Newly Listed: Vintage Tin Earrings

Vintage Tin Earrings, Sterling Silver Statement Earrings Evil Eye Delft Blue by StaroftheEast

Blue Eye Oil Painting Original Gothic Home Decor and Victorian Wall Art Dark Academia Wall Painting by  FortiethPainting

Evil Eye Painting Blue Eye Original Art, Wall Decor Blue Eye Protection Artwork Canvas Wall Art by ZannaJuhnoArt

Newly Listed: Vintage Tin Earrings

Vintage Tin Earrings, Sterling Silver Statement Earrings Soldered Hammered Delft Blue by StaroftheEast
Poppy Pods Photography, Dried Seed Heads, Nature, Home Decor, Poppy Still Life by VictoriaEnglishCharm
Boreal Nest Print, giclee bird art print, illustration birds nest, speckled birds eggs by GollyBard
Blue by Geninne

Newly Listed: Monet Earrings

Monet Earrings, Vintage Tin Earrings Statement Earrings Leaves and Flowers Art Earrings by StaroftheEast
Original Abstract Painting Autumn Landscape Fall Colors Brown Red Blue by NatureandArt
bird art, plants, colorful, green, lavender, Grackle and Succulents Archival garden art print by amberalexander
Abstract ORIGINAL painting- orange crimson grey magenta by devikasart

Newly Listed: Vintage Tin Earrings

Birds and Birdhouses Earrings - Cardinal Birds Earrings, Vintage Tin Earrings by StaroftheEast
Bird Photography, Art Print, Apple Tree, Finch, Singing Bird by PeggyCollinsPhotoArt
Pastel Mushroom Photography, Enchanted Forest Fairy Lights Bokeh by TreetopPhotoshop
Red Berries Bittersweet Nature Photography Earthy Woodlands, Fine Art Print by DebbraObertanecArt

Newly Listed: Vintage Tin Bracelet

Vintage Tin Bracelet Vintage Brass Cuff Hammered Leaves and Flowers Art Nouveau by StaroftheEast
Pink and fresh green art, pastel bird art, wall art, nature art, pastel art, floral print by BrookeRyanPhoto
Nature art print, botanical print, blue sky decor, oleander flower art, floral decor by dullbuelight
Girl Portrait, Mixed Media, Acrylic Painting Pink And Aqua White Flowers Woodland Princess, by MidorisMyMuse

Newly Listed: Vintage Tin Necklace and Earrings

Vintage Tin Necklace and Earrings, Statement Jewelry Leaves and Flowers Shabby Chic by StaroftheEast
In Bloom photography print, romantic pink and green succulent wall art by FotografieKoehler
Rustic still life flower photography vintage blue jar nature print barn wood wall art pink flowers by LupenGrainne
Wildflower, Flower,Vintage, Floral, Wall Art, Home Decor, Photography, Nature Print by LeAnnStamper

Monarch Butterflies

I've cut up another vintage tin box to make these earrings today. I kept them pretty simple and they got an oxidized finishing for an aged look, the ear wires are sterling silver.
While making these I remembered some amazing images I saw of Monarch butterflies so I looked them up.

(picture source: kimcampion)

Monarch Butterflies go to the South to survive the Winter. Most butterflies from the US go to Mexico and gather together, millions of butterflies all adorning tree trunks.

(picture source: howtoconserve.org)

There was a huge decline in these beauties but the past 2 years they have increased from 33 million to 200 millions, still pesticides, destruction of their habitat and extreme Winters can cause for large declines in short times.

 If you would like these beauties to visit your garden and want to help out:
-Plant native milkweed
-Avoid planting tropical milkweed
-Avoid using herbicides or pesticides in your yard to control weeds, as they harm butterflies, and other valuable insects.
More information available at howtoconserve.org,

(picture source: howtoconserve.org)

How fascinating is this?!

(picture source: kimcampion)

Our Creative Space...

Remember the huge pile of vintage tin boxes I showed you? We thrifted in dozens of thriftstores for them and I just used the first box and thought it would be good to show you that the tins will be used and how :)

With a tin scissor I cut the box to become flat pieces, not very difficult but if you are not careful you can cut yourself as tin can get very sharp when cut.

I cut out the two big birds and thought the Eurasian Jay feathers I find in our garden match perfectly. I'm always happy when I find a feather, knowing that they are cruelty free I can use them without doubt.

I filed around the birds to make the sharp edges soft and then soldered around it and soldered loops to so that I can attach things to it.

After washing off the solder flux I attach some pretty leaved ear posts to which I added mother of pearl flowers. And I added the feathers, left and right just like the birds.

The box was vintage so this pair is completely one of a kind, I wish I had more of those birds as they match so well with the feathers!

They are impressively big 3 3 /8'' and 3 1/2'' (8.5 cm and 9 cm) but light weight which is another reason why I love to use tin.
The earrings are available in the shop, and maybe I'll make a matching necklace with the remaining pieces, or cut round pieces and dome them to become beads, not sure yet. Now you can see how much things can come out of just a little tiny box, hundreds of things will come out of the big stash we have now :)

Newly Listed: Vintage Tin Earrings

Vintage Tin Earrings Statement Earrings Soldered Leaves and Flowers Art Nouveau by StaroftheEast
Cedar Berries - botanical art photography green nature tree leaves woodland by LeafandBloom
Stellar's Jay, Vivid Blue Bird Portrait with of Leaves, Feather, Fine Art Photograph by JuneHunter
another day, another fairytale - decorative photography - red leaves fog texture decor by slightclutter

Our Creative Space...

It has been a while since I shared a creative space, not that we haven't been creative but more as we just often forget to take pictures of progress. This time I did remember to take pictures, especially as it was a new experiment. A while back we purchased the Soldering Tin Tutorial by PipnMolly and although I studied it almost right away I only now have been able to actually try it out.

We purchased some vintage tin plates to give it a go, these are pretty thin so I could cut them with our tin scissors.

After that I gently hammered one of them to make it domed without scratching the drawings on the tin, the tutorial explains how to do it best.

After that I sanded the sides and soldered it to an adjustable ring, I had domed the tin to measure exactly the top of the ring.

It turned out adorable if you ask me :) And I have just listed it in the shop. I'm planning to make necklaces with the birds combined with berries and branches, we'll see how that goes.

This gorgeous plate turned out to be more of a challenge, it is pretty thick and to not loose anything of the pretty tin it needs to be sawed, the more I will saw it will become easier but for now it is a struggle.

With the outside piece I'm making a cuff which will close with chain on the back. I've soldered some leaves to it for some 'sprouting' effect.

While taking pictures this bee was busily buzzing nearby.

I had a lot of fun with this method of working so am sure that more tin pieces will appear in our shop :)