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Jasmine White London hand painted enamelware mugs Lina, Aura and Maria designs on Maria tray

Happy Customer & Marshmallows

We had a lovely email from a  customer who loves using our hand painted enamelware. She was at home with her brother being looked after, as their mummy was out and about. As a treat, they made a luxurious hot chocolate with all the trimmings!  This includes whipped cream & marshmallows on top of a lot of milky hot chocolate all in the popular green enamelware mugs. Bright green mug with hot choc and marshmallows   They sent in a photo, with their story, which is just lovely. It certainly made our day. Chloe (AGE 7) also, kindly sent in the key ingredients to the yummy, luxurious, hot chocolate, in case you wish to make some yourself:
  1. Hot chocolate
  2. Whipped cream
  3. Mini marshmallows
  4. (All in the green mugs,)
  5. Use spoon to help eat!
Thank you Chloe. We love receiving your emails and messages so keep them   coming! xx Supriya    
Jasmine White London hand painted Tara enamelware tumbler

Summer Sale Festival & Colour Inspired

We have decided to hold our first sale this summer. We design and make our products using lots of  colour and traditional techniques and we are always inspired by festivals, carnivals and occasions where people come together to celebrate or to have a good time. The mood of a summer festival, garden party, alfresco meal with the long light evenings is always magical. You will find an array of hand painted enamelware, including jugs, mugs and trays and a selection of our textiles for the home, as well as some useful tote bags all with special discounts. We hope you find something, either as something for yourself of as a gift for someone else.
A selection of handpainted enamelware with Jasmine White London own designs
Handpainted Enamelware Cups Some Colours NOW £5.50 in the Sale

New season, new designs and introducing Jasmine White Fabrics ….

Its been a busy summer for us at Jasmine White London HQ. We’ve been exhibiting at various shows, starting off with Windsor Horse Trials at the Royal Windsor Race Course, and followed that with amongst others, Home and Gift at Harrogate. We introduced new products such as hob covers in our design ranges, with Stars and Birds of Paradise flying off shelves since launch, including our   lovely egg cosy at the request of our ‘little’ Jasmine White fans, my two boys. So now we have egg cosies on offer in not only the Birds of Paradise design and Stars but also our Indian Street range as, surprise, surprise, the boys love the ‘tuk tuks’/autorikshaws and trucks printed all over them. We’ve also been exploring a variety of new designs and getting inspired by the vibrancy of colour, which as most of you will know by now is something we enjoy working with. Given the lovely sunshine we were lucky to get this summer, its not hard to see why either! We are now introducing our beautiful new Bright Red with Floral Splash and Duck Egg Iris pattern in fabric. As the demand for our fabric is now growing we are happy to announce that we are able to supply our customers with our fabric. These are the designs we are adapting to fabrics:
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Jasmine White London Iris design on Duck Egg
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Jasmine White London Floral Splash on Bright Red
                        Our Running Stags in Grey caught the imagination of some of our lovely customers at Home and Gift and as a result, our new linen fabric is now on its way to being made into something lovely-watch this space. We are expanding our accessories this Autumn and hence there are a few more items in your favourite designs, just in time to help with the Christmas season..These will be on our website soon. Keep an eye out for the Fairs we will be attending, we’ve got a back to back schedule over the Winter months. x Supriya      

A recent visit to India to meet up with Jasmine White production teams.

We visited India in April  and all credit is due to the team at Advent Custom Tours http://www.adventcustomtours.com who very kindly held our hand as we navigated the hot weather in Delhi at 37Degrees to high up in the Himalayan Mountains where it dipped to around 13-14Degrees, which of course was pretty normal given the weather in England! What with last minute flights and travel related issues, it was very handy to have a team that deals with tailor made travel to help us around.Kashmir Mountains

Visiting the Production Team in Kashmir

It was lovely to be in Srinagar which is the capital of Kashmir and being nestled among the Pir Panjal and Zabarwan mountain ranges in the Himalayan mountains is quite magical. Srinagar is a valley in the foothills of these mountains and is well known for its beautiful Mughal Gardens and Houseboats, or ‘Shikharas’ on the beautiful Dal Lake. The view of these majestic mountains and their stunning peaks rising above and around the valley are an impressive sight to behold. The Mountain peaks Kotwal (14,211 feet)and Mahadev (18,013 feet) peaks, amongst others, are visible from the valley. The Mahadev is the backdrop of the Shalimar gardens which is rather stunning. It is in Srinagar that we visited our production team which is focused on developing the traditional art of hand painting amongst the young women so that it provides them with a means of income, an aspect that is of firm importance to the development of Jasmine White products. Handpainting is a traditional skill practiced by men, which is not unlike most other parts of India. At Jasmine White we are keen to ensure this skill is sustained and also provides an income stream to women who can work from home. As a first for our enterprise, our senior artisan Tareque is now training women to work on this skill from home, and where possible from a special ‘workshop’ for women.

Floral Inspiration
Shalimar Gardens
Jasmine Whites enamelware in production each piece being meticulously hand painted with Supriya on right side of the image
Indian lady Afroza working on Jasmine White hand painted decorations

 

Most of the artisans in our Srinagar production facility undertake the work at their homes around their families, and they work in their spare time or on a ‘project basis’ for the production unit. We enjoyed our introduction to Kehva, a beautiful blend of cardamom and clove which is traditionally the ‘tea’ drunk in Kashmir. The beautiful gardens and the Dal Lake that makes up the city are very enticing. We have promised ourselves to go back for a Houseboat stay and also to further develop our ties with the magical hands that work on our beautiful products.

Then to Delhi

We also visited our production unit in Delhi which produces our textile products. We are pleased that the team that works on the Indian Street, Stars and Birds of Paradise ranges does not have  any child employees or a ‘tea boy’ (typically a young boy who instead of being at school is found in offices all over the country serving teas) , and that all teas/coffees/soft drinks are made by the unit members themselves, or bought in by them. We are satisfied that fair wages are paid at both our units and no sweat shops operate here. It is these aspects that are the foundation of the Jasmine White brand and so with each product an integrity as well as beautiful craftsmanship can be assured. Off to plan the next trip then …………………….