Vintage Bird Baths?

Blue Kaleidoscope Bird Bath

Green Kaleidoscope Bird Bath

A new bird bath design in two different colour palettes, but I think both have a slightly vintage fabric feel, and also the look of a vintage kaleidoscope pattern. I love the way they've turned out. Just click on the pics for more photos and details.

The Hedgerow Design

Bees and Hedgerow Hanging Plaque

A customer was thinking of getting a hanging plaque from me, but couldn't make up her mind about a design. A few conversations later, and the idea of a hedgerow was given to me, as it was the name of her house. I originally came up with a design with dog roses, rosehips and blackberries, and made that as a general hanging plaque because I liked the idea of that design with my trademark bees included. That design morphed into a conifer, holly and blackthorn design to match the hedges around the house. I then made another roses version with the sloe berries and flowers of the blackthorn (currently available in my Etsy shop). I can see this hedgerow idea being quite a fruitful one. Customers do give me some great design inspiration.

Butterflies and bees

Busy as a bee this week, here's a few of the new things that I've added to my shop.

Beautiful butterflies!

Summer Meadow Mosaic Butterfly Hanging Decoration

I've found some new bases to work on. Butterflies! Bit of a mosaic classic, but I'm going to try and do something different on them. The first one I put a version of my Summer Meadow design. I was originally going to go random with the flowers, but it ended up as a mirror version on each wing, which I think gives a lovely folk look to this butterfly, which even has mini iridescent butterflies in it's wings.

Blue Flowers Mosaic Butterfly Hanging Decoration

The second Blue Flowers butterfly I wanted to look kind of like blue and white china. I've used blues and turquoise to create the flowers including roses, poppies and daisies. Then an off white grout to finish, which has actually given the butterfly the look of sea worn blue and white pottery. It would look great in a seaside theme room, or just as a splash of blue on a fence or wall in the garden.