Lovely surprise ....

Found these lovelies in my letterbox on Tuesday morning, expecting to find some bills to pay but surprised to find a container full of beautiful butterflies from a great neighbor who works at the butterfly enclosure at the Melbourne Zoo. He collects them for me before the ants get to them for me to work with! Lucky I am! 

New work...

Working on some more collection tins today, decided I'd use some of the beautiful vintage atlas paper and give my Mums old stamp collection a new life...

Treasure Hunting...

Treasure Hunting...

Faded...

Market prep..

Market Prep today for this Sunday 15th September at Greville Village Market in Prahran. I have filled my husbands "man cave " garage with butterflies and flowers.....😊 he's thrilled! 

More photos from market day no. 1

First Market ...

Well had my first market for The Naturalist on Sunday,...for Greville Village Market. Lovely day, weather was great, wind was a factor I didn't factor in, a few broken bottles later and all went well! Lovely positive feedback from market goers... So lovely to see the different reactions from people; curious, wonder, delight and even fright!! This photo below is of my most happiest of customers, loved his choice tiny succulent planted in a tiny vintage mustard pot...made my day! 

September 1st....

Etsy Shop open....!

Opened my Etsy shop this week; loaded up my 100% handmade tags; lots more to come.....
The Naturalist Melb.

Succulents....

I've been planting today..lots of vintage pieces I've been collecting are now planted out with lovely succulents. All ready for my 1st market, Sunday 1st September at The Greville village market in Prahran.

More tags for Greville Market....

Tags tags tags....

Lovely vintage paper with these awesome little butterfly rubbings I found ...

Hand stamped...

Love a bit of hand stamping; my lovely stamps arrived in the post today! Couldn't help but try them out; love the phrenology one myself.....

Early bird...

Up bright and early on this lovely Sunday morning, found some lovelies. Problem being is that there are some things I'm having trouble parting with.... :( :)

Puffer fish...

Look as these little creatures...a beak? Weird but wonderful ! 

Domes...

Working with glass domes, butterflies and little collections...

Lovely finds....

I've been helping my parents clear out under their house....the things we keep! 

So grateful for that...

Busy with more tins ....

Tins of curiosities....

I've been busy making these little collections, using vintage tins. It's your own little Naturalist collection...X

Photo Shoot....had a great day setting up and working with my collection...!

Here are a few of my instagram images. Enjoy!

Printers tray with some of my vintage finds...

Hi welcome to my blog....
I love collections from the natural world and objects from the past. This blog will share my finds with you. Heres a taste of my collection ....