New Photograph Style - Inspired by Snails

So I've been playing around with some new photo style the past couple of days. I'm also a little obsessed with snails at the moment due to the delightful silver trails that are left on the path overnight by their nocturnal wanderings.

Trying to combine the two I've started rolling up my scarves into little snail shape designs and shooting them from a low angle and I must say that I am  utterly delighted by the result. The finished images are cute, understated and bring out the texture of the muslin perfectly.

Turquoise blue hand dyed cotton muslin

Green and White ombre cotton muslin scarf

Looks like I'm not the only snail loving person around either

A4 Print of 'Snail' by Suzi Ovens on Etsy

The fabulous Mr Finch's take on the creatures

I'd love this in my bedroom.

Plush Yellow Snail Pillow by Laura Finch

 

Fairytale Snail Jewellery from my friend Laura

 

and last but no means one of the original creatures themselve.

 

Unfortunately I  am unable  to give credit to this last image so if you know who's it is or if its yours then drop me a line and I'll include info

Handmade Clay Charms

All this gorgeous sunshine has made me get my clay and and charm up the studio. I love air dry clay as its easy to work with, easy to clean and I can make fabulous things without having to have a kiln, which I would love but do not have.

Today I've been using my letter stamps and natural finds to create some lovely terracotta coloured pieces with a boho theme.

 Materials for my adventures

#1 is hand stamped with the word 'travel'  with two holes in it to use as a button

 #2 is 'earth' with a single hole for stringing

 #3 is 'stone' no hole as I think this will look great as a plain little shelf decoration or grounding piece

 #4 'run' for those days we all have

 #5 'fly away; who doesn't have those dreams of being a bird

 #6 'love' what we all want above all other things

 #7 is my thumbprint which is a very personal thing. Ones thumbprint is the invisible mark we leave on everything we do

 #8 is a piece of vintage lace pressed onto the clay

 #9 is the bark of a dried up flower stem

 #10 mulberry flower print

 #11 is the word 'leaf'

 #12 is 'tree'

 #13 is some freshly picked rosemary left over from my  rosemary lemon focaccia that I made for lunch

#14 is the press of a shell from a trip to the sea last summer

 #15 is a beach stone with lots of little holes and bubbles

The entire collection with my little spring boat

Some lovely things with a Valentines Theme

I thought today I would share with you all some lovely items from my team members from TeamCB on Etsy

#1 are these gorgeous pastel cupcake fridge magnets from Marieanne of DamsonTree Pottery. If I had a fridge that wasn't on the floor and therefor prone to decorations being knocked off I would cover it in these

 

#2 is this fantastic hand decorated trinket box from Fiona at Bellecardsandgifts.

I chose this circus box because of its pretty feminine style and I love Circus themed items as well as anything with stripes

#3 is something that I just adore. This multi layered leather wrap bracelet from JCUDesigns is feminine with a nice edginess with the rustic leather and the soft pink tones

#4 is this gorgeous handmade paper bowl from Sally of OkiFolki. She specialises in paper art and these trinket bowls are one of her newest creations

#5 are these fab hand poured  heart shaped crayons from Danielle of Colour Me Fun who makes these wonderfully funky crayons that are perfect for children and adults

I hope you all enjoyed my Valentines picks. I hope to do a weekly feature of team mates so any suggestion of themes would be lovely

I may be in love - Octopus hairstick

I think I may have fallen in love with this beautiful hair accessory. Emergent Glassworks on Etsy has a stunning pink and black spotted octopus hair stick and whilst I'm not that much of a pink person the idea of having this holding up my mass of mane is fantastic. He also does ladybirds and roses but the octopus would go down a storm with everyone I know.

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