- A 16th century Venetian courtesan -
Flower Crowns
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I love flower crowns! There's just something so festive and whimsical about them.
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For Yule 2016, I was gifted a lovely holly wreath by Baroness Eadyth Woderose.
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In a poem by Sappho, she describes herself and a lover wearing garlands of violets - which later came to be associated with "Sapphic" desire. I made some violet crowns for myself and some of my friends using millinery flowers and leaves from the Etsy shop APinkSwan, floral tape, floral wire, and fake ivy leaves. After I was given a court baronage, I added six pearls to the crown - it's now my "stealth coronet"!
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Ruby Joust 2017: After seeing a group photo of people wearing flower crowns at an event, I decided to make a bunch of flower crowns for our barony members in blue and red, our baronial heraldic colors. I got the flowers on sale from Jo-Ann. I also got some of these rose crowns from eBay and swapped the light blue roses out for some other blue flowers (crowns exclusively made of roses are reserved for Ladies of the Order of the Rose).
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Photo Gallery
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 April 22, 2017: The supplies to make violet crowns for me and a few friends |  May 4, 2017: Violet crowns for me and a few friends |  Wearing my violet crown at Pennsic 2017 |
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 This holly crown was made for me by Baroness Eadyth Woderose for Yule 2016 |  This holly crown was made for me by Baroness Eadyth Woderose for Yule 2016 |  This holly crown was made for me by Baroness Eadyth Woderose for Yule 2016 |
 May 11, 2017: After seeing a group photo of people wearing flower crowns at an event, I decided to make a bunch of flower crowns for our barony members in blue and red, our baronial heraldic colors. Here I am goofily trying on all the ones I'd made so far at once. |  When my friend Virag Qarabay saw the previous photo, she asked if she could use it as an art reference. This is the fabulous result! |  May 15, 2017: I made a few smaller ones as well |
 Ruby Joust 2017: the "sequel" to the previous image! I am wearing nearly all the crowns I made at once. |  Ruby Joust 2017: Barony Group Photo with most people wearing flower crowns! |  Virtual Yule 2020 - I got dressed up for the video chat we had that year, and wore the holly crown with my (super wrinkly 😬) green Greek-ish chiton. |