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Choose your wedding colors for Brides, Bridesmaids and Flower girls headpiece

I am finally introducing my new custom color hair flowers in my shop.

Now you can choose from 12 beautiful colors to match your wedding colors.

Just send me a message here or via my Etsy shop with your color choice and how many flower you would love to have and I will make a custom order listing for your in my Etsy shop.

Colors are available:

1.Tiffany blue

2.Blue

3.Navy Blue

4.Apple green

5.Lemon yellow

6.Peach

7.Hot pink

8.Salsa red

9.Orange

10.Soft pink

11.White

12.Lavender

Here is a photo of the making of the flowers from the petals.

My flowers are 100% handmade, all petals were carefully hand cut and shaped by me.
Original MGM creation, don't settle for an imitation.

xo

The last minute Christmas presents.

 My little daughter Gigi loves writing and drawing, as any 6 yrs old. I thought I will make her a mini journal for Christmas. I had some pretty embroided pink rose ribbon with gold details, I used it as a book cover and for the in liner I sew an apple green satin ribbon. For the pages I hand cut some watercolor paper.

I loved making the journal so much, I made some for sale in my Etsy shop too.

Gigi told me the night before Christmas she would love to have a ballerina shoes. While she and my husband was baking a mince pie, I started working on her last minute present.

She loves making the pastry for the pie :)

Here it is, first I started sewing the top of her shoes. I've used her old silk pyjamas and a grown out white t-shirt.

The sole of the shoes made from my son's old jeans and my daughter old t-shirt. Here I am sewing the sole and the top together. While I was wondering if the size will fit her or not...

The little ballerina shoes are finished, I only need to sew some ribbon on the back of the shoes to hold a long pink satin ribbon tie.

Next morning Gigi and Edward are opening up their Christmas presents.

The shoes are just fit on her cute little feet :) Here comes a big cuddle from big brother.

Love this photo so much!!

Video of my Fall Accessories Collection

My 1st ever Youtube video of my creations.

Special thanks to my son, Edward who was showing me how to make it.

Please, can I ask you to leave a comment what do you think of this video.

Thank you

My creative space

Today I felt like sewing, as I haven't used my sewing machine for a long time, it was quite nice to use it again :)

I had a special design in my mind, here is the finish one of a kind cuff bracelet I call it Pink whisper, as it's beautiful soft and perfectly fit on your wrist.

First I was sewing the ribbons and yarns on the taffeta/organza ribbon.

My work place is with future designs waiting to be made...

I hand sewn the tiny little glass beads and sequins on the bracelet.

...some close up shots, but still can1t give back the real beauty of this piece...

Can be worn as a choker, look so feminine and romantic!

xo

Beautiful Brides from real weddings

For a long time I wanted to write this post. This will be a series of mine to show you real Beautiful Brides, some of my customers who was so sweet to send me some photos of their wedding wearing my designs.

First I would like to show Maureen from Phoenix, Arizona.

They look so beautiful!

She is wearing my Purple Lover hair flowers and a pair of freshwater pearl earrings.

I love her hair, so pretty!

This photo is one of my favorite, as it's showing her beautifully detailed wedding dress too!

The lariat necklace was especially designed by me for her bridesmaids halterneck dress.
The earrings are made of with Swarovski crystals and silver wire.

The flower girl halo was a custom order too and just so cute on her!!

I love, love this photo!! Beautiful!!!

Thank you so much Maureen!!

xo

My creative space

I was waiting for my supplies to arrive for the last two weeks, and I am so happy today I received them. I made some earrings a few months ago with vintage French rhinestones, but I wasn't happy with them, as they are set in a gold tone metal and I put them on brass ear wires before.

I made this earrings to remind me of Paris. I love France so much!!
They are already available in my Etsy shop.

I love this earrings so much! I have something similar in the 80's - 90's.

I haven't listed these earrings in my shop yet, but I will tomorrow morning.

xo

My creative space

Today the weather wasn't too good, so we decided to stay indoors. I wanted to play with my polymer clay for a long time, and I had a special project in my mind...

...but as always, I found one of my rhinestone supply bag and I started to create all this one of a kind things, what I will use on bobby pins, rings and earrings. Lots of sparkle and glitter :)

Gigi like watching me working and she wanted to play with her Play Doh too. She is such a little artist!!

Gigi was asking me to show her how I make my roses...I shown her step by step and she did so well! Here is her 1st rose :)

I used all kind of different color laser glitters and glass rhinestones, what I bought long time ago. I love how every each of them are unique, not one the same.

One of the great things of being hand sculpted!

Here is a one of the final piece, after I baked them in the oven and sealed them with special glaze. You can found this rose ring in my Etsy shop.

One of my favorite piece, I love the lavender glass rhinestone in this ring!

xo

Laura's order - Part 1

I got an order from Laura last week, who lives and create beautiful hats in Canada.

Can't wait to see her newly designed hats with my flowers.

Will show you next time with a link to her website.
xo

My creative space

I am working on my new lariat necklace design, which you can find in my Etsy shop soon. I love the mixture of the brass and the organza fabric.

While I am designing, my little daughter Gigi is painting a nice picture :)

For more creative spaces plase visit kootoyoo.com
Happy Thursday!
xo

Thank you Bethany Joy Galeotti!

Just been contacted by someone on Etsy, if I seen the post about my bird ring on Bethany Joy Galeotti's blog, from One Tree Hill.

I am so happy and honoured about reading Joy mentioning me on her blog!

-Thank you Joy, it was really nice of you :)

As a special thanks from me, I will sending her something nice from my shop on Monday.

And I will give her blog readers a 10% off from their purchase in my Etsy shop, if they mention Joy name at the checkout. I will refund them via PayPal.

xo
Marianna

My creative space

ok...here it is, I show you what I was writing about in my twitter page yesterday.

I was thinking of this design for quite a while now. Last week I bought some delicious colours satin ribbons and I thought this purple ones will just fit to create my new statement necklace.

First I choose the apple/lime green organza as a base colour and hand cut and singed lots of little petals for the flowers. I found some gorgeous ribbons in my supply box.

I selected some metal filigree, rhinestones, glass beads, mother of pearl bead and some sweet vintage style buttons.

After a long-long hand sewing (10-11 hours all together), I finished this statement necklace today.

This necklace will be such an eye catching piece on someone!!

I loved mixing the rich colour fabrics, ribbons and tulle together.

The sequin details with the glass beads just fit in perfectly with the sweet handmade flowers.
I used double ivory satin ribbons to tie the necklace for a desired length.

Love the purple, lilac and green colours together.

For the perfect smooth back finish, I hand sewn some satin fabric, and signed/dated it by hand.
Just like my paintings, this is a fiber art and deserved to be signed by me.


You can find this One Of A Kind Statement necklace for sale in my Etsy shop.