To make sense of it all???

I just spent the last hour collecting pictures of pretty dresses that i liked. This week i have been talking to a few girls about inspiration and images and how much i love them. Why i waste my time doing this I'm not sure... but it does excite me, it does inspire me and hopefully one day i will be able to make create design or be apart of something so beautiful as these images! No one can stop you being creative no matter how big or small.
But for now I'm OK with this nonsense...
xoxo

au revoir

So the story continues... but at this stage there is no, happily every after, at this point in my life I say farewell to an influential part of my life. One of the reasons I chose to study fashion in the first place!.
Clarissa Grace, after a successful decade in the Bridal industry is crafting her final gown, sending off he last bride and closing her doors.After working there 6 months I have had the pleasure of learning so much and being a part of something so beautiful!
I remember the first time I laid eyes on her designs it was at school when my textiles teacher was trying to inspire us for our future major works... Each gown was beautifully crafted with french laces, natural silks embellished with crystal beading and antique flowers.....
I fell in love....
These dresses are not like your traditional wedding dress they speak of fairytale fantasies, reminiscing on silhouettes and techniques of the past. Gorgeous draping techniques, stunning corseted silhouettes, hand beading and embellishments, each dress is crafted with a personal caring touch. They each carry their own personalised name which speak of love and romance such as ' 'Tender is your touch' or 'Dreaming of you' Clarissa grace has created a romantic wonderland, You step through her doors and are greeted with beautiful antique mirrors lamps and chairs, and serenaded by classic romance songs. Brides leave her store dreams and wishes granted with the perfect dress for their perfect wedding day.To say good by to such a dreamland
to loose such an inspiration will leave such a hole within the bridal industry.


farewell and au revior
we wont forget.
xoxo

As the sun went down....

Holidays, hanging out with friends and playing with new digital SLR camera equals true source of inspiration and creativity...
this is the result
xoxo

The secret wonderland of a designer

Images are my words

Collecting close to my heart

Surrounding myself with inspiration

The best things in life are free

The wonderland of a designer, the secret garden of inspiration behind every designers bedroom door... This is mine...

I started out as a poor fashion student who had not even a dollar to her name... her room consisted of a mattress, a single mattress on a cold wooden floor!........ OK maybe i am being a little over dramatic but you get the picture right i was poor! i shall confess that i also had a wardrobe full my beautiful treasures but it would be an tragedy to think that a designer did not posses an array of stylish pieces to keep her smiling and looking fabulous..

Freed from the restraint of fashion school...i have saved my pennys to create a world only for me! I collect and find furniture, candles, posters pictures, frames ornaments and anything that takes my fancy a lot of the stuff you find in my room is either priceless and free or for a penny or two from the op-shop... You don't need a lot to make a world of your own... i find amazing pictures in magazines i collect funky business cards, postcards, feathers beads old frames and posters to stick up on my wall.. my greatest find was my gorgeous granny lounge which i found for $60 it was actually a four seat set but i just kept the 2 seater to put in my room and left the others for some one else who likes old school vintage!... i love it floral pattern and wooden handles all in perfect condition!

Each treasure i find and fall in love with

I just love to collect and shall continue to collect i need a rug a lamp, a bedside set of draws, curtains etc and am excited to keep hunting... it shall never be finished my room, my personal canvas..
But that the fun of it really forever changing always inspired by something new and excting i hope it inspires you to create your own world
xxx

This love will never die...

Here is some stuff i have been working on over the chrissy holidays... entered into mens wear, making a vest for a wedding... spent some time in the 1940's creating a ruby red number for a friends 21st... why do i do it? I do it for their smile.

x0x0

Cupid

So i have been busy again... creating, dreaming, designing all in the name of love!!! I like to think while i sit there hand sewing theses delicate beings that i am like cupid. i would like to think that my efforts are not in vein, that some how they are a minute piece of the puzzle that allows people to have their happy ever after!!! yep yep yep!!!
It's my favourite kind of creativity. This little beaded works of art were all experiments for hair flowers for my friend for her wedding!! This is the result...

Ever thine ever mine ever ours!
xoxo