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Amanda Brittin
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Silversmith Jewelry Artist in Canada 🇨🇦 with a lot of hobbies, from birds and photography to gardening, travel and sewing! Find my jewelry work here: https://amandabrittin.etsy.com
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Pretty chuffed with this one! Entirely hand fabricated...I built the Cardinal layer by layer and carved it down to get this beautiful silver bird.
#handmadejewelry #silversmith #silverjewelry
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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White-breasted Nuthatch drops a sunflower seed accidentally. Love these backyard birds!
#birds #🪶 #ontariobirds
A white, blue-gray and black bird, the White-breasted Nuthatch, clings on a feeder facing towards the ground, having just dropped a sunflower seed.
December 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Hand-fabricated Cardinal Necklace, featuring a lovely Purple Chalcedony and Garnet Berries around the setting. A really fun one to create. Feel free to check out my work in my Etsy shop:

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A Necklace is shown on the neck of a white woman. In this photo a Purple Chalcedony stone is set in a handmade silver setting, surrounded by Garnets and silver twigs and topped with a hand-fabricated Silver Northern Cardinal.
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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New Nature Talisman Earrings just finished.
#silversmith #handmadejewelry
Sterling silver earrings sit on a hand, showing elements with a nature theme; leaf, feather, butterfly and flower, as well as vibrant stones.
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Beautiful blue-green Opal in this new pendant. I have used the keum boo method to bond 24 k gold to the sterling silver dome and then created a black patina to really make it pop. Simple and visually appealing piece! Now in my Etsy shop:

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#handmadejewelry
A domed circular pendant necklace features rich yellow 24k gold over blackened Sterling Silver on a roughened surface, with a blue-green opal in the centre of the pendant.
July 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Another beauty at my pond today, this vivid male Blue Dasher is the deadliest predator here, with super fast flight and great pivoting ability!

#bluedasher #pondlife #mybackyard #dragonfly #nature
With vivid teal green eyes, a black and rust striped body and light blue abdomen, this Dragonfly sits on the head of a grass stalk over a pond, resting in its search for prey
July 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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A beautiful male Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly at the pond today!

#nature #damselfly #mybackyard #ebonyjewelwing
Sitting on a green fern leaf, this male damselfly has a vibrant deep blue body and head and black wings.
July 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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American Robins are likely not anyone's favourite bird, but the fledglings are rather cute! This one came hopping up to me, not yet fully aware of predators!
#birds #🪶 #fledgling #americanrobin #mybackyardgarden
A Robin fledgling, with a dotted brown, white and orange breast, stands on a rock beside a water feature.
July 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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How about a female Baltimore Oriole looking quite unimpressed with me? #birds
Orange and brown bird sitting in grapevine and looking down at the viewer.
June 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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The tiniest hand sawed and filed Wolf Pendant with Inlayed Agate. A fun one heading off to Taiwan. I do love making these little sculpture pieces!
#handmade #handmadejewelry #silversmith #metalsmith
#wolfnecklace
A hand is holding a tiny silver hand-fabricated Howling Wolf that sits at the top of an inlayed green, black and red Agate pendant.
June 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Just finished this entirely hand-fabricated Raven sculptural pendant necklace. This is a made-to-order piece in my Etsy shop! #handmadejewelry #handmade #silversmith #metalsmith

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June 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Sometimes we need a little reminder to slow down a bit...

