The title should say "All about me". As it's just me. There is no huge warehouse or factory where the gowns and costumes are produced. It's all done by me, by hand, from my home.

I was originally from Poole, in Dorset (England), where I spent my child hood and late teenage years. Now, however, I have more of a Nomadic lifestyle due to being married to a service man. On average we move every two years (have a look at the contact us section on the FAQ's for my current location).

While living in Poole, I was lucky enough to attend Talbot Heath Independent Girls School getting an excellent education, which I left when I was 16. From then I attended The Arts Institute (Bournemouth), where I studied art and and design.

When my daughter was born, and I ventured into the real world, I originally had a job with Ceuta Healthcare in IT, which was miles away from what I truly wanted to do. At that time I wanted to be a Fantasy Illustrator. I spent a year or so working for Ceuta, then moved on to join the RAF. I worked in Admin for the RAF for 3 years, after which I married my husband, left the RAF and became a house wife.

I had spent far too long away from my passion for art and design, and having the extra time as a house wife enabled me to start exploring my creative side again.

I spent another two years, just trying to find what it was I was good at. I was a bit of an all-rounder at college, I wasn't outstanding or really bad at anything, which meant finding something that I was really good was actually quite hard. However, my mum gave me her old Singer sewing machine because she was brought a new one, and all of a sudden it all clicked into place.

The Singer wasn't great, it was about 25 years old, and had never been serviced! Which meant it was very hard to work with. However, after a tour of Iraq, my wonderful husband purchased me a brand new machine, and amazing things started to happen. Originally I made bags, and gave them to family and friends. But I wanted to do more, and as time went on, I learnt more, read books, attended courses. Until I was comfortable enough to start making my own patterns and clothing.

I had always intended to go and get another "real" job, but every time I looked into it, it just simply wasn't feasible, with the cost of childcare, running a car etc. Plus, being moved by the RAF every two years makes it very hard to hold down a decent job. I decided I wanted to work for myself, and selling my wears seemed to be the way to do it. I needed to be able to stop trading, pack up my things, move house and be able to start trading again straight away; sewing fitted into this very well. It also meant I was able to be there for my daughter during the day, luckily I just have to do the school run now as she's older, so I get most of the day to myself to work.

My first port of call for selling my wears was ebay. And ebay has been so good that I continue to trade there today, although the gowns and dresses I sell today are a far cry from the original gown I sold for just £30. I started making Medieval style costumes for women and selling them on ebay, they were quite basic, but after every dress I had made I learnt new techniques and methods to improve and develop my designs. Now I am able to offer a variety of dresses, gowns and costumes, as well as developing larger ranges.

As well as making to sell, I also offer a custom gown and dressmaking service. Where I will work with you to make your gown fit you perfectly. For many of my "made to sell" gowns, I try and make them (where possible) multiple sized, by lacing, modesty panels etc. As a dressmaking service I will also make dresses and gowns to a commercial pattern, ideal for those who are attending a prom or ball and wish to have a properly made and fitting gown, with out the cost of a custom made one off gown.

Please have a look around the rest of the site, if you have any questions that are not covered here, please send me a message and I'll be pleased to help.