Dresses UK

Hi Guys,

We were recently Interviewed on a dear friends blog over at "Musings of Buffyleigh"

Buffy has an incredible eye for quirky fashion and shares her passion for Independent Design and Uniqueness with her readers over at her fashion blog. Each post is so inspiring and full to the seams of Independent eccentric designers from all over the world that Buffy just seems to be able to unearth from all corners of the Internet. Its certainly a blog on my reader and a good one to add if your also into quirky finds from the fashion-sphere!

A huge thanks to Buffy for featuring our label recently, we are delighted to have our work shared with your readers too. :)

A while back I mentioned about some really awesome news that I was really excited about. I wanted to share this with you guys to keep you informed with whats going on with the label each step of the way. :)

At a point along the way I had realized that doing absolutely everything alone was a bit of a task. designing, constructing, emailing, shipping, wrapping, marketing, sourcing, buying....yada, yada, yada, the list goes on but you get the drift! I was longing for someone to share the experience with, sombody with the same obsessive passion for it as me, someone as anal about "the look" and the finish as me and someone mostly who I could rely on and could share the journey with. As fate would have it that somone was under my nose all along. In fact the lady I asked to join me was no other than the very person who inspired me to start creating in the first place way back when I was too young to even hold a scissors! My Auntie Ger, one of my Dads younger sisters. Ger has joined the "Bonzie" starship enterprise as my partner, my rock, my other half and head of production. Ger is also a fully qualified designer and tailor bringing years of bridal experience, in fact we joked at the beginnning about how we are now like yin and yang, Im a fan of randomness and Ger is a fan of precision and between the two of us we are creating some interesting new pieces and bubbling with plans for developing the label.

Its so lovely to have someone to share such an awesome experience with and I can't think of anyone I would rather be sharing it with. Even during times of stress and impending deadlines we manage a giggle. Recently on the day that I was heading to Kerry for the recent bridal mag photoshoot we had a bit to do on one of the pieces that contained hundreds of handmade corsages, we were working literally against the clock and both of us on the studio floor sewing beading in a frenzy... needless to say hysteria kicked in and we were so stressed we got into a fit of the giggles, rolling around on the floor covered in organza until I decided that wasn't funny enough and stood on the pot of pearls ( the one that Ger keeps with THOUSANDS in it) which went rolling all over the floor, there we were now in a sea of pearls, organza, and both of us in the foetal position laughing hysterical, all the while this skirt was still sitting unfinished on the mannequin and time was running out! To finish it off I then decided that it would be a good idea to sew the skirt right through the mannequin cover so that we couldn't even get it off, at this point Ger was purple in the face and choking on the giggles.

Its the days like these that make be a design duo absolutely fabulous!

I hope you guys welcome Ger to the blog too and I want to thank her for bringing her drive and passion to something that means so much to me.

Welcome Ger!!!! Heres to a fabulous year!

x

bonzie

Some of the recent etsy custom orders have been all about that special day! I was really fortunate to work with some really great gals on pieces designed in collaboration with each of them to come up with something unique to wear with both stunning dresses.

If it had not been for these lovely brides requesting such items I don't know if I would have ever got around to trying them for myself, so Im thankful for the input from clients too, its always the driving force for new and exciting products. ;)

x

bonzie

I really enjoyed this article feature on etsy in Irelands Metro Newspaper. I was also featured as an Irish seller doing her thang so I am thrilled with this outcome. In fact I have seen a recent pike in Irish clients communicating through etsy so I have no doubt the fabulous article written by an equally fabulous gal, Therese McKenna has been the winning factor in this. The article also featured a really lovely jewellery designer, AnnasJewels, a fellow Irish Etsian! I love how etsy is bringing all these independent designers out of the closet! :)

Thanks to Therese for being such a genuine pleasure to deal with and Cheers to Metro for bringing my work to an Irish Audience. :)

Hope you can get to have a look at this article for yourselves. xx

bonzie

So with the onset of Fall (well if I'm honest, Fall never quite left Ireland last year, we have had about 5 sunny days this summer!) I digress, sorry, I was musing bout the onset of fall and the new range of products ahoy!

There has been a lot of movement in bonzie land of late which I will be sharing with you guys very soon! its all very exciting. ;0

There will be an influx of new products coming for Autumn and the Christmas season! The shop has been a lot of neck wear (well we love neck wear round here) but I have been hankering for some more new jackets, dresses, corsets etc and they are coming to an etsy shop near you real soon!

for now here are the latest additions the fall line, Crushed Black Velvet Couture scarves, decadent and classy yet they have a slight Gothic edge to them which I love too! Would look super over a plain coat or polo neck this Autumn/Winter. Limited stock available now at the boutique :)

Hi guys,

I'm still here................

As you guys all know I have been making trackways through the list of custom orders in the shop of late and wanted to share this beauty with you before it leaves the store on its merry way to an awesome client across the pond.

I was given the colours black,ivory and pewter to create a matching set that would compliment a very elegant black dress for a VIP wedding guest. I have to say had I not been asked to do this colour combo, I might never have come across such a cool combination. I really love the richness of how these little guys came out and I am also very excited that they are going to be worn too as a pair, I think they will look really funky with a refined black number!

x

bonzie

This is a piece that I was commissioned to make for a lovely bride to be on etsy. I have never come accross these fingerless lace gloves before and I was really interested in giving them a shot! I really enjoyed working on these, what can I say the lady loves lace! they are the perfect balance of feminine delicacy with a touch of punk bride if you ask me ! Really awesome idea and glad I gave them a whirl. ;)

x

bonzie

Once again Grey is the colour of the day! ;)

Its very exciting news here guys! The first of the 3 magazine articles has hit the shelves her in Ireland. PC Live Magazine, Irelands Premiere computer lifestyle magazine has done a fantastic article on Steampunk and I was featured as Irelands only steampunk fashion designer with an interview by your truely about my etsy online boutique and my bonzie label with its steampunk essence!!!

The article is an absolutely fabulous informative read written by a really gorgeous writer called Maria Golpe, who was an absolute lady to deal with and a gem of a business woman.

Of course etsy got a great plug too which is a great step towards reaching a new market in Ireland where more and more buyers and sellers are creating accounts by the day!

I am really thrilled about this piece and would like to extend my thanks to all the guys over at PC Live and especially Maria , for being an all round gem! xxxx

bonzie

ps. don't forget to enter the free cuff giveaway competition below guys by posting a comment to enter.

Here are some pictures from my recent photoshoot, in my mini orchard (notice apple props!....everywhere!). I am preparing to stock my "Online Etsy Boutique", where all of the designs can be purchased. My Model worked out great, I think she looks perfect in my designs, in fact I think she has become my new muse!! Aswell as being great fun to work with too!