Archive for the ‘Fascinators’ Category

Spring and summer are just around the corner and that means Easter, Mother’s Day and Weddings to think about. This would be a perfect piece for bridesmaid and I can make them in a color of your choice. If you love to feel pretty in pink, then this piece is your style. I have always [...]

I love it when brides want to do unusual colors for a wedding and I am happy to work with them. I received a request from a bride to make these five fascinators and three pairs of matching shoe clips and they are now ready to ship. Red and black together Is a bold color [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Yesterday when Kim took me into Houston for the morning to run errands before the heat became so awful, I stopped to pick up a few sewing supplies. While in the shop I noticed some very small black Chinese frog buttons and an idea for a fascinator popped in my mind. I bought a pair [...]

There is nothing more fun than designing something wacky that you see in your head, and this fascinator is one of these designs. I put this fascinator on blonde hair to show how wacky this design really is. I used a lot of purple iridescent coque feathers to make this piece using some to stand [...]

There is nothing more fun for me than to design a hat or fascinator for a real live person. That may sound a bit odd considering that all my designs go to real live people, but the difference is a custom piece is commissioned to go with a particular outfit that someone intends to wear [...]

I think summer roses have been influencing my mind, because although I am working on my fall collection, roses keep flashing in my head. This time it is pink roses. I took some white biot feathers, dyed them pink and then curled them. I covered a round fascinator base I made first, with pink satin, [...]

This is another design that has been in my head for awhile and today I decided to use my holiday to create something very unique. I love designing while thinking outside the box and this beautiful collar and fascinator is the result. These two pieces took many hours of sewing but I am very happy [...]

Today I made a start on my Fall Event/Wedding fascinator collection and not only do I want to offer fascinators in velvets and other fall fabrics, but I also want to offer matching mini capes for the Christmas and New Year seasons.  I also think these capes and fascinators would be perfect to wear for [...]