Leafy Shade.

 

Oh my, it's so hot over here - the north of  England reaches 31 degrees? What's all that about? Hottest summer since 1976 - which I recall well, as I was chasing a very mobile 15 month old around at the time. So at least thank goodness for small mercies.

My workroom just happens to be my conservatory - wonderful for light and air but when I come down in the morning to open the doors and windows and it's off the top of the thermometer - 50 degrees C - I know I'm not going to get anything done again till evening. So making the most of getting out on my bike and keeping the garden tidy - the shady part with lots of shrubbery being my favourite part! This weeks earrings echo that sentiment - cool and fresh.

 

 

The leafy porcelain buds are by French artist PerlaYo - I've had them for ages, wondering how to make them come alive. Playing around with copper leaf headpins from Cecilia Lawrence I turned them upside down, twisted around and threaded seed beads on. Hung on Lucy's copper earwires, they have just the fresh look I was after.

 

Just popped them in my Etsy shop if you'd like them.  See you again in a few weeks time - I'm off to Greece for my hols in 10 days, hoping to pick up some inspiration for my next show, which is sea-themed.  Have a lovely summer, and if you are going away, have a great time.

 

 

Lindsay xx

 

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A Rose by any other name...

Today is 25th January - and it's Burns Night in Bonnie Scotland. There'll be some scotch whisky and haggis consumed by Scots all over the world tonight!
Robert Burns, Scotland's national bard - probably most famous for writing 'Auld Lang Syne' - also wrote the lovely poem below, which - being so close to St Valentine's Day - I took as my inspiration for today's earrings. 

O my Luve's like a red, red rose

That's newly sprung in June;

O my Luve's like the melodie

That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair thou art, my bonie lass,

So deep in luve am I;

And I will luve thee still, my dear,

Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi' the sun;

And I will luve thee still my dear,

While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve!

And fare-thee-weel , a while!

And I will come again, my Luve,

Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!

What's my connection to Scotland, you may ask. Well, not much I thought. But when I was small in the 1950's, my forename was pretty unheard of and I spent lots of time spelling it out for folk. Still do. I asked my mum why she couldn't give me an ordinary name and she told me she read it in a novel and believed it was Scottish in origin. A little trip to Google found I had not only my own tartan, but a Clan Lindsay with it's own motto ' Endure Fort' - Suffer Bravely. I don't know about that....sounds a bit too Mel Gibson for me. That's the bit of 'Braveheart' where I always switch over.

Anyway, I digress. Back to the earrings. I had a little chat with Joanne Louvaine Bell aka Twinkiedinky and asked her to make me pair of her 'Pennythoughts' resin charms with the text of the poem. I think these are a brilliant idea - as well as her stock quotations, if you ask nicely you can commission just what you want to say to someone for that special gift. So here they are. 

The lovely black lampwork roses are from Cecilia Lawrence Midgetgembeads, and come in many colours (most of which I've had at some time!)
Love isn't all plain sailing, is it?  The left is dark and thorny, occasionally drawing metaphorical blood. The right is soft and leafy - those are the sweetly melodious times. 

Will you be celebrating Burns Night? And have you ever checked for the origin of your name - maybe you have a tartan too!

See you in two weeks!

Lindsay  

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