#snaillife #nature #getoutside #mybackyard
June 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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You look at the strong besk of a Great Blue Heron and just know what a formidable hunter this bird is!
#greatblueheron #birds #ontariobirds #getoutside #mybackyard #pondlife
A close up shot of the shoulder, long neck and head of a Great Blue Heron. The massive strong bill, yellow eyes and distinctive blue-gray feathers are clearly shown against the background of water.
June 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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A Lifer for me! Blue-winged Warbler with a little snack! Such an exciting bird to finally see!
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#birds #Warbler #bluewingedwarbler #ontariobirds #canadianbirds
A bright yellow bird with blue-black wings, orange legs and small eye stripes perches on a branch with a caterpillar in its mouth. The background has softly focused greenery and blue sky.
June 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Male Pileated Woodpecker seen in my backyard this morning!
#birds #pileatedwoodpecker #woodpecker #🪶 #ontariobirds
A male Pileated Woodpecker looks out from his perch on a tree trunk. His distinctive red cap and mustache, black and white striped face and black body are eye catching in the forest.
June 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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What a way to start my day! I heard the distinctive calls of a couple of Pileated Woodpeckers while I was out opening up the greenhouse this morning. I watched this pair of males circle this tree again and again and go through various coordinated moves. Fascinating to observe.
A montage of photos of these large red-crested male Pileated Woodpeckers. The three photos show them circling a tree and coordinating moves on the grass. These Woodpeckers are 12 inches tall, with red crests and chin stripes, white face marking and black bodies.
June 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Dude...
A chipmunk with brown and white stripes down its back sits on a stump, its cheeks full of food
June 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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A couple made-to-order Warbler Earrings went out today! Loving making these ones 💕

#handmadejewelry
#handmadejewellery
#madeincanada #silverearrings #silversmith #metalsmith
Two pairs of wee bird earrings are shown, one pair with teardrop Amber stones, topped by a branch with a small silver bird perches at the top, and the other pair with long rectangular Jasper stones in blue-gray and creamy hues, with prongs that look like branches securing the stone into the silver setting and a bird perched at the top.
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Walked down to the river near my house and watched the acrobatic insect catching flight of a pair of Eastern Kingbirds. Beauty!
#easternkingbird #birds #ontariobirds #getoutside #mybackyard
A black and white birds perches in some riverside flowering g bushes, his head turned to the side. His sharp beak suggests he is an insect-catching bird. Eastern Kingbird.
June 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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This Great Crested Flycatcher has been thwarting my efforts to act as paparazzi...but finally decided to come down from the very highest tree tops and sing a little in the forest understory. So pleased to get a couple of photos of this wonderful bird!

#greatcrestedflycatcher #birds #🪶
A brown crested bird with an orangish beak, white chin and yellow underside sings while sitting on a branch on a windy day. The maple in the background is moving in the wind.
May 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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A Mourning Warbler singing his little heart out this morning!
#birds #Warbler #mourningwarbler
Perched in the leafy tree, a yellow-breasted, black-bibbed, gray-headed bird has his mouth open while he sings.
May 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Some of the birds I saw during this morning's wander...
A female Baltimore Oriole, bullish orange and brown in colour, takes a hard look at the viewer from behind a grapevine she is eating. A small dark gray and black capped bird perches on a dead upright twig. Gray Catbird A small variegated brown bird sits atop a birdhouse and sings away. Northern House Wren A small yellow bird with a gray cap and black chest striations peers down from a tree branch. Green leaves surrounded him. Magnolia Warbler
May 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Took a couole of hours first thing this morning and wandered around the forest that surrounds my house...saw many birds, including this beauty! Male Chestnut-sided Warbler
#birds 🪶 #warbler
A small bird perches on a tiny tree covered with vine. A bright yellow cap, black eye mask and feathers with yellow striations, white chin and brown sides identify this beautiful bird as a Chestnut-sided Warbler.
May 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Finished up these Opalized Wood sterling silver earrings. Definitely a fun pair!

#handfabricatedjewelry #silverjewelry #silversmith #silverearrings #natureinspired #handmadejewelry
May 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Just went out into the wetlands behind our house to see what was around...and I think both me and this Broad-tailed Hawk were a bit surprised by how close we were to one another! What a beauty!
#birds #hawk #mybackyard #birdsofprey
A bird of prey with a dark tail, striated breast and orange eyes sits in the branches of a tree, perched on one leg.
May 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM