Autumn days

In the streets and round about, the autumn leaves are thick upon the ground and the last apples are on the trees

Here at Clara Francis we have made our own autumn leaves, out of tiny glass beads, and strung them into a necklace (pictured here with a gold owl charm necklace). 

Primrose Hill Designer Sale - December 10th 2011

Clara will be at the Primrose Hill Designer Sale on December 10th at St Mary's Church. It's the perfect place to buy Christmas presents, or a few little treats for yourself, and relax with a cup of tea and slice of homemade cake after all that shopping.

St Mary-the-Virgin church, Elsworthy Road, NW3
Saturday 10am to 6pm
Suggested entrance donation to St Mary's £1

Clara at London Fashion Weekend - September 2011

Hello to everyone who came to see Clara at London Fashion Weekend - next stop: Primrose Hill Designer Fair on December 10th, more details coming right up!

Beaded reindeer necklace (£140) and gold deer charm necklace (£90)

Butterfly and teacup brooches

Teacup necklace

London Fashion Weekend 2011 - 22-26 September

Come and find Clara at Somerset House for London Fashion Weekend where she will be selling her sparkling beaded jewels, and silver and gold-plated charm necklaces.  It's also a good chance to have a look at her new designs...

...like this beautiful ginko necklace

...and this 3-leaf necklace

Or say hello to our old friends, the fox and the hummingbird

Golden Delicious

I can see, through the rifts of the apple-boughs,The delicate blue of the sky,

And the changing clouds with their marvellous tints

That drift so lazily by

"Apple Blossoms,

Horatio-Alger"

It's only been a few weeks since I sat in my garden admiring the blossom on the apple trees and then all the sudden the baby apples have started growing.

I must not wish the Summer away dreaming of gathering the fruits and making pies & tarts so in the meantime I've made my own charming apple necklace...

The apple comes in sterling silver (£75) or gold plated silver (£85) plus postage and is exclusive to my blog for a limited time. For sales, please email shop@clarafrancis.co.uk

Clara heads north this weekend...

Come and visit Clara @ Clothes Show Live. She will be braving the weather and heading to Birmingham at the end of this week. Clara is selling current and new pieces at highly discounted prices. She looks forward to seeing you there, Stand D8.

The Shop Floor Project: Menagerie Exhibition

We are delighted to announce the creation of 5 brand new pieces

designed and made(all by Clara herself!!) exclusively for The Shop Floor

Project.

When Samantha and Denise Allen asked Clara if she would like to be a part

of their extraordinary new "Menagerie Exhibition" she was completely delighted

as The Shop Floor Project is without doubt Clara's absolute favourite online shop.

The exhibition itself unites artists,designers and makers who's work is all inspired

by the natural world.

It is the work of 17th century naturalist and illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian that has formed the inspiration for these new pieces.

Merian was quite a woman,she ventured

to Surinam in South America to study,sketch and paint the plant life,animals and insects

deep in the heart of the rain forest.This, at a time when women did not make such journeys.

Her work is both beautiful and completely fascinating.

There are two exciting new butterfly necklaces and three new bug brooches

prices start from £70... Do take a look and while you're there have a look at

all the other artists/designers particularly Alex Randall's amazing

Taxidermy Lighting...we want that Mallard lamp in our studio....NOW!!!!

http://www.theshopfloorproject.com/menagerieclarafrancisdetail.htm

Untill next time.............tally ho