Bridal caps

Posted on | Friday, September 2, 2011 | 3 Comments

Some bridal caps I made this week. :)
Hand dyed lace... handmade and stitched silk flowers... hand sewn with lots of love...

Lovely Real Bride, Tara

Posted on | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 | 2 Comments

Love these photos from recent newlywed, Tara! She's wearing the Twigs & Honey Creamy bouquet:

So pretty, yes? Congratulations, Tara and husband! :)
Photo credits: Janet and Lisa of JL Photografia

Went to the fair

Posted on | Monday, August 29, 2011 | No Comments

Matt & I went to the Oregon State Fair on Saturday and had a great time. We drove go-karts, visited the booths, looked at lots of cute animals, went to the petting zoo (I got to pet a wallaby!), ate lots of yummy food and played some games.
Here are some outtakes from the photo booth - with our new monkey that we won from the dart booth. :)

Elizabeth Messina love

Posted on | Wednesday, August 24, 2011 | 1 Comment

I'm so happy to have such a wonderful friend in Elizabeth Messina.

View a super sweet and lovely post on Twigs & Honey on Elizabeth's blog HERE.

Pinterest

Posted on | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | 5 Comments

After I was the last person to get an account on Pinterest, I've thoroughly enjoyed building image boards and finding and collecting inspiration. You can view our Pinterest finds HERE. Here are some recent pink colored discoveries. :)

1. Liz V. Photography 2. Pinterest 3. le blog de betty 4. Pinterest

New blog layout...

Posted on | Monday, August 22, 2011 | 5 Comments

I've been a little tired of looking at my blog for a while, but only just today finally revamped it a bit. I hope you like! I have a little more tweaking to do still, but hey... just about everything is a continual work in progress, right? :)
By the way, isn't this shot amazing? The gorgeous model is wearing a Twigs & Honey Glimmering Rhinestone Headband Style #132:

Photographer: Elizabeth Messina for Munaluchi Bridal Magazine
Dress: Monique Lhuillier
Headpiece: Twigs & Honey

Gone fishin'

Posted on | Sunday, July 31, 2011 | 3 Comments

It's been a very busy and productive summer this year. The one crummy bit has been the lousy Oregon weather. We have had a few nice days here and there, but this weekend, we finally had some real summer weather. I decided that Matt and I had to go do something that would maximize the weather so we went fishing. We went to the St. Louis Ponds, actually not too far from where we got married in '07. Perfect weather. Do you think we caught anything?

Busy summer!

Posted on | Saturday, July 23, 2011 | 2 Comments

This summer has been amazingly busy and I'm so sorry that I haven't been able to blog more frequently. I promise I have lots of exciting things in the works and sometime, when I have more time, I'll blog all about it. Although, some of the "things" are very top secret projects so those might be blogged about later. I hope everything is having a wonderful summer! -Myra

Etsy Featured Seller!

Posted on | Monday, July 4, 2011 | 13 Comments

I am so excited to announce that I'm an Etsy Featured Seller! Click HERE.

I started selling in my Etsy shop back in January of 2008 and was able to create a full fledged business shortly after. At that time, I was working a full-time job for the government and after 2-3 months of selling on Etsy, was able to put my notice in with my employer, left my job and started selling my handmade pieces full-time by May of 2008. I had often hoped (daydreamed?) to be a Featured Seller and was absolutely thrilled when I was contacted by the Etsy team.

Etsy has been an amazing venue for launching small handmade businesses. It's wonderful and inspiring to watch new businesses quickly take off and grow. I even encouraged my big sis to start an etsy shop of her own, and now that is basically what she's doing everyday. :)

After a short time, I launched my own off etsy online store and started getting a flood of wholesale requests. I curate my wholesalers to a manageable select list currently, until I have a few more workers, but it's been very exciting to build up a business from literally zero.

I currently have two contract workers (including my own mom!) and I think I've wrangled help from just about every relative I have at one point or another, but I have the most thanks going to my husband who has helped and supported me on my crazy venture these past few years.

I'm very excited for the future of Twigs & Honey as we've got lots in store for the future! I have so many secret projects that I promise to share once I can. Thank you so much to all the supporters and friends of Twigs & Honey AND thank you, Etsy!

View the whole Etsy Featured Seller on Twigs & Honey HERE.

A beautiful film by bliss* video productions

Posted on | Wednesday, June 15, 2011 | 6 Comments

I love Kristen*'s style and vision. She creates the dreamiest films through her company, bliss* video productions. She recently made this stunning video about Twigs & Honey. It was filmed back in May of 2010 in France during Elizabeth Messina's A Lovely Workshop. My bits were spontaneous, single takes and unscripted... :D

I hope you enjoy!

Hey look! Shiny new logo:

Posted on | Thursday, June 9, 2011 | 5 Comments

Thank you, to everyone, for your wonderful comments on a previous post! I was so pleasantly surprised. I had not realized it would have generated such great dialogue. I was also happy to see fellow designer (amazing!) and wonderful friend, Elizabeth, speaking out on the subject as well. :)

As part of the re-brand I was talking about previously, I decided to give my logo a face lift. I'd been tossing the idea around in my head for the better part of over a year and finally took the plunge! I really wanted the logo to "fit" the Twigs & Honey aesthetic. I was scared at first because I had been using the old logo for so long! I think I had become very attached to it. I am a creature of habit and like the familiar but also like to try new things so overall, I feel like it was the a step in the right direction. After multiple revisions (thank you to the amazing calligrapher for her patience with me), the logo is finished and I LOVE it. I think it is the perfect amount of whimsy mixed with sophistication and style. Loveliness, class, and just a little pizazz. More re-branding to come!

Our Double band golden tiara is now available in silver

Posted on | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 | 8 Comments

(pictured in gold above; photo credits: Elizabeth Messina)

Our bestselling Double band golden tiara, Style #147 is now available in silver by popular request! This style is fast becoming one of the most beloved pieces in our collection, but we've had so many requests for a silver version that we finally decided to add it. You can purchase HERE.

The halo headband worn as a belt

Posted on | Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | 3 Comments

The flower halo I was working on previously as a belt with a pretty Kate Towers dress I've had for a few years. :)

Made this

Posted on | Thursday, May 19, 2011 | 9 Comments

Still working on it, but almost done...

Yipee!

Posted on | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | 4 Comments

Behold... all sorts of goodies from Benefit!!

photo coming!

I'm in girly heaven. These things make a plain girl very happy. :)
Thank you to a special bride, Emily!! Love it all!

Custom work

Posted on | Monday, May 16, 2011 | 4 Comments

I haven't had very much time to take on custom orders, but here are the last two custom requests for some very special brides. :)

These feathers were each hand dyed (remember these?) to create a colorful custom Flourish feather flower.

Custom silk flower made with hand dyed and stiched silk for a soft ivory finish.