A little glitter and sparkle

Today is Saturday, it is beautifully sunny and bright, we are between winter storms in the South East of England at the moment. I wanted to capture the sun for the not so bright days ahead. I picked up all my sparkly things I have been meaning to do something with for literally years. This included: beads; pieces of chandeliers; mother of pearl buttons; a broken necklace and some silver coloured netting. I grabbed my wire and cutters too. 

tools and some sparkly bits

I wanted to make some kind of dream catcher but for light instead of dreams!

sparkles!

This is the top and it has a mirrored button and mother of pearl and that lovely netting in sparkly silver threads so delicate and beautiful.

tear drop glass pendant from a chandelier

At the bottom I added this large glass drop from a chandelier, look how it captures the light for me for on the grey days of winter. In today's sun light it is making rainbows all over my room. So pretty. It is if fairies are dancing about.

Light catcher

It is not long only about 50 cm. I will not hang it in front of my window like I would love too but on the side of my wardrobe as my daddy dearest has always frightened me of fire caused by glass magnifying the light and burning houses down. I have used an old broken chain to make another with another tear drop pendant. 

light catchers. dec 2013.

What do you think of these? Wouldn't they be magical hanging from a tree in the garden? Maybe with with my lace heart from Etsy: 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/170633851/valentines-heart-white-heart-lace-heart?ref=shop_home_active 

If you to have an old chain like the one I used or if you bought one from a thrift store or charity shop you too could make your own magical light catcher very cheaply.

Thank you for reading please tell me what you think in the comments.

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Love Clara x

New Years resolutions/ goals

Hmm. Well this year I have to admit I am kinda stumped on what to do personally. Maybe this will be the year when I stop talking about doing regular yoga classes and actually start doing it. I have made several goals for ClarasHandMade, which include making this blog and more lovely things for the shop. I have already been making next years Christmas advent Calendars as I figured I would not fancy making those in the middle of summer! This is a little sneak peak of one of my designs. What do you think? It is made of white linen and I have hand applied the motifs and hand stamped it with last years Christmas rubber stamp gift set.

sneak peak of Christmas 2014

I am going for a Swedish theme with these and I will also make some Christmas stockings to go with them. I found some gorgeous ribbon on my travels the other week. I think these have quite a folk/Swedish feel about them don't you? The red will definitely go on another advent design I have in my head.

ribbons

As usual these will be in limited supply due to their handmade status! My current stock can be found on my Etsy shop: http://www.clarashandmade.etsy.com

Have you made any goals or resolutions for 2014 yet? I would love to hear about them in the comments below. 

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Love Clara x

My First Blog!

Firstly hello and welcome,
I have decided to start a blog as I find myself wanting to talk about my handmade pieces and influences more and more. My Facebook friends do not want to hear it as they do not have the same passions as I do, Twitter doesn't give you enough space and so here I am talking to myself! I plan to show you my work in progress plus finished pieces and all about my influences. 

I love the white shabby chic/cottage chic look of soft furnishing and white chippy paint on furniture pieces. My favourite fabrics are ivory cottons and cream linens and doilies and vintage lace. The distressed look of wood painted in white, beige and gold leaf, hmm heaven! I look to the Shabby Chic, French Châteaux, Swedish Gust avian and American Shaker styles for influences in my work. I also love industrial pieces and buildings, modern is not a style you will find here. I hope you like what I will show you. 

clarashandmade

Love Clara x

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