all ways. Pothies Boots | Loopy Boots | Baby Boots £33.99 - £63.99 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

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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...

Beach school is the way forward. Yesterday we ve

Beach school is the way forward.

Yesterday we ventured out-out. Beyond 5 miles.

We played on the sand, swam, made a fire, made treasure hunts, collected sand hoppers, rock pooled, collected shrimps and cooked them up on the fire.

And then everyone sank into bed sandy and happy and a little bit sun kissed and wind tussled.

It was a goooooood day 😊.

#beachschool #rockpooling #westwales #lockdown #beachfire #wild #getoutdoors #simplethings

‘Bluey is a rescue Jackdaw and he’s in love wi

‘Bluey is a rescue Jackdaw and he’s in love with my Pothies’. Can’t tell you how much this photo makes my heart swell!! Thank you @maddiegotalife.

Apparently Bluey is going through a stropy teenage phase which makes me love him even more.
Obviously I need to hear your Corvid stories... I did met a man a few years back (probably more like 20 🙈) who lived in a castle and had a jackdaw who would sit on his shoulder. #lifegoals.

One of the biggest perks of being a Maker is the l

One of the biggest perks of being a Maker is the legitimate buying in of materials.
Using up yarns that have a story, perhaps have come to me via another source, a charity shop, someone else's collection or a jumper I might've unpicked (I have a 80's mohair waiting) always add to the selection of yarns I have to play with to add colour and texture to your slippers.
However, today's purchases are a glorious hall of new balled wool and a rainbow selection of coned yarns for your delight! EEEEp!
Thank you for your continued orders and messages over the passed months. Counting my blessings to be able to provide some home comforts, your photos and stories mean the world to me x

Hello Wonders. Words have left me recently ... th

Hello Wonders.
Words have left me recently ... that and me leaving my phone out in the rain have made me retreat into the quiet world of bird flight. Left pondering the unanswerable... and answering the unfathomable best I can.
Slipper orders are finding their seasonal rest which means I can indulge in Making for the sake of creativity.
Stitching one slow stitch at a time. Concocting dye baths from kitchen compost (onions and avocados). Delighting in the giddy heights of Indigo and of course no photos to show you!
Stitching by hand requires full, slow and steady presence. And is something I haven’t practised for years but I’m finding my self drawn to the narratives that the pictures are bringing as I walk, work and observe our ‘patch’ of land.
From patch to patch as it were. I like that very much.
Big love to you all. I hope you’re finding inspiration in your days x

My new favourite place to Make. 🐝 We had a swa

My new favourite place to Make.
🐝 We had a swarm of bees chose to come and move in to one of our empty hives last week and I just love watching them busy their days through. 🐝
Feeling very blessed. 🐝
We kitted up and went for a little peak into their secret waxy world world today, they’re getting it just the way they like it. Moving the sofas around and putting pictures up. It’s looking very homely indeed 😁. 🐝🌸🐝 soooo cooool 🐝🌸🐝

Newness comes from small beginnings - Jude Hill @s

Newness comes from small beginnings - Jude Hill @spiritcloth
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This time away has been so good for my creativity. As I tend our land there have been re-memberings and deep down fidgetings which have come to me on the breeze.. and in the mud, pond, frost, bird song and cycle rides. .

Reminded of college days, even school days where my refuge was the art and textile department. Always. Without fail.
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And the sentiment that the answers are always right under our nose, except that too often for some reason or another we don’t see it. Or we’re to busy. .

Strangely I’ve followed @spiritcloth on here forEvEr and always felt a deep stirring. It’s only just now that I’ve clicked through to her website. .

Her words, art and creativity are profound and simple and I’m in love for sure ❤️.

