May 2012

May has been a busy month, full of variety and surprises. Here follows a visual story of the month of May as it turned out for me . . .

The coastal area surrounding me is bathed with the lilac haze of these beautiful 'Sea Pinks'. The combination of colours, of the pretty lilac against the green hills and the turquoise seas, has inspired a whole new range of ribbon and shell jewellery . . .  

So many beautiful sunsets. Often punctuated by birds flying home to roost . . . 

And the flowers in the garden during May were just beautiful . . . 

Another new range of jewellery born during the month of May. My 'Flower Garden' range is a selection of gemstone cluster necklaces and bracelets, inspired by all the busy growth and activity in the garden this month . . .

I also did my first ever 'giveaway', and loved it! . . . 

I gave away my most popular item, my 'Blue Bird Necklace'. 

May seems to have been all about our beautiful feathered friends - the garden was so full of busy birds and their little babies. We are currently feeding thousands!! Here is just one of them . . . 

Such a beautiful hazy light filtering through the flowers in the garden . . . 

Lots of new jewellery pieces this month. This one below is an Agate necklace, one of a collection of about six pieces added to my shop, as well as many other new designs . . . 

And such gorgeous late evening light too - sunsets so rich, warm, and inviting, not to mention inspiring . . . 

I hope May was a great month for you too, full of inspiration, wonder and colour. 

I must say I'm very excited about some new ideas that I have for my jewellery for June, working with the gorgeous new materials that I've collected during May. I'm really looking forward to what June has in store. So I'll leave May behind with a little taste of what June may bring . . . 

Wishing you a wonderful month to come.

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Seaweed

Yes, even seaweed can be beautiful and inspiring! . . .

Or is it just me?!
Well anyway, I so love these deep, dark, earthy and murky colours of the seaweed and dried flowers. Although the colours are quite dull, there are so many rich and varied tones to be found in there. 

I'm lucky enough to live in a beautiful part of Cornwall, and can find many wonderful things on my doorstop and under my feet. Yes, I can often be found with my face in the undergrowth and my arse in the air. Luckily for me that's quite normal around here these days, as most people carry cameras around with them, adopting all manner of odd stances in order to capture something or other. In fact, you can often find my partner hanging off a cliff edge in an effort to photograph seals.

If you would like to see more of my handmade jewellery, seaweed-inspired or otherwise, please visit my Online Jewellery Shop.

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Winter Whites

I find so much to feel inspired by during the Winter months. I love some of the Winter colours - the bare sparseness, the cool pale frostiness. I am so drawn to these pale, icy blue/grey/white's at the moment. They may be in the cool colour spectrum but I don't find them at all cold. In fact I find them beautiful, soothing and uplifting. I love the airiness of them, the way they seem to go on forever - I feel as though I could dissolve right into them and drift away.

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