Custom Wedding Birdcage Veil Fascinator

I know. Its all so pretty you wanna eat it.  Lisa's wedding color palette was pretty much one of my personal faves in red, pink and ivory. She wanted a birdcage veil / fascinator that was bold but still just an accent to her ensemble. I created this piece using 9 different fabrics, 3 vintage pins and and partridge in a pear tree.

  

 

Give me that ice cream! .. And as always for your own custom headpieces message me via my Etsy shop or Facebook.

Thank you and congrats to Lisa and hubby!! Also please check out the extremely talented Sandy Tam Photography. Lots and lots of pretty.

X
Jasika

TWO BACK FLATS HAT GIVEAWAY

 Helloooooooooooo darlings!!!! Giveaway time = the best time!!! I invite you all to play along, get creative, get social and all that jazz. I'm switching it up from the last couple times so pay attention and be your fabulous selves.

RULES:

- Create up to 5 Pinterest boards per person of any theme your heart desires
- Each board must have at least 15 pins
- The agenda is to incorporate as many Two Back Flats pieces on to each board / theme / collection.
- Two Back Flats pins must be pinned directly from here on my blog, my Pinterest page, or my Etsy shop. - Dig deep. There are hats even I forgot about. Its like Christmas
- Share the links to your boards. Share everywhere! With your friends, here on the blog and on my Facebook page.

THE WINNER:

Will be chosen by based on:

- Originality / Awesomeness of theme
- Repins
- Content
- Two Back Flats love

THE BEST PART: You will win one of the hats you have pinned !!! Thats right. You and I BOTH get to choose your prize!!!! The options are utterly endless! Hoooray!!!

TIPS:

THEME: can be anything! A color, a party idea, fashion, a season - anything! Here are two examples of my boards that may inspire you! I* am mostly inspired by color! How about you? A movie, a book, a song, a dream you had? ;) Things are about to get Pinteresting peeps!!!!!! 

click on photo to see board

click on photo to see board

LABELING : Make sure to label your pins with exactly what they are so people can find them!  Example: Red Top Hat, Womens Fascinators, Two Back Flats, Cotton Candy, Pink Hair,  etc etc. Im pretty sure this #hashtag thing works as well.

BE YOURSELF: I want to get to know you and your style.

HAVE FREAKING FUN!!


Cut off date will be announced soon!!!

Be sure to LIKE on Facebook and share your ideas / boards / or just say hi there!!

www.Facebook.com/TwoBackFlats 

ALL TWO BACK FLATS LINKS :

TWOBACKFLATS.COM

ETSY.COM/SHOP/TWOBACKFLATS

TWOBACKFLATS.BLOGSPOT.COM

FACEBOOK.COM/TWOBACKFLATS

PINTEREST.COM/TWOBACKFLATS

INSTAGRAM.COM/TWOBACKFLATS

LOVE TO LOVE YOU!!!!

Jasika

Large Couture Red Flower Headband

...and a post about cigarettes.

If you know me personally chances are that you know me with a cigarette. One unabashed cigarette and yours truly. The worst kind of smoker really. The kind that thinks you're missing out. The sound of burning paper and the feeling of complete calm. One second of glorious satisfaction. So, naturally,  I did that as much as possible. (also because of my complete physical and mental addiction.)

I made myself one promise throughout my smoking career and that was that I wouldn't smoke in my wedding dress. How tragic, right? Wrong. Broke the promise. Got this shot. And really I should have quit as soon as I had this hanging on my wall...since smoking had never or would never look as cool again.

 

photography by SOTA Dzine

It has been sixteen days without a cigarette. The longest I have ever not smoked in thirteen years. Not a patch. Not a piece of gum. Not one puff. It went a little something like this:

11pm - Driving in car. One cigarette left. Dont feel like stopping at gas station.
11:06pm - Dont stop at gas station
11:06 - 11:19pm - Internal monologue about whether or not I should smoke the last cig now or the next day.  (now that is an effing tragedy)
11: 20pm - Realizing I don't want to think about smoking ever again.
The end.

Everyone knows cigarettes are bad for you. Bla bla. But in my blissful ignorance and in my fleeting seconds of gratification, I didnt have to think about it. It isnt until now that I realize how diabolical and truly wicked manufactured cigarettes are. I have spent the last sixteen days doing nothing but thinking about them. Think about the unhealthiest relationship of your life. Multiply that by a hundred. Fits of rage, nonsensical bursts of tears, my body still doesnt know whether to go run in a field or lay down and die. Not to mention a whooollle lotta this face:

photography by: Leah Miller  .  makeup by: Maureen Flynn

So kids, the moral of the story is: Don't buy cigarettes. Unfortunately, smoking stopped being cool when Audrey Hepburn started smoking her third pack a day. Your Aunt Jas tried to bring it back for you..but meh. I'll bring hats back instead.

