Fascinators and Hats by Arlene Cano: Pantone colors for Spring....Greenery Green and Pr...

Fascinators and Hats by Arlene Cano: Pantone colors for Spring....Greenery Green and Pr...: I always like to incorporate Pantone's seasonal colors in my fascinators so that they will match the colors sold in the stores.  Pantone...

Pantone colors for Spring....Greenery Green and Primrose Yellow

I always like to incorporate Pantone's seasonal colors in my fascinators so that they will match the colors sold in the stores.  Pantone is a service that decides what the colors will be for the 4 seasons, the manufactures use these colors when deciding what they will use for their clothing, therefore it will be easy for my customers to find matching fascinators for their dresses.

Here are a few of my spring designs in Greenery and Primrose.

D.I.Y.  Fascinators

                      How to make a Fascinator for the little girl in your life to celebrate Spring   

Bon Bons ready for prime time

I had a very successful photo shoot yesterday, beautiful new model, Christiana, showed off my new fascinators with style and class.  We shot about 30 fascinators in a couple of hours, 800 plus shots. Now I start getting them up on my Etsy site...........www.etsy.com/shop/thefascinatormaven

Arlene's Original Designs New line, new ideas, take a peek

I am just finishing up my new spring line of little bon bon fascinators. I will get them all finished by tomorrow and do a photo shoot on Saturday morning. I am really excited about these, so cute, so easy to wear. One last look at my work table, next picture will be finished pieces on a model.

Pink Pussycat Hats

I went to the women's march here in Bellingham and I wore a fleece hat that one of the entrepreneurs here in town made up for the occasion.  I was mighty glad that I had it because it was pretty cold and the hat was a nicely made and lined fleece.  This got me thinking, most of the Pink Pussycat hats were knit or crocheted, great if you have the time and the talent to make one, how about a very simple, quick fleece hat, so I made up a pattern that I want to share with you.  You can purchase one from my Etsy shop for only $1 and it is an instant download.
www.etsy.com/shop/thefascinatormaven

Little Bon Bons

I am just finishing up some of my new line for Spring. This year I have been inspired to make a collection of small fascinators because here in the US we seldom wear fascinators except for special occasions like weddings or teas. When we do wear fascinators casually it is usually for a luncheon or cocktails, so I wanted to design something really easy to wear.  When I photographed the first group in the collection they reminded me of little confections, little bon bons.
I will have them up on my Etsy shop in a couple of weeks. 
www.etsy.com/shop/thefascinatormaven