#whatmattersmost with John Lewis

John Lewis have asked me to find the item I own that matters most to me to help celebrate the launch of their first ever TV advert for Insurance.

So I had a long look round my house and actually realised that things are not what is important to me.  I remember the heartache and hard work it was emptying Mum’s house after she died and I brought some of her things home with me, but for me the things that matter most are the things that we use all the time.  I try not to keep things fo0r best.  I adore the fact that I use my mums old rolling pin to make my pastry just as she would.  I find that the items that matter the most to me are the things that bring my family together, so I decided that my item would be my teapot.

Tea is a drink to be shared.  A pot of tea is a social experience.   There is nothing in this world that can not be solved by a cup of tea.

I start my day with a cup of tea brought up to me in bed by MadDad and my boys have also caught the tea bug off me.  We love the whole experience of making tea in a pot.  They love pouring in the milk, offering sugar and then pouring their tea.  It is a time when we all relax and take time to enjoy each others company and chat together.  It slows us down.  We have to be patient and wait for the tea to brew.

I am not a tea bag girl and inherited my Grandad’s love of tea leaves and I think this is why I have a thing for tea pots.  Loose leaf tea is much nicer from a teapot, so we have pots of various size ranging from a single person pot to our family teapot which holds four good mugfulls.  This is my favorite teapot of all.  I think that it is due to the fact that we use it as a family.  It is too big for two or three people, we all need to be having a cup or two to warrant its use.  So it is the family teapot.

To celebrate the fab advert John Lewis have launched a competition on Vine to find out #whatmattersmost to people.  You can find out more about the compeition here http://whatmatters.johnlewis-insurance.com/competition/.  You need to share your vine video with the hashtag #whatmattersmost for the possibility to win a weekly prize of a Canon SLR and the grand prize £1000 John Lewis vouchers.