She looks like she knows a thing or two... 'Diva' is the forth in a series of vintage inspired Tiny Tiles. The tile measures just 3.5 x 2.5 inches - ACEO size. A thick glossy layer of resin covers the photo image which rests on a rich gold painted background. Diva is for sale in the shop for a mere ten British pounds.
I have just added this to my Folksy Shop
Strolling up Main Street we saw glamourous ladies, GIs, police officers, spivs, land girls, sailors, you name it! Even Churchill put in an appearance.
It was a fantastic weekend and we saw a huge number of visitors to the village. There were dances organised for both evenings - tickets sold out weeks ago. During the day there were stalls selling hot food, street singers, rides in vintage buses and on the steam trains, a fly over by vintage aircraft and lots of parades.
A great opportunity to learn about our past and great entertainment too!
Each piece is presented in a box frame measuring 185mm x 185mm x 44mm deep or 7.3 inches x 7.3 inches x 1.7 inches deep. I have painted them with a durable protective paint in colour 'porcelain'.
I have to admit to finding these difficult to photograph. The glass in the frames creates lots of problems and the depth of the frame creates awkward shadows. But I will persevere and improve!
The fairly dreadful photo below is here just to give an impression of the dimensions.
The long cone shaped shell pictured below has to be the tiniest I have ever seen! I hadn't even realised I had picked it up - it was hidden inside another shell I was cleaning.
If you are interested in my work please email me leigh@leighshepherd.com and your comments are always welcome here!
As you may know I generally work in the evenings and where I can around our children. So today after nursery and playgroup we went for a quick walk around the Tarn. We were lucky enough to see the coots nesting
After a few minutes she had a little wriggle around in her nest and two of her babies took to the water. They looked very young and we felt very privileged to sneak a peep! 
I also picked up these lovely side plates for a snip. And I just couldn't resist the teeny tiny black buttons on the red card. They are unbelievably small, the lady I bought them from said they are doll buttons. I have plans for these too. 
I found a few pieces of lace for my books but the best piece is this collar for a mere 50p! It is so big I had to photograph it on the hall floor.
I will certainly be visiting here again!
This pic shows a close up of the locket set in the cover of the book. The locket is half open and contains a photo of a young man.
Set in the cover of this book are vintage buttons, pins and original hook and eye fastenings. The photo below, one of my favourites, shows a page from the book. It is from a film showing a man drawing a seam line on the woman's leg - stockings were hard to come by!
All of the images in here are from 1940s magazine ads. You know how we complain about the nonsense that is touted to young women today? It seems it was no different then! Try 'SLIM on the famous BREAD AND BUTTER DIET with the National Slimming Campaign (?!) I had great fun putting this together!
Inside you will find vintage photos and magazine images, japanese papers, peacock feathers from dancer's headwear amongst other things, all evocotive of glamorous days gone by.
I'm enjoying making these so much. Please let me know what you think:)
Starlet
the cover of this book has a glossy resin finish
which shines beautifully
Untie the ribbon and open the book to reveal,
(view of the inside of the whole book)
(view of the back of the book)
I intend to produce a whole series of 'Art-ccordion' books. But I would really appreciate your feedback. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think:)
Despite being busy with craft fairs and filling gallery orders I have been playing around with a few new ideas. Here is one of my little paintings. They measure 2 x 3 inches and are created with acrylics, resin and vintage inclusions. The pic above isn't great, the resin was still tacky so I didn'y want to move it around too much :)
