The Desert Rose floral garland

I had sort of been "envisioning" this for a little bit before I actually decided to sit and make it. I had the color-theme in mind and I knew I wanted to use these wooden flowers I'd bought several years ago...and thankfully I just happened to have everything I needed for it already sitting in my craftroom.

I think I got this made and finished over the course of two days. I could've finished it sooner, but I wasn't in any big hurry. :)

Made up of dried cone bits made into a rose, various high-quality silk and plastic floral accents, wired floral vine wrapped 3x, and a small assortment of feathers.

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The Seed Pod floral garland

To date I've made about about 4 and a 1/2 of these floral garlands.  I initially thought to make these to sell, but the last three I've made I've like so much....not really wanting to get rid of them. *chuckling* ;D
And it's a rare thing for me to like something I've made so much that I actually want to keep it and wear it.
Rather than show the boring WIP pics, I'll just show you the finished garland and up-close detail pics. I've taken of it, too.

 Made up of dripping, deep purple, wisteria falls in the front with rooster tail feathers, dried lilly-pond seed pods, and various silk floral accents.
Floral wire-embedded vine wrapped thrice makes up the base of this garland.
Hanging from the front is a copper chain with three tear-drop crystals in the center.
Also, two small foam orange birds and three fake brown butterflies are hidden throughout this garland.

 

And lastly, me wearing it during the Faire.

New Orchid Garland and Goblin mask sculpt...

Been working on another floral garland and so far I'm nearly half-way done with it. I started it and then kind of just put it up and stopped working on it...bad me, I know. ;)
And I'm working on another Goblin mask sculpt...unfortunately, I'm thinking that the styrofoam head I'm using as the base is the wrong size/shape to get the same look as the original one had.












and the Goblin Sculpt(original:








Any thoughts?

Flower Garlands

Believe it or not, I'm not dead..yet.;D Still haven't done anything with my masks, though I'm building up to it...slowly.

I 'have', on the other hand, started working on some ideas I've gotten for flower garlands which could be worn to Renaissance Faires. I've made two so far and have some ideas for others. I've put these two up on my Etsy.com shop to see how they do. If they do well then I'll make some more. If not...well, maybe later on in the future I'll try to make some more..we'll see.

I've never worn a garland to a Faire before, but I'm considering wearing the Autumn one to the up-coming Colorado Ren. Faire this summer. Not sure if it's for me or not, if I like it I may make some more for myself.


So here's what I've been up to:

"Rose Red Garland":
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Back:


Modeled by Me:





And the 2nd one I recently made:

"The Autumn Renaissance":

Front:




Side:




Back:



Modeled by Me:





I've posted both of these up for sale in my Etsy.com shop, here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Sphinx

What'cha think?