ThistleCottageStudio

Welcome to Thistle Cottage Studio!!
Our new sister store, Orsini~Medici Couture Millinery is now open at:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/OrsiniMedici Over the next few months, we will be migrating most of the hats in TCS to that shop.
Please visit our new shop Orsini~Medici Couture Millinery at:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/OrsiniMedici
If you see something missing that you've had your eye on, either convo me, or follow the link above, to the new shop, and most likely, it will be listed there. Sorry for any confusion in the interim.
Watch for our new ad in the back of the March/April issue of Victoria Magazine!!
The new shop OMCM, will be THE source for our fine, handmade hats, and special occasion dresses, fascinators, and soon, an exclusive line of fine jewelry, while
Thistle Cottage Studio, will still continue to offer unique handmade clothing, hats, knitwear, and accessories, at affordable prices. I hope you'll keep an eye on both shops, favorite OMCM, as you have TCS, and watch us grow!!
Recently, I received this lovely message from one of my most loyal customers , and just had to share it. She's just a little partial, so I hope you can appreciate this!!
"Hey Elsie,
Just for the heck of it I went on ETSY and searched hand blocked hats. There were 347 on 9 pages. None of them hold a candle to you. The designs weren’t original and/or they weren’t well made, but just cobbled together. You are the BEST at what you do.
Thanks for letting me in on it.
Hugs, Paula"

UPDATE: Thistle Cottage Studio's FALL/WINTER 2012 MILLINERY WORKSHOPS MARATHON, in N. Providence, RI, is now enrolling for weekend workshops. Please email us at thistlecottagestudio [!at] gmail.com for more information!! You can now use Etsy to charge your tuition securely!! Please convo me first, and I will set up a special listing for you.
Please be aware that these are not online courses, but courses for those who can attend in person, in N. Providence, RI on a one time workshop, or on a regular basis.

Here is the year of 2012 in review, of hats by Orsini~Medici Couture Millinery, courtesy of HatAcademy!! It's been a very inspired and busy year!!! Enjoy!! And please feel free to leave your comments!!
http://hatacademy.com/photo/albums/orsini-medici-couture-millinery-for-thistle-cottage-studio

Our new hat lines for 2012, and in the future will carry our new label,
Orsini~Medici Couture Millinery. You can now see the entire collection for 2012 in a slideshow format by going to this website: http://hatacademy.com/photo/photo/slideshow?albumId=6485913:Album:5364 (you will need to copy and paste this URL to your browser)

BLOGPOST:
Mille graci!! Or, a million thank yous to my dear friend, and fellow Etsyian, MCatherine of Hide a Heart, for posting her interview with me on her blog. Check out her Etsy shop too, for a most unique way to spread your love to those you care about!!!
Here's the link to that new blogpost/interview, about what inspires my creations, and
the story of my new brand, Orsini~Medici Couture Millinery!! Please remember to leave your comments!! (Please copy and paste to your browser).
https://hideaheart.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/thistle-cottage-studio/#comment-1008

Gift Certificates are also now available in any denomination.

If you love fine handmade millinery, unique hand knitted and crocheted pieces, shabby chic, cottage-style, all things charming and romantic, a nod to the UK, ethnic, period and historically inspired fashion, repurposed collectibles, upcycled/recycled jewelry, and even Italian Renaissance masks, then I think you will enjoy what you see here. Ideas come fast and furious, leaving me no time to rest between projects. Like spores and tendrils from the numerous lush ferns growing in my studio, new ideas take root from one to the next, in an endless evolving cycle of creativity. Several projects are often in progress at the same time. So many ideas, so little time!! Stop in often, you never know what you'll see next!! Thanks so much for browsing!!!

THISTLE COTTAGE STUDIO & ORSINI~MEDICI COUTURE MILLINERY
" It's OK to wear a hat!!!"

Hats off to you!!

This article, including my Victorian Mourning Hat, along with a beautiful Victorian Mourning Gown by Christine Hall Designs (also on ETSY), made it to the front page of Etsy's blog, The Storque. If you'd like to read it, simply click on the live link below. If it is not a live link at some point in the future, copy and paste it to your browser, and go. Enjoy!! Please remember to leave your comment!!
http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/the-milliners-of-etsy-challenge-11337/?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=blog+post&utm_content=etsy_teams_122010&utm_campaign=etsy_teams_12201

For sneak peeks behind the scenes of new projects on the cutting tables, even before I upload them in my ETSY shop, stop in and follow Thistle Cottage Studio's blog by copying and pasting this link to your browser:
http://www.merchantcircle.com/blogs/thistle.cottage.studio.401-231-4343

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