{"id":19457,"date":"2023-12-20T09:54:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T14:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/?p=19457"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:53:57","slug":"how-i-got-started-making-special-wardrobe-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/how-i-got-started-making-special-wardrobe-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Got Started Making Special Wardrobe Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m a lifelong learner, interested many things. I often reflect that everything I\u2019ve ever learned goes into my work at some point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2012, I studied in London with renowned florist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judithblacklock.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"broken_link\">Judith Blacklock<\/a> (who used to do flowers for the Queen). Later, I used the knowledge I gained from Judith and began to create special wardrobe pieces for my clients if they desired it. This was my first piece, a Christmas tree skirt, which I made back in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This image was first published in the winter 2016 issue of the British magazine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nafas.org.uk\/the-flower-arranger-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Flower Arranger.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portrait of Erica, Plymouth, NH, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/&copy;Maundy-Mitchell-2015-Erica-Christmas-Tree-576x720.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Erica wearing a Christmas tree skirt\" class=\"wp-image-19458\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can see the blog post about how I made this piece, and the photo session, <a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/the-tree-skirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the post about the British magazine feature of this image, <a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/british-magazine-feature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can I create for your <a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/the-portrait-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Portrait Experience<\/a>?  Let&#8217;s talk about it!  Email me: m&#97;&#x75;nd&#x79;&#x40;ma&#x75;&#x6e;dy&#x6d;&#x69;t&#99;&#x68;&#x65;l&#108;&#x2e;&#x63;o&#109;.  I&#8217;m looking forward to talking with you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m a lifelong learner, interested many things. I often reflect that everything I\u2019ve ever learned goes into my work at some point. In 2012, I studied in London with renowned florist Judith Blacklock (who used to do flowers for the Queen). Later, I used the knowledge I gained from Judith and began to create special<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/how-i-got-started-making-special-wardrobe-pieces\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-portraits","category-published"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19457"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22999,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19457\/revisions\/22999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}