Steampunk, Goth Faerie Dress

A project I started last month called 'a dress a month'.......
This one is for April.

It's made from black vintage silks, cottons, linen, and leather belts.
The hat is made from linen and cotton...with a flower.

Crochet neck pieces~

I made these necklaces and chokers using strips of t-shirt fabric, with added buttons, lace and other vintage and found objects.

HELLO

I'm back ...... not because I've not been doing anything....
I've been very busy and all who know me now follow me on my facebook page~ 
www.facebook.com/highlandfairy


Things have been growing for me...creatively and in my personal life. Change is always good and I am ever changing. :)

I was honoured to show some of my work in a fashion show at the weekend in a vintage shop that has just opened in Inverness called The Village.

https://www.facebook.com/TheVillageInverness?fref=ts

Here are some of the photos~
more to come soon....
and maybe the chance of having a professional photoshoot!!!!!
:)

Wedding dresses

I have had the pleasure of making some unique wedding dresses for some lovely ladies recently.
Thanks to my facebook page and word of mouth I was contacted and asked if I could create something that combined the ideas and dreams of my clients and my individual, quirky style.
Each dress was a challenge and although I found it quite stressful at times, I loved making my very first corset style bodice, ordering special tartan cloth (even if it took me ages to make the first cut),
finding beautiful pieces of vintage lace and linens that would go with each dress, gathering up different fabrics and piecing them together...adding details and seeing the finished garments.
The best part had to be seeing the photos of the weddings themselves and knowing that everything was perfect.

~~~~

Mairi's 'Skye tartan' dress...
corset bodice and long skirt with vintage linens.

A beautiful Highland wedding in a woodland chapel.

~~~~~~~~~~

Laurie's wedding dress, inspired by Avril Lavigne's 'Alice' dress.
black and white vintage fabrics with bustle.

Winter wedding... x

Black and white sleeves with button detail.

Chelsey's bridesmaid dress made from vintage cotton, linen and lace.

bridesmaids dresses

I have had the chance to create some very different dresses for a friend who is getting married at the weekend.
She asked me to make some of my raggy faerie dresses that I've started making from vintage linens, tablecloths, doilies, delicate frayed cottons, and other raggedy fabrics.
I've not done many custom orders, but I feel like this is the first of many..

Hello!!!

Nearly a year has gone by since I blogged last!?
I'm not going to go into great detail about what I've been doing or what I've been going through because it's just too much, so instead I'll show you a few photos .
Hope you like ....xxx

winter creations

It's been a cold winter, with lots of snow and I've spent a lot of time indoors trying to keep warm.
Making the most of it I read lots, crocheted, stitched, painted and chopped wood!

Just before the snow arrived I gathered lots of sycamore and chestnut leaf stems to weave together with some lovely brown yarn....

I made some sock creatures out of old socks

Started on some new clay fairy bottles

Crocheted lots of pixie bags

Painted a goddess

Made some funky button necklaces

And did some sewing.......

♥