One wedding, three creations

Last week we went to a wedding, my husband’s niece was getting married.
To prove the well-known proverb “The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot” wrong, I decided to create a cocktail hat for myself (for once! :-D) to wear at the wedding. It gave me a chance to try my new hat block, a mini beret. I covered the base with a beautiful quilted dupioni silk and decorated with a spray of rumbling roses in purple. 

Floral cocktail hat

The flowers have as always been painted shaped and assembled by hand. That’s me wearing it at the wedding ☺

For Alex I have created a calla lily boutonniere in matching colours of lemony lime yellow. I used the template which I obtained from calla lillies growing in my garden. I like their sleek and elegant look!
Here is my husband wearing the calla lily buttonhole created using specialised Japanese fabrics.

I have thought long and hard about what I should create for my little girl and decided that a pair of edelweiss hair clips would be perfect. Made of specialist Japanese fabrics and lined and wired they proved to be rather hardwearing even in the paws of curious 11 month old                                                                                  

I can sense a whole line of accessories for little ones shaping up in my brain. Keep your eyes peeled to my blog and Facebook page!

And that’s mummy and daughter in the church

A velvet rose

 Recently I have added a couple of new stunning roses to my portfolio. One of them is this large beauty.

Made of unusual Japanese velvet (100% cotton) with a very short pile the rose is sure to be the highlight of an evening outfit. The flower is painted by hand and can be made in other colours.

All the petals as well as the leaves are doubled with silk organza which gives the rose its beautiful shape and makes it more durable than other silk flowers.

The rose can be finished with a brooch base, a headband or another finding of your choice.

To order the flower please visit my Etsy shop here.