Mustard General Store

This is a small collection that I’d love to build upon. I like a piece of art you can use with your morning cuppa. And I’m wondering whether you could use a pen pot for a hot chocolate with whipped cream on top? Sitting on a lovely cornishware saucer with a little spoon for stirring. It’s a nice thought.

I love these tiny square prints. They are small enough to pop anywhere. They’re easy to send out as gifts and perfect for starting your own little collection. They are all taken from paintings completed at the end of 2025 and exclusive to our shop. My newest work in print, you won’t find them anywhere else. 

I don’t have a fridge you can put magnets on. But my partner Graham does, and he sometimes buys them on our travels. There’s a fabulous nostalgic gallery on there now, it’s lovely! I wonder if he’ll choose one of mine to add to his collection? And which would it be I wonder?

All of the products at Mustard General Store are lovely but for me these take the biscuit (quite literally they’d make a lovely tray for a digestive). I love their colour, weight, texture and the crisp reproduction of my images. Also, the sound they make when you move them against each other is very pleasing.

I never used to be a coaster person until I fell in love with a long, unvarnished, fruitwood kitchen table. My budgie Almondine would run up and down it like a cat walk. It’s old, wonky, has gaps in all the wrong places and is completely beautiful. I daren’t even sneeze in its general direction. And now I collect coasters.

I didn’t know these were a thing. But from the moment I saw them, I knew I had to have them. Smooth and glossy, the Doris Fruit Salad range in particular has a real homemade, hand painted feel. You could use them to hang on a doorknob or coat hook; as gift tags or plant ornaments; tied around a candlestick; worn as a medallion or earrings? The list is endless.

There are lots of cushion designs to choose from, each made to order so bear that in mind if you decide to add them to your bag. But just think, you could be sitting on your sofa browsing on your phone and hey presto you’ve ordered up a whole new look for your front room, and they’ll be with you in just over a week.  Mr Socks by Hawkes Hounds.

These are such lovely things. You’ll want to frame them not use them. But life is too short to keep anything for best. I encourage you to get out there, wear your frocks and tote bags with pride rather than keeping them folded in the bottom drawer.