THE MODERN MINT BLOG

Feb02

Comedy In Essex With Some Plant Based Jokes

Comedy In Essex! Just a quick shout out to anyone in Essex who wishes to support the work of some necessary charities – Children With Cancer First Step The National Autistic Society To raise money for these charities I will be telling some jokes, alongside some fantastically funny and wonderful comics, on February 10th. Details on the poster below and you can get your tickets here… Yes, book my tickets for good laughs and to support these charities now! Look forward to seeing you, your friends or just some random folk you have told about this event and encouraged along – …

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Jan23

Our Packaging

Hello and happy new year all you Modern Minters! Hope you are well and making it through ‘Dry January’/ ‘No Cake New Year’ / ‘Resolving To Stick With My Resolutions This Time‘…. or whatever tough aim you are seeking to achieve right now. I just hope it goes well for you! I want to share with you some thoughts on our packaging. We use: Boxes made from recycled paper. Sometimes we re-use a box that we have a received from someone else. When we do this, we try to cover up the tatty parts with the Modern Mint label. These …

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Dec13

Hiut Denim Jeans – As Good As Our Garden Tools

Lovely to see one of our favourite companies trending on the BBC today…. Hiut Denim Jeans. Not only do they make brilliant jeans, but they have been a massive inspiration to us. Their philosophy, to make the best jeans they can, not the most jeans they can, reminds us all the time that at Modern Mint, it is okay not to sell the same tools and products as the garden centres. Because we don’t like those tools. We like these tools…. These tools are the ones that will last you, that are sharp and strong yet light, and will be …

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