Folksy Friday – Three Bluetits, One Goldfinch and a Sparrow!
By I Am Acrylic
We love garden birds here at I Am Acrylic HQ and currently have a family of blue tits busily squeaking and tweeting away on our bird feeder, so what better subject for our first #folksyfriday blog post than to celebrate some gorgeous garden bird items on Folksy!
Our blue tits on a bird feeder
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Blue Tit Brooch by Sally Ayling
Just look at this stunning Blue Tit brooch! We’ve long been a fan of Sally Ayling’s work (she also uses acrylic in some of her pieces) and her designs are always so intricate!
Blue Tit and Blossom Print by Su Owen
We met Su Owen at a recent Crafty Fox Market and fell in love with her illustrations and wooden brooches. We just love the colours of this beautiful blue tit print!
Eeek! Look at this little fella! You can make your own with this needle felting kit by The Makerss – and they have lots of different animals and bird kits too – have a look!
Wooden Goldfinch Printed Brooch
We love the way Bethan from Boodle Boutique gives all the animals and birds on her designs a personality! Just look at this goldfinch’s little face!
Sparrows with Seeds original Painting by Mogg Shop
These are the most beautiful sparrows I ever did see! We’ve loved Sally from Mogg Shop’s paintings ever since we discovered her work when she won a Folksy photo prize at Renegade Craft Fair a few years ago! It was a photo of a detail of our stall that won her the prize and we’ve been a fan ever since!
Ruth and Brendan are two halves of I Am Acrylic. They’ve been making cute and quirky handmade necklaces and brooches (mostly from acrylic) since Brendan first made Ruth a fluorescent bird shaped keyring for her birthday back in 2004. All their designs are individually hand cut on their trusty fretsaw (they don’t use any laser cutting) and then they meticulously hand finish every component. It’s a labour of love, but well worth it, as each item remains unique. Ruth and Brendan are based in Spitalfields, London, and if they’re not in their workshop or having a tea break, then you might find them out on their market stall.
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