The first paperweight contains several parrot feathers and this was made for a lady in America. The photograph really doesn’t do the paperweight justice since in real life the subtle colours and textures of the feathers are fantastic.
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| Parrot Feather Paperweight |
This next paperweight is the first one I have made to contain a real flower. The flower was actually brought back to the UK from a funeral that was held in Cyprus and I am sure made a lovely keepsake.
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| Real Flower Paperweight |
This next paperweight is a square option that I provide and in this case contains a lock of hair...
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| Lock of Hair Paperweight |
The beauty about the square paperweight is that it can be stood upright on one of its edges to provide a display piece as illustrated in this example:
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| Hair Keepsake |
If you would like to read more about my paperweights, please visit my Custom Made Paperweights website page.
I appreciate I haven’t been blogging for a while but it should be back to normal next week since my children go back to school! It has been a little difficult juggling my jewellery business and entertaining them over the summer holidays but I have managed to survive!
Mick
