Your Fantasy Costume

I love making floral headpieces myself, they’re useful for your dryad, fairy or nymph dress, and a common element for your masquerade ball or performing garment, not to say also a key element for a wedding or flowergirl dress, thus   surfing the net to polish my technique I found some tutorials you might find worth. Making them is inexpensive and you can unleash your imagination choosing a palette of colors and designing  them to fit the seasons or the color of your garments. Also you  can make smaller versions for a ponytail and add some ribbon steamers and other ornaments to make it stand out.

to get this wonderful result or whichever your imagination renders

This is another simple tutorial I found in save on crafts and also this other one in Forever wed focused in circlets for brides and flowergirls, this other in the princess portal

If you’re just too lazy (LOL) or you’re in a hurry  this is an ebay store  called Kcfairy with cute and quite affordable ones, not to say I find them rather cheap for the detail they have

Above: example of crown in Kcfairy ebay store

You can also check these others made by Art of wings (we covered it in a previous article), they’re simpler but not because of that less cute.

Above: example of Art of Wings Faery Crown

One of my favourite places for this is our previously covered  “Hairlooms” article. You can see an example of this wonderful crafted headpieces below. The site worth a visit if only to gather some ideas as they’re simply gorgeous.

Above: example of Hairlooms headpiece

This is a picture of one I did myself for a photo shoot of my song “the long way”. I used some fake branches and only brown, yellows and reds to provide an “autumn” look. I used wire to tie all the pieces to the tiara and after that I used ribbon and fabric straps to wrap  and smooth the possible wire endings that could scratch my head and make it more comfortable or you can use the stem wrap floral tape too. I use fake faux flowers but you can try drying leaves and flowers  and try to do the same, but they’re more delicate if travelling. So yep, that one below is me with my attempt of an “autumn crown”.  I added too some matching golden and red beads with the wire aside from the leaves and flowers and sometimes I even add feathers (check this previous article to buy all sorts of feathers).  Right now i’m working making a matching “leaf-mask”  but that will come in an upcoming article.

Another recommended site is Avalon Fantasy like the one below:

Above: me with my own handcrafted autumn crown

Lady Narf creates one of a kind wigs  made of fine materials: faeries, sprites, elves, brownies, Goth and Dark faeries, warriors that protect the land, Queens, Renaissance maidens, sea dwellers, and many other creatures. They’re indeed unusual and eye-catchy for sure, sometimes adding a rough hand-crafted finish, they really look sometimes mossy and fairy and enhanced by branches, leaves and horns. As they’re so unique and so hard to describe,  judge yourself by some pictures.

Isn’t it an amazing corset? for fairies or dryads?

Goblin Road make wearable and made to measure leather corsets to guarantee a perfect fit and they’re the “must-have” for a forest nymph garment. The model shown above is called “wood elemental” and also air and fire elemental models are available on the site. I feel tempted to order thos model precisely as I love the cut and that “made of plants” look. The back of the corset is grommetted and cinches with a leather cord. You can also ask for some runes and ornaments to be engraved, and have it with or without the “leaves” edges though I think that’s precisely the trademark of Goblin Road tops.

They’ll have soon a new collection called “Mythagos” with dragon designs and designs of angel and celestial creatures. I cannot wait to see them! and we’ll update this article with them.

In the following weeks they’ll increase their catallogue with wings, masks, skirts and all sorts of things… so don’t forget to bookmark this site to check it all over again soon. Aside they’ll list other stuff like skirts, coats and masks.

“Every time a fairy is born in a tree it becomes a dryad”

Dryads and forest nymphs are one of my favourite topics overall… and they’re often portrays as part tree with leaves and branches. This is a drawing I made myslef of one dryad… of course anything with leaves, green wigs, leave pendants and other extras will help, and we’ll cover that in precision very soon… but today I wanted to share specifically these lovely wings I found and that would fit so well your forest nymph design.

Art of wings have designed a wide range of wings, of all kinds from feather to fairy but I would highlight for their uniqueness precisely some beautiful wings made of faux branches that will fit perfectly this dryad mood. You can find them with or without flowers, and also with ice white crystal that will do perfectly for a snow queen or winter mood. Meghan, the crafter, has really made them affordable and quite stunning… These are some examples. I’d love to have the white ice and the simple mossy green one.