I was absolutely delighted to find a snow-drop flowering in my garden the other day. Snowdrops definitely rank in my top 5 favourite flowers. There was a garden I used to walk past on my way home from primary school, and it always had a blanket of snow-drops beneath a group of fir trees. They enchanted me. Once, I picked one and I felt guilty about it ever since! Here’s some snow-drop inspired handmade clothing and jewellery….
When we moved here, I spent the first 3 years trying to grow snow-drops. I planted 150 bulbs one year and 200 in the green the following year and another 100 the year after that (incase the first batch were a dud.) I got 10 flowers once; 5 the next year and none at all last year, and 1 this year! I’m not going to give up!
I have plans for the end of the garden and I’m going to try again in pots or a barrel or something.
To keep me inspired, I found some snow-drop related fashion.
I love this t-shirt by Limeyts. Check out her other printed designs too – There are lots of quirky and cute animal pictures as well as wildlife designs like this one.
Snowdrop top
I also found these snowdrop earrings by the wonderfully titled LadybirdAndLeaf. Each item of jewellery is carefully made in polymer clay and hand painted to look very life-like. Have a look at her butterflies and moths too.
Snowdrop earrings
Lastly, here’s a fairy snow-drop skirt made by me for Oshun. It took hours quilting all those tatters together!
Tattered white skirt
The vintage snowdrop vest by Strangeways is for sale on OshunCostumes.
Strangeways snowdrop vest top