Ice cream and fruit headdress turban This is a commission I created for an ice cream/ desert themed party. I decided on an all pink and sweet and shinny affair that was comfy and didn’t slide about too much if the birthday girl fancied a bit of head banging. The chilli added a little attitude, the…

This is a Battery powered flower headdress I made for a festival. It is made from a shell base with jewels, feathers, fake flowers and fairy lights. The battery pack is really small and not heavy as it’s designed for a watch so it’s quite comfortable to wear. The heaviest thing is the shells. The…

So thanks to a great recommendation from my friend Claudia Wilde (yes I know she has an excellent name too), I’ve been maximising on the British Libraries new FREE online image resource. It’s amazing. I spent hours looking through, travelling through a world history from the past few hundred years by way of illustrations. The range…

Headdress Design Festival Fashion These are some of the headdresses and festival fashion pieces I have made over the past few years. They have been sold at events and commissioned by individuals. There’s many more that I have made but I simply haven’t had the time to photograph them. Please get in touch if you’d like one…

This is the wedding stationary I designed and made for my wedding. I used vintage etchings, botanical illustrations and disco balls for the imagery. I made a freshwater pearl, glass flower bead and cut glass and mother of pearl brow chain for the wedding day, pearl and glass bead hair clips for the 7 brides maids…

Glitter Necklace by Polly Playford Design This is a necklace I designed, made and photographed. I photographed it on a mirror I had etched with acid to give it a mottled effect for an interior design project I was working on. The crystals in blue and pink come from one of those crystal trees you…