☀️ Hands up if you like butter? . ‘Lisa coul

☀️ Hands up if you like butter? . ‘Lisa could see a family of Buttercups eating their sandwiches, their mother very busy wiping the butter from their chins’
The Flowers Festival by Elsa Beskow one of our absolute all time favourites, it’s just so beautiful as are all of her books.
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A Timeless invitation to the imagination..... we’ve been looking for the buttercup family beneath the dandelion clocks .. I think we might have seen them 🌻.
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And I’ve definitely raised a family of butter lovers through and through💛 Happy Sunday x

One of the golden threads I’m cherishing at the

One of the golden threads I’m cherishing at the moment is early morning cuddles with this one. From the moment she climbs under the duvet the stream of consciousness starts (do you have one similar?).
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‘Mumma, it’s raining? *grins from ear to ear* so ...today’s the day we make my Cosymajig’.
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A deals a deal right? And it hasn’t rained for weeks...
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A special teeny-tiny rainbow Jig with blue pocket insides and a heart liner. We collected all sorts of remnants of vintage fabric, curtains, and old jeans, cut and sewed and chatted away. .
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She literally hasn’t taken it off, deeming it ‘the best present eve, even though it’s not my birthday’. .
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Now she’s got to master the art of tying a bow behind her back, which IS stick-your-tongue-out-in-concentration kinda tricky at the moment... but we’ve got time to practise 😍🌈. .
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I wonder, did you pull a golden thread from today? #ipreview via @preview.app

Cue fanfair 📯 my daughter had actually recorded

Cue fanfair 📯 my daughter had actually recorded one for us but I've had an epic fail with the editing 🙈*groan*.
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After collating at all your entries and names and allocated numbers the hamster in the wheel said number 81. .

@fionaparkins it's you!!!! And as you nominated a key worker it's a double win! 🎈🎈So happy for you! Lets get chatting x .

Thank you to you ALL for nominating, loving and appreciating your friends, family members and salt-of-the-earth folk that make your world go round. I'm so moved to have read them all. Thank you so very much for the work you do, each and every one of you are completely glorious! .

And lastly, a big welcome to all of you who have found my page. It's lovely to have you here ❤️ if you'd like to keep upto date with future giveaways, discounts and news the link to my email list is in my bio (I love ig but it can be a little 'sporadic' at times). .

Hugs, Belinda x

It's Friday (I know!) and that means today is the

It's Friday (I know!) and that means today is the day that (at least) one of you fabulous bunch will win a pair of Pothies Slippers. . 💥I'm genuinely excited for you💥. .

At 7pm I'll closed the commenting on the giveaway post, and collate all your names and nominations. Each one of you will be given a number and then I'll use a number generator to choose the Winner. EEk!!!
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Which means you've got a whole day to think of anyone else you'd like to nominate (each nomination will count as a separate entry), tag and fill fb with slipper images (the eternal dreamer 💫💐).
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Seriously though, if you do have a moment, simply going back through and liking my last 10 posts will help my page to get seen enormously. .

Thank you all you so much for entering... see you at 8pm!!!
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The GIVEAWAY post it’s on my grid 🌈

This morning I'm sharing with you one customers ph

This morning I'm sharing with you one customers photo another customers words! 🙏 Amanda and Heledd 🥰

They both oouze 'home' to me, although our dogs would rather bring you the slipper and bash you around the knees with it than pose looking cute and mad proffessor-ish 😊 Clever dog! . "My Daughter has seen how I slow down when I put my pothies on and use my transition into pothies as a way of marking the end of a hard day and the beginning of family and rest time. If the pandemic has taught me anything it’s helped recalibrate what values are important in life."
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How true is that? Do you have a way of marking the difference between work and family time? Are you still working somewhere other than home? Did you reclaibrate a little? .

For me each day that goes past, I'm finding more treasures on our land. We're really going for it on the gardening front and I've noticed so many little self seeded seedlings about the place, 🌱Hollyhocks, 🌱Fennel, 🌱Beans, 🌱Calendula, 🌱Bee Balm, 🌱Parsley..... it's all there.....always has been!! 🐦 Giveway ends tomorrow if you haven't seen it yet (it’s on my grid) 🐦

Wowzers Trousers - I'm a BIG bit blown away by yo

Wowzers Trousers - I'm a BIG bit blown away by your amazing comments and nominations for my humble giveaway. .

I'm having to read them in chunks as I keep welling up, there is SO much love, kindness and dedication between you and your loved ones. It's simply beautiful and so very touching. .

Thank you. I promise to read them all over the next few days! .

