The butterfly house

The last one has such a lovely atmosphere to it

Oh Helen suits the butterflies

Oh wow love these

Had to HL that last one for so many reasons :)

I'd love the files for the pics of me and Helen and the butterflies - beautiful holiday momento x

Gorgeous series, indeed

I could maybe even use the one with the necklace on my site :)

lovely!

These are fantastic.

Lovely!

beth, your necklace was absolutely sumptuous with all that light and Helen's lovely complexion.

Arg. There's an oldish children's fantasy book involving a necklace & Helen has made it to the very life. I still can't remember the book though & it is driving me crazy.

The monochrome flutterby detail is my standout from these though. :)

Hildegard - The raindrops are as close-as-darnit to the description of The Necklace Of Raindrops from Joan Aitken's book of short stories with the same title - scaled up to fit an adult :)

Here are some more pictures and details of the glass maker who made the really stunning, clear beads exactly to specification. I recommend her highly. http://www.bethmadethis.co.uk/Projects/Entries/2010/12/26_A_Necklace_of_Raindrops.html

That's it, that's the neckwear! ,I loved Joan Aiken's stuff as a sprog. Thank you for exorcising that one - my poor random access librarian's been in the mental stacks for ages.

Your version is the necklace I had in my head, unlike the one in the illustrations. :)

That's very lovely to hear and know - thank you, it's pleasing that the necklace has been recognised - SR has caught it well!


And yes, it was important the necklace was right, we spent far too long looking for it to be disappointed (though of course they will never be *quite* right because they aren't actually raindrops, they are glass.)

Aitken's got a wonderful way of telling a tale with the right balance of magic and reality I think.

It was just another book/story that Helen/We loved :)

Gorgeous. The first and last are awesome :)