Black Gardenia Design
Millinery & Fancy Goods for the Fashion Forward Black Gardenia creates exceptional hats, fascinators, & hair accessories for the discerning fashionista.
Every item in the Black Gardenia collection is hand-made using a mixture of traditional supplies and vintage items. This unique blend of old and new make each piece unique and a wearable art.
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We're half way through the week and working on some special new hats for this weekend's Chatty Crafty... what are you guys up to?
Many thanks to everyone who came out to support us at Porter Flea; we had a great time! Now we're hard at work to stock back up for this weekend's Chatty Crafty in Chattanooga!
Porter Flea
In the studio getting ready for this weekend's Porter Flea... yay!
porterflea.com Our Posters have arrived! Many thanks to our presenting sponsor Friendly Arctic Printing & Design for such beautiful work!
Finally making it back into the studio after an awesome weekend at the Indie Craft Experience. Many thanks to everyone who came out to support us!
Guess what we're doing this month? Come out and see us!
Antique Glass Lid = Super Cute Halloween Hattie.
Chatty Crafty
Stop the Presses!! We just got our acceptance email to this year's Chatty Crafty Holiday Spectacular. Super excited to be vending again at one of Tennessee's best indie craft shows! Joining us will be some of my favorite indie companies including Simon & Ruby Jewelry, Sarahlou Clothing, & Liddabits Paper Products- so get over to their website and check out all the deets!
chattycrafty.com Ladies and Gents, Miss Chatty has been waiting for a month to use that one and she hopes you appreciated it because she will only use it during days such as this.
Some great photos of the runway show from last week's RAW event! Many thanks to Lindsay from Simon and Ruby for taking all the amazing pics!
RAW Artists Nashville: FUSION
Craftville/Simon and Ruby/Black Gardenia Design/Farmer's Wife Collection Fashion Show 8.18.11
Mercy Lounge
Tutorials
Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a hat? Check out these amazing videos from milliner extraordinaire, Waltraud Reiner of Torb & Reiner Millinery!
Wanna see this hat in person? Come celebrate the best in Nashville fashion, art & music at the RAW:Fusion event tomorrow night at Mercy Lounge... C'mon, you know you want to.
A little sneak peek from last week's model fitting! Be sure to join us this Thursday night at the RAW Artists event at Mercy Lounge!
Some new hats being worked on for next week's RAW event!
RAW:Nashville presents FUSION - RAW:Nashville presents FUSION
We are so excited to announce that we'll be participating in this month's Raw Artists Event! Come check us out at Mercy Lounge on August 18th!
rawartists.org raw natural born artists is an eclectic artistic showcase
Nashville Fashion Blog: Weekend Update: Porter Flea and Hillsboro Village
A lovely post about last weekend's Porter Flea!
nashvillefashionblog.blogspot.com Nashville Fashion Blog is designed to create awareness of and chronicle the Nashville fashion industry by highlighting local events, retailers, designers, and employment opportunities.
Just finished up this lovely custom fascinator for a wedding in Pennsylvania... need a special piece for an upcoming event? Comment here to receive an exclusive discount offer on custom orders!
Porter Flea
We're less than a week away from the Porter Flea! Who's excited??? Yeah, that'd be us...
porterflea.com Seriously!?! Every time we open up our email these days we are getting applications from more and more ridiculously talented crafters and designers. In the past few days we have confirmed the likes of Jamie and the Jones, White Cottage Designs, Black Gardenia and Girl216Designs…I mean honestly, our
Check out these great photos of this year's ICE-Atlanta courtesy of Liddabits Design Shop! Thanks Liz!
Chatty Crafty is less than 2 weeks away so we're hard at work making new hats for all the upcoming fun!
Austin « Renegade Craft Fair
Just a few more hours before we hit the road to Austin!
renegadecraft.com The Renegade Craft Fair is a large-scale DIY marketplace event, featuring hundreds of the best indie craft designers and makers around.
Wondering if Mini Sailor Hats are a good idea for summer... thoughts anyone?
Black Gardenia Design | Crafting | Sewing | Art
Love jewelry? You have to check out today's blog post featuring Nashville artist Lindsay Black Farrer's jewelry line, SImon & Ruby!
blackgardeniadesign.com Last weekend I traveled to Memphis for the 1st Annual Indie Style Market. Once I loaded in and set-up, I spied some super cute jewelry being set-up in the booth beside me. Not long into the day, I needed a bathroom break and since I was doing this show solo, I asked if they could watch over my boo
ISM: Indie Style Market - HOME
Its Friday! You know what that means... you should be making plans to come visit us tomorrow at the Indie Style Market in Memphis, TN!
indiestylemarket.net The Indie Style Market Spring Craftacular is THIS SATURDAY and the fun starts at 10am! Our venue is the Event Center @ The TN Flea Market, located at 7060 Wi******er at Riverdale Road. Click the Activites link to see the final schedule!
Black Gardenia Design | Crafting | Sewing | Art
We finally finished the hall bathroom... come see its debut on the blog!
blackgardeniadesign.com So after what feels like forever, I finally finished the hall bath. It’s super girly and adorable, and exactly what I wanted. I (of course) can’t say it’s totally finished since I constantly like to change things up, but overall the room is done and I’m happy to debut it.
Home at Accessorize
I found this lovely and fun accessories company when I was in London.. I came back, and found out they have a USA website-Hooray!
accessorize-usa.com Accessorize
Welcome
Gonna be in the Columbia, SC area this weekend?? Come out and visit us at this year's Crafty Feast!
craftyfeast.com Crafty Feast is a juried independent craft fair in Columbia, SC. bringing together the funky and the fabulous from all over the Southeast.
Hurray! We're proud to announce that Black Gardenia will be participating in this year's Indie Craft Experience, June 11 & 12!
We've made it to our layover in Toronto... London or Bust!
Black Gardenia Design | Crafting | Sewing | Art
In celebration of our upcoming trip across the pond... its Brit Week!
blackgardeniadesign.com It’s Brit Week here at Black Gardenia. Why, you ask? On Friday, I’m leavin’ on a jet plane to attend a milliners workshop in London. Needless to say I am super excited… I have traveled Europe before but have yet to go to the land of tea & crumpets. I arrive a few days before the workshop begins
Black Gardenia Design | Crafting | Sewing | Art
Rest in Peace Ms. Taylor... you've earned it.
blackgardeniadesign.com Aside from her striking beauty, Ms. Taylor was most well known for her 2 Oscar winning performances (Butterfield 8 & Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf), 8 marriages to 7 men, & most notably to me, her tireless work with charitable organizations.
Black Gardenia Design | Crafting | Sewing | Art
Check out the blog today for a recap on our latest travels to the Lone Star State!
blackgardeniadesign.com On April 14th, H&M will be releasing their “Conscious Collection”; a spring line made from environmentally friendly materials such as organic cotton, Tencel® and recycled polyester.