Sinamay Lilies

I have been working with manipulating my own Sinamay this week. Today I have been testing out making curved Calla Lilies.

Sinamay is great to work with like this because it is soft & flexible, but it also hold shapes & twists and turns into interesting forms.

They’re not finished yet, but you can see how the shape is holding up.

I have used a curled green biot goose feather as a stamen in the large one.

I think as well as using them on my hats I will sell them individually in my supply store too.

The small collection of hat blocks I have amassed just this month

I already have several, but this month there seemed to be loads of hat blocks floating around eBay and Etsy at really low prices. Of these I managed to get my hands on 4 – shhhhh!

Left – 22” flat sided with asymmetric crown dome.
Centre back - 24” regular crown dome.
Centre front – 6” mini beret.
Right – Large beret. (this one arrived just this morning)

Cant wait to get working with them.

The mini beret turns out great -

And right now I’m working on the flat sided one after blocking a buckram base from it.

And then today there was a The Storque article…

I’m watching the item counters & notice one set of buttons had risen considerably in views today alone. After some investigation I discovered they had been picked as a Related Item to a How-Tuesday article on making reusable lunch bags, sweet!

You can read the whole article here!

And these are the little darlings featured! Available here.

A little more Front Page Exposure

So August was a very busy month in both Etsy Stores!
This was mainly due to being featured on the Etsy front page 3 times in late July/early August.

I also bought loads of new hat making supplies, including new fabrics & lots of feathers.

So keep an eye out lots of new designs & mini tutorials coming soon :)

Just a little something I couldn’t resist!

I was out shopping today for ‘something smart’ for a temp cover desk job I’m doing in a few weeks (note: Summer is the WRONG time of year to look for smart work trousers) & this little beauty jumped off the shelf at me in Forever21. It was the last one on the shelf so I really couldn’t leave it there with the big gaudy gold numbers circling it like a jealous gang ready to jump on it & steal it's enamel beauty!
And the real beauty is it was less than $7! It is that perfect fun summer statement necklace & is going to look awesome with the new long black jersey maxi dress I picked up last week for less than $30.

Recession busting at its best :)

Lady GaGa Inspired Finds

Today I have been pottering about looking out Lady GaGa inspired items on Etsy.

Avant Garde Polka Dot Top by LolitaVintage

Mattamorphis Dare Dress by Mattamorphis


Silver Ruched Jumpsuit by TripleGemini


Dynasty Dazzler Dress by unseenforce1


Avant Garde Puff Sleeve Sweater Dress by nstylevintage


Faux Hair Bow by blacksatinshoes

Buttons Buttons Buttons…….

Fabric Manipulation Collection in Silk Dupion.

www.liddesignssupplies.etsy.com