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SingleMaltTeapot is the creative hub of Vic Phillips. A photographer & woodcrafter living & making in the Brecon Beacons.

Along with Samantha Wheeler it is our journey as we explore, cook and craft our way to the goodlife.

After all the build up Christmas seems to have darted on by all to fleetingly leaving only this over full feeling and a felty unicorn in it's wake. Which isn't entirely fair, this week still has that lovely slowed time feeling as the curtain falls on the year but I think I am ready to start thinking about 2018 now; so it's out with the little neon mini post it notes ready to make a new calendar look like a rave in a confetti factory. I'm excited and nervous in equal measure about it. There is so much potential and glorious things to come, new designs, ideas and events and so much to grow upon from this year with the wonderful folk I have encountered along the way. I do feel that 2017 has been a little too accidental though, seeing what the waves brought and riding them rather than firing up my pastel pink jet ski and thundering through them cackling away gloriously to myself. I both want and honestly probably need to be on that jet ski for 2018, minutes are precious and I don't think it's a bad thing to say I want to nail as many of them as possible.
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What's your hope for the new year though folks? Resolutions? Goals? The first of those two gets a lot of flack, as if wanting to make a positive change is a bad thing if you want to do it based on calendar date. I think markers like that can help us, it focuses things, gives us something to attach those thoughts to. So shout them out, give them and name and make them real. Whatever they may be and do share if you feel you fancy it you'll only get support and plenty of cheering from me.
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- NEW BLOG POST - With 2017 heading into a probably not so quite slumber I've taken a look back over the year at Teapot Towers and also a look ahead to next year, it's projects and goals.....one of which really is to write a few more blog posts 😜 Head on over to SingleMaltTeapot.com to have a bit of a gander 🙂
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This by the way is Nell....Nell is not our puppy, she actually belongs to the farm owned by our landlord and though she is in the process of learning the tricks of the trade as far as a working farm dog goes she is still very much a pup and always looking for a chance to have cuddles and a bit of a bound about. If she spots us headed for a walk she'll trot along in front of us, if she spots us at all in fact she'll scamper over for a bit of love, if she spots you've left the car door open while taking bags in in the rain, she'll definitely get in your car 😝
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There is something so wonderful in the hush of snowfall, it reminds me of an even more peaceful version of the white noise we have on to help Willow sleep. This has mostly receded now, warmer rainfall turning the winding country lanes into mini rivers of melt water but the hush of the snowfall and bounding around in drifts up to our knees was somehow much needed. The last couple of weeks have been busy and draining for us both, I've been away with work while Sam kept smiles on Willow's face; glorious as that is, removing a parent makes that insanely tiring. So being a little childish in the snow was welcome medication for all that. Nell (a pup from the farm in our little cluster of cottages) followed us, bounding happily about, glad for even more people happy to talk her for a wander and we forgot about all those big things for a little while as Willow did her best rhino noise trying her hardest not to nod off. Amongst all that....perhaps minus the odd rhino noise and surrounded by scenes from a Christmas card, it's tough to feel anything but a happy calm. I'm sure I wouldn't want to be snowed in for too long but a couple of days here and there, I think I can handle that.
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Shiny spoons and a chance to win one!! If you head on over to @pedlarsworld today you'll find one of my Split & Seasoned English Oak kitchen spoons available in their lovely Christmas giveaway. These have been carved from Oak split and axed into planks around this time last year then stacked and seasoned in the SingleMaltTeapot studio. The change from heartwood to sapwood has left a wonderfully defined colouration in the wood that just seems to add to the warmth that comes from oak.
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The store is also fairly freshly stocked with some other shiny carved goodness; 15 yr aged cherry honey dippers, hearty kitchen spoons and the just glorious tones of Sapele. If you head over to the Pedlars page you'll also find a discount code to apply to any order on the store!! 🙂
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The days do seem to be rather flying by at the moment and somehow December has come bounding up over the horizon pulling thoughts of Christmas with it. I have a little work trip to get out of the way before I can let my thoughts really drift to the festive loveliness but I am already happily excited simply knowing I'll have Christmas at home this year, something that's not been possible for about 3 years.
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As a little early Christmas treat for you though I'll be taking part in @pedlarsworld annual chrimbo giveaways tomorrow. There's a chance to win one of my spoons (a lovely gift but it's way cool to keep it for yourself 😜) but I'll also have a discount running alongside to get yourself a deal on anything else in the store too. Just head over to their page tomorrow for all the details.
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My little early treats though are these two books. I've been meaning to start learning the essentials of Japanese and Korean cookery for a little while and finally gotten myself some cook books to start from. I'll probably start out with a dozen buckets of kimchi, shall gleefully pop that on almost anything 😝
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Vic Phillips

The Cherry incidentally has been seasoning for almost 4 years and is tough as nails. The oak on the other hand has… https://t.co/fWFbEGAGLH
about 5 months ago