Every now and then I’ll follow a link to something wonderful, and I’ll have to bookmark the site and (if available) subscribe to the RSS feed so I can stalk it.

When I stumbled upon Tinctory, I was fascinated by the combination of naturally dyed, delicately pleated silk, beads and metal in Eva’s jewellery. My favourite design is the feather, and when she started dying with indigo I knew that if she ever produced a feather in blue I would not be able to resist.

In one of those little moment of happy coincidence, a blue feather appeared in the shop a few days before my birthday, when the Aussie dollar was at a rare high against the pound.

So I bought myself a present. A week and a half later a little package arrived from the other side of the world. In it was this:

I love creative packaging. The envelope opened to reveal this:

And nested inside was my new necklace, even more charming and beautiful in person:

I wore it during the kitchen warming, and it attracted many admirers and at least one serious request for the Tinctory website address.