Vera Fokina

Vera Fokina was a Russina ballet dancer of the early 1900s. I love her Eastern-style costumes designed by Léon Bakst, they are just so fablous with strings and strings of pearls draped across the bodices and huge sweeping feathers! So very opulent! This piece below is inspired by Vera and her fantastic costumes. It can be worn either as a hair comb or as a decorative brooch for a dress and is made of a central raw silk Cambodian rose with strings of freshwater pearls and Swarovski crystals, these are balanced by a sweeping ostrich feather at the top.

Flowers for a family wedding!

I spent a lot of time sourcing the most convienient place to buy the wedding flowers from. The wedding was in Limerick and there is no flower market near. I came across a company called Flowers 4 Florists who are a Dutch company, they were able to courier over the flowers direct to the door of my parents' house and they arrived in perfect condition! They even had little bags of ice in their boxes to keep the flowers fresh!

I used a combination of Calla Lillies, Freesia, Lisianthus, Gerbera and Agapanthus. I couldn't help myself using crystals too!