Speaking of which, click on any of the photos for the listing of the red headpiece. I promise I wont buy cigs with my hat money anymo'! <3>

Love and deep breathing, 

Jasika 

Wedding Mini Top Hat with Birdcage Veil

I felt like making a hat that was sexy and dramatic but subtle enough to be versatile. Computer screens do not do this shade of purple any justice. It has grey hues like wisteria. 

Gaspppp* The Jill Andrews Gowns studio

Honestly, photos dont do this shit justice either. Mantels and sunlight and soaring ceilings, couture and lace and feathers. And of course Jill, herself!  Ugh. Never ever want to leave.

I swear we didnt even plan my hat and Jill's stunning purple gown. Welcome to my world people. The gown is actually from The brand spankin new Jill Andrews Studio Line. Get fricken excited. Click the photo for more info.

The materials from this hat came from a nice little hoard per usual. The "ombre" peony. Ha. Back in school we use to call that monochromatic. But whatevs. I'll be hip. Grey goose feathers and grey French netting almost became a hundred different things before they found their home on this gal. 

Meow. Magic face: Erica Von Lindberg of A Second Glance Salon. 

Makeup by the gorgeous, wonderful Maureen Flynn of Tom Ford. "I want to make her lips look like she was sucking on a lollipop." Umm ok. Yes. Do THAT. 

Photography by the one, the only, Leah Miller. 

If you like this look and this crew... you must go into the past and check out our Day of The Dead photo shoot. 

http://twobackflats.blogspot.com/2012/09/costume-bridal-mini-top-hat-birdcage.html

http://twobackflats.blogspot.com/2012/09/large-flower-headpiece-hat-headband.html

http://twobackflats.blogspot.com/2012/09/red-flower-hat-headpiece.html

Xs & Os
Jasika 

Birdcage Veil Mask

Let me tell you a little story called Why I love Etsy. 

Because I get customers who see this:

And envision this:

 Because when you make a purchase for said customer looking for a vintage citrine brooch, it comes to you like this:

Because I'm sure this fabulous bride will try her veil in every way possible. Because she's cool:

Because I still can't believe every day is full of beautiful, new, shiny things. Shiny people. 

Go visit Chasing Greener Days for lots o' awesome vintage stuff. 

As always, for your own custom veil, hat or headpiece message me here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwoBackFlats

or here:

https://www.facebook.com/TwoBackFlats

X's & O's 

Jasika

Bridal Carnival Mad Hatter Top Hat

Weddings. I love em all. Brides. Love them too. They're all wacked out on pretty things 24-7. I can relate. But once in a while a a bride comes along that blows even my mind away. 

 Firstly, when a bride says she's making her own wedding dress I, basically, buckle my seatbelt. This girl is cool. She's cooler than me. L created a dress somewhere between these two dresses. Lace sleeves, full skirt, le sigh*

Then comes a pinteresting message chock full of vintage carnival / circus inspiration! I die! Bowls of carnival tickets, photo booths, chalkboards! 

Oh and btw she says! These are the SPIKED HEELS I'll be wearing with my wedding dress. I danced. In place. I did a real dance. I had JUST found these teeny tiny spikes and was so excited to use them on  a hat. What better hat than this one!!!?

I had also recently purchased these A-MAZING vintage carnival tickets from Modern Poetry on Etsy. I was clearly meant to make this hat! 

Tiny spikes!!

L's wedding date is October 6th!! Hello Mad Hatter tag! I assure you...it does not stop there. This hat is so full of hidden treasures that it is a FEAST for your eyes from every angle. 

Monochromatic pink stripes, ivory satin, a modern orange calico fabric. Orchids! Lilies! Popcorn! You name it. This hat IS a carnival! 

So much love to Leesie on her wedding week! Thanks for being such an inspiration and trusting me with your headpiece! Hope you love it as much as I do! 

