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Inside the artisan
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Inside the artisan tells the stories behind the artisan's creations - why the artist designs a certain piece, what it means to them. It's a way to get to the know the artist better. Posts about my design work at Birdland Creations - making fine sil
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Sam the song sparrow
As I was talking to my nephew on the phone the other day, he mentioned he had seen Wallace the woodpecker on my facebook page...so I told him I had a song sparrow to add too...but didn't have a name for him.....so Peter came up with "Sam" - so here i...
Nesting Place
So what do the words "nesting place" mean to you? Have you found yours? That little safe place.... for nurturing, flourishing, .....a place where you can find your wings......a place to share...The Etsy Metal Clay team is having a challenge for it'...
Bird Street - birdhouse necklace and earrings set
I was recently asked to make some stud style earrings to match one of my birdhouse necklaces. I've done earrings in this style before - with two different birdhouses in the pair, but they had always been dangly earrings.I love the look of them as stu...
Front page of Dawanda! - 2 items!
I kept getting all these lovely comments on Dawanda today...so was wondering what was happening that everyone was finding me...Took a look at the front page and there was not one, but two of my items featured there. Here's a snapshot!See the aeropla...
Birdhouse necklaces
As I mentioned in my post yesterday, when I was making the birdhouse earrings, the first pair I made were quite large - too big and heavy for earrings - so I decided to carry on with them and make them into necklaces.They have the same design as the ...
Commissions - III
Someone on Etsy just asked me to make a couple of pieces for them, similar to ones that I have done before.The first was some birdhouse earrings. I just finished them today. They turned out larger than the last pair I made. Wish I'd made myself a ...
Birdfeeder on Handmade News
Just heard that my "feed the birds" birdfeeder necklace is mentioned in "handmade news" today. It's an article all about attracting birds - with fun facts and quiz. The quiz is all about state birds - I didn't know any of them! Go take a look - an...
The Good News continues.....
One of my pieces has been selected to be part of an online exhibit. The exhibit is housed at Crafthaus and is entitled "Birdhaus" and shows avian themed art from artists on Crafthaus.The piece selected was my jack in the box bird necklace.It's a gre...
