Alternative Bridal Bouquet....

Hi everyone! just popping by the blog to show you what i've been making whilst relegated to the sofa through illness!

I am going to be making a collection of heart shaped bridal bouquets and this is the first one...

 

 I used a florist heart garland and covered it with netting - i then painstalkingly sewed on each individual mother of pearl button and diamante brooch!

Some lovely sparkles on here from Victorian to modern day.

A one of a kind bouquet that you can keep forever as a momento of your special day. If you cant live without it it is £98 and can be bought from my website www.anniefloribunda.com

My new hang up - pure indulgence for the vintage bride!

I bought this beautiful Victorian lace from a lady whose parents worked in the Nottingham lace factories in the 1940's.

Not sure if this is Nottingham lace - it looks very French to me...

palest of gold in colour and intricate tiny lacework details - absolutely stunning!

Anyway, I have a lot of this and it's all stored in a box and not getting admired, so I decided to make something beautiful with it.

I decided to make a very special hanger for a very special dress. Afterall, we can spend hundreds of pounds on beautiful wedding dresses, so don't they deserve a little preferential treatment in the wardrobe?

 Just look at the amazing detail in that lace - must have taken an age to make!

 I've added mirror backed, mother of pearl and metal buttons

from the Victorian era through to the 1950's

 Handle is bound in gold satin ribbon and finished with small vintage leaf brooch.

If you can't live without it - it will be in my folksy shop later at

http://folksy.com/shops/bloominglovely

Vintage Treasures!!!

Visited a car boot sale yesterday and picked up some truly beautiful pieces. I bought some items from a lady whose mother and father had both worked as lace makers in Nottingham... facinating stories... and it was nice to get a little history to the pieces that I bought from her.
I think my favourite find would have to be the stunning, delicate, golden coloured lace, that looks as though it was once part of either a Victorian wedding dress or christening robe.

Now I have to think of something to make from it that will show off its beauty...still thinking!!