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My lovely Hollywood Monroe Bridal Tiara has found a home and has been shipped to the bride to be. This headpiece was made from vintage fabric roses, vintage jewellery and vintage buttons with a huge AB brooch as a centre piece. There is even a tiny golden cherub nestled amongst the glass and gilt buttons.
This was a ready made peice - but I am always happy to take commissions and give a free consultation at my studio in Lincolnshire. Click on the "Folksy" button at the top of my blog to take you to my shop to see other styles of head wear, buttonholes, posies and corsages.

I was going to conquer the world and then I saw something Sparkly!

I have always been distracted by sparkly items and I blame it all on my aunt. When I was at a young, impressionable age she would swan into our home with a blonde beehive 2 ft high, the latest boyfriend/husband!, mini skirt, long talon nails (always polished), two little Chiuauaus and ALWAYS had on sparkly diamonte jewellery. As a child I was transfixed by my glamorous aunt and the colours and shapes of her brooches and am sure that is why (even to this day) I cannot resist one if I see it at a fete, boot sale or antique/flea market!

I love to work with these "heirlooms", and hate to see a brooch discarded purely because it's pin is broken or it has lost a few stones. I have a kind of jewellery hospital in my spare room now, where I store them all away, until I find another, equally beautiful, but damaged piece and put the two together so that they can live on!

I like to "reinvent" pieces - I use necklaces and bracelets for headbands and tiaras and brooches for bridal bouquets and hair combs...