silk rose choker

Bridal choker necklace with a silk rose

by | posted in: bridal choker, bridal necklace, choker, choker with a rose, custom bridal accessories, hand painted silk rose, handmade silk rose, large silk rose, Old English rose, pink choker, silk chocker necklace | 0

There are many ways to use silk flower for decoration that have developed over the long period that the silk flowers have been around. Some of them are more obvious like brooches, corsages, hair clips, some are less. Another direction I am constantly working on apart from the diversity of the floral  form  is the diversity of application of these gorgeous creations. Here is one more way of using a handmade silk flower: a silk choker or a necklace. This … Read More

A bunch of grapes

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I truly believe that a really great silk flower artist should be able to create diverse things. Yes, everybody loves roses. Yes, bridal accessories are always in demand. But one can not just make roses or white bridal flowers although I am not saying they have to be taken of the list. No way! But sometimes I want to take a break from popular designs and make something wacky, unconventional, but cute 🙂 For a long time I was planning to make a … Read More

Bridal hat with a gorgeous silk rose and a birdcage veil

by | posted in: bridal fascinator, bridal hat, habdnade silk rose, hand painted silk flowers, hand painted silk rose, millinery, millinery flowers, millinery roses, wedding fascinator, wedding hat, white fascinator, white hat | 0

When I finished assembling this rose I immediately thought of it as a millinery flower. Called Bride it is a gorgeous large silk rose of nearly 70 petals and is indeed meant for weddings.I had the hat idea in my mind as well, I just needed some time to get hold of all the necessary supplies to start creating. And the supply list is rather extensive: sinamay base, viscose velvet, hat elastic, crin, coque feathers, dupioni leaves, birdcage veil with spots … Read More

A strawberry plant

by | posted in: fabric berry, fabric fruit, flower iron, handmade strawberry, strawberry brooch, strawberry headdress, strawberry plant, velvet strawberry, wild strawberry | 0

I know it is still winter and we are actually about to enter a cold spell after all that mild weather of last months but my fabric strawberry plant is ready and growing from a tiny Long Tom terracotta pot. Yes, you have guessed right and I did finish my berry project.Here how it look I think it is rather sweet 🙂 But I have in mind another idea on how to use it to make it wearable. Or ever 2 … Read More

Fabric strawberries

by | posted in: cloth fruit, fabric berry, fabric fruit, fabric strawberry, handmade berry, handmade flower, handmade silk flower, handmade strawberry, strawberry plant | 0

Textile is a very versatile and pliable material and since there so many different varieties of textile one can say that there’s got to be a fabric for any job imaginable. When we make flowers we choose nice lightweight and medium silk fabrics, shiny or matt, sometimes almost transparent depending on the flower we are creating.But what if we want to make a … strawberry? What fabric to use to make the work look nice and the process easy and smooth? … Read More

What about a leather flower?

by | posted in: beige leather, flower iron, genuine leather brooch, handmade flower, handmade leather flower, leather accessory, leather brooch, leather corsage, leather flower, leather rose | 0

I purchased some differently coloured leather pieces back in November and could not find time to turn them into flowers. Finally time has been chosen and last week I tried my luck in creating my first real leather flower. It is a cross breed between a rose and a camellia. Well I think it is a rose but my husband said it looked more like a camellia. It is made of greyish beige genuine leather including a pair of leaves. For the leaves … Read More

A large tea-coloured rose

by | posted in: fabric rose, fleur en tissu, hand made silk rose, hand painted silk rose, interior silk rose, rose, rose artificielle, rose en tissu, silk rose on a stem, silk rose uk, wedding rose | 2

I must say as an artist I am attracted not so much by the colour but more so by the shape in silk flower making. I salivate at the perspective of learning how to make a new type of flower whether it be a humble lilly-of-the-valley, hydrangeas, fuchsias, plumerias, a grape leaf  or a twig of a fur-tree. All of them sound equally attractive. Of course one must not forget roses. Firstly, people seem to be fascinated by this flower which makes … Read More

Roses, roses, roses

by | posted in: Blume, bridal rose, bridal silk flowers, hand made silk rose, hand painted silk rose, Hochzeit, Naturseide, Old English rose, pink rose, rosa Rose, Seide, silk rose, wedding rose, wedding silk flowers | 0

Rose is the queen of the flower world or so it seems. And although I personally like a lot of rather different flowers it is very difficult to resist the fascination the rose possesses. Especially if it has a nice flower shape. Especially if it has a scent. Especially if it has a historic charm about it. This is all true about the Old English rose as it has it all: great shape, smell, heritage and diversity.Here is the English … Read More

1 year later: how to measure my progress?

by | posted in: handmade poppy, poppy, poppy brooch, poppy corsage, red poppy, remembrance day poppy, scarlet poppy, silk poppy, silk poppy brooch, veteran poppy | 0

I made my first ever flower about a year ago. In fact it was not even a pure silk flower as I started with a so-called “soft technique” which presupposes the use of polyester fabrics with a completely different set of qualities. That first rose seemed to be so beautiful and wonderful at the time and I was very proud of it. But now I would like to talk about poppies, by far my best-seller and a very popular flower … Read More

Preparing for Christmas. Not long to go

by | posted in: broche fleur, Christmas, Christmas decoration, Christmas holly, Christmas jewelry, Christmas Star, fleur en tissu, hand painted silk flowers, Noel 2012, poinsettia, textile holly brooch | 0

Now only lazy can ignore all the preparations for the coming Christmas: decorated shops, Chrtistmas cards everywhere, butchers taking order for Christmas turkeys etc. Despite Remembrance poppies,a couple of craft fairs and some orders I need to work on Christmas designs have not been forgotten. So far I have tried two iconic Christmas plants which are holly and poinsettia. And yes there is a way of making fur trees out of velvet but I am not just sure I will … Read More

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