Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Flower centers

Flower centers and leaves (about half way finished).  I make the centers with pom poms on wire, covered in silk, then wrapped with floral tape.  I sometimes wrap floral stamens into the tape and decorate with German glass glitter.  All the little details really make a difference in the final product!

The leaves are made of velvet.  I iron the velvet, which flattens it out and gives it a really nice sheen.   Wires are glued down to each leaf.  After that the veins are ironed in with the flower irons.  This time around I'm making 13 flowers at once.  Crazy :)




Friday, March 4, 2011

Flower Making

Getting ready to make a big batch of 13 roses.  Each basic rose contains 16 individual petals.  A large "blooming rose" has 40 petals!  Next step is iron and starch the petals, and glue the wire on to the velvet leaves!



Thursday, March 3, 2011

Dances of Vice - The Alice in Wonderland Spring Ball

Here is a really amazing video from last year's Dances of Vice spring ball. I sent some hats to NYC to accompany Blasphemina's Closet's spring collection. I wish there were parties like this in Seattle!