Martha Stewart Weddings

I just learned that a few months back my Etsy shop was featured as a favorite shop on the Martha Stewart Wedding website. I wish I had known before now, but I'm so thrilled to have been featured either way. My Etsy shop is currently empty because I removed my last collection, but I will soon be adding my Signature Collection, some vintage finds, and also some great clearance items.

October Photo Shoot

About a month ago I got the opportunity to shoot with local model Fallon who is currently going to school in California. She was back in town for a few days so we put together a shoot with photographer Matthew Novak.

I wanted to use simple, dark clothing and a black cap so that her beautiful face could shine through. It was a theme I had wanted to do for a while and I would actually like to do a twin shoot with a girl with darker skin against the opposite side of the wall that features women instead of men. I am absolutely in love with this location and I am so grateful Matt showed it to me! Here are my favorite images from the shoot.

Birds Nest Accessories

For any of you who do not know, my mother and I started a sister company to Incroyables by Melissa May back in March called Birds Nest Accessories. Birds Nest is a company specializing in hair accessories, specifically feather headbands. We also carry hair bows in five sizes and several colors. The company started as a way to make a little money for my mother when she was unemployed, but has now expanded to something a lot bigger.

The feather headbands are currently available at The Fabric Lab until the closing date in December, Mona Lucero's, Fancy Tiger, Rebelle Salon, and Buffalo Exchange in Denver. They are also available at www.birdsnestaccessories.etsy.com. Pieces range in price from about $8-$22 so they are very affordable and make fantastic gifts. Here is a small sampling of what we are currently offering.

Halloween

This Halloween, I wanted to make sure to go out and do something fun so that I could create a costume that has been more than one year in the planning. I didn't want to start actually creating the costume until I knew I would be doing something though, so the costume could use a little more finessing, which I plan to do next year if I choose to wear it again. I got the idea from a co-worker last year to go as the woman from the birds, with the birds attacking my head. I was really excited by the idea, but it took some figuring out. First, there was the suit- it had to be green, which is not always an easy color to find. Second, there was the matter of how to get the birds to float above the head. I commissioned my dad to create me some kind of mobile-like device that I could attach the birds onto. I think next year I need twice as many birds and some more special touches, such as a bird with a piece of hair in its beak (I tried to do that this year but the birds were plastic inside so I couldn't just stick pins into them).

I went to The Sounds concert and had a blast, but I suspect the people standing around me hated me! Haha, that's their fault for standing near the girl who obviously has unstable parts to her costume. The best part of the costume was that the birds really did peck my head as I walked!

Holiday Collection

I recently made three dresses to use up some small scraps of fabric I had and when I was done realized that they all looked like adorable holiday dresses! I felt so inspired by what I had made that I decided to create a whole mini-collection of holiday dresses/skirts/tops/maybe some jackets. I am trying to figure out how to have a small fashion show to show them off, but I am not sure if I will be able to do that before the holiday season. I will most definitely be shooting them in the next few weeks though. When I do, I will post the entire collection and give information on how to buy the originals or order a similar version. Keep your eyes open!

303 Magazine/Style Wars Update

I recently realized that I never posted anything about my 303 Magazine Shoot back in June or the Style Wars Challenge back in July. Life gets hectic at times, but both of these events were super fun. Here are some pictures:

This is the picture they chose for my page in the July issue of 303:

I look so incredibly different in this picture for better or worse! Even my friends didn't recognize me at first. This is right after I got my bowl cut which I still rock in some form today. Everyone in the picture is wearing something by me.




Here are some pictures from Style Wars at the end of July. It was so much fun! We had 20 minutes to create an outfit from a rack of supplies. I ended up using an 80s long sleeve gown that had a strange raglan-style sleeve that ran from under the neck all the way across the chest. I cut off the sleeves, cut the dress down, and rolled the top to change the shape to a Grecian-inspired shape. I then created a puff sleeve and filled it with bubble wrap. The cinch belt is made from shelf liner and pieces of a car shade. The glove is a piece of lace from the original raglan sleeve. I wish I was smart enough to take a picture of the dress beforehand so you could truly recognize the hideousness of the dress. The sad thing is that it was a Carolina Herrera!

Many thanks to my assistant Grace and to my amazing model Kristen, I couldn't have asked for better partners in crime.

"Goodbye Denver Shoot"

My dear friend Ferren, who happens to be a model with the fiercest walk around- no seriously, ask any Denver designer- just moved last week to London for art school. Before she left she wanted to do one last photo shoot in Denver with our friend Matthew Novack as the photographer. We shot on the streets and alleyways in the Art District on Santa Fe Drive, so naturally the clothing had to be bright and colorful to match the surroundings. I brought a bag of clothing and we just walked around taking pictures. It was a lovely way to say goodbye, even though it was HOT outside.