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New for Spring

April 5th, 2010 · karla · Uncategorized No comments - Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I’m so very excited about some hats I made this weekend for a new shop update! Oh they are so pretty and fanciful and spring like!

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and as promised some new goodies from the Chelsea Vintage fair Frock me!

IMG_5408IMG_5422I got both of these from the same lady who had an amazing array of hats! Here is her website she has sooo many pretty hats I am definately looking forward to seeing what she has next time!

Okay going now, working on another range of bits and bobs for the store…my mind is in a really good place right now so creations are flying out!

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Is the weekend over already?

March 14th, 2010 · karla · Uncategorized No comments - Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Well atleast I got lots of work done! Kurt and I had a lovely day yesterday,  we went to a farmers market in Burough just near London Bridge station. We got an amazingly sized lobster and some other seafood and also a black truffle! The lobster was lovely, but I’ve never really liked that kind of seafood but it was lovely none the less.

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In other news I photographed some new items for my store. Some of it I had been working on prototypes for a while now so its nice to finally have a finsihed product!

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Kurt caught this amazing photo of the cats with Alucard sitting like a meer cat! ahahaaha cute!

IMG_4878IMG_4971IMG_4834IMG_4907Sorry for the pile of photos! These are the 1940s inspired hats I’ve been working on lately. They sit just perfectly and are the perfect size. I am going to add differant types and customise the look even more. But there ones are great for daywear. I will hopefully be enrolling to London College of Fashion next week for a course in Millinery! I’m very excited, as I will be able to take my ideas even further!

I’m also making these double flower pieces in time for Spring/Summer. I also have red roses and purple flowers that should be out next weekend.

Not much else to say except I’m working on a Tara Mcpherson embroidery piece that I’m itching to get back to.

Bye bye!

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My favorite Vintage accessory-The Tilt Hat

February 2nd, 2010 · karla · Uncategorized No comments - Tags: , , , , , ,

I’m not sure if its the romance or just the pure chic-ness that has me all excited about tilt hats! I’ve been collecting vintage hats for a few years now and I love all different types and from different era’s. But the tilt hat really takes the biscuit. Tilt hats are hats that are supposed to tilt forward on the crown of the head. From the tilt hats I’ve seen they come with either a plain disc or wire ring that sits to the back of the head and supports the frivolous hat at the front. I hope I’m making sense here. I’m going to post some photos now of some very great tilt hats. And hopefully soon enough I can show you a few of my hats, and my very favorite tilt hat!

This one is probably my favorite hat of all time. I love the idea of a mini boater hat, plus the frilling and the chic black and white gingham fabric, not to mention the matching gloves!

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