Find me on Folksy

Starlight Costumes now has it's own Folksy Shop...I will be adding lots of costumes, dance wear, fancy dress and much more over the coming months so please pop in and have a browse...just click on the banner above to see what's currently available.

Etsy...Etsy...Etsy...

I have now started adding costume listings in my Etsy Shop...follow the link on the right to find me at Aunt Pollys Doll Emporium...

Tutu Many....

These tutu skirts were made for a stage production and used for all of 30 seconds of a dance routine! They are now available for sale as I am running out of space to store everything...there are different sizes and colours available, you can find them on EBAY or contact me for more details.

The finished dress...

...And here is the finished result, it turned out quite well considering she changed her mind on the style several times after I had started it and then pointed out she was doing me a favour as I would come across much more difficult customers than her, HA I don't think so!

The first one...

My first try at some designs, I used traceable figure templates as I'm much better at sewing than drawing, but they turned out ok for my first ones. They are painted in watercolours (my favourite medium).

This was a 'freebie' for daughter, she wanted a salsa type dress for a party and I wanted to give the pattern software a try!

Pattern software...

I wanted to try out pattern software as it saves vast amounts of time when planning the costumes. I managed to persuade hubby that a pattern software disc was a really good idea for a birthday present...and I must say I'm fairly impressed. I chose Pattern Master by Wild Ginger (www.wildginger.com) and so far I have the occasions and childrens discs. You do need a reasonable amount of sewing experience to use them, but I would definitely recommend them.

Advertising...

I had my business cards printed at Vistaprint, I originally used their 'free' offer (though the postage is quite expensive) and was really disappointed with the quality so I decided 'what you get is what you pay for' and had another go with reasonably priced ones and they turned out quite well, they are printed on the back to double up as appointment cards.

I also needed something to put in local shop windows etc so I bought a basic template download and just added the wording myself, that way I can print off what I need and change the wording when required. I tend to print them at A5 size as many places don't like them any larger.