Pretty Fabulous Things

Fluttery Breathe of Life necklace - made to order

Long Fluttery Cluster Earring

Single Long Butterflies Earrings

These stunning ethereal creations are by California based, Turkish jewellery designer Derya Aksoy.  Perfect for a summer wedding or party or even just for hanging up on your dressing table mirror!  You can find these and other gorgeous designs in her Etsy shop Jewelera

Derya is very kindly offering 15% off anything in her Etsy shop to my blog readers!  simply put 'Pam's blog' in the note to sellers box at checkout.  Thank you so much Derya!!

My Creative Space Today ..

Today I'm working on garlands - including these Frida Kahlo inspired ones.  I've been intending to make these for ages but you know how it is - sometimes you just need to wait until the right moment :)  I'm having great fun with the colours and how often do you get to make anything with little bone skulls these days ? :)  They'll be for sale probably in a few weeks, when I come back from Florence ready to open the new shop :)

to see more creative spaces today pop over to Kootoyoo's blog here

An Enchanted Garden Blooms and Grows

Photo by HarrietsImagination

I just discovered that one of my mirrored garlands is in the UK edition of The Storque today (That's Etsy's blog !) v. nice little surprise :)

You can see the Chelsea Flower Show inspired article here

Weekly Happy Stats :)

part of our garden yesterday

happy things this week include

:)  garlands getting featured on Apronstrings and Pretty Things - thank you Tammy!!

:)  watching Mr + Mrs Lizard meet each other on the balcony, Mr Lizard shuffled across to hold Mrs Lizard's hand and after a minute they shimmy so that Mrs (heavyly pregnant it would seem) Lizard can snuggle up beside her hubby and rest her chin on his leg.  aaawwwwww :D   I was so excited to see this all unfold!!

:)  it's shorts weather again

:)  the garden is looking fresh and lush

:)  my not very flat tummy looking flat yesterday - only a glitch lol!

For The Paper Doll Project

Artist Anastasia Shookaty's Paper Doll Project  is such a fun idea - she created a paper doll based on herself and is asking people to dress her :)   I have her preparing for a masked Ball in a fairytale dress of aluminium foil and acrylic rosebuds - she has lacey stockings but can't decide on her shoes - there might be alot of dancing but flats are going to ruin that dress!!!

To see some more dresses or to download the paper doll and play visit the Paper Doll Project here

My Creative Space Today ..

I ache all over right now!  This is my 'creative space' today - not my studio but the living room!  Aaron just finished putting down the 1 ton of oak flooring in this room and his adjacent office and cloakroom and today I started to apply the tint and wax.   I feel slightly high from the fumes (there has to be some advantage right?)   Some friends think we're a little insane for putting this floor down when we don't plan to stay so long but I think the house deserves it and hope it will last for another few centuries more :)   .... time for a glass of wine and a long soak in the bath methinks .....

to see more creative spaces today visit Kootoyoo's blog here

Weekly Happy Stats :)

some Johnny Depp always makes me happy :D

This week has been full of computer woes and I'm not even going to mention the weather so here are some of the things that made me happy this week ...

:)  our anniversary

:) gorgeous supplies in the post

:) finding a flyer in the mailbox for a "fantasmagorique" cabaret act coming to town - ooooooo  magic is in the air!!!

:) Aaron coming home

:) sweet customer feedback

want to read more happy stats?  here are some from mamutopia

Pretty Fabulous Things

For the last few weeks,at 5.05am, the first little bird starts tweeting (v loudly!) outside our bedroom window - it's not even dawn yet! About half an hour later there's cocophony of clashing birdsong and fluttering birds to-ing and fro-ing from the eaves. In our room, Mr Lawrence is running around totally tormented by the activity ...or else he's dead to the world in the middle of our bed ...there's no inbetween :)

Anyway, I hope our little feathered friends have built homes just as beautiful as these painted by Pittsburgh based artist Jennie Kay Snyder.   You can find these and others works in her Etsy shop Jennie Kay Designs

nest with eggs by Jennie Kay Snyder

robin's nest by Jennie Kay Snyder

Weekly Happy Stats :)

 squirrel in New York photo by Aaron

I first heard about 'happy stats' from Artmind but I think Mamutopia started the whole thing on her cute blog.   Every Saturday you write a list of the happy things from your week.   Simple and v. sweet.  so my happy stats are:

:)  dinner with friends

:)  receiving a very late birthday card in the post

:)  a friend being given the all clear from cancer

:)  work starting on a new wooden floor

:)  still being childish enough to learn a new swear word and finding it hilarious :D



want to read another list of happy stats?  here are some from Huismus this week

And the winner is .........

Hurray !! congrats Karen at Elsie Eleanor Designs !!  You win the poster in my giveaway :)  email me your address and I'll send it off to you asap :D  Thanks to everyone who entered!


I'll be having another giveaway later this month ..... some of my glass next time

My Creative Space Today ..

In a corner of my studio I have a little pile of 'pretty new things' some are complete and some just placed together waiting to be tweaked and changed around each time time I pass by.   like this flower.   I'm cutting, grinding, copperfoiling and soldering as usual this week.  Grinding and foiling especially takes it toll on your fingertips and every so often I need to take a break .... and I'll be over in the corner, lifting up a bead and changing the centre again! ...

to see more creative spaces today visit Kootoyoo here

An Exquisite Thank You

I read somewhere recently that letter writing and journal keeping are expected to make a comeback again .   The secret of good letter writing is to blind the reader with such beautiful stationery that they won't even notice the  rusty handwriting or the absence of a spellchecker.  And just how amazingly gorgeous is the thank you note above?   Think you could make similar?  You can find instructions here .   found via a faerietale of inspiration blog (it's fab!!)


and I send an exquisite thank you to Nat at MaxiTendance for featuring my glass a few days ago - you can see the post here

A Candle Sconce Makeover

I love candle sconces and chandeliers - when in New York recently I stood like an idiot in the lighting dept of ABC Home and drooled over the crystals and bling of the fabulous chandeliers there.  So when I spotted this 'second' candle sconce in a brocante store, here in France ,I thought I could add a bit of sparkle and pizazz and it would be perfect for the guest room

It was quite pretty already but not girly enough for this new room :)

So I added a little metal paint, wiping off the excess before it dried to give a bluish vintage look.

I picked out some beads and vintage chandelier parts - in the end I didn't use all of these.  I attached the glass beads to wire and then tied the strands to the sconce, glued on some jewellery jump rings to hang the drops from, disguising them with some more glass beads and then glued on some enamel and lucite flowers with trusty e6000 adhesive. and ta daa  :)  some bling for my guests :D