I have to credit my new fave magazine, 'Oh Comely' for this one. As I was sat browsing through their pages of creative inspiration yesterday evening in the bath, page 14 and it's 'pretty, lovely' things caught my eye. Namely, some attractive little brooches, hand made out of broken china, by one very clever lady called Lucie Ellen.
Must must look up Lucie on the interweb thought I. And how pleased I am that I did, for I discovered a very pretty and lovely little collection of trinkets and treasures indeed, including this delightful Swallows and Hearts necklace below, £14.00, a 'linked pendant of swooping swallows and a pink heart'….how jolly romantic! 🙂
Lucie Ellen has apparently been inventing and creating delightful bits and pieces in her shed in her garden in Suffolk, England for some time. Her range includes brooches, necklaces and earrings, and has recently branched out into homewares.
"I work with broken and damaged vintage crockery, hand-cutting things that would have gone into the bin into rather fetching pieces. I also use as much reclaimed wood in my work as possible, cutting for hours on my trusty fret saw, creating pins and pendants…"
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – All Imagery Copyright (c) 2010, Lucie Ellen
What fabulous little gifts any of these items would make for a
Bridesmaid, or for your Hens as a special little treat to unwrap during
your Hen celebrations 🙂 …
Below, the Wooden Margot Exercising Pin Up Tattoo Necklace, £10.56…
Below, the Wooden Margot Exercising Pin Up Tattoo Necklace, £10.56…
Below, the Pastel Floral Brooch Cut From Broken Vintage China, £9.90…
Below, Wooden Red Cat with Bow Brooch, £6.60 and the Wooden Typewriter Necklace, £9.90…
Below, the Pastel Flowers Brooch Cut From Vintage Broken China, £8.91…
Below left, the Loveliest Wooden Necklace, £7.92 and below right, the Time for Tea Wooden Necklace, £11.88…
The Wooden Television Necklace, £9.90…
Oh the loveliness of it all! And there is so much more on the Lucie Ellen Etsy Store to browse through too! Lucie Ellen is also stocked in these outlets.
You can also visit the Lucie Ellen website for further information.
Hooray for handmade pretty lovely things 🙂
Annabel xXx
ps – Oh Comely Magazine is really very lovely and pretty too! Give it a look up here……..
♥
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Founder of Love My Dress. Passionate Podcaster and Editor. Annabel lives in rural North Yorkshire with her husband and business partner Philip, their two daughters and menagerie of furry hounds. She loves photography, meditation, walking, being outdoors and star gazing. She is fierce when it comes to championing talent within the wedding industry and when she's not working on Love My Dress, she supports her husband Philip in the running of the family's sustainable flower farm and floral design business, Moonwind Flowers. In 2013, she became a published author.
