A busy day dying

Spent a very busy day last Thursday dying feathers non stop to create the various shades of colours I needed to create my new headbands for AW/11.

The idea is that they will be gradients of colours on a wide band, very elegant and using beautoful tones.

The dying process at home is time consuming and involves patience, old clothes, plenty of newspaper to protect furniture and then a hair dryer....there has to be an easier way, but for now, patience is the key!!

Mini Wedding Fair

This Thursday I will be taking part in a mini wedding fair at the beautiful Daintree paper shop on Camden St Dublin 2. I love Daintree, its right up my street with all the lovely papers etc they sell. My idea of heaven...!
Anyway - out the back, in front of the amazing Cake Cafe (used to be best kept secret in Dublin!) there will be a number of exhibitors to give anyone getting married great and unique wedding ideas for their upcoming Winter Weddings!
Best of all - its FREE!

Will post pics up afterwards x

Waterford Tall Ships

Ahh June is over! It was a busy and exciting one.

The Waterford Tall Ships event was great, really enjoyed it. The weather was good which helped massively and the crowds came in their hundreds of thousands. Still waiting to hear exactly how many made it down.

Sales were good and I made lots of new contacts with future customers. Always lovely getting the opportunity to talk to my customers, get feedback and discuss what I do. Its the perks of the fairs.

Here's a few pictures from June to give you a flavour of what I've been up to.

July = GET WEBSITE FINISHED!!!

Busy June

I haven't blogged in a long time - sorry about that.

All go in Astrid land this month. I was at the Marlay Summer Fair the weekend before last which was enjoyable. Lots of new customers and interest in Astrid work. Hoping for new commission pieces as a result.

Now have a big one this week at the Tall Ships Race which is in Waterford for 3 days. Its going to be intense and hard work and long hours but I'm ready for it. New stock arrived today just in time which I am delighted about - amazing coloured peacock feathers Im excited to work with. Once this week is over new pics of new stock will be posted. I promise!

The Confetti Pictures!

They didnt link to last post - here they are.

Confetti Magazine

Astrid bridal accessories are featured in this seasons Confetti magazine. The pictures were taken at the beautiful K Club by Ali King. I love them, the complete images are stunning.

If you are getting married or you know somebody who is please let them know that I make all sorts of bridal pieces customized for the bride.

Its been a hectic few days but things calming a bit now - Phew!

Sunny Saturday

What an amazing weekend. The weather was unnaturally warm for Ireland in Spring, we hit 22 degrees on Sunday. Beautiful!
The Designer Mart @ Cows Lane was full of people and there was great atmosphere. Sales were good and everyone was in good spirits. Apart from one very rude lady who decided to criticise my products and their prices. She was extremely ignorant and I'm glad to say I fought my corner, in which she seemed to take a complete U turn and started to compliment me. Her damage was already done however.
Oh well, thankfully she is a minority and not everyone acts like this.

Great day and weekend.

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