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The Top 5 Party Trends for 2024
Each year brings about an array of party trends and we've put together our five top trend predictions for 2024...
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Hannah's Cookie Decorating Tips
The Cookie Shelf team came to the office to put on a cookie decorating class. At Talking Tables we are certainly a team of creative people with sweet teeth, so we were very excited. We are also ent...
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Hello 2022! Our Eco Year
At Talking Tables we wanted to create something visual to illustrate the eco journey we’ve been on for the last few years. Not just to celebrate what we’ve already achieved but to also highlight ou...
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A Very Boho Christmas
While we love the classic tables of red, green gold and silver for the day itself, Talking Tables' Amber believes that the run-up to Christmas, where you may be hosting gatherings for family, frien...
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Candle Painting With Bable
We were recently joined in the office by Bianca from Babel, who put on an amazing candle painting workshop for us. At Talking Tables we love candles and incorporate them in most of our tables and e...
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Festive Tablescapes With Willow Crossley
Last week some of the team travelled up to Banbury for a festive tablescaping workshop. As the festive period is upon us we thought this would be a great way to hone some new skills, tips and trick...
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How To Make Your Own Eco Christmas Decorations
There’s something about this time of year that inspires doing things by hand; whether that's baking festive treats, brewing up some mulled wine, or in this case, making some of your own decorations...
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Feel The Love This Thanksgiving
This month festivities truly start with Thanksgiving. We loved hearing what celebrations mean to our US team members - not just the treats and drinks. It's all about the people and bringing friends...
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How to: Spooky Halloween Tablescape
I was inspired by our new Halloween range to invite family for a small soiree which handily fell on a Sunday evening. Here are some simple steps taken to create a bright and spooky Halloween sett...
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Happy Diwali From Talking Tables
Diwali is known as the festival of lights and is a 5 day long celebration where we celebrate the “victory of good over evil” and the lights represent the light after darkness. These days includes p...
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Mentoring Matters: Meet Amber
As we continue our drive to mentor and inspire the younger generation we have been joined by Amber for a few months, who is interning with the marketing team. After a month of getting stuck in (and...
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How to: Decorate Your Home With String Lights
Light up your home this autumn with our selection of string lights. Here are some unique and beautiful ways to make the most of our portable lights and create a cosy home this winter.
1. Around a ...
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Culture Club: Korean Cooking Class
Last Thursday we enjoyed a Korean cooking class in the office and made some Kimchi and Bibimbap (Korean cabbage pickle and Rice) that we then enjoyed as a meal!
A big thank you to Will & Clare ...
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Chelsea Flower Show 2021 - 5 trends I expect to filter through to tables and gatherings by Dan Cooper
The Chelsea Flower Show is where horticultural trends have been set since 1913. It’s the gardening equivalent of London Fashion Week and the most prestigious flower show in the world. Big-budget sh...
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Chelsea Flower Show - September 2021
Blessed with a sunny, warm, September day, my annual pilgrimage to Chelsea Flower Show was very enjoyable. I treated myself to a full day ticket (as opposed to my 15:30 run around) and with the ext...
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FSC Friday
It’s FSC Day today. But what’s hosting a gathering got to do with forests?
Quite a lot, it turns out. Almost everything we make – from bunting to party games – contains paper or wood. And could we ...
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Go Go TT - Race for Life
Recently some of the Talking Tables team took part in Race For Life - raising awareness and donations for cancer charities. With some avid runners in the team, as well as some who just wanted to gi...
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Talking Culture - September
A trip to Wonderland
Most people may associate Lewis Carroll with the city of Oxford, where he studied and lived for many years. After all, it was there that he conceived and wrote his most famous ...
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A Trip To The Recycling Centre
Last week some of the Talking Tables team visited Western Riverside Waste Authority. Director Of Supply Chain Dan details the visit and what they learned:
'It was a very insightful visit and a star...
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Talking Topic: A Discussion With Our John Lewis Buyer
John Lewis has long been a customer to Talking Tables and was kind enough to support me in the early days. Sara Allbright has been particularly supportive in encouraging and guiding us within the g...
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Talking Culture - August
Edinburgh Festival
This week we travelled back up to Edinburgh, and went to see the famous festival. It was definitely less busy than normal – I did not see buskers or leaflet distributors, so it h...
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Talking Tables Talks Books #4
The book club at Talking Tables is a tradition that has been running for several years now and it’s always been a great opportunity for the booklovers among us to get together, get reading and ce...
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