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There are two colours that are always found in my wardrobe: 1 – leopard print. 2 – red. So I was very excited to combine the two for this lovely fascinator. This heart fascinator is sewn onto a wide leopard print fur felt band. It has quite a 20s feel to the overall design and gives a striking finish to any …
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I got the material for this and pondered on what design I wanted to do with it for a while. Then I had a bit of an Eureka moment. This was the result. This hat is a large inverted hat made of a pink fish net ramie. I didn’t want to complicate this hat by adding …
As usual I started out with an idea in my mind….and it turned out a lot better 🙂 I had wanted to do a lilac assymetrical disc and I wanted a mixture of flowers on both the top side and underside of the hat. I wasn’t sure how many flowers and if I would do just …
I love this design! I wanted a natural look of a vine of ivy climbing over the head, similar to the cala lily design. Each ivy leaf is made of green silk velvet, and is woven onto a stem. The stems are bound together to create a large branched unit. At the base of each …
Every so often I go off on a tangent and get a little excited by the things we can create. It was one of those moments when I made this……:-) I started by making a cala lily flower, not necessarily with the view for it to be used in a design, I just wanted to …
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I like the elegance of this fascinator. It’s burnt pheasant feathers, all twisted together on a hair clip. It makes a statement, without being over powering. And where all of the lovely feathers meet each other, they is a cluster of Swarovski crystals and pearls to add a pretty central point. This is a very …
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I do love a bit of gold….and hearts are my favourite shape. Yep, I’m a softy. So when I sat with these bronze, gold & cream Swarovski pearls in my hand….I just knew I wanted them to adorn a design in a mass of lusciousness. And so I did. I made this fascinator out of a lovely …
I made this hat at the end of 2011. Next thing I know Prince William marries Kate Middleton and everyone at the wedding was wearing central worn fascinators! I was actually a tad cheesed off….as I did this first! But alas, I like to think it’s just because I am a trend setter 🙂 anyway….here …
So after my Die Hard fascinator I got a bit intrigued and happy by the draped beads and the movement they created. And so I designed this tear drop fascinator. I love this fascinator. It’s probably my favourite….well at least in my top 3 so far! I wanted something that was ultra feminine and had …
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If I told you where I got the inspiration for this fascinator from you may laugh……it was whilst watching Die Hard! I promise you that! 🙂 I was sat watching Bruce Willis fight the baddies at Christmas at home with the family and I saw all of these explosions and slow motion movement. To me …
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