Shop Holiday 29th May – 8th June

Just letting you know that I’ll be away from Saturday 29th May until Tuesday 8th June. The shop will be open for you to browse or buy, but I will not be able to process any orders until I return. Thank you for your patience!

Bird xxx

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Brilliant Aether & Always Coming Home

So what’s been keeping me busy these days, so busy that I’ve neglected this blog horrendously and my blogging friends even more than usual? Well, I’ve been frantically making new stock, but I’m always doing that.  The truth is, I’ve also been building another website, and it’s just recently gone “live”.

Brilliant Aether is going to be a bit of a departure from The Birds In The Meadow, but I like to think the two sites will complement each other nicely.  There’s been an element to my creativity that’s gone unexpressed here – the part that loves living in a city, that wants to run with ideas that would not fit on a nature blog, and wants to make things to sell that would be out of place in The Birds In The Meadow’s shop. For instance, there’s been a Steampunk section in The Birds In The Meadow ever since it opened and it’s been one of the most popular sections in the shop, but to fully explore the more fantastical and costume like aspects of my craft I really have to take it elsewhere; thus the Brilliant Aether shop was born. There isn’t a huge amount of stock just yet and the blog has barely started but I hope it’s going to gather momentum nicely. And I’d love it if you dropped in and said hi!

The Birds In The Meadow may have been a little slower than usual while I worked on the new site, but the making never stopped and the arrival of summer (a chilly summer, but summer nonetheless) galvanised me to make some new summery stuff. I’ve been hanging on to a pair of absolutely gorgeous vintage clip on earrings for a while now and I’ve wanted to give them a new life as cocktail rings but the right ring backs just never came my way. Until now that is, and here’s what they look like now (excuse my horrid dishpan hand)

The arrival of swallows after their gruelling migration from Africa a month ago filled me as ever with happiness and awe… so much better than shock and awe, don’t you think? I have a whole blog post to write about that in fact… but not now.  To celebrate I made these necklaces; I called them “Always Coming Home”  after the book by Ursula K LeGuin…

…and to celebrate the first rose appearing in our front yard, I made this necklace

And there is more to come! But not now, as I think you’ve probably had enough to read as it is, so I’ll thank you for reading this far down and take my leave.

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Winter Sale Now On…15% Off!!!

To thank my lovely customers and friends for all their support over the previous year I’m having a sale over at The Birds In The Meadow Shop, it’s 15% off everything in store till 31st January,  including all jewellery collections and homewares. Everything is handmade by me from recycled, salvaged and vintage materials, and most items are one of a kind.  Don’t miss out on an eco friendly treat; due to the quirky nature of the materials I use many designs can never be repeated – once it’s gone, it’s gone!

Enter the Shop Here or click on the pictures below

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