New fabrics arrived over the weekend, and I can now create ruffle leggings in white as well as red. (in addition to the cream, black, blue, and multi that are ALREADY offered) Capri or full-length! Send me a msg if interested as I don’t have the new color options listed in any of the shops yet.
Happy Monday!
Obviously my feelings of being overwhelmed have continued on, undisturbed, as evidenced by my almost-complete disappearance here. Maybe next week will be better.
Until then, I give you my favorite Pinterest-finds this week. Have a lovely weekend!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to one and all!
I have a wee bit of Irish in me…..just a drop or two.
(green scarf found here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/104299214/green-scarf-extra-long-scarf-knit-scarf?ref=shop_home_active_9)
I don’t really celebrate the day, but I know others do.
(scarf found here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/160285872/green-knit-scarf-green-scarf-hand-knit?ref=shop_home_active_12)
So, have a lovely day, wear a bit of green, and have a designated driver!
I’ve been feeling overwhelmed of late.
I was down for the count last week. Mardi Gras week. No parades or beads for this gal.
This week, I’ve been attempting to play catch-up. Catch-up with emails, convo’s, questions, orders, back-orders, housework, yard work, gardening…the list keeps going.
I’ve become rather overwhelmed by all the online things that need to get done each day, taking me away from the real-life day-to-day business of living my life and running Trapped In Time Designs.
With etsy, artfire, rebelsmarket, facebook, tumblr, pinterest, and the blog, I spend easily 2 hours a day online.
Not to mention the side-trips I always end up taking–the cool new shops I have to browse, the treasuries I have to make, the blogs I have to check, the fabric that needs to be purchased.
It feels like it’s all bogging me down this week.
I know it’ll get better, and I’ll get back on top of it all.
Oh, and the time change? The time change can suck it.
Here’s to hoping YOUR week is going well, and that I’ll be back, refreshed and happy-to-be-here next week. 😉
It’s Mardi Gras day! And it’s raining and freezing cold out! And I’m under the weather!
All that adds up to me, a heating pad, a blanket, some coffee and photo editing/listing of newbies for the shop.
Just listed seven (SEVEN!!!) new capelets over in the etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TrappedInTimeDesigns
Here’s to hoping it’s warmer in YOUR neck of the woods!
I’m so excited to share that one of my designs is featured in a full page photo editorial in New Orleans Weddings Magazine!
Check out the image–that’s mine with the red bodice!!
Hopefully just the beginning of fabulous things.
MUA: Amanda Bravender (For inquiries : http://www.ahbweddingandevents.co)
I can’t believe Mardi Gras is next week. Already!
In honor of the impending (and ongoing) festivities, some images from the recent (and thematically appropriate) shoot.
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/
I’m rolling out the Trapped In Time Tuesday feature again, folks. Since it’s officially carnival time in these parts, I figured what better way to start than with a Mardi Gras accessory.
This is a tulle boa, made from strips of tulle that I cut and sewed individually to a sturdy center strip.
It has layers and layers of tulle sewn on both sides and is pretty fabulous, if I do say so myself.
You can find it in the etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/127893659/boa-mardi-gras-boa-mardi-gras?ref=shop_home_active_7
And in the artfire shop here: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/TrappedInTimeDesigns/8421085/boa_mardi_gras_boa_mardi_gras_costume_tulle_boa_scarf/handmade/clothing/costumes/fantasy
New in the shop over the weekend:
The bustles are all being offered on a made-to-order basis, too.
I’m trying to beef up the shop in between orders. I have a whole stack of things that are ready to be sewn up, and I try to add to it every weekend, as well as subtract from it (ie: sew things up) every week. Problems only arise when I’ve fallen out of love with whatever idea I had had when I cut whatever-it-is out. Then….well, then it goes to the bottom of the stack.
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