https://www.itsgotashop.com/blog daily 1.0 2021-10-27 https://www.itsgotashop.com/blog/festive-decorations monthly 0.5 2021-12-09 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616733fdbaaa0e058535f4a5/616733fdb74eea20ed04e390/1639057689427/grayson%2Bperry%2BRA.jpg Blog - Festive Decorations - Grayson Perry's Red Alan at the RA £10 It’s a fitting way to celebrate the glorious contribution to public joy that Grayson Perry made during our recent troubles, with his Art Club. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616733fdbaaa0e058535f4a5/616733fd1984320711e1f625/1639057689434/jorvic.jpeg Blog - Festive Decorations - Festive Viking Ship, Jorvik Museum I think this might be the first time that clicking on a Christmas decoration has generated a suggestion that I might also like a Practical Sword. Not that it was wrong… https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616733fdbaaa0e058535f4a5/616733fea2138862f2c60cdb/1639057689439/make+your+own+national+trust.jpeg Blog - Festive Decorations - Christmas Crafting Kit, National Trust £22 Not only have you purchased your festive decorations at a National Trust shop, you stuck them together yourself. You must be well posh. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616733fdbaaa0e058535f4a5/616733fec3b41c2e5c55801b/1639057689443/national+trust.png Blog - Festive Decorations - Three Festive Knitted Dinosaurs, A Blue Whale and a Mammoth, £9 each, Natural History Museum A Knitted T Rex in a Santa Hat, on a string is one of those things you never realised you needed until you saw it. A proportion of the profits from this set will help set up pre schools in Bangladesh. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616733fdbaaa0e058535f4a5/616733ff149ae839da6c174e/1639057689447/ropemakers%2Bchatham.jpg Blog - Festive Decorations - DIY Christmas Wreath, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham £25.99 They still call it Christmas at the Master Ropemakers. And they still make it out of rope. Now you can too! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616733fdbaaa0e058535f4a5/61673400f10eda763a07c727/1639057689451/V%2526A%2BTeacups.jpg Blog - Festive Decorations - Ceramic Cup and Saucer Collection, V&amp;A £7 You can’t buy these because I am getting ALL OF THEM. Just look! Each one is unique! <sighs> https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616733fdbaaa0e058535f4a5/61673401ddbd967f48d7bb80/1639057689455/witchcraft.jpeg Blog - Festive Decorations - Blessed Be Rowan Charm, Museum of Witchcraft and Magic £10 Not strictly speaking a Christmas decoration because I guess Witches don’t celebrate but it’s figuratively and literally charming and it has a Pentangle and everything. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616733fdbaaa0e058535f4a5/61673411149ae839da6c19b6/1639057689459/british+museum.jpeg Blog - Festive Decorations - Wedgewood Baubles, British Museum £35 You can tell the class of visitors a museum is attracting by the price and quality of their gift shop baubles. These aren’t even in the Luxury Gifts section neither. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616733fdbaaa0e058535f4a5/616734251984320711e1f94f/1639057689462/cheapside+2.jpeg Blog - Festive Decorations - Cheapside Hoard decorations, Museum of London £4.95 Now, not only are these relatively bargainous, they are actual replicas of the jewels found in the Cheapside Hoard. I can see no reason why your house shouldn’t be festooned in these pretties all year round. 