As always, for your own custom hat or headpiece message me here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwoBackFlats

or here:

https://www.facebook.com/TwoBackFlats

X's & O's 

Jasika 

Large flower headpiece hat headband

Every time I make a new style headpiece, I think its my favorite ever. Can't stop making them. Can't stop looking at them. Can't stop thinking of places to wear them. I dont know. These silk flower headbands may just stay on top for a while. I love every little thing about them. The exaggerated size, the height, the dimensions...all of it! 

Enjoy and shop for the sake of Jesus! 

I wanted the flower to still look like a hat but be easy and flattering for any person in the entire universe; so they are built to be worn on a super thin silver headband. 

They look totally different worn different ways. Oh huge floppy flower. I heart thee. 

This is created with a white silk dupioni and a very light silver satin. 

 LOVE the purple as well. Made with a dusty lavender satin. (Think Julia Roberts a la My Best Friend's Wedding) Grey satin and a dusty mauve silk dupioni. Click any photo for the listing to purchase!)

Anyone else seeing a couture ghost costume?!

I have 67 billion fabrics so if you would like a custom color message me here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwoBackFlats

or here:

https://www.facebook.com/TwoBackFlats

Photography : Leah Miller

Beauty and Sugar Skull makeup : Maureen Flynn - MAC Cosmetics

Hair: Erica Von Lindenberg - A Second Glance Salon and Jasika Scruggs

Models : Tia Scagliarini, Alicia Ouderkirk and Ashley Ouderkirk 

Headpiece : Two Back Flats 

Xs & Os 

Jasika

Red Flower Hat Headpiece

Cocktail flower hat handmade from scratch using a deep red satin and burgundy silk dupioni. 

Meet Lola. She is a show girl. 

Ohhh I can just see this classic lady in so many colors and in so many places. A lil' pin up and a lot of vixen! Ive grown quite fond of manipulating fabric. Sorry about your luck store flowers. 

A little dia de los muertos zest for you! 

Photography : Leah Miller

Beauty and Sugar Skull makeup : Maureen Flynn - MAC Cosmetics

Hair: Erica Von Lindenberg - A Second Glance Salon

Models : Alicia and Ashley Ouderkirk 

Headpiece : Two Back Flats 

Xs & Os 

Jasika

Vintage Lace Hair Wreath

Featured on  ETSY WEDDINGS!!! And HOW! 

I think I dreamed this hair wreath because when I found oodles of this creamy lace in great grand ma ma's sewing kit, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. It is now immortalized on Etsy and as part of the delightful Cherry Blossom Collection.  Wedding Trends INDEED.

In its element

 The lovely Tia Scaggs of Tryst DC frolicking through Cherry Blossoms in her wedding dress that I could die for. 

You may also like this gem in blue. Modeled by the hauntingly beautiful Erica Von Lindenberg of 

A Second Glance Salon.

Photography and congrats to my lovely Alana of Vanity's Edge Design. 

Thank you again to all of my gorgeous friends and to Etsy for the continued LOVE! 

X

Jasika 

"Not too shabby" Boudoir Shoot

Photos from the mini hat boudoir extravaganza have arrived!!! We've had a trying week here at Two Back Flats so you can imagine how thrilled I was ripping open this envelope...


Alana and I met in college while we were studying Visual Communications and Design and I cannot be more thankful that she still rocks her graphic design magic through Vanity's Edge. In addition to being a smashing photographer, I go ga ga over Alana's feminine, sultry style.

My last minute decision to be a part of A's Shabby Chic inspired boudoir shoot was the best decision I've made in a while. I'm almost thankful I didn't have tons of time to psych myself out. I tend to do that ;) The morning of the shoot, I had to stop myself from chewing off my nails.

Not only did I have zero to be worried about but I had a blasssst with Alana. Being decked out in hats and surrounded by her breezy, romantic set was only half of it. We did not stop laughing the entire day.

Enjoy the following husband approved photos from the shoot! ;)

Remember this hat? Only one will be available verrry soon in my Etsy shop for your summer tea parties...

Any chance to wear these shoes is a chance I'm taking...

This bad ass vintage hat box came from where most of my most cherished vintage finds come from (including my wedding band :)

Retropolitan

8227 Main Street

Ellicott City, MD 21043

Though our original "Tea Party Hat" has retired. One rogue petite size is left for one tiny lady...

**Yes, Renn-Festers ... The hat above is a mini tricorn hat. Get excited**

X's & O's

Jas

Hair and Makeup:

April Kenney

Cheveux Studio . Bel Air, MD

Vanity's Edge Design

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p.s. Click HERE if you missed Vanity's Edge Valentine Pin Up Shoot!