Bridal headpiece

I was making bridal headpiece for a customer.

I made this by using quality  embroidered lace provided by local boutique who does wonderful work.

I have been asked to make a “Great Gatsby”-like head dress.

Pearl, Diamante, lace, blue…..

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Wedding can be stressful, but we had hand made wedding when we just started settling in London.

We didn’t have enough budget to put into.

We got lot of help from work mates and friends and family and Great Boss!!

I can not say enough thank you to all who helped us to put them together.

I made my wedding dress myself which is kimono like dress.

 

And my Great boss in London kindly to lend me 35000 pounds worth Wedding Kimono from Japan.

I didn’t know it was bad luck to make the wedding dress by myself….Somehow keeping on for 15 long years together…Thanks to great boss!!

So I was wearing Kimono, my hubby was wearing Kilt. Of course middle in London’s register office had never seen such a wedding before.

Unique wedding is great. Even I had money I wouldn’t go for traditional wedding.

I highly recommend for people who are going to marry, just design own wedding for big event for your life!

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I was enjoying working with this hat but unfortunately customer have to move, so work ended today.

She gave me plenty time to work with. We enjoyed work toward on the result but can be endless.

She had idea, and it was good clear idea. For the fitting always have some adjust to do when get ordered hat.

Price indicated first but had to do additional charge in the end with negotiable charge.

 

131136It is wonderful to work with customer.

She is going to be fantastic on her son’s wedding. Because of the fitting

Hat sits on perfectly on her head.

It is very secure and comfortable she said!

she said she will come back for another occasions!

 

 

 

 

This is the result!!

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It sits on the metal Alice band to her head.

Hat angle has been checked, colour has been checked, size has been checked,

360 degrees looks checked.

We have been living same street almost next door.

So she could come in very frequently.

I will miss her.

 

This is the her clutch bag’s matching trimming.

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Another work made customer happy again! I am happy, too.

 

 

 

 

Happy customer

Yesterday, a customer – the mother of the bride – came to collect the bespoke hats which I made for her, which matches her bespoke made outfit

by local boutique.

My customer is very happy with the result. She said “It’s very mother of bride”! ! She loves the colour!

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This is the artwork which I made after the first appointment,

This is the result!

What do you think?

I love the combination of embroidered orange silk and silk chocolate brown.

Very suited to the customer!

When customer is happy, I am happy, too!

Commission work

Tartan hand made corsage

Tartan hand made corsage

 

When I went to show my new products to my client. I was asked to make a rossette

using the same tartan material, while my client was serving his customer. I was thinking to make a rose with tartan, just I was talking with my client.

I have stiffened the tartan, and ironed each petal to make a rose. I really enjoyed making this.

My client was happy with the result, and said I had done a great job!

 

 

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This Summer’s Edinburgh Fringe festival has finished and Military Tattoo was a fantastic display!

 

 

 

 

 

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Strathaven 2013 Balloon Festival

Beautiful evening and fantastic location with lots of fun events for the whole family!

 

 

 

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After dark,

night glow…

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Fair

FCDT Annual Fair Day

I will be participating in the Fair with a stall at the Salvation Army with my hats as well new original products!!

Come to visit me!!

FCDT Annual Fair Day. As you know this year’s Fair Day is on Saturday 7 September from 11am – 2pm.

The Salvation Army (2 Blackfaulds Place, Fauldhouse):-

  • ·         Caroline King

  • ·         Arcadia Hand Made

  • ·         Toco Fashion

  • ·         Awfy Braw

  • ·         TLC Gallery & Studio

  • ·         St Columbas Hospice Shop

  • ·         Over 50s Tombolla

  • ·         Zoe’s Facepainting x 1

Summer holiday

It’s been a long time again.

I have been a little busy to keep up the blog, but I will try once I have some news to tell.

For my son’s Summer holiday will be end soon…..

I had a home work myself for his Japanese school. Traditionally September , October is the sports event season in Japan.

He will join the event for the first time in Scotland.

My home work is making bean bags.  One of the competition to throw bean bags into the high placed baskets which are for Red team and White team

to fight against each others.

夏休みもあとわずか。。子供の通うスコットランドの補習校で、親にも宿題が課されていた!!

秋の運動会の玉入れの玉作り!例年代々足すだけで良かったらしいのですが、今年は、入れ物にねずみが侵入したらしく、お豆などが入っていた玉を

食べられてしまったという事で、急遽親の宿題という事で、各家庭一応4個ずつという事で、布を配布されました。ミシンもある事ですので、少し多めに

作ってみましたが、引っ越したばかりで、そうそうあまり布もないのですが、子供の少し小さくなった洋服などを、切ったりしながら詰め物にしました。

(ねずみのえさになるものは禁止)

DSC_0178I used a old clothes to stuff bean bags.

