Another Wednesday Morning

August 13, 2014 / trappedintimedesigns / Leave a comment

Wow, halfway through the week already.

Once again time for my favorite Pinterest finds!

But first–GUESS WHAT! I’m on instagram! FINALLY.

You can pop over and find me there much more regularly than here or even facebook–I’m loving it!

Find me here

On to the Pinterest Finds!

Xiao Wen Ju photographed by Tim Walker for Vogue, September 2012

Jean Paul Gaultier.

model: Anna S.
make-up, styling, hair, photographer: Alina Mirek

Pebblestack Pendant-“Heart Cairn”- by Binks Edmonds

Valentino

Photographed by Tim Walker

And, I’ll just put this right here, too. I have no words, I think many of us are still rather shattered, and I can only wish peace for his family and the ultimate quiet of those inner demons for him.

Pinterest Wednesday

August 6, 2014 / trappedintimedesigns / Leave a comment

Another Wednesday, another installment of “stuff I pinned this week that I think is awesome”.

No lie, I’m pretty busy, so let’s get this started:

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“Andrej Glusgold”

Cult Party Kei

1942 Couple

“Rodney Smith”

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Elle Magazine

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This just makes me happy

Embroidered, Embellished, Pinterest Favorites

July 30, 2014 / trappedintimedesigns / Leave a comment

Things have started taking off in the shop this week.

Working-working-working!

Orders rolling in–early birds for Halloween are my favorites.

When things start taking off, and I start getting so busy, I always find myself getting enamored with techniques that force me to slow down. That invite me to take that comfy seat and grab a cup of milky tea.

Embroidered Pan Collar by The House that Lars Built

Hand-detailing suddenly obsesses me.

Valentino Resort 2015

Anything that forces one to slow down, to take their time, to focus and to relax.

Embroidered tent dress

Hand-work, ahhhhh–always relaxing.

Embroidered, re-purposed bag

Am I crazy?

1920s Party Dress

I thought I’d share some of my favorite embroidered and beaded beauties on the Pinterest Wednesday.

Vintage cardigan

What calms you in times of stress and busy-busy-busy?

White on white–lovely!

Beaded chiffon

1890 Wedding Gown from the V&A Collection

Vintage skirt detailing

1800s muslin embroidered gown–*swoon*

Pinterest Wednesday

July 23, 2014 / trappedintimedesigns / Leave a comment

I have a few orders in and a stack of stuff to sew up, so let’s do this!

My favorite finds on Pinterest this week (credited and linked where able):

“Blackie” –Emmanuel Bobbie

Gaultier

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Chloe Prefall 2013

Abandoned Chateau Clochard

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Dior

Elie Saab

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**As always, I’ve credited where possible. If I’ve missed something or linked incorrectly, please let me know. I claim no rights to these images, nor have I had any hand in creating them. I just love them.

Pinterest Wednesday

June 11, 2014 / trappedintimedesigns / Leave a comment

Orders have slowed down around here, allowing me to catch up on some projects as well as plan some new ones.

And spend more time online.

My favorite pins of the week, in no particular order, and credited/linked when possible.

“Angel 5” by Zena Holloway

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“A New Friend”–Lissy Laricchia

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“young lady with teacup, piglet and attention”~Margo Selski

**As these are images found on pinterest and similar sites, credit may not be associated with the image–if you see anything mis-credited or not credited at all, and you have more information, please let me know. And, of course, I claim no copyrights or rights or involvement in any of these images.

Pinterest Wednesday

May 21, 2014 / trappedintimedesigns / Leave a comment

I’m changing things up a little bit around here to free up more time to work on orders. Attempting to blog 5 days a week was just making me crazy (or making me ignore the blog), so I’m scaling back to 3 days a week.

That said, who knows what will REALLY happen.

So, since I really enjoy sharing my Pinterest finds with you all, I’m moving Pinterest Friday to Wednesday!

My favorite finds of the week (and, as always, you can follow me here: http://www.pinterest.com/trappedintime/):

Portrait of a young woman, Sweden, c.1915

Designer Bill Gibb

Photographer Christian Tagliavini, from his series 1503 (2010) and Dame Di Cartone (2008).

Ziegfeld Star

Lazy Days

February 24, 2014 / trappedintimedesigns / 2 Comments

So, I disappeared for a few days. It wasn’t intentional. It was a spur-of-the-moment-hiatus. From pretty much everything. G was out of town all week, leaving me and the kitties to fend for ourselves. The weather was all over the place. The orders were a little sparse. The audio-book wasn’t delivering. The stack of items to sew up wasn’t singing to me. I was waiting on mountains of fabric to arrive.

It all added up to me, a cross-stitch project that I’ve been working on for 3 years, lots of hot coffee and tea, a blanket and Netflix.

Also: re-arranging the living room.

But, I’m back, ready to go, if not raring. Maybe it’s the time of year? The not-quite-spring but not-quite-winter weather?

So, I’ll leave you with some pretty for your Monday morning. My morning started with my asking the universe why I couldn’t just have one more Sunday before starting the week. Ah, universe, how you vex me.

These are my favorite Pinterest images from last week. Come join me at: http://www.pinterest.com/trappedintime/

McQueen

January 9, 2014 / trappedintimedesigns / Leave a comment

Alexander McQueen. Because I needed a little inspiration this morning.

Over the Weekend

January 6, 2014January 6, 2014 / trappedintimedesigns / Leave a comment

Over the weekend I had my annual winter knits shoot with a couple of my favorite friends–who also just-so-happen to be an amazing photographer and hair/make up artist, respectively. I also got to work with one of my favorite models again. Looking forward to the final images! I’m always so impatient for those. I try really hard to not start asking “are they ready yet?” every few hours.

A behind-the-scenes sneak peek:

My inspiration this year had to be, ultimately, scaled waaaay down since I don’t have an old falling-down house, tons of money, or a snow machine. I started with this idea from a Vogue Korea shoot:

Yeah….that wasn’t going to happen this year. So, I scaled back and decided to do something similar to last years, with changes Last year’s looked like this:

That last knit shoot produced some of my favorite ever images. Britt of Underexposed Photography did this years shoot, too–so I can’t wait to see how amazing the images are!

Hair inspiration this year:

Make up inspiration this year–but without the crazy-creepy eyes. I wanted her to look beautiful, but slightly frozen, going further with the frozen idea than we did last year. (Amanda Bravender did hair and make up on my shoot–and she’s amazing, so it looked fabulous):

I can’t wait to start sharing the final images!

Caged

December 30, 2013 / trappedintimedesigns / Leave a comment

I’m still trying to put things back together around here after Christmas (and a fabulous visit from my sister) festivities and a last-minute open-heart surgery for my grandfather (he’s doing well). In between orders, I’ve also gotten the end-of-the-year organization bug and have been re-doing my fabric stash, which (of course) has led to a more elaborate re-do (involving our guest room, new shelves, a new mailing station, and figuring out what to do with extra furniture).

So, rather than blather on too long about all that, I’ll just post some pretty for you. Cages being the theme. Enjoy!