Special offer on hair accessories this week.

To give my customers an opportunity to get ready for the summer season and purchase new floral accessories with a discount in May I am running a series of promotions on 4 lines of accessories. Each promotion will run from Friday to Thursday. The following lines are taking part:

• brooches
• hair accessories
• bridal accessories
• hats and fascinators

The choice of a line is random and will be announced each week on Friday on my Facebook page . 

So we'll start with the hair accessories.

Till 9 May I am happy to offer a 10% DISCOUT on my hair accessories range. To get it please use HAIRMAY10 coupon code on check out at my Etsy shop

During last week I have added some new pieces to the line. One of them is this purple butterfly headband    

made of lace and naturals silks in shades or purple and mauve. This purple headdress will complement an outfit in similar hues for a special occasion or a romantic night out. It is perfect for purple themed weddings as well.

Another romantic headpiece to my range is the turquoise and chocolate brown silk and velvet headband with a fantasy dahlia flower. This original bright piece is ideal to complete a summer look. 

Of course we should not forget roses as popular summer favourites like this English multipetal rose hair clip.

In most cases I am able to offer these designs in other colours to suit your preferences. You can coontact me via my blog or my Etsy shop to discuss a custom order.

For the full range of hair accessories please head to my Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PresentPerfectStudio

For hot news and announcements feel free to join my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/PresentPerfectCreations

keep your eyes peeled to this page for the new announcements.

And...

happy shopping! :-)

Fantasy fabric flowers

Last time I was talking about how realistic silk roses can be. The pictures I shared showed the variety of form and colour one can achieve when making them. In this respect painting silk by hand comes in handy by allowing for the gradation of colour, which mimics flowers in the wild.

But who said that we have to be restricted by any limits and only create realistic flowers? No one.

Depending upon the project I often require a fantasy flower to complete it. For my fantasy flowers I frequently use  precoloured fabrics such as the gorgeous Indian dupioni with its soft sheen, or satin silk, viscose velvet etc. I stiffen the chosen fabrics as I do the white ones (see one of the ways to do it described in my post here) and then use them to create fantasy blooms that can only be limited by the imagination.

Thus,  for making black flowers I believe it is easier and better to simply use black silks rather then dye them by hand as it is almost impossible to achieve a really intense rich black colour. 

Birdcage veil with a black rose

 I use lace, beads, feathers, freshwater pearls and other components to decorate my fantasy flowers and make them look more striking and spectacular.

Black orchid corsage

For this large rose I used soft satin in golden sand colour which makes it a perfect accessory to go with any earthy-toned clothing, such as browns, yellows, oranges, yellowish green and ecru.

Golden satin rose

Unlike the warm golden rose this one is created using silvery coloured silk and is set amidst hand painted double organza leaves in mauve and grey hues. The organza I used is enriched with a silver lame thread.

Bridal rose hairpiece

For wedding floral pieces sometimes it is best to use pure white, cream or ivory silks. By combining fabrics with different textures I add interest and volume to these flowers.

Bridal peony veil on a comb

Natural silks, lace, beads, ivory freshwater pearls... What can be more bridal? :-)

White rose halo

Should you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to share them in the comments below. I really appreciate your feedback.