Friday, 28 October 2016

Flower Bouquet


These flowers were all part of an order that I sent out a while back.
It's like a bunch of some of my very favourite flowers.


These are huge and fluffy -but light as a feather- and I love the ombre gradation of gold to the palest yellow.


This little coral flower hair clip with the unexpected flecks of gold and yellow is such a joyous pop of colour that it always makes my day.


And these teal hair pins! I just adore the deep teal colour and the curly texture of the petals!

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Saturday, 15 October 2016

October Seas


This is what October looks like so far.
It is still sunny and beautiful but it's decidedly cool. 
It's pretty great as far as autumn goes.

Thursday, 6 October 2016

Lilac and Brown Flower Headband


This was a custom order for Jennifer. 
For her beautiful little girl, in fact, who is going to be a flower girl next week in a rustic country themed wedding. 


The colours we were working with were lilac, cream and brown and these are the resulting flowers.
I made a large flower headband and a smaller flower corsage by attaching the flowers to a plush cream-coloured cotton ribbon.


And these are the flowers before I attached them to the ribbons.
I liked them so much I may make one for my winter coat lapel.....

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Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Ivory Flower Hair Pins

Dainty little flowers in the palest of ivories, attached to a U hair pin.

These are ideal for a bride who wants to sweep up -all or some of- her hair for the big day.
I love that you can add one or two flowers, you can sprinkle more of them throughout the hair or you can strategicaly place a row of them.


The pearl and rhinestone centres are one of my favourite centres too.

They're already listed in my Fairytale Flower shop on etsy.

Sunday, 11 September 2016

Lace Handbag

I finally managed to make a bag again! It's been so very long!


As much as I LOVE making bags, there just doesn't seem to be enough time to actually start and finish one in its entirety. The unfinished attempts that I have lying around testify to this and prevent me from plucking up the courage to try it anew when I know that I already have too much on my to-do list....


But this one was for a friend who would be leaving within a week or so, and I had promised, so there was nothing to do but to roll up my sleeves, grit my teeth and finish it....
Boy, was it fun!
I tend to forget that -even if it's under pressure-  making a bag is so much FUN!


It's quite big, almost a shopping bag in size, and it's all natural cotton canvas with an overlaid lace in white and pink hues.
The front and back are different because of the design on the lace but I love both sides.


I learnt a new trick with this bag: how to add the kind of  zipper you see in the photo above.
Does anyone know what it's called?
My friend wanted the same kind of zipper a bag of hers had, so I copied it off hers. I really liked the way it turned out, so I will definately be using this on bags from now on.


She loved it and whisked it off with her.
Though for a moment I wasn't sure that I'd be letting go....

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Summer Trip



Perfect summer weather for a trip to the very beautiful island of Skiathos.


The picture above is from the beautiful beach of Koukounaries which has the most enchanting, gold-flecked, fine sand and just stretches on and on. The best bit about it though is that it's at the edge of a pine tree forest.


And the said pine tree canopy when you lie under them on a hot summer day, breething in that special pine tree smell that intoxicates and evokes childhood summers.......

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Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Men's Flower Boutonnieres


These are some of my all-time favourite flowers.
Men's boutonnieres in a mix of purple, magenta, brown and greys.


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Saturday, 13 August 2016

Boho Flower Corsages



These are the boho flowers I posted a week or two ago while under construction here. 
In the meantime, they've been finished, sent and received by Sarah who - I'm happy to say- absolutely loved them!!!


Only the boutonnieres are pictured here because I took such lousy pictures of the flower crown and flower corsage...


Such a pity really as the crown looked amazing on my mannequin head!
Maybe I can pursuade Sarah to send a picture of her wearing it on her big day next month....

Friday, 5 August 2016

Summer Hair Flowers



Summer hair flowers in a riotous mix of coral, red and pink. 


With a dash of gold in the centre.


These can be worn as either a brooch or a hair clip due to their nifty dual brooch/clip back.


They measure about 8 cm or 3.2 inches across and will be listed shortly in the shop.





Sunday, 24 July 2016

July WIP


 July has been proving a rather busy month! 


So much more busy than expected!


So all I have to share for now is some boho flowers in progress which have to be finished, packed and sent off in the mail by Monday.


I'm having a lot of fun with these and I can't wait to see them finished!

Saturday, 2 July 2016

OOAK


This flower was made for my little niece who was wearing a red dress on a special day.
It's one-of-a-kind and it measures about 7 cm or 2 and 3/4 of an inch wide but it's so light you can hardly tell you're wearing it.

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