burlesque style hairpin

[pucchimaiko]

My close friend is a professional dancer - and she is moving towards incorporating ostrich feather fans in her dance acts.  I wanted to make her a kanzashi for Christmas...but, I wanted it to be special - so I decided to make her a kanzashi she could wear as a part of the costume for when she does fan dance.

I was aiming for a very vintage, burlesque feel - kinda like something you would oooh and aaaah over at a vintage dress shop - and see on dancers from an age bygone.

I am quite happy with how it turned out.  It was a simple matter of just gluing down a feather base, then, manipulating the silk petals into the shape I wanted, and gluing them down also.

I just wish I had more time to make more of these...but with Chrismas around the corner...and moving apts...it is a nightmare trying to find time =[

I hope you like - I also hope my friend likes it!  I'll find out tomorrow night :]

http://www.immortalgeisha.com/crafts/feather-kanzashi.jpg

(Please pardon my deathier than thou look - I've been under a lot of stress and sickness lately.  urgh!)
http://www.immortalgeisha.com/crafts/feather-kanzashi2.jpg

[BlueKiwiCat]

Lovely!  I would definitely ooh and aah over it!  I'm sure your friend will freak when she sees it; it's just beautiful! 

[redthewitch75]

That is sooo gorgeous! I would totally wear one of those.

[PinkMafia]

Its beautiful. I want one.

[stargirl52]

Now that is rockin. If i got something like that from my friend, i would die (so far all ive got are three individually wrapped sugar cubes). What is it attached to, and where did you find a silk flower that beautiful??
-G.

[spillyjane]

that is definitely a showstopper!  i love it

[erindezeeuw]

Ooohhh, that's beautiful!

[fuzzy_turtle]

thats pretty freaking awesome...


please answer stargirl52's questions cuz i wanna knw too. lol.

[poppet]

That's fabulous!

[.:popsi:.]

that's fantastic! absolutely beautiful <3
i've always wondered about kanzashi - what is it about this that makes is 'kanzashi' and how did you learn to do it?  i'd love to create things like that myself.