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the tipsy moth pottery is a small batch homeware and ceramic jewellery shedshop based in Wimbish, Saffron Walden

http://www.thetipsymothpottery.co.uk

28/10/2026

Turns out linocutting is great therapy for being in a real bad mood. A few random carvings and a very bright moon last night.
Trying to pack the last pumpkins sold but out of boxes, brain cells and other necessary items.
Have a beautiful day with plenty blankets, biscuits and barnacles, sorry I got carried away with the alliteration and panicked. Im off to find coffee and get the jitters xx

Much love, Pip xx

27/10/2026

Thank you so much for your kindness, you're a bloody lovely bunch, do you know that? Plenty bits and bobs still available if you fancy a treat, most things are being packed this morning before going to Harlow hospital~ cards will follow tomorrow, warts and all! And again thank you, big mwah!

Feeling comforted, Pip ###

26/10/2026

Now I need to learn to do it neatly 👀 well I guess it's about time I worked out how to do something without making a mess. I think thumb prints on pottery are cute, (I once saw finger prints left by a roman child on a ceramic pot in the London archives, I found it very moving) but im not sure smudgie budgies will look that cute on cards, but what do you think of the designs? Framable? Or flammable?

26/10/2026

Not quite sure what to do with myself, last day of the snots, chest is sore, and hopefully I'll be back visiting the hospital again tomorrow. So how do I fill my day? All kilns are kaput, my bank account is nearly empty, the pottery is gathering dust, I've had a little go at using my linocuts, I'm not sure I can produce anything good enough to sell yet. There are a few pumpkins left, which I have reduced further so you can grab them for a bargain £10 and some signs and ceramic bits in the Penelope Bailey shop. I have a few jugs water testing that I may add if I can get decent light for photos, but a customer reminded me the photo for the other sign was wrong, so maybe it's a sign that today I should get sewing and finish the lovely purses I started? who knows? I'm in such a muddle I'm not sure if I'm coming or going. Tea and a tidy, I think, should sort me out.

Have a spanking great day, folks
Toodles, Pip x

Ps if you can repost or copy link etc, it would be a huge help, insta is being a right c*nt to small businesses ~i would love you forever!

23/10/2026

Evenin all! What wild weather it is outside here in Essex, I snoozed this afternoon and woke up in darkness, very strange. I haven't been to the hospital today due to feeling a bit under the weather and Nelly has been shipped off to London for a procedure they couldnt manage locally, her daughter and one of my sons have travelled in by train and I've rested, been to the Dr for a blood test and burnt their dinner, two smart things and one very daft one.
I have also updated my website with a few mugs and there are still pumpkins on there, plus I have signs, mushrooms and earrings on the Penelope Bailey Ltd shop. Any purchases will help towards my transport costs at the mo so I can keep visiting, and will also involve a huge invisible hug flying your way as I'm hugely grateful.
Now check your oven quick before you burn anything!
Much love Pips xx

22/10/2026

Dear wonderful ladies of instagram, I am absolutely devastated to tell you my darling big sis that painted these gorgeous mugs has been taken ill suddenly and seriously.

I hate posts like these, but I'm horrified at learning that ovarian cancer is still a hidden menace to women that goes so easily undiagnosed. I know many of you suffer chronic illnesses and menopause and that's why you work from home, but did you know that chronic fatigue, ibs and menopause all disguise the symptoms of ovarian cancer? and they are so common in middle age that drs don't look any further? If you do one thing today please look up the symptoms and ask for a blood test if you identify with them. A pap smear does NOT test for this. Even my drs receptionist didn't know that.

I have to leave my shops open (which makes me feel evil) as its my only source of funds and we need to travel everyday to the hospital. I will take her items out of the shop as they are not going anywhere. Please if you think someone you know needs to get checked have that talk today. Sometimes adhd and being a carer for others makes you neglect your own health, and this cancer is invisible early on.

Much love to all your amazing women

Pip x

19/10/2026

Morning! Brrr it's chilly, love this weather, the last pumpkins are reduced on my website and there are still mushrooms in the orange pumpkin colours available through Penelope Bailey Ltd and also my signs are there too.

The last kiln has given up so no new pottery planned, the last tray of pumpkins will have to be abandoned, but there's about 30 finished items that I'll be listing soon...

I have been linoprinting and sewing so I will have lots of fun stuff ready for you soon, with similar designs to my pottery, just a bit, er, flatter which I'm sure the postie will appreciate x

Hope you're keeping warm? I have a bowl of whipped cream with flakes crumbled in it sitting in my fridge to go onto of my coffees and hot chocolate. I'm off out of the house (getting so rare) so wish me luck out among real people. I think I'm gonna need 2 pairs of socks in ma boots today!

Be happy, Pip xx

15/10/2026

F**k up of the day. Can you spot the mistake?
And no, it's not that it's off center, because you know i love everything a bit wonky anyway. It's an iris if that helps.
Sigh. the whole load of this kiln was a misfire including a replacement mug. That's 8 hours of yesterday wasted. This is the last working kiln other than the tiny winy one. Better get on with my sewing and plan some tiny jewellery!
Been a weird week, insomnia is kicking my butt, the last time I had it this bad I lost 2 stone in weight, sounds nice but that was 6 months of going slightly madder every day. You guys would tell me if you noticed that, right? Anyway better take this unicorn for a walk before and put my Elvis costume on to face the day!
You, ladies, are completely spiffing!
Toodles, Pip x
P.s. if you're one of the 3 men that follow me you're spiffing too xx

14/10/2026

Side project underway- one of many thats been buzzing in my head, had to make sure it involved a little pottery so people knew it was moi that was the evil genius behind the scheme..

How are doing? I have to say this is my favourite kinda weather, woolly jumpers, furry coats, hot chocolate with a touch of rum in it. Summer is too sweaty and too much flesh on show for me, give me thick tights and dm's any day, am I right? Though I do need to do a little work in my studio today but I am quite cosy in my chair and I can hear my son Louis singing upstairs so maybe I'll wait till my hair is dry from my shower before toddling out to the draughty old shed. I also have to find some old remnants of velvet and try dye them orange as I made ceramic pumpkin stalks and want to try them out. So after last month's grey dye on my finger tips I think I might end up being an orange tip butterfly today!
A lot of my projects involve upcycling clothes and rescuing beloved fabric scraps ive kept from the early 2000's which i have now discovered is way messier than pottery (though faster and cheaper to deal with) so my dream of a tidy house (with 4 sons?) is quite ridiculous. Are you a tidy person? My mum was super neat and I always feel like in going to be in trouble for my chaos somehow, but then I remember I'm a grown up and I can just tell people to do one. When I think of it I only know one person who had a perfect home (every room was like page from the next directory) and I gave me the heebies geeebies.
Right that's enough waffle from me, I shall resume my hunt for a zipper foot and get me s**t together,

Have a great one!
Toodles Pip ###

09/10/2026

Don't forget- Penelope Bailey Ltd

Just a little reminder, our first month is nearly over, prices will be going back to normal on Monday, but for the next few days, EVERYTHING IS AT LEAST 50% OFF!
*ready for immediate dispatch
*only pay for postage on the first item
*everything is handmade in the UK
*prices are all between £1-£20

Woo hoo!!!!

Address

Wimbish
Saffron Walden
CB102XE

Website

http://www.thetipsymthpottery.co.uk/

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