Wednesday, 30 November 2011

I said it... and The vintage Fair


We went to The Vintage Fair : there were delights a plenty, so I bought some...
A set of mix and match 'Love' Scrabble Rings and an old mink Butterfly brooch

This Look on Lookbook.nu

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Tales from The Treehouse
Too many pillows and not enough, lined up fluff.
Movie in the dark then count to see when we can see, what we can see.
..Buns and words and love.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Pretty Prints from the Woodlands...


... I finally bought a couple of prints from one of my favourite artists...

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Tales From The Treehouse

I bought one for him, because I like him. I'm the bunny. One day, on my future walls will be this and more art/prints, on another will be butterflies, dragonflies and moths... curiosities beyond; A place to fall away, be and dream, it's not about stuff, or having, but about whatever it wants to be, a secret place to share: beautiful. Because maybe, if it's even possible to stop ourselves from being attached to others, another, on one, the one, we are left with just ourselves, be everything, anything all at the same time, not being able to even give, all the while saying nothing, it's heavy, like one of those dreams where your feet can't run and your voice stays inside. Maybe then we revert back and keep going until were living in a dolls house or a fort in a field. Even if they aren't real places and just in our minds. Both are the same and I'm afraid I'd rather ... no, I'm just afraid. My fish can't breathe, the line won't catch, the bread sinks to the bottom and everyone is hungry.

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Thursday, 24 November 2011

Jack and Jill... fell down a hill...

Jack and Jill dresses now in my etsy shop with matching Knits
* Location Photos by Twitch Photos *




Tales from the Treehouse...

There was a fire outside the house of boats, bands music and a film all going at what seemed to be once, said the bottle of cocktail. Couldn't move away far enough, my face : melting chairs... then it was the next day and we missed it because we changed the speed of time. It was light for only 5 minutes and we could see each other the whole time. Another night, next night, slowly, there was a man made from pure sinew and banjo juice... my brain was lost but I was there, I know that because my hangover ate a whole pizza. Today a day of knitting and photos with room for Frozen Planet where penguins speed up time too - we must be penguins. Adventure time tomorrow/today/later...
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Saturday, 12 November 2011

Girl of my Dreams... Lula

* Polaroid From Lula Magazine Issue 2 *

* Cover print from Lula Magazine issue 1 *

One day walking through eBay I came across an A5 Kirsten Dunst embellished Lula Advertisement postcard from 2007, I was trying to get another Lula fix after I'd bought all the back issues I had previously missed, so I bought it and cyber-bumped-into Becky Smith, the creative director of Lula up until issue 8, we got to talking and now I have lots of Lula goodies arrive in the post, some of which are these prints and polaroids that now live on my wall. I'm a happy bunny and so is my wall...

* 3 more Lula Polaroid out-takes *
More tales from the treehouse:
Pool in a favourite unlikely haunt and there's me and there's you and we're talking about things that matter and I'm happy. I won't try to keep the pirate that wants to run away to play in fields in the dark with twigs for breakfast, as much as I'd like to - because that would be selfish. I do like mornings now though and falling asleep and all the things we do in between. Witness me fall. But not stupidly this time, not blindly, just completely.

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Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Horses, Some With Bells On...

Pretty new pics by Twitch Photos of my Unicorn and Carousel Horse Dresses

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...As I try to not hope I stop to think, and then stop thinking. Maybe this is fleeting, like what they say about ships, but with less of the innuendo, or perhaps more, whichever way it's looked at from. At least it stops the stress of wondering, because this way there's nothing to wonder about. There's just the now, the bit they say we should live for, but sometimes, secretly, I think in that time and I hope. It's not healthy.

Thursday, 3 November 2011

Too Much Cake... and eating it all

There was far too much cake at our tea party, the paper hearts on the walls
kept falling too.... on top of the sleeping pigeons...

* Tea Party Dresses now in my shop *


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I was back for a while and fell down the well at last, at least, I'd been thinking about it for a while. I think I'm sad to come back in a way as I was sad to leave at first and now I truly am in two places two minds too much. I'm fine everywhere now though which is nice. I'll go back whenever I'm not here and be here when I'm not back, maybe that is perfect after all. There will still be a pretty house- wherever I am. My room follows me around and the other night it was filled with you. Tonight we turned the windscreen to paper; painted with the tips of our fingers. Followed the short cat and left too soon... I will watch Wonders of the Solar System now... and maybe fly.

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Some Birds are hard to cage...


Bird Dress in my shop now, photographed beautifully by my flower Danniella Jaine
www.flutterbydaisy.etsy.com
www.facebook.com/Photography.By.Danniella.Jaine


Can't wait for our play date when we will shoot each other : Bubble guns at the ready!

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It's all going on, always the same and they prove what we were talking about. But I fear there are two extremes and I'm forever wanting to be in the middle and forever struggling to or from one end of this teeter - tatter. Playground talk again. I think we understand; the same page, but then I go back to what I was saying before. Do you know that it was beautiful? ... sometimes they want to keep beautiful things and make them last forever, maybe this time they will be you, because it's definitely me - but I'll never tell you that, because we said they think the impossible. We stayed that way for years in a few hours... felt like home. I miss that.

Thursday, 20 October 2011

The photographer stole my breath: they do that sometimes

I came across : www.aelalabbe.etsy.com
and now I'm in love
Go see her work because it's beautiful...

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Last night I stayed awake until this morning. It started with a loose end and finished with my camera remote. I customise things now more than before. Up-cycle. Outfit on LookBook, Garments on Etsy. Seven places at the same time non have meaning, and my head spins.... I'm also in the middle of joining Model Mayhem - as Photographer/Fashion Designer. Not sure if it will find me more prettiness in the world to collaborate with, but we shall see. That word just got stuck; sometimes people aren't what they say... recently, sneaky, bleak. But let's not talk about that now. I was wondering about acquaintances too : there are many he said... then sent me a photo of the sky where I got lost before. But not friends he said. I get it I said. he said I said. We said. Then I stopped talking. I should go next week, unsure why. Either and both the same until I make things up, believing them gets me into trouble. A song just came on; I was five again. Impossible, then sad. I want to get lost in the sky for real, but for now my room is what will keep me; there's no-one in there and right now I like that.

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

A Tale of Two Witches...

Mirror Mirror on the wall... Two new Black and Gold dresses

photographed by Hanna Daisy : www.facebook.com/hannahdaisyphotography
now in my Etsy shop : www.flutterbydaisy.etsy.com

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I had a little sleep that lasted a couple of days, it wasn't like in the fairy stories though; there was no-one leaping from the wings transferring a spotlight or anything. It was more like the radio downstairs got louder... or my alarm worked... or my dream was a bit too freaky to stay in... or I was a bit too freaky for my dream to keep me. So I managed a biscuit breakfast and came back upstairs where the internet stole me and still is ...

I became obsessed with 'lookbook' and made a profile : http://lookbook.nu/flutterbydaisy

...tomorrow I will be productive; work on the Garden Party dresses for the shoot Wednesday with Mike Blowman... looking forward to seeing the Tea Party shots from O-Ten Photography and the Self Portrait Bird Dress series from Danniella Jaine... I also have a magic dress on it's way to me which I can wait to get into... I'm not tired yet but I'll sleep now, because I should.

Monday, 17 October 2011

Alicia Fairy made a Flutterbydaisy Fairy...


From rag doll scraps of Flutterbydaisy dresses was born a beautiful doll, and from photos of dolls will come life sized dresses; a pretty collaboration...

Take a peek into Alicias world:

Blog: www.dollandpea.blogspot.com
Etsy: www.TheDollAndThePea.etsy.com

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I went into the past last night, I waited by the door, I looked through the gaps in the fence; I got stuck. Sometimes I get stuck and then realise half an hour later. The birds didn't fly from the grass because I was that still... I don't know what or who I was waiting for but the idea made me cry. I didn't see anything through the gaps and no one came. It took me a while to get to sleep because it was already the next day and I was thinking of all the past times. The birds were talking, but not to me. I think I must have fallen asleep then and I know I dreamed of you, but your not who you think, it's not you and neither am I. It's someone else and so am I.

Friday, 14 October 2011

If you go down to the woods today...

This has to be my favourite photo from the new Lula (13) ...
I would like a giant teddy bear, yes please...
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In other news : I've broken my sewing speed record and just finished the fourth Tea Party Dress for tomorrows shoot where a doll by the name of Laura with be playing house with me in frocks made from tea towels and lace for O-Ten Photography - shall post soon and will be putting all four dresses in my Etsy shop... speaking of which, there are still two Hallowe'en dresses left ... oooo and that reminds me - tomorrow is also the day of The Spooky Hannah Daisy shoot with two black and gold dresses, cannot wait to see the set! last I heard Hannah was full of pumpkins and candles... will post those soon too ... and guess what, the two dresses will also be in my shop - right the caffeine is wearing off, must sleep so I get up on time : mornings are over rated; wish me luck.

Monday, 10 October 2011

Pumpkins at the Ready...

boo! I'm already surrounded by Pomegranates, bobbing for apples and making costumes...
this is by far my favourite time of year... come play?

... Four Flutterbydaisy Hallowe'en Dresses have just been added to my shop:
www.flutterbydaisy.etsy.com

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Splash : Mermaid Beautiful Polaroid...

** A polaroid from the latest shoot of Allison Harvard **
* model wears her Flutterbydaisy mermaid tale *
...more to come...
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Snow White and Rose Red...



It's all going on in Flutterbydaisy land : working on two black and gold dresses for a creepy shoot with Hannah Daisy, four Hallowe'en dresses to go straight into my shop in time for Old Hallows, just finished a Rag Doll custom dress for Amanda that inspired me to make a few more and go dancing in the forest in them for a shoot with a friend... also organising shoots with Oaten Photography and Mike Blowman... one with twee dresses made out of tea cloths and the other maybe bringing my short story 'Unknitted' to life... : too much stuff - my head just exploded petals out...

Snow White and Rose Red Dresses are now in my shop

http://www.flutterbydaisy.co.uk

.. Shot by Twitch Photos...
http://www.facebook.com/twitch.photos

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Friday, 23 September 2011

Into The Wild ... and with Saloon Girls

** Two favourite dresses brought back to life **

find them now in my Etsy shop via the website:
www.flutterbydaisy.co.uk

* Photography by Daniella Jaine : www.facebook.com/Photography.By.Danniella.Jaine *

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Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Flutterbydaisy Hearts Allison Harvard

Sweetest Petal Allison Harvard returns for the new cycle of Americas Next Top Model ; She rocks her Flutterbydaisy Frock in the 1st eppisode ... (from 7.08)
xx Love xx





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Up bright and early tomorrow to start on a few new dresses I had in my head whilst wondering the streets of London... including some special Hallowe'en frillies...
will also be adding photos from the lastest set by Daniella Jaine, which by the way is stunning! check my FB page for the pics and links to her FB page too...
xxx

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Back where it's lovely




Back down in London where it's lovely... Missed everyone so much. Its great to hang out with David again and see Fable getting bigger - he's a tiger now! And to live in The Big Red with Michael and Sylvia (and pass out in a Foyer) big misses, go to our favourite Secret Garden hide out with Stephanie followed by a Portobello Road stroll - love my fairy, old time drinking at The Worlds End with Steph before she goes on her journey around the world, come for a picnic visit to Lisa and Marinas, see the fairy Frida and Princess Matilda and catch up with Maria, Tiina, Luna, Erin and Kolli... Funny to bump into Rich on a street in Soho too! Soon, very soon. It seems like before now I was in a daze, of course reality is not my place to be, and Hull far less. Anyway, I like that only I get to write and keep pages of my diary- I would never delete the ones I pen and I don't believe in ghost writers...
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Americas Next Top Model 'All Stars' cycle 17 has started : my petal Allison Harvard rocks her Flutterbydaisy dress in ep 1 (will post videos soon)

Wednesday, 7 September 2011

The Magic Dragon...



It seems forever ago that the dragon was here, breathing, sometimes fire... To me, with me... taking me, and to fields in human form. Sunflowers. Where's the rabbit hole at now? I said, but the dragon can't hear me; he's too far gone. It seems forever ago, but in reality it was just the other day. Same thing. Come take these post cards down...

Saturday, 3 September 2011

Snow Horse...