I used white material ( you can choose Red or White ). I used lots of dark colour that may show

the stuffing through…

Never mind. They are strong enough and heavy enough to throw into high basket.

まあ、白が故中身の模様がみえちゃったりするのですが、しっかりと重みと

ステッチが施されているならば、使い物にはなるでしょう。

家でお仕事をしているので、夏休みに大したこともしてあげられず、かわいそうなのですが、共通項として、エアショウがあるので、

エジンバラの先のエアミュージアムにてのエアショウにピクニックがてら行ってきました。

ロンドンでは、近くにRAFミュージアムがあったので、プレイグランドとして、よく利用させていただきました。

ロンドンから1時間半ほど西に行ったファーンバラエアポートのエアショーは大掛かりで、すばらしかったのを思い出します。

あの時は、A380というエアバスが出来たばかりということで、ジャイアントエアバスの飛行を目の当たりにしたのですが、

重さといい、音といい、飛行機の可能性ってすばらしいと感じました。

日本に居た時は、福島の農業飛行場で、毎年レッドブルの飛行士が曲芸の飛行を見せてくれて、すばらしく爽快な気分を味わいました。

今年のスコットランドのエアショーは、初体験のウィングウォーカー。2機の飛行機の翼の上で一人ずつ女性が曲芸をするのだが、

おお、なんと飛行機は無常にも大回転や、左右に揺れたり、しかも女性たちは、勇敢にも翼に寝転んだり。逆立ちしたり。。。

となりに席を構えていた年配の女性なんか、がまんできずに手で目を隠しておられました。

We love going to the air show. When we are in London, we used to live near RAF Museum. And used to be almost my son’s playground.

Whenever we have chance, we went to Airshow. Farnborugh air show was fantastic. We saw giant commercial air craft Airbus A380.

Unbelievebly big and scary noise and heavy lifting. I was amazed such a big plane can fly.

When we are in Japan, we used to go rural airport for Redbull pilot display in beautiful mountain top airport.

This year, we went to near Edinburgh, Air museum’s air show.

We prepared camping sheets and sandwiches and my husband special lunch for his diet.

Fantastic weather and lots of World war displays. good weather for picnic.

Classic bi-plane display and Super sonic Euro fighter Typhoon booming and breaking the ear drum,  amazing wing walkers…. on the flying plane.

and did loop to loop…..Lady next sheet couldn’t bear to watch…

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But near the end, we had to quickly pack and back to car. Dark clouds didn’t hold on.

Fantastic Typhoon and Black hawker hurricane duet flight gave us vibrations on the tummy.

My son bought real bullets for Spitfire with his pocket money.

One for him and one for his best friend.

Hope his Air craft developer dream will come true!

 

お仕事の話。ようやく日本に帽子を送ったところ。今年は45点。袴に合うようにというデザインで作らせていただきました。

パフォーマンスが見れないのが残念ですが、今年も盛りだくさんの無いようだとご連絡いただきました。

まだイベントが行われていないので、写真は控えますが、軽く、通気性がよく、どなたにもサイズが合うようにというのを工夫しました。

昨年は、生け花の先生とご一緒にさせていただきましたが、また、一緒にお仕事させていただけるよう、スコットランドからご成功お祈りしてます!

I just sent 45 hats to Japan.

She organize fantastic stage every Summer at cool Mito Contemporary Art Museum.

Last Summer I made 3 different style hats for dance team around 45 people.

Also, great flower arrangement artist used 20 of my hats as flower arranging performance.

This year, I was asked to make 45 hats to match with contemporary Hakama style outfit.

I made the hats to be light and airy and flexible size to everybody.

Hoping to succeed from Scotland!

 

 

 

 

 

 

春ですね。色々育ち始めてます。It’s Spring time!!

カントリーミックスというのを使ってスープを作るのに、豆を付けておいたのが3月11日。意識はしていないが、追悼の意味もあるかな。

その中で、いくつか取り除き、豆を育て始めたら、ぐんぐん育ち始めて、そろそろ土が必要だが、

なかなかチャンスが無く、土を入れられずにいる。でも直に庭に植えてしまったほうがいいだろう。

バラも、そろそろ植え替えたいのだが、どこに植えようか決めていないので、なかなか植えられずにいる。本当は、家の前の所に

穴を開けて植えたいと思っているの

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だが、アスファルトが敷いてあるので、迷っているところだ。

Soaking country mix to make the soup. I picked few pea in the tray and grow them with my son.

