Happy Holidays and a Little Gift for the New Year...

Well Christmas is almost upon us now and I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for the holiday season.

2014 has been a pretty good year for me and I hope 2015 will continue in the same vein. I have lots of ideas brewing in my head including the continued development of my component offering and a complete overhaul of my jewellery range. I am also hankering to have a go at some new creative projects like larger, ornamental and functional clay pieces and hand made books.

The only reason I will be able to put these plans into action is because of the support of you, my friends and customers and as a little thank you I will be offering a 10% discount in both my Etsy shops throughout January. Just use coupon code HNY10 when you check out and your discount will automatically applied.

THEA elements
THEA jewellery

I will also be offering a number of special discounts to my Newsletter subscribers in 2015 so if you'd like to take advantage of these don't forget to sign up using the link in the sidebar of this blog or via my Facebook page.

In the meantime enjoy your festivities, recharge those creative batteries and I will see you next year.

Warmest wishes,

Lesley

Christmas Ornament Swap 2014

I am very happy to be taking part in this annual event organised by Sally Russick again as I missed it last year having fallen and broken my ankle and not got myself together enough to participate. This year however I'm fighting fit and delighted to have the lovely and talented Erin Prais-Hintz as my swap partner. You know you're in for a treat when you're gift arrives packaged like this...pretty enough to grace any tree itself!

And what was inside certainly didn't disappoint...Erin sent me this adorable botanical bird with a juniper berry pattern in the polymer clay and resting on a beautifully beaded branch of berries - I love it!

She couldn't have picked a better subject for me since both my Christmas tree and my soft furnishings share a similar feathered theme...

And here's the ornament nestled happily near the top of the the tree...

Erin also sent me this beautiful 'Call me Rosebud' pendant which I'll be turning into a piece of jewellery for myself as soon as I get a chance...

Erin thank you so much for your beautiful gifts and your generosity - both very much appreciated.

So what did I send Erin in return...? Well after much debate I decided I wanted to make something in ceramic that was jolly and fun. The result was this happy little snowman with his own decorations and a little birdie friend to keep him company.

The holly decoration was applied with china paint after the glaze firing for an added flourish. To where he is now and Erin's beautiful Christmas themes pop over to her blog at the link below

If Erin likes her snowman half as much as I love my bird I will be more than happy!

Many thanks To sally for organising this lovely event again...it's been great fun to participate and now I hope you'll join me in a little festive blog hop to see what everyone else has made.

1.  Sally Russick  and Tanya Goodwin
2.  Veralynne Malone  and Sally Russick 

3.  Melissa Trudinger  and Elisabeth Auld

4.  Erin Prais-Hintz  and Lesley Watt 

5.  Jenny Davies-Reazor and Patti Vanderbloemen 

6.  Kim Bender-Hora and Beth and Evie McCord

7.  Becky Pancake and Lynne Bowland 

8.  Therese Frank  and Karen Williams

9.   Melissa Meman  and Linda Hanes 

10.  Sandi Volpe  and Linda Landig 

11. Alicia Marinache  and Susan Kennedy  

 Lesley