Rosa, Jason, and Shelley Fairy     of Fairylove

The History of Rosa Bloom Before beginning her adventure into the creation of the Rosa Bloom boudoir, Rosa spent 7 magical years immersed in the colourful world of Fairylove, learning how to make the most beautiful bespoke fairy wings with the infinitely creative Shelley Fairy, and helping to take the fabulous Fairylove stall around the UK summer festival circuit. This life-changing experience, coupled with her life-long love of dressing-up (evidence in the photo below!) and magpie-like hoarding habit of all things sparkly and silky, set her on the road to creating the world of Rosa Bloom.

	Rosa, age 4, wearing an outfit of her own creation! As for the name...it was all down to the creative spark of the inspirational Tamara Dreamweaver. Tamara christened Rosa with the nickname 'Miss Bloom' in the year of 2007, when the Rosa Bloom boudoir was but a twinkle in her mother's eye. And it stuck!
	The Ethos of Rosa Bloom Rosa Bloom's hand-dyed gowns and handmade accessories use a variety of recycled and vintage materials, collected over many years of searching. The burlesque clothing (such as the bloomers and silk knickers) and the silver jewellery is exclusively designed by Rosa, and made by skilled craftspeople in Indonesia. Rosa goes directly to the source, cutting out the middlemen, so that she can ensure that her designs are fairly traded, and made to the highest quality. She has established close working relationships with her suppliers, who, it has to be said, are sometimes a little bemused by the designs she asks them to make!

	Komang, who makes Rosa  Bloom's tasties!	Rosa with Atak and Nanang, who make Rosa Bloom's   bloomers, bustles, and ruffle bras
	Julia and her daughter, who  make Rosa Bloom's silk flower  corsages, made from recycled  off-cuts of batik silk	Nyoman and Wayan working on bloomer samples

The artisan who makes Rosa's jewellery designs, Ketut, began learning the art of silversmithing over 20 years ago, in order to supplement the small income he gets from his main job as a primary school teacher. Ketut gets most of his orders from large tourist jewellery shops in the area, but this is an unreliable source of income; when it's the 'low' season, and there are few tourists around, the orders trail off to nothing, so he was delighted to have an order direct from a customer, meaning he could get a better price for his work, and a reliable payment!   He and his wife, Putu, have a small workshop in their home, and their 7-year old son is already learning the art too!

	Rosa with Ketut (seated) at his work bench	Ketut at work on Rosa's designs
	Ketut, Putu, their 2 children, and family-friend Puspa,  far left, who first introduced Rosa to Ketut	Ketut's wife, Putu, finishing work  on the polishing wheel