Our Story
I have always loved making things with my hands. When I was seven years old, I started sewing for the first time. I now have over 20 years of experience creating clothing, accessories, jewelry, and various other crafts. This experience has in turn given me high standards for quality, and I strive to hold myself to those standards.
My formal education is in web and graphic design. Knowing how to play with shapes, color, spacing, and other design elements is a skill applicable to any creative medium, and that insight has served me well.
Platyfly Studios specializes in affordable handcrafted goods for the whimsical and mischievous. Mythpunks, cosplayers, reenactors, Pagans, and other fans of fantastical or quirky styles will find just what they are looking for. This store is also an ideal place for the gender nonconforming/nonbinary and transgender communities, whose members often have difficulty finding quality off-the-rack clothing that fits properly.
P.S. - What the heck is a "platyfly" anyway? A platyfly is, most simply, a platypus with butterfly wings. But more specifically, it comes from my personal affinity for the platypus, and my aunt's tendency to call me Butterfly. It is a reminder to dream big, because anything is possible.
Additional services:
- Custom corsets
- SpiritHoods liner swaps and other alterations
- Made-to-order sewing, jewelry, and knit projects
- Wedding attire
- Gender nonconforming/nonbinary clothing
- Specialty custom work for transgender clients
Platyfly Studios is supported and encouraged by many enthusiastic and generous people. This business would not exist without the contributions made by the following people:
Joe and Marlene Stork, who gave me my sewing machine
Andy, Sandy, and Tom Peck who gave me my serger
Celiedh Chance, who created the AMAZING artwork used in the company logo
Gabrielle Gold, who helped with this About text
IndieGoGo Video Crew-
Riley McConnell
Andy Peck
IndieGoGo Backers-
Kelly Anderson, Lydia Bargielski, Morva Bowman, My dear sister Annie, Brat Conway, Flora Delisle, Anjala Dick, Kina Holzer, Diana Gilchrist, Gabrielle Gold, Marc Grossman, Shawna Jacques, Heather Jewell, Rob Jones, Stephanie Koutek, Crystal Mathis, Riley McConnell, Jen Midkiff, Sarah Miller, Andy Peck, Malarie Piercy, Elizabeth Reid-Steere, Kat Robertson, Dillon and Gabrielle Smith, Tim and Beth Staker, and Beth Taylor-Porter
Photo Shoot Personnel-
Photographer: Sarah Miller
Make-Up Artist: Anjala Dick
Models: Beth Taylor-Porter, Riley McConnell, Kayla Roan, Anne B, and Mickey O'Donnell
Frame and drape provided by Rob Jones.
And extra special thanks to my housemates Riley, Kina, James, and Kai for tolerating all of my crafting craziness, for rides to the post office to ship products, and for general moral support.