So we’re into March now, and at last there are signs of this third lockdown being over in the coming months, but I have a feeling working from home will still be the norm for many people for the first half of 2021 at least. Are you still enjoying wearing pyjamas all day? Or lounge pants and a nice-ish top suitable for zoom? I don’t want you to miss this opportunity…
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I just remembered that I have some video footage of the day we did the photo shoot I talked about in my recent blog post. So I’ve put together a little mini video of us photographing sheer maxi dresses, and I’ve posted it on Instagram.
People thought I was mad!
Find out why in my new blog post telling a story of how we took the photographs for two sheer maxi dresses…
I’ve been prancing around and feeling silly for photographs for Threads of a Fairytale for several years now, but this particular photoshoot sticks in my mind. I wonder if you’ve ever been to New England in winter? Or does where you live always mean it snows every year and the lakes freeze over enough to play games of ice hockey? I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to Connecticut and New York state a couple of times in January and February and managed to squeeze a couple of the goddess dresses in my suitcase to photograph whilst there…
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Are you one of the six percent of future brides who got engaged on Valentine’s Day? That’s about 15,000 couples in the UK alone! If you would like a fairytale wedding dress, take a look at my custom and made-to-order dresses page to see what I could make for you. Or see the Special Occasions section for some ready-to-wear wedding dress ideas.
Hi! Hope you’re doing as well as you possibly can be! Have you watched Bridgerton during this lockdown? I’ve written a blog post chatting about what I think of the Bridgerton costumes, and have some ideas for you from Threads of a Fairytale if you like the style.
Some people love Bridgerton; others not so much! There is one thing that certainly stood out in this Netflix series, and that is the costumes the characters wore…
Hi folks! I just thought I’d quickly pop by to say Happy New Year, and I hope you had the best Christmas and festive season possible. At this crappy time in lockdown and so many people negatively affected by the pandemic, I hope you don’t mind if I just continue on and pretend it’s not happening. It isn’t that I don’t have empathy; it’s more that I want this to be a place of escapism. Living in a fairytale world is partly about keeping the magic and the positivity alive, so that’s what I’m going to try and do. I’m going to try and cheer you up with dreaming of the beautiful places we can visit when this is all over, and the fun we’re going to have dressing up for the smallest of occasions. Let’s shine bright for each other 🙂
Blessings to all.
Helen
x
If you would like to see behind the scenes in my studio of me making a red bohemian smock dress, please follow the link to take you to my YouTube channel as I made a video as I went along. This dress turned out to be more challenging to sew than I expected!
I’m always intrigued about behind the scenes of anything I don’t know about. It’s so easy to think we know what’s going on, or to make
assumptions over what we’re not being told; or just guess at what it’s like to do something we don’t do ourselves. We can go about our life and meet people along the way, and I always want to know what is really going on with what they do…
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