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This Week
Weekly wrap-up:
I’ve been working on orders as well as items for the upcoming photo shoots–still SO excited!!
Husband has been out of town, which allows me to stock up on junk food get a lot more sewing done, since I am able to sew into the evening hours–I don’t really cook when it’s just me.
While I work, I’ve been listening to “The Tudors: The Complete Story of England’s Most Notorious Dynasty” by G.J. Meyer, and I have to say–I’m loving it! I love history, and have always loved reading about any of the Tudors, but sometimes the books can be, let’s just say, a wee bit dry. Not the case here–it’s so interesting, and I’m even learning things I’ve not encountered in other books! Really worth it, if you’re a history nerd like me.
Have a fabulous weekend!
Inspiration and a Sale
My sister is coming into town next month, and we plan to (finally) get to do some photo shoots together–which is awesome and exciting and has been keeping me full of MILLIONS of ideas (at all hours of the day and night)! She is a new photographer, focusing so far on wedding, maternity, engagement, family and senior photography. With a big sis like me, you KNOW she has to gets to try her hand at the world of fashion/costume/editorial photography!
I have a few shoots that I’ve been planning in my head for months and those are finally getting to the “make it happen” stage. I’ve been gathering ideas, writing (too many) lists, losing said lists, writing NEW lists, cutting out, imagining, re-imagining, drawing and just generally being a crazy pants.
Inspiration for a couple of the shoots–I feel like both are departures for me, being that neither focuses too much on costume-costumes (it’s a thing in my head). I’m so excited for these!!!
*Images gathered via Pinterest–I do not own or claim ownership of ANY of these. By the time I found them, no artist names were associated, so if you see your work please contact me with info so that I can properly credit you. I love Pinterest, but it makes it entirely too easy for someone’s hard work to get out there on the net with no link back to the creator.
Also–I’m feeling the need for a bit of a clear out and have been adding new items to the shops Clearance section–and I’ve put EVERYTHING in that section at 50% off original price!
Success!
Print Tank
The new shoot was a full success!
Oversize Crop Top
I mean, I know I’m the one saying it, so maybe take that with a grain of salt.
Kimono Jacket
But, I think the new look really makes the items pop in the listings.
Oversize Crop Top
What do you think?
Babydoll Tunic
I already have the next shoot scheduled, and hope to have the majority of the shop switched over to the new style within the next few months.
Swing Tank
I commented to G the other day that the only things I have to talk about–indeed, the only things I think about–are all work-related.
Oversize Crop Top
I must be a true bore.
Babydoll Tunic
I need to get out into the garden this weekend!
Go fishing! (we totally got our fishing licenses this past weekend–both of us love fishing, but have never fished down here! G grew up fishing in the Bahamas, and I grew up fishing in MN. So, it’s a new adventure)
Maybe then I’ll have more to discuss…and be a tad more interesting. 😉
Spring!
Vintage Handkerchief Skirt
I’ve been working on new Spring and Summer things for the shop lately–neglecting the blog, neglecting the yard, neglecting the garden. *sigh*
Linen Tunic Dress
Just sewing, sewing, sewing, SEWING!
Chiffon Swing Tank
Also re-working (or attempting to re-work) the photography for my etsy shop.
Floral Tunic Dress
While I love the editorial photography, the lighting, the mood, the setting…..it’s not as cohesive as I’d like it to be.
Gauze Gypsy Dress
So, I decided to try a new style.
Giraffe Tunic Dress
Went out with the lovely Nancy Jane a couple of weeks ago and snapped a bunch of new photos with new things, as well as old.
Kimono Jacket
While I love them……they’re still not right.
Floral Babydoll Tunic
And so, today, we’re trying this again.
Print Swing Tank
But in the wee little photo studio I have set up this time.
Yellow Sundress
Going for more simple. Less distraction from the clothing.
Butterfly Tunic Dress
But I think I’m going to miss the backgrounds.
Polka Dot Sundress
Trying to get your business the way you want it is a never-ending process, it seems.
Pinstripe Babydoll Tunic
But worth it.
Linen Sundress
Happy Almost-Weekend to you!
Mardi Gras Shoot
After a long (looooooooong) and unintentional blog-hiatus, I’m back!
Really, that was a long time to be away.
Blame instagram–it’s so much easier to post a picture with a one-liner, and go about my merry way.
Also: business has been pretty kick ass since before Halloween, and I’ve been busy sewing (and upgrading my studio).
