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3.28.2010

La Fée Verte

The poet in his attic room paces by the dim glow of the oil lamp, fevered ~ again he is walking the thin line between genius and madness, waiting for his muse, a faceted goblet of potent green liquid in his pale hand.

But La Fée Verte is a capricious and cruel mistress ~ she murmurs promises of glorious lucid visions in your ear... but then overwhelms her acolytes with feverish passion for ever more until one sip too many ~ and she is gone in a vaporous flurry, leaving them muddled and weak. Still, the poet drinks… and dreams…

I am beamingly proud to introduce my newest design ~ Absinthe, with model shots by the brilliant Revel of Aesthetic Alchemy. Every time I look at this photo-set I fall in love again ~ the lighting, the mood, the grace and glorious beauty of the model, Ariel Collins...

I've had this one dreamed up for quite some time. In fact, the whole concept of Adornments for Tarts was born from an absinthe-themed gown ~ I made it for myself, and then needed really spectacular, unusual accessories to go with it... so I invented them. And thus it's extra special to me that I was able to use that very gown in these phenomenal images.

Some other bits and bobs of news: my Web site now has a Facebook "share" feature on nearly every page, courtesy of my impossibly talented Web designer husband, of Sassy Monkey Media, so you may easily share links to your favorite adornments. There's also a new interview with me on the lovely Gale's Tattered Rouge blog, where more details of the Absinthe gown story are revealed.

So... drive them mad in the Absinthe adornments, now available in my Etsy shop.

11 comments:

squadratomagico said...

What a nice interview! And I LOVE this design... the color is just scrumptious!

Unknown said...

Oh, I want them all! (Including the gown.)

Must . . . save . . . money . . .

Green is my favorite color and I have a matching bottle of absinthe in the dining room.

Tom Banwell said...

Beautiful, beautiful photographs!

doctor insectus said...

you made the gown as WELL? you are a clever little tart, aren't you?
photographs are astonishing. It's all lush, lush, lush. :*

SteamSmith said...

Truly beautiful! A great concept brought to the fullest realization. BRAVO!

Mark/SteamSmith

Marcheline said...

Beautiful gown/accoutrements!!!

I just adore this model - thanks for sending me the link to her Model Mayhem site.

She reminds me of a mix between Christina Hendricks (the redhead on Mad Men) and Kate Winslet in Titanic. Knockout punch!

I can't believe she's only 19 - she has such a mature, worldly-wise look about her.

Come on by my blog and check out my steampunk art, if you feel like it.

Cheers,
M

Unknown said...

I love the new look, and that model is breathtaking. A perfect pairing of beautiful jewelry with great photography. Love it. :)

Emi said...

Fantastic design and wonderful photos!
♥♥♥

Anonymous said...

So glad I found you. Love the jewellery, model, dress, lighting. Talk about hitting the nail on the head!

Eurowdowka said...

Vive la Fée Verte!
Amazing...Beautiful... Sensual...

Greeting from Poland :)

admit card said...

nice designs.