Welcome to FLINT.

We are a mother and daughter team who make beautiful, botanically inspired, life enhancing products for you and your home.

Alongside our own crafted articles, we offer a carefully chosen collection of clothing, accessories and homeware, with an emphasis on timeless style and quality.

We're also freelance stylists and floral designers who work on many varied projects for both private and commercial clients.

For details on our seasonal pop up shops and regular open studio days, or our styling and interior design service, please feel free to get in touch.

 

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We are based in England UK and we ship worldwide

 

 

News

Gifts for Mother Figures

February 27, 2024

  To me, mothers come in many different guises.. Whether a grandmother, a sister, a sibling, an aunt or a treasured friend, Sunday 10th March is all about celebrating the nurturing spirit. I feel very lucky.. I intend to spend the day with my mother Julia, showing her my appreciation and telling her how much she's loved, but I share her with many friends and relatives all of whom would agree, she's a mother to them all. We have chosen a small range of gifts designed to delight, so if you feel like treating the one who makes you feel secure, nutured and loved, choose something from our selection to help bring a smile. Click on the image above to explore...

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Spring Flowers, in Paper

February 06, 2024

A new year of flowers has begun. The first shoots are appearing in the garden and never fail to bring a small sigh of relief and it feels especially poignant at the moment, with all that's going wrong in the world right now. Julia has been making her paper flowers again, inspired by the very first flowers to appear. Each one is made from crepe paper and she paints accents onto each one, to really (almost) bring them to life. We hope they bring a smile.. All these flowers and more are available to order by clicking here 

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Heartfelt Thanks and Best Wishes

January 04, 2024

I'm writing this on a very cold and blustery evening, sheets of rain battering the window beside me and wind howling around our old house. I've just read yet another lovely email from one of our customers. She writes about how happy her friend was to receive a gift parcel from our shop, beautiful treats that she chose with love and care, which we wrapped for her in tissue and ribbon. It always heartens me when people feel the need to write lovely notes of thanks and it reminds me of how incredibly lucky Julia and I are to have such loyal customers, who still choose to shop with us after we closed our bricks and mortar store in Lewes...

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Julia's Paper Irises

September 02, 2023

The irises bred by celebrated gardener Cedric Morris are renowned for their delicate beauty and unusual shades. Ragged flags in muted tones of coffee, cream, mauve-pink and deep purple ripple with colour in unexpected combinations.Paper artist Julia Smith - a self confessed 'flower obsessive' who also happens to be one half of the FLINT team - has created these exquisite paper replicas inspired by visits to last year's Chelsea Flower Show, where she fell in love with the irises Sarah Price's 'Nurture Landscapes' garden, and to the garden that Cedric created, Benton End, in Suffolk.Julia taught herself how to make paper flowers long ago when she was a child, having been given a book by her mother. Over recent years, she's taken up the craft once more and...

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