laura gee's top 10 SMUG picks

 SMUG's very own Laura Gee, Illustrator extraordinaire and SMUG family team member, shares her favourite bits and bobs from the shop that she works in - SMUG of course. Bear Plate by Donna Wilson, £22This bear's face is immense! I love his grumpy expression. He is also part of a 'goldilocks and the three bears' style plate series. Daddy bear is the best though! Wrap Magazine, £10.50WRAP is always full of inspiring illustrations and great informative articles on creativity and design. Always something new and different, along with some tasty pull out wrapping paper! Falcon Enamelware Tea Pot in Pillarbox Red, £20TEA I love, postbox red I LOVE , and it looks a bit like a toy, which is sure to make me happy. Navy Illusion Blanket, £47This blanket is a classic and so warm, it also makes a great throw on my bed. Pink Plant Pot Small, £7I love block colours and simplicity and this little plant pot is both, and pretty! Navy Agenda, £20Making lists and setting goals then forgetting the next week to fill in your planner of 'how to do your to do list'? It doesn't matter because its dateless! Perfect! (And you don't feel bad). Maritime Soap Set, £18The packaging of this soap is to me more desirable than the product itself. I just want the packaging. It makes it okay to give someone soap without being offensive when it looks this good. Midilicious Bowl, £31These ceramics are all made with dyed clay, so you get a beautiful range of different tones. I love the mixture of glazed and not glazed, not to mention how amazing it is that these geometric bowls are all handmade. Makes me in awe of this wonder woman Lenneke Peach Esker Wrapping Paper by Esme Winter exclusively for SMUG, £2.50Esme Winter's patterns are amazing. This peach wrapping paper is my favourite though. Shame to give it away. 1950s Pale Blue Gate Leg Formica Table, £110I really want a formica table. The light colours, design and simplicity makes me dream of it in a beautiful big kitchen...one day.  Links to products on the SMUG website:

1. Bear Plate, 2. Wrap Magazine, 3. Enamelware Teapot, 4. Navy Blanket, 5. Pink Plant Pot,

6. Navy Agenda, 7. Maritime Soap Set, 8. Midilicious Bowl, 9. Peach Wrapping Paper,

10. Blue Formica Table.