WELCOME TO MY PRETTY CHAPEAU
I am very excited to announce the opening of My Pretty Chapeau where I will be offering affordable, couture hair accessories for little girls and women. With a love for fabrics, color, fashion and photography, I decided to combine what I love into custom, one of a kind statement pieces. Any of my pieces can be custom ordered to coordinate with special occasions, birthday parties or to just add as a sweet photography prop for sessions that want to showcase whimsy or elegance.
One of the unique attributes of some of my pieces will be a "two different look in one" capability. In other words turn them around and you have a completely new look with different colors and embellishments (as you will see in the gallery). I want customers to be able to find versatility in my pieces as well as use them for more than one occasion.
One of the unique attributes of some of my pieces will be a "two different look in one" capability. In other words turn them around and you have a completely new look with different colors and embellishments (as you will see in the gallery). I want customers to be able to find versatility in my pieces as well as use them for more than one occasion.
The true inspiration behind my work is my precious daughter. Her personality inspires the whimsical and colorful designs while her beauty and charisma inspire the elegance in the more formal pieces.
My goal is to provide my clients with unique and affordable pieces. I use the finest dupioni silk, designer fabrics, millinery supplies and hard to find vintage brooches and rhinestones as embellishments. After months of working on many different designs and prototypes I realized that most of my pieces are colorful, yet sophisticated and my favorites are those made from the gorgeous colors in the various dupioni silks. I have come up with quite a few designs that consistently make me smile when I see them or work on them. So as you peek through the gallery, I hope you will find something that appeals to your taste. Please keep in mind that I love to do custom work, and if there is something you see that you would like bigger or smaller feel free to contact me.
After the release of these pieces I will be working on a small collection of newborn and bridal accessories, so if you don't see something you want, no problem, just forward me an email with your request and again, I'll be happy to discuss options.
First I would like to thank a few dear friends who helped me to launch this venture. A huge thanks to Michelle, of Michelle R. Photography for taking some of the most beautiful photos of her girls wearing my pieces while out east on vacation recently. Her photography is amazing, and her generosity and friendship priceless! Thank you sweet Michelle.
Second I will be working with another dear friend Robin Magana of Red Thread Stitches, who also enthusiastically encouraged me to pursue this venture. She is another special lady who has the talent to sew the most adorable clothing for children. I also love her work.
And certainly I want to thank Rita of The Coffee Shop Blog who put this blog together knowing we are in a rush to get things moving along. I love her work and for those of you who don't know her, please check her site out. She gives so many freebies away, one can virtually learn photoshop alone on her site!
So on to the Gallery! Go up to the top menu bar and click on it.
"We can't take credit for our talents, it's how we use them that counts."
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
A portion of my proceeds will go to Holt International's Special Needs Adoption Fund which is very dear to my heart. This agency made us parents with the adoption of our daughter in 2008. They work tirelessly to find home for special needs children all over the world and in March they matched us with our second daughter, whom we hope to bring home this fall. Their funds are almost depleted so I can't think of a better way to give back then to help with their project.
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After the release of these pieces I will be working on a small collection of newborn and bridal accessories, so if you don't see something you want, no problem, just forward me an email with your request and again, I'll be happy to discuss options.
First I would like to thank a few dear friends who helped me to launch this venture. A huge thanks to Michelle, of Michelle R. Photography for taking some of the most beautiful photos of her girls wearing my pieces while out east on vacation recently. Her photography is amazing, and her generosity and friendship priceless! Thank you sweet Michelle.
Second I will be working with another dear friend Robin Magana of Red Thread Stitches, who also enthusiastically encouraged me to pursue this venture. She is another special lady who has the talent to sew the most adorable clothing for children. I also love her work.
And certainly I want to thank Rita of The Coffee Shop Blog who put this blog together knowing we are in a rush to get things moving along. I love her work and for those of you who don't know her, please check her site out. She gives so many freebies away, one can virtually learn photoshop alone on her site!
So on to the Gallery! Go up to the top menu bar and click on it.
"We can't take credit for our talents, it's how we use them that counts."
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
A portion of my proceeds will go to Holt International's Special Needs Adoption Fund which is very dear to my heart. This agency made us parents with the adoption of our daughter in 2008. They work tirelessly to find home for special needs children all over the world and in March they matched us with our second daughter, whom we hope to bring home this fall. Their funds are almost depleted so I can't think of a better way to give back then to help with their project.
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