Daisies

Daisies. The ancient Celts used them and other wildflowers to make pretty garlands of flowers to wear in their hair on their wedding day. Did you know that they follow the path of the sun during the day and close their petals at night and on gloomy days? Their delicate beauty belies the strength of a bear and tenacity for life. They stubbornly hold onto their petals long after most other flowers have lost their bloom. It is no wonder I was so inspired to use them as inspiration for an upcoming line of hair accessories!
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Wild Roses

Having been utterly charmed by the simple beauty of wild roses for as long as I can remember, I have decided to use them in a new range of jewellery and hair accessories that I am developing. So far I have a haircomb, hairvine and hairpin, and I will be adding to these over the next few weeks so check back often! These roses are woven glass seed beads and are shown in an ivory AB colour in the above photo. Please click on the pricelist link on the top right hand corner of this page to see prices.

Another First!

Another first! The last couple of days have been full of 'firsts' for me! I took part in my first wedding fair on Sunday 1st of March, and this evening I took part in a local ''Pamper yourself'' event for women. It was my first time to be part of any events like that so it has been a very good experience for me. As I have said before, doing things like the wedding fair, and local craft fairs etc, its just such a great way to get out there and let people know of your existance, and these kind of events are also very good for getting feedback on your work- which is always needed- good, bad or indifferent.
The photo above is of a recently completed haircomb. It is made with Swarowski crystals, glass pearls and silver lined glass seed beads woven with silver wire. The comb itself I made with a brown wire which works very well in darker coloured hair.

An Interesting Day

I exhibited at my first official wedding fair yesterday and once the nerves had settled I have to say I really enjoyed it. I made one good sale and had lots of very positive interest and comments on my work so I feel it was money well spent. Doing the fair was a great way to talk to people and find out what they are looking for, and get feedback on what I offer.

On speaking with other exhibitors I found out that bookings are very rarely made on the day of a fair itself, that it is usually within the weeks or even months following the fair when you start to get the feedback/enquiries etc. That made perfect sense to me because when I got married last year and did the rounds of the wedding fairs, I spent a good while just gathering all the information first and then went about contacting suppliers. But fingers crossed I will hear back from a few at least :-)

I have included a few photos of my display at the fair (or is that fayre?). In all the rush to make sure I had everything I needed- I forgot the camera- how typical is that?! I had to use my phone to take the photos so the quality isn't brilliant but good enough to give an idea of what it all looked like.