May Marketplace

It has been over a month since my last confession, I mean post!! Forgive me fans for I have not brought you up to speed on what is happening at Claryce Design.

April was a crazy month. My craziest ever with a huge demand for the Royal Wedding items I had designed. I sold over a hundred mugs, over 100 coasters and over 1,000 postcards! I have a few coasters and postcards left, so if you haven't bought a souvenir as yet, then you know where to find some ;)

The last couple of weeks have been very quiet which allowed me to catch my breath. However, now I am raring to go again! I have restocked my road sign cufflinks in all my shops in time for Fathers Day. I also have a Fathers Day card available. I have lots of new images available as postcards and I am slowly getting around to making them up as tags also.....

Here is just a sampling of what is new to my shops...........


This is just a reminder of what my Roadsign cufflinks look like. They are made from shrinkable plastic that is sealed under a thick layer of protective resin. The cufflink fittings are silver plated to make these an extra special gift.
http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/clarycedesign/product/pair-of-me-and-my-dad-cufflinks


This lovely pendant necklace features a new image of a pretty red/pink rose layered over a page of vintage script that I have flooded with a gorgeous aqua colour. The setting is antique bronze and is fitted with a matching 16" chain with a lobster clasp.
http://www.folksy.com/items/1784534-Vintage-Rose-and-Script-Pendant?shop=yes

This is a new postcard image featuring an etching of the Eiffel tower over which I have added a lovely illustration of a red rose. I have added cut out letters, spelling out Paris and layered the whole lot over my favourite vintage postcard!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/73674382/set-of-six-postcards-parisian-scene

This is not a new design but is newly available as a postcard. This has always been a good seller as a tag, so I hope it proves as popular as a postcard!
http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/clarycedesign/product/set-of-six-vintage-roses-postcards


This is a brand new design and features the Eiffel Tower and a lovely peach rose layered over an old postcard onto which I have added a bright orange stamp.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/73685540/set-of-six-postcards-paris-and-peach



Bees are always popular. This is another brand new image with a lovely bumble bee layered over a letter written in beautiful handwriting and I have added a postmark and a stamp.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/73674529/set-of-six-postcards-bee


This card says it all doesn't it! If you have the best dad then snap yours up to let him know this for Father's Day.
http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/clarycedesign/product/fathers-day-card

March Endeavours

Through a happy accident I have more new gorgeous pendants to share. I ordered some beautiful filigree cameo settings for my images, but felt that they were so delicate that they lacked some weight and substance. I went searching on Etsy to try and find something to adhere the setting to for this purpose. What I ended up finding were clear glass cabuchons and voila a new style of pendant was born!!

The glass domes serve 3 purposes - they give the pendants a lovely weight, they enhance and magnify the image underneath them and they protect the image, making the pendants waterproof. In honour of this new method I have of course created some new images such as the initials and dug deep into my library of vintage ephemera to find items that can be used just as they are, such as this delightful 'purple lady'.

A similar happy accident led me to make my first pairs of earrings!! I had to source a small bead to seal onto the back of one of the settings I had ordered that was open on the reverse. I found some lovely rich brown walnut beads that turned out to a little thick for the purpose. Not wanted to waste anything I set to thinking how else I could use them. I ended up adhering my pictures to them and sealing them with resin and stringing them with some upcycled beads from a necklace of mine that had come unstrung. Hoping to add more designs to this range soon :)