Gypsy doily skirts hanging pretty

Finally,

I had a chance today to photograph some of my doily gypsy skirts just hanging prettily on some candy coloured crochet hangers in the bush

I wanted to capture them with the sunlight shining through the crochet lace

Casting pretty shadows on the ground

Oh well, Not quite,it was actually very windy today,

making it tough to play too much with light and angles 

so I just hung the skirts where I could find a branch,

tried to face the light,made a secret wish to the the fairies,

aimed and shot.

(I figured I was in the perfect place for a wish to be granted,flannel flower fairy forest was very close by)

     

    

To my delight

Some of the shots  actually came out kind of magical

Especially when the sun shone through the skirts at just the right angle

Thankyou fairies❤️

 Making these skirts is like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle

Matching dyed laces and trims to make a long mermaid skirt and then adding crochet doilies and flowers randomly as embellishments,

And then hand crocheting a soft drawstring yoke for the waistband

they are definantly a labour of love.

      

I fall in love with each and every one of them and find it hard to part with them,

however,I'm happy if they go to someone who loves them as much as me

They look great over a cossie or little shorts,and in winter I wear mine over leggings,or you could wear them with a longer tunic over the top if you wish

I love making these skirts and really feel like they represent me perfectly,

if I were an item of clothing this is exactly what I'd be;

A mix of soft rainbow colours and feminine lace

I hope you like my gypsy doily skirts too

Love and rainbows,

Gypsygirl x

Flannel Flower fairy forests

Strolling through the local bush today,

I chanced upon this awesome flannel flower carpet under magnificent spooky gum trees

I love flannel flowers,

they only come out in spring and they fill the bush with their soft grey green foliage and delicate super soft creamy flowers 

To discover a whole forest of them was very special and my camera doesn't really capture their delicate beauty

Not a bad location to grow up,flannel flowers have good taste!

One of my favourite Australian artists also loved being inspired by Aussie bush flowers,

May Gibbs spent her adult life writing whimsical fairy stories about the creatures of the bush,

Snugglepot and cuddlepie,ragged blossom and the banksia men were all part of our childhood,

filling our minds with imagination of the fairyfolk who lived in our bush land,

Including our flannel flower babies

(Who bring love)according to May,

It's easy to see why May was so inspired by our unique bush land,I am too,

the colours,textures and uniqueness all make it a pretty special place to be...

Sadly as I write this post a lot of our bush land is on fire both north and south of sydney,

We recently had our own fire locally,

when the palm beach lighthouse national park burnt extensively,

as we all watched  helicopters water bomb the headland to save the lighthouse and houses,it was both exciting and devastating to watch

This is the nature of the land,to burn,regenerate and flourish once more,sadly us humans get in the way and that means some of our possessions and lives are destroyed along the way

I hope everyone is ok and the bush bounces back to its lush beauty again soon

Love and rainbows,

Gypsygirl x