moodboard no. 2 →  January 16, 2010 11

Ok, so maybe I’ll put wee wedding snips here. I did start a separate blog for logistics for people who are coming (from all over! Even Berlin!) but as I’ll be putting maps and things it’s sneakret. I’ve been so down since Janna and my grandmother died, I’ve noticed that it’s been hard to be [...]

secrets that keep →  January 1, 2010 49

Can we start 2010 with some good good news? Yes yes yes! It’s engraved “HFG to Lida Avril 17 1881 Mizpah” Pearls + turquoise + rose gold == the best. We want to do bands in rose gold as well, something handmade and ancient looking. 10-10-2010, we think, a round auspicious date! Piles and piles [...]

spirit dress →  October 28, 2009 6

Last night I went to Miss Dori Midnight‘s magical San Francisco Edwardian flat, to discuss plans for her wedding dress, which she is commissioning me to create. So flattered and honored! She believes the same thing I do, that clothing can be created as a spell, a magic weaving with intention and faerie glamour! She [...]

pearl grey skies & fireflies →  June 21, 2009 29

Old barn doors. Cream eyelet and Swiss champagne satin batiste. Mason jars of roses & forget-me-nots. Streamers of bright ribbon clutched by children. Tiny violinists under apple trees. Punched tin can lanterns. Sweet ancient songs sung by schoolchildren. Dancing wildly to a bluegrass band. Sugary white cakes. A tiny wedding night cottage. Tealights floating in [...]