St Jude's Creations

The beautiful handmade flowers in clay are made by Maria Jude Noble.
This is what she says about her craft :
Making artificial flowers has been a passion for me for many years. It started with my mother and her sister who used to run a floral business many years ago. They learnt the method of making beautiful flowers from fabric, paper and other materials and from then on this trade was picked up by us from a very young age. It started as a hobby and on finding that people loved the flowers, I turned it into a website where customers could pick and choose the colors and varieties.

There are many benefits of using paper or clay flowers, one being they are different and unique. They can be ordered in your custom color, and of course they last longer than fresh ones, so they can be preserved to keep the memory of your wedding day alive forever. They can be put together well ahead of the function and so there is no worry of it wilting at the time of the wedding, or worrying if it will open it's closed blooms for the wedding. It's ideal for destination weddings, as you can pack and take it with you.

 You can find Maria here

Heather Knight

About Heather Knight:
Heather Knight is an internationally recognized artist that has garnered attention form the world wide design community since joining Etsy in 2007. She exhibits nationally and works closely with design community professionals to produce small scale installations.

 

She received a BFA from UNC-Asheville in 2006,and served as a resident artist at Odyssey Center for the Ceramics Arts the following year. While acting as Ceramics faculty for the Greenville County Museum of Art, she started her studio in 2007.

She believes in keeping true to the hand made process of her art and does not use any means of mass production. She has an assistant to help with administrative tasks and running of her life, allowing her to spend as many hours as possible making her work.

You can Find out more about where to buy her items here