In the far corner of The Transport Museum under snow in the Autumn we found a hiding horse... I remember being here when I was tiny to eat carrot cake on the weekend : he must have been hiding pretty well back then ... or maybe I imagined him now. The boats bobbing outside seem smaller too... and the old coaches with plastic horses - they pretend to take you places, but you still have to get back out where you started. In the gardens are children playing ping pong, old ladies drinking tea, birds talking amongst the trees and a little boy in a top hat, on his own singing into the lake - he was my favourite. I always thought the apothecary was here somewhere, but maybe it's hiding in another museum to be found on our next trip...
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Today I am working on a mermaids tail for the beautiful Allison Harverd, will later be dreaming up two dresses for my up-coming Brothers Grimm style collaboration with Twitch Photos, simply cannot wait to see the new photography of three old favourite Flutterbydaisy dresses by the magical Danniella Jaine, and the Flutterbydaisy inspired doll my favourite fairy girl Alicia Gaultier is making from some dress scraps I sent her on a pidgeon ... *

Monday, 15 August 2011

Among My Swan...




Road trip to Skipton, through the Heather fields over hills under clouds... We walked along the canal and you held my hand while I talked with the swans. I'd like to live there now, in a Rosie and Jim boat... But I don't think you can plug anything into a boat so I'll have to hand stitch all my dresses, or just paint and write instead: Quack Quack...

Friday, 22 July 2011

The Flutterbydaisy Day Dress and Petticoat

... choose your size and colour ...

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Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Behind the Scenes

... At the 'Black Swan Fairies' shoot ...

Models: Mia & Alex

Pixie Assistant: James

These dresses and original instant photographs are available in my shop now

http://www.flutterbydaisy.co.uk/
More Dresses / Originals / Prints / Art to come...

xxx

Friday, 27 May 2011

buzz buzzy

It's all happening in Flutterbydaisy land - I've done lots of shoots including sets with Jess, Alex and Mia, some pretty girls I found who are really fairies... more to come and also collaborations with other artists, photographers and doll makers like the beautiful Danniella Jaine, Alicia Wrist and Mika Jones who is drawing up my Flutterbydaisy T-Shirt design for me to start screen printing for you... maybe one day I will sleep - but not yet, I'm too busy dreaming...

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New Dresses/Art/Prints/Originals can be found in my shop from June


Friday, 6 May 2011

Forever and a day...




A few lines to Grandad, from Nana: 'i'll leave the moon and milky way, to give to you another day'. Then I found them in the garden...
Love. Right there.
I have all nanas poetry upstairs, I'm planning on getting it all printed up and bound: maybe I could use 'blurb' ... I've not actually used it yet; my computer didn't like the program, but I'll try again when I get a new one.
I'm planning on making a photo journal of flutterbydaisy stuff... It's one of my thousand plans.
I'm sending a few frocks to a couple of beautiful photographers over the next week so there will be pretty pics of fluttery girls on my etsy page soon in my new dresses for sale. I'm also working on made to order frillies and have planned a shoot with the gorgeous Alex and Mia : were going to take a picnic in a field and shoot four art dresses with my Mini Diana and Instax Mini 7s... Which I'm totally excited about as I've not done a shoot in what feels like forever (will sell originals and prints via etsy) AND one other day ill be Flouncing around a secret Forest with my friend Mike who will be taking some more snaps... All of the above will hopefully be in this journal at the end of the year ... Aaand breathe... Does anyone have any spare hands? I need more hands...

Monday, 11 April 2011

* Freya Mavor in her flutterbydaisy frills *

* Freya Mavor (Mini - Skins) *


I sent a dress with a flock of birds that landed at Freya's door. It was meant to be: a frock from the flock, so she wore it through the forest...

Inspired by 'The Red Shoes': Newspaper print, vintage lace and cream, like the part when she is too tired to dance but can't stop through the night ...


Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Paris, bunnies, crepes and cupcakes

I managed to bump into bunnies all over Paris, we spoke French a bit, or tried, drank too much coffee everyday, walked everywhere! saw a gummy bear waiting for a bus, will never forget 42, passed out by the Eiffel Tower, ate oranges, salads and chocolate crepes, marvelled at joggers, saw a red panda, laughed at French Marge Simpson, tried to make more noise (by jumping on the bed)that the either loved up couple or the busy working woman in the next hotel room to ours was making, and only bought one pair of sunglasses: blue heart shaped lenses. yum. In other news, I was working hard to get all of my '20 Cupcake' dresses ready before the end of the month but some good things and not so good things all came up at once, firstly I got lots of lovelies requesting made to order dresses :) but then on less happy hand my sewing machine exploded :( I have worked her to death for 8 years now, so it was inevitable. There will be a funeral soon. So my theme is probably going to run a week or so longer - but they will all be there soon I promise! :) Coconut Dream, Very Berry and Marshmallow Melt have just been added to my shop, go take a peek at my new look website ... http://www.flutterbydaisy.co.uk/

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Park without jazz




I took a break and went for a walk in the park. Wish to be in the past for just half an hour. Lunch was made difficult by bad jazz, but there were pretty pencil drawings on the wall that looked like photos, so that made it better. Had 500 million coffees and walked around some more. I like lazy days. Today was not lazy at all; got up early made two dresses; dyed my hair, half the bathroom and half my face; did a bit of knitting; lost photography, found photography; thought about eating, but didn't have time; thought about Brian Cox and Betelgeuse; wrote a bunch of emails; almost fell asleep in the bath again; tidied my tiny room; wrote this

Monday, 7 March 2011

20 Cupcakes - February through March

Hello lovelies...
* 20 Cupcakes *

I've added five up to now, three of which have found new homes... fifteen more to come; here and there before the end of March :)

...as always with Fairy, Day and Scrapbox dresses in between...
Bunny Fluff xxx
http://www.flutterbydaisy.co.uk/

Thursday, 3 March 2011

Sirens, whales and a scary doll




In a nut shell: Ferens art is low but Odysseus is top of the list, I wrote it on a note before... We filled ourselves with caffeine and cake then stepped into my past: whales, ships lights and things you can touch, I touched the same vertebra with smaller hands... Keep eyes peeled for the tiny rope and this scary laughing doll that eats twenty pence pieces. The polar bear looks smaller now. Coffee then records, old new bikes that cost too much, busses that are too full. Too much food, then pool with flashbacks of being there in the heat and giant bottles, back to now and there's the worst of 90s pop on the jukebox and nothing on at the cinema so we watch more movies instead. "Hahaha" said the laughing doll.

Friday, 25 February 2011

Haunted




The morning was fuzzy, then I found myself in Whitby. Saw a tiny puppet show by the sea, and got lost inside an antiques shop that went on and on... There was an open fire right at the back surrounded by dolls and their houses, victorian prams and dusty high chairs... In one of which sat a doll with no face and who's hands were sewn to her face as though crying. I wanted to take her home, but I couldn't. The lady at the front told me all about the sad little doll in the back, she said she usually stands in a corner but she keeps moving around. I feel upset for not giving her a home, but maybe she's ok by the sea and the fire...

Saturday, 19 February 2011

Treasure


Some treasure I've collected ... Some giant Brass keys and doilies from ebay, A little clementine that I have had for 2 years - it has no holes or insides is as light as a feather and I think it's magic, two bunnies... one rescued from a dusty charity shop and one a gift from David, two jars little and large... one from Dom with a bunny spirit inside and one from Alicia wich has a fairy in which she made herself with her hands, There are two things from my Nan... a chalkboard on which she drew a rose when I was 8 and a stone she found in a cave she visited with my Grandad before I was born, there's an old tin there too - I found her at a jumble sale and I love her - she is full of more treasures - but they are secrets ... shhhh ....
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I went to see Nan and Grandad today, she gave me another little treasure to add to my collection - a little shiney brooch... and Grandad showed me a big old case and told me it belonged to his Dad when he was in the army... it has treasures inside too. Great Grandad changed his birthday from February 20th to February 22nd so he could have it on the same day as me... Grandad was cooking when he was telling me - I like the way he says marrionating instead of marinating :)
xx

Monday, 14 February 2011

Clearout : Pretty Frocks I'm Selling On Ebay...

Today was another clear out day... so come and have a look in my Ebay for these frilly dresses I found in my cupboards ... and a few more...