Start growing quickly, needing soil soon. I don’t have time for this and pot of rose, too. I would like to plant

in front of house. But surface covered with tar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

これは、うちの桃ちゃん!レッドオーナーという種類。

どんなのが育つのか楽しみだ。今年は花が見られるかは分からないけど、桃や桜は花も実も楽しい!

This is our peach tree!! I don’t expect see the beautiful flower this year, but looking forward seeing them and taste them, too!!

明日からは、Ayrという所でScotlandGrand National が始まる。土曜日は都合が悪いので、見学にいってこようかなと思っているところ。

帽子も用意したので、もしもいったならば、またレポートします!

From tomorrow, Scottish Grand National will start! I can’t go on Saturday, so I am thinking to see tomorrow with my winning hat.

If I go, I will report it !!

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ケーキ食べる。Eating Cake

補習校の後、まっすぐに家に帰って、仕事をするつもりだったけど、

良い天気なので、息子のゴルフの練習の為に打ちっぱなしに連れて行く。

The weather’s been getting sunny and that’s make me skive from my work…

I was planning to do some work, straight back after returning home from son’s Japanese school.

I changed my plans to take my son to the local Golf range. Compensating my guilt,

I took my leaflet to the golf site’s cafe where I was eager to go but never have, yet.

ついでに、自分の IMAG0693 チラシを持って、前から食べに行きたかったカフェでケーキを

食べる。

 

 

 

 

 

 

すべての種類を食べたくなりそうだが、とりあえず、息子はレモン

私は、ハニーカム。すべてのカップケーキはきらきらとラメが振ってあり、

きれいなんだけど、食欲をそそるのだ。

The cafe had many cakes to choose from. My son picked lemon, I chose honeycomb.

Glitter sprinkled on all the cakes, and they call me, saying  ‘eat me!’

ハニーカム!ピンクのアイシングが思ったほどしつこくない。

ハニーカム!ピンクのアイシングが思ったほどしつこくない。

まず一口食べてみる!写真を撮るのを忘れたので、途中の写真しかないのが残念だが、

現状のままでよろしく!味は、素朴だけどしつこくなく、ぺろりといけるが、

アイシングも結構多いので少し残してみた。

1 bite. Oh, I forgot to take a shot. Pity didn’t have uneaten photo only 😉 …

But I couldn’t wait. Taste is very homely. Will make you come back to eat, again.

After eating, I asked cafe waitress to put my adverts at the desk! They said OK!

 

レモン!アイシングもさっぱりレモン味。スポンジもさわやかなレモン!

レモン!アイシングもさっぱりレモン味。スポンジもさわやかなレモン!

その後、チラシと名刺を置かせてもらう。

また、チラシをおきながら、次のケーキを食べに来て見よう!

 

Grand National

It is starting!! Today is Grand open day for Grand National.

http://www.aintree.co.uk/pages/grand-national/
I was watching the TV about live horse racing commentary with James May.
Grand National is giant compare to Fukushima race course where I went to last Summer.

http://japanracing.jp/en/go-racing/jra-racecourses/j07.html

I was trying to introduce some event, but luckily enough I won a ticket for viewing a race from an owner seat.

So I asked my business adviser to come with me. I didn’t win at all, but had a fantastic time seeing all the horses running beautifully.

This year, I am trying to go Musselburgh  racecourse.

http://www.musselburgh-racecourse.co.uk/

Anybody fancy going, contact Toco!!

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雪が積もっている中、春の兆しの今日、昨日作って、本当は売りに出そうと待っている 帽子を、明日、エジンバラに行くので、売り先探しにブティックなどを見てこようかと思っている。 チェルトナムの競馬レース開幕で、華やかな女性が出てくるシーズンだ。 IMAG0618 先日のオープンのときは、まだファーの 帽子をかぶっている女性が多かったが、 そろそろ春の帽子が待ち遠しい。 卵も産みたて。小鳥たちが孵る前に、 こんな春の帽子で競馬を見に行ってみてはどうですか?

仕事部屋のウィンドウに飾って春を楽しんでいます。

While snow is continuing,   I made this delicate Spring hat for Race Meeting or Party.

I am going to Edinburgh tomorrow, I will go around boutiques and take it with me.

How do you like this for Race meeting. Something unique and delicate to put on your head!

Guarantee for fantastic time!!

Now waiting for hatching at my window!

More new stuff to come,soon!