Details of the giveaway are on my grid if you missed yesterday’s post 🌈 👉🏻pop over and enter! 👉🏻

Without further to-do, here it is! . 🥳 Pothies

Without further to-do, here it is! . 🥳 Pothies Lockdown Giveaway 🥳
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Please could you -
. * Follow/like this page.
* If you'd like to win slippers for yourself please tag any of your friends who might be interested in my page. * If you're nominating a friend, family member or key worker please tag them.
* Lastly, leave a cockle-warming comment, a slipper story or a golden thread you've pulled from this time. .

In the case that the winner has nominated someone else I will make you both a pair of slippers because kindness makes ripples.
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I'd love it if you'd take some time to read each others comments and get to know each other a bit - you're a glorious bunch. Thank you! Love Belinda x.
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Winner announced Friday 24th April 2020 8pm GMT.
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This Giveaway is for UK residents only and is not endorsed by Facebook or Instagram in any way.

The results are in from yesterdays giveaway propos

The results are in from yesterdays giveaway proposal. Thank you all for commenting - it's reassuring to know that you can see me (sometimes) 😉!
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There were more requests for SLIPPERS this time and 73% who answered the poll in my stories voted to win them for themselves. I get it, self-care is SO up there. .
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So, I'm going to give this some thought and pop a giveaway on here tomorrow evening. It's wonderful to see so many loyal faces, cheered me up no end 😍
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(Cosymajiggers - keep watching, you'll be next).

In yesterdays post I was proposing a little GIVEAW

In yesterdays post I was proposing a little GIVEAWAY... hmmm.... however I think I might have waffled a bit too much before hand as basically 3 of you (thank you) were interested 😂.
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These are indeed very strange times and it might be that you are actually *not interested* but thought it worth double checking this evening. .
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So... are you in it to win it? Aaaaaand would you like a slipper giveaway or cosymajig? .
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You'll need to comment below...👇👇 (I know we're all a wash with info and scrolling right now!) Big Love x

My smallest was struggling a bit yesterday with mi

My smallest was struggling a bit yesterday with missing her friends. Just someone to be silly with and goof about a bit. The ‘biggies’ seems to be coping with catching up with their buddies online, but when you’re eight... well it’s difficult isn’t it? To be honest I’m not great at being silly.... any tips? .
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I can do creativity though so we made fairy houses today and she seemed more than happy with gold glitter glue in the hot glue gun, that’s enough to cheer anyone up! (Who doesn’t love dicing with too-hot glue, lifeskills 😬). .
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Anyhoo! I’m thinking of hosting a little giveaway next week. Might be nice? What d’you fancy, something easy, something fun? Slippers, voucher, cosymajig? Something rainbow? Be lovely to hear your ideas, are you in? Xx

Work-life balance seems to be going well this morn

Work-life balance seems to be going well this morning 😁🌸

Well, I tell you it’s all go here on the banks o

Well, I tell you it’s all go here on the banks of the Teifi river. .
. 😺 The cat is protecting the sunflower seedlings in the poly tunnel, it’s extremely strenuous as you can tell. .
. 🐝 sadly we lost our swarm of bees over the winter so took the opportunity to move the hive complete with a little honey and wait for a new swarm. Within 2 days there were bees (I was SO excited)! Turns out they were ROBBERS after the honey - they’ve all buggered off again the blighters! Guess you gotta make hay whilst the sunshines... . 🐥 it turns out that our chickens will perform circus tricks for cherry blossom - I’ll post a vid in my stories! Who knew 🤷‍♀️. . 🌸 the things you notice when you’re in lockdown ... big love x

Slipper Crochet + smoky fire + snoozy dog + greedy

Slipper Crochet + smoky fire + snoozy dog + greedy chicken + sunshine = ☺️ •
(Won’t mention the teeny tiny teenage need for drama going on behind the scenes 🙈). •
I’ve added a discount code to my website: RAINBOWS10 and RAINBOWS20 (redeemable at checkout). Offering a 10% and 20% discount, please take what you need and give what you can, these are the strangest of times, I’ll leave it to your discretion 💕🌸 Big love you gorgeous lot x (link in bio)

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This image really touched me this morning..
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Lovely customer savouring her morning cuppa in the calm of the morning..
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Her day off from working in the hospital. One photo, a thousand words and now can’t help but shed a few tears..
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Sending love to those who might need it and above everything, staying home.

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