Under our wing

A customer saw my "mommy bird" necklace with a mommy bird and two little ones under her wing, and asked me to make her a family bird necklace, with mommy and daddy and two little ones - like her own family!  And so I made "Under our wing" for her.

 Mum and Dad are snuggled close together and each holds a little one under their wing!  What a sweet little Byrd Family!

TPP - Tiny Precious People

Thought I'd introduce you to my first TPP - tiny precious people.


Oh dear, they are a little bit shy....... We'll have to encourage them to turn around and show themselves!!!

Cindy, who you may have read about before as she commissioned Doug the Dog, Cher the Sheep, Dandy the Lion and more....... recently asked me to make little silver versions of her kids!

So she sent me three photos and then told me some characteristics about them. I wasn't sure I could do it...but played around a little with some regular clay first and then when I got the ideas in my head, moved onto the silver.

Meet Ashlyn. She's the oldest and tallest (- at just over an inch!). Cindy told me she loves to read...and the photo she sent me showed her with her hair plaited (or as you would say - braided). Imagine braiding silver clay????

Next is Chandler. He's a keen football player, as you can see!

And then the youngest is Eli. Here is the photo Cindy sent me of Eli:

And here is the TPP Eli:

What a great looking family! And now Cindy can have them by her side every day. Yes, they aren't pieces of jewelry, just TPP to sit by your computer or bedside or wherever.

Here are all three TPP:


Thanks Cindy. I loved the challenge and enjoyed getting to know your family.

Commissions - V - Sunday Paddle

A lovely customer of mine saw the "anyone can kayak" listing on etsy that had sold and asked if I would make another for her. Instead of having one person in the kayak however, she wanted to have a boy doing the paddling and behind him, a little girl with no paddle.


When she had seen the original necklace it had made her think of the treasured times when she would look out at the lake and see her son and young daughter paddling around..... So I created "Sunday Paddle".


In the first necklace, the kayak was a big of a squeeze for one person...so fitting two people in, I knew would be a challenge!

Anyhow - one paddle, two children and a kayak! What a sweet scene.


Thanks Merrell. Hope you have lots of happy paddling time with your family.