Ladybirds

I do think the British term "ladybirds" is so much nicer than the American "ladybugs". It just conjures up a lovely image - not a buggy one.  So I guess it is one British word that I still prefer to use, over the American.

And so it is a ladybird who has decided to land on my dogwood bangle.

I've been thinking about different ways of combining silver with my color anodised aluminum, like the rose windows I posted about yesterday.... and now attaching silver to the bangles fills me with new ideas! 

Better keep this post short and get back to my studio before my head bursts!!!

I hope you like it. Look out for more :=D

Dogwood bangle follow up

For those of you who don't live in the US and aren't familiar with the Dogwood tree (- genus Cornus -) here are some photos.  Thanks for asking Peebee.

Photo by Lee Coursey

The lovely white/pink/yellow "flowers" are actually not the flowers. Those are bracts and the flower is actually the small center. You can see it in the photo below - the greeny/yellow center.:

Photo by stevendepolo

So now you know! Thanks for asking :=D