4 to collect, and you can throw in a Suffragette whilst you are at it. https://www.itsgotashop.com/blog/gettingdressedchallenge monthly 0.5 2021-10-21 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/t/616d6d8a74c3dd31d2dd6790/1634561521286/photo-1520006403909-838d6b92c22e.jpeg Blog - Getting dressed challenge All these authentic Japanese kimonos were lovely but Francesca was beginning to feel a chill around her undercarriage. (Photo by Becca McHaffie on Unsplash) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616d45ffd557a24a0bbc5948/616d46004b0a6d3a94eca5e8/1634552633796/499415-LDN-Lakia-Jumper-Xmas-1_720x.jpeg Blog - Getting dressed challenge This year, rock the festive sweater with a design that celebrates DOGS IN SPACE Science Museum Laika Jumper £35 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616d45ffd557a24a0bbc5948/616d46004ce3d463eacd09d9/1634551795043/Abbey+Road.jpeg Blog - Getting dressed challenge A limited edition tee shirt created in partnership with the Actual Beatles. And it’s a lovely shade of khaki green too. They also sell an Official”Help” scarf that is 122 inches long so you can recreate that album cover which is pretty awesome… The Abbey Road ‘Let It Be’ 1970 T-Shirt £25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616d45ffd557a24a0bbc5948/616d4605f167241fec6658ee/1634552220259/Ashmolean+kimono.jpeg Blog - Getting dressed challenge If you’ve ever been to North Oxford you’ll be unsurprised to hear that the nearby Ashmolean does an excellent line in floaty kimonos and dangly earrings. This soft grey number is my favourite Ashmolean Slate Stork Kimono £50 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616d45ffd557a24a0bbc5948/616d460795a9836cc8324096/1634552371944/cashmerepassion_grey_0006.jpeg Blog - Getting dressed challenge If you like your florals BIG then Kew is the place for you. This cardi is all Zoom calls on the front, kitchen supper party on the back. Passionflower Cashmere Cardigan £175 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616d45ffd557a24a0bbc5948/616d46089bedac0b5f1c7b97/1634552034796/khadi+shirt+v%26a.jpeg Blog - Getting dressed challenge The first stop is of course the V&A, and as usual it is hard to choose, but the vivid colours of their beautiful Ikat shirts from India are pretty irresistible, if not cheap. V&A Ikat shirt, £125 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616d45ffd557a24a0bbc5948/616d4613b3ed7533a18a02c4/1634552622851/Tate+t+shirt.jpeg Blog - Getting dressed challenge There are tees in all the shops but none as vibrant as this one, created exclusively for Tate as part of a collaboration with London-based artist Yinka Shonibare CBE. Tate, Yinka Shonibare CBE t-shirt £30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616d45ffd557a24a0bbc5948/616d4ce855ba9b49adb2e4d4/1634553167465/TivolionOliveAP022_1024x1024.png Blog - Getting dressed challenge Is an apron clothing? I don’t care. Look. At. It. It’s made from a Heals textile from the Museum’s archives and it is bloody lovely. Museum of the Home Tivoli Apron £26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616d45ffd557a24a0bbc5948/616d50eb4b0a6d3a94ed149b/1634554281990/Yellow_raincoat_1024x1024.jpeg Blog - Getting dressed challenge A proper raincoat, which is just what you’d expect from the National Maritime Museum, in a glorious yellow to cheer you up when facing the drizzle on a boat or otherwise. Adult Yellow Raincoat £85 https://www.itsgotashop.com/blog/jorvic monthly 0.5 2021-10-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/61674bac9b515e1be0e80f02/61674bacf3f89d07545ac2df/1635350405700/Screenshot+2021-10-13+at+22.09.26.png Blog - Spotlight: JORVIK Straight away, you know you are somewhere special when the options include Weaponry and Drinks. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/61674bac9b515e1be0e80f02/61674e10dfeb7857562ce2e5/1635350405705/LARGE%2BHORN.jpg Blog - Spotlight: JORVIK Large Drinking Horn £52. You can get 1.5 litres of ale or mead in this Horn. There’s also a more ladylike version which holds a full bottle of wine which I have had gift wrapped and sent to my hovel. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/61674bac9b515e1be0e80f02/61674f4f9b515e1be0e87029/1635350405709/jorvik%2Baxe.jpg Blog - Spotlight: JORVIK Let’s not mess about. We know what we are here for. The Weaponry section (only accessible to those 18+) boasts three axes and a “Practical Sword”. And each of them is a Thing of BEAUTY. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/61674bac9b515e1be0e80f02/616751ebc338ed03105ceef2/1635350405712/scarf.jpeg Blog - Spotlight: JORVIK Genuinely lovely woollen chenille mix scarves with celtic decoration. Yours or your nearest Handsome Pillager’s for just £32.50. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/61674bac9b515e1be0e80f02/61675238267cb75b70fabda1/1635350405716/frey.jpeg Blog - Spotlight: JORVIK This is apparently a bestseller for the store, and the pic online was fairly unassuming, if cute. Further research revealed its distinctive charm. I am considering getting this as a ring holder. Bronze Fertility God, Frey, £36. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/t/616748ed08865d20da730863/1635350405695/old+jorvik.jpg Blog - Spotlight: JORVIK Is that the smell of real Norsemen or did Mum go back on the cabbage diet this week? https://www.itsgotashop.com/blog/curiouser-and-curiouser monthly 0.5 2021-10-21 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/t/61682c92f9d6e822cee8b9c9/1634217966628/curiouser.jpeg Blog - New Drop! Alice: Curiouser and curiouser, V&amp;A https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616831afdf4c5d0c0f7b5e94/616831b089f6ad07b4bc8541/1634218842497/beaded+clutch.jpeg Blog - New Drop! Alice: Curiouser and curiouser, V&amp;A It’s a little bit Missoni, it’s big enough to put your phone in, it’s just the ticket for all the parties we are god damned owed. Want. Pink flower beaded clutch £50 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616831afdf4c5d0c0f7b5e94/616831b0ac5926694f09f6bd/1634220102143/lens+cloth.jpeg Blog - New Drop! Alice: Curiouser and curiouser, V&amp;A Can’t quite justify £120 on a silk square? Well Katjana has obligingly designed a little lens cloth just for you, and it also does an excellent job of externalising the emotional experience of returning to the office during a global pandemic every time you wipe a colleague’s spittle off your laptop. Pool of Tears Lens Cloth £5 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616831afdf4c5d0c0f7b5e94/616831b8a941d0029d58e5eb/1634219949762/tatty.jpeg Blog - New Drop! Alice: Curiouser and curiouser, V&amp;A There is loads of excellent Tatty Devine jewellery in this collection but this one stands out for me because a) it will jolly up a black dress in an intriguing way and b) when you are forced once again to interact with colleagues of members of the public and your cheeks can’t stand up to the new strain of forcing a smile you can hold this grin up to your face instead. Smile necklace, £30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616831afdf4c5d0c0f7b5e94/616831b561ea280a05528638/1634219269662/scarf.jpeg Blog - New Drop! Alice: Curiouser and curiouser, V&amp;A Oh , god. Its very lovely isn’t it? And silk squares are super wardrobe enablers. Its 100% silk and a good size - 90cmx90cm. You probably ought to get it really. The Queen’s Croquet Ground silk scarf £120 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616831afdf4c5d0c0f7b5e94/616832a0454de305e948cc75/1634220276155/letterpress.jpeg Blog - New Drop! Alice: Curiouser and curiouser, V&amp;A Check out the V&A’s letterpress prints of the Victorian maxims around the building, they are also awesome. This one is going above the guest loo to unnerve visitors. Curiouser Letterpress Print £18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/616831afdf4c5d0c0f7b5e94/616836e71ae3fa6bb5d2a86e/1634219877607/cards.jpeg Blog - New Drop! Alice: Curiouser and curiouser, V&amp;A Massive playing cards so you can feel like Alice when she drinks the shrinking potion! Genius! The Queen’s Guards giant playing cards £12 https://www.itsgotashop.com/about daily 0.75 2021-10-13 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6166e7ed9ceeaf2df7c7f491/t/6166fa093df0aa512dbed998/1634138876843/NT-Stourhead-Shop.jpeg About The National Trust shop in Stourhead, where you can buy handknits made from local Alpaca herds. See?