I figured some images from a Mardi Gras themed shoot I did this week would be in order for my first post back in this cob-web-filled space.
These are just images that I took–I’m anxiously (yet patiently) waiting for the final edits from Underexposed Photography, whom you’ll recognize from past shoots.
Hair & Makeup by AHB Hair & Makeup
Models: Yuri Sisson & Nancy Jane
Clothing & Accessories: Trapped In Time Designs
Crazy town
Just another couple of weeks and it’ll be back to normal around here.
For now, this is some of what I’ve been up to, 7 days a week, in no particular order:
Ouf
So, I’m still alive, but wow–that instagram–so much easier! I have this problem where, since I don’t have an iPhone, and my cell doesn’t currently have the ability to get the instagram app, I have to use the iPad. The severely neglected iPad, that was procured solely for the purpose of taking payments at events. The sad iPad that was, up until recently, only used for listening to audio books. That iPad is now my constant companion. However, I hate (with a blinding passion) typing anything longer than one or two sentences on the thing, so blogging from it is not an option. So now I find myself in the position of having all my pictures of work in progress, etc, on the iPad, but my blogging is done from the laptop.
First World Problems, right?
So, I’ve been working up a storm, and things are starting to get crazy for Halloween already.
Which means, OF COURSE, that I came up with a new venture that I’m obsessed with.
Embroidered portraits.
I’ve finished up one so far, and have the second started.
I hope to be selling these soon–once I land on an acceptable price point, which requires making at least a couple more, to judge time actually spent.
So, this is the first one, complete and just waiting around until I can manage to get things together enough to sell–Frank N Furter!
I’m absolutely in love with this. The one I’m working on now is Harold and Maude.
I know I need to get with the times, and maybe make something more “now”, more “with it”. But, for my first few projects, I wanted to work on images that were my personal favorites. That way, if I’m the only person in the whole world that things they’re cool, I’m happy to hang them on the wall. 😉
I’ll try to get back into this blogging place. I promise.
This Week
It’s been a good week–still a little slow on the orders-front, but that’s normal for June. A few come in here and there, and so I get those done immediately, and then back to new items, new styles, new adventures.
A pair of ruffle leggings was made and shipped off to Canada:
A capelet found a new home:
A new style of dress was created (and I’m in LOVE)–it’s a lovely lightweight black gauze over a black cotton lining, and I CANNOT WAIT to get it onto a model for fit and better pictures:
Another stack of crop tops for the upcoming lakefront shoot:
The second of three shirts for a friend’s order:
A new tattered lace collar:
And a tattered fabric boa:
(also a couple of new shirts for myself snuck their way in)
As I sewed away, I listened to:
–“Doctor Sleep” by Stephen King–this is a follow-up to “The Shining”, one of my all-time favs of King’s. You find out what happened to Danny, and it’s a fabulous story. Lives up to the original, and satisfies all those “I wonder what happened to…” questions from the first. I really enjoyed it–having a good book on cd to listen to makes ALL the difference when sewing. Makes me more anxious to get back into the studio every morning!
–“Edwin of the Iron Shoes” by Marcia Muller–I had no idea that this book was from 1977, until the lead character put on a “tailored denim pantsuit” to go to an interview. That had me wondering, but what REALLY got me was when another character was described to be wearing a leisure suit. Good story, kept my interest. Not on the same level as “Doctor Sleep”, but interesting nonetheless.
Where I’ve Been
Or, rather, what I’ve been up to, since where I’ve been (the studio and the garden) hasn’t really changed.
I’ve been sewing up a few shirts for a friend’s order (that blue jersey is one of my FAVORITE fabrics of all-time. I made myself a shirt with it, and it’s just sooooooo comfy and soft!):
Turning a big ol’ stack:
Into a bunch of these:
And sewing up a pair of shorts (WHAAAAT? I never sew shorts!):
The shirts and the shorts are being made for a soon (I hope) shoot I have in the works with one of my amazingly talented model-friends. Just a low-key shoot, probably along the lakefront. I’m in love with the shirts, and want to have a whole slew of them up in the shops soon–but they just look so lackluster on the dress forms! They change dramatically when on a human form. Also–a great excuse to get out of the studio and go have some FUN!
I have a number of shoots in the works right now–can’t wait to get going on them all!
Happy Monday–I know it’s not the norm to enjoy a Monday, but I always kind of do (don’t smack me). It always feels a little like a fresh start, and I have an extra bounce in my step as I go about planning the week.
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