A story of love & memory . . .

Ashes & Snow  

A truly stunning collective work.

It began life as a story but grew into so much more, a story of love & memory,

inspiring photographs and film.  It is the lifelong workings of Gregory Colbert.

Written in the form of letters the tale takes the form of a book of 74 letters, written from a man to his wife of his expeditions to such places as  India, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tonga, and Namibia.
Blank pages in the book represent letters that were blown from the window or lost in transit.

I am hoping one day that the travelling exhibition "The Nomadic Museum",

will perhaps make its way to our country, for it would be a dream to see it.

thank you to Jackie Morris for sharing this link.

A Moon full of Calligraphy . . .

I have fallen in love with the moon photography

by Suzi Smith at  Lone Crow Photo

 she also does beautiful calligraphy see here 

and on her calligraphy blog Suzi scribbles

Joan Michaels Paque . . .

Joan Michaels Paque

transforms flat planes into unbelievable 3 dimensional works

view her work on her website here

and for many more amazing works see Flickr here
Her workshop & lecture schedules can be seen here 

beasties & birds & butterflies . . .

I adore the birds & beast made by "Mister Finch"

see his etsy store here

and a complete set of wonderous works here

leafcuts . . .

Stunning leafcuts, 

see here

by Lorenzo Duran

tree house of dreams . . .

"Crystal River Tree House"

a tree house to dream in

by

GreenLine archirects

in the heart of the Roaring Fork Valley.

hand cut butterflies . . .

"A celebration of paper . . ."

each butterfly is hand cut

see more at

Joseph Scissorhands

Decorative ribbon loveliness . . .

Beautiful felt leaf ribbon

and so many more lovelies

fit for decorating Faerie goodies

from

Carameleos

paper butterflies display . . .

such simple paper butterflies

such a stunning display

to make here

i shall try hand cutting the butterflies

as I don't have a punch

forest friends to make . . .

wee forest friends to make

patterns available to buy

from

mibo studio

decorated buttons . . .

so many beautifully decorated buttons to see

here

turkish tiles . . .

Firca Ceramics 

Handmade Iznik & Ottoman ceramics

   These designs remind me of my wonderful time in Turkey

woodland faerie furniture . . .

tiny faerie woodland table sets

here

glass worked kimonos . . .

wonderful delights await at this beautiful site

such as the kimonos collection

done in flame worked glass

adorned with mesh, branches and lace

by

 tanya lyons
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Apologies for all the hiccups, the stopping & starting,

just had to relent & buy a new computer yesterday!

so hopefully, fingers crossed . . .

feathered fantasy . . .

Hello folks, at last, my computer is fixed properly

time to get back to sharing more loveliness . . .

a feathered dress fit for a princess

by

Pure Magnolia