Archive for the ‘Wedding & Bridal’ Category

I don’t think there is a woman out there who hasn’t watched the Victoria Secrets Fashion show and thought to herself I would love to dress like that. So, my inspiration for these wings, halo and neck cuff is all about what a woman would love to wear for a photography shoot or to wear [...]

When I designed this skirt, I designed it for my daughter to take glamorous photographs of her, but as soon she saw it, she was not only thrilled with it, but said she thought that I should offer them for sale.  So here they are! To sell these custom made skirts, I set to work [...]

Yesterday I finished my tenth Steampunk perch hat, I decided to put all ten in one blog with a link to a detailed blog about each piece. All these hats could be worn for your next Steampunk or Dickens Victorian gathering. I have designed two hat patterns for the two styles and have written complete [...]

A few days ago, my friend Anna stopped by on the way to Austin to visit her daughter and family. She had her gorgeous dress with her that she will wear for her son’s wedding in Peru next month and it was a beautiful raspberry rose pink, with a rhinestone feature. She came to show [...]

This hat can of course be worn at any time, but the idea came to me while I was working on an all white Steampunk Bridal hat over the past few days that I could mix Peacock feathers along with white feathers which would be an extraordinary look for a bride who really wanted to [...]

The Steampunk pop culture is growing in leaps and bounds which has made me very happy as a millinery designer. It means I can now design hats with glorious details such as large and ornate feather pads and beautiful fabrics that can be worn by women who love to be noticed. My English background has [...]

Black and white seems to be very popular and I think the reason is because of the crisp look and style of women wearing black and white outfits. To offer more selection of fascinators in these two colors I decided to make a larger feather display and add a black and white flower center piece. [...]

I spent the last two days working on this Juliet cap and although it is tedious and a lot of hand sewing, I love the style of Juliet caps and so do many brides. Juliet caps have been around for many years and were the most fashionable in the 1950′s. Now I have brought this [...]

This feather cape took me many, many hours of time to make but it was so worthwhile. It had been a vision in my head for the past few months when I decided to learn everything I could about feathers so that I could make more unique fascinators. My daughter Kim and I watched the [...]

You can’t expect to understand how fabrics work while making flowers unless you are willing to play. So this time I wanted to find out if I liked a flower when I mixed black with white polka dots tulle and white organza. I loved it! I’ve put many hours in to understand how feathers work [...]