Sue Jo Designer Gowns Feature in the Glossies!

Great News

We made it into my favourite bridal magazine in September 2007 as one of their ‘Top 5 - perfect wedding loves of the month!!’

How exciting is that. I am both proud and delighted with this wonderful accolade.

Just how much better than this can life become for the cottage.

The designer gowns on the right are ‘Oyster Tulip’ (left) and ‘Aphrodite. Also included in the free supplement are ‘Mardi Gras’ shown above in burgundy and ‘Freya’ the cover girl dressed in her pure gold silk gown with bustle train and a dramatic bow trimmed with Swarovski crystals.

These dressed dolls also feature in the bridal brochure for you to purchase or you can have the gowns made up on a mannequin for your bridal salon if you wish. Oyster Tulip wears a silk tulle gown with a draped overskirt. The bodice has a pearly leaf trim studded with Swarovski crystals. Aphrodite wears a gown with a fishtail train and an exclusive fantail style veil. Her tiara has a feather trim and Swarovski crystals. Contact me by email for more information or send for my set of three brochures to enjoy the total miniature experience here at the enchanted cottage.   

Kathryn’s gown has a low back and dramatic geometric train reminiscent of 1930’s Broadway. The tie at the centre of the faux bow, the centre bodice front and the shoulders of the gown are peppered with Swarovski crystals which also feature in the halo tiara. This style of tiara was worn by Wallace Simpson and is so typical of the style of that period although it wouldn’t look out of place in a contemporary setting. The bride of today is so spoiled for choice, anything goes really..

This gown is also available to buy through the bridal suite brochure either on a doll or mannequin. Her tiara is available to purchase separately for a miniature scene or doll of your own. But it’s so much more fun making them yourself, why should I have all the fun? It really is simpler than you think.

Carabosse

Yes, Carabosse made it to the glossies too. After a brilliant day at Pudsey Silver Anniversary Miniatures Fair, the ‘Dolls’ House and Miniature Scene’ magazine July ‘06 issue which also featured a full page review of my wedding book, featured a two page article all about this special fair. I was delighted and honored as a first time exhibitor to be given a special mention together with a photograph of ‘Carabosse’. 

Of course the main aim of all such coverage is simply to inspire, to help you dream and to hopefully enjoy creating your own dream gowns in miniature. That’s what miniaturing is all about. I’m here to help you create your own dream gowns in any way I can.

Elloise

Although it is said that the true story of Cinderella has its roots in China in the year A.D. 850, perhaps the best known version is the one written by Charles Perrault towards the end of the seventeenth century. This seemed to be the perfect theme for my baroque style bridal gown and ‘Elloise’ a most suitable gown design name, an alternative version of the name Ella, the heroine in this classic fairytale. It was essential to create a fairytale gown befitting such a beautiful story. In this design, I have used the softest ‘bride’s blush’ silk tulle, bridal pink Thai Princess silk and metallic gold lace. I painted her slippers using gold acrylic paint and added tiny pink silk ribbon bows. She wears a woven lace tiara hand tatted from metallic gold thread with silk roses and crystals atop her ‘Slipper and the Rose’ influenced hairstyle.

Elloise is now available to purchase ready made. £215.00 Much more enjoyable, less expensive, much more fun and certainly more satisfying to have a try yourself. Don’t miss your copy of the magazine: Oct/Nov 2006 (left) and find out just how much pleasure miniature bridal creations can really bring. Why should I have all the fun?