Vintage tiaras

[kirstietaylor]

Hi there
I am new to this forum and have just launched my first website introducing my handmade tiaras all made from vintage materials (all one of's!) Would all you lovely creative people be kind enough to take a look and pass comment, i need some feedback, positive and negative both received gratefully. Thks alot
Kirstie
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[Bea]

Wow! Great website! Your tiaras are beautiful, nice work!

[Seahorse]

The tiaras are beeeaaauutiful!!
Quite different too, especially the art nouveau one.Good variety with design, colours and price range.
I also love the way you put a history of Flo and Percy, adds and element of history and quality to things.

I dont suppose youd let us know where you get your beads, rhinestones etc from?

[kirstietaylor]

Thankyou to both of you and glad you like like. Enjoyed looking at your lovely work too. The thing is because i make them out of vintage materials they come from everywhere.

[Seahorse]

Thanks for sharing.

I have trawled the web for sites that sell rhinestones etc , I can never get exactly what I want.
America has the best stuff but Im always worried about dealings overseas.

I have been known ot buy broken necklaces from charity shops, fix them , then decide to take them apart, undoing my own work!

[Seahorse]

Oh dear, just seen where the creative bead craft shop is in London, i may have to add it to the list of places to go to when I next in London.

I need a job that pays more so I can feed my sparkle habit!Im on 40 rhinestones a day!!

[kirstietaylor]

What do you make?? Its hard to resist those sparkly things isn't it?! :)

[Seahorse]

I ljust ike to muck about with sparkles really.
I design clothes so Id try to source the exact stones for the outfit,sew ons are so tough to find!!I prefer to suffer for my art so I like the idea of sew ons,not iron on diamontes.

Im going through a card making pahase at the moment, I hope it lasts as I have spent a small fortune on stamps and inks, but id like to incorporate sewn things.

Basically as long as its gorgeous, sparkly, historical looking and cheap, I love it.

[kirstietaylor]

I used to make cards. I sold them to a shop for £1.25 each and they sold them on for £3.50! Its just not worth trying to make money out of it, but i still make them for friends, its nice to have a hobby you enjoy, most people i know don't have that. I would go insane if i didn't have a creative outlet. I used to buy my blank cards at craftcreations.co.uk. I found them to be the cheapest!

[Seahorse]

How dare they up the price, thats so unfair to all your hard work!!

Thanks, Il look at the site.