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that's why i've been mia forever. i'll be getting back on track soon. if you are on facebook, please check out the Fire Republic group. thanks for your time and see you there!
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www.firerepublic.com
that's why i've been mia forever. i'll be getting back on track soon. if you are on facebook, please check out the Fire Republic group. thanks for your time and see you there!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
it's been a long while. happy new year again! things have been busy, in a good way. i finished my most recent client's shower and wedding invites. i'll post pictures up soon. here is the only pic i have so far:
i have two potential paper jobs coming up and i get the pleasure of designing a birthday invite for my mom's 55th! exciting....
on the sewing end of things, i finished jobs (dresses) for 2 clients. i need pictures! i'll try and see if i can get those and put them up soon. i also had the chance to work on a nursery for one of my former bride client (invitation). how cool? here are some pics.
i've been so out of touch i don't even know what's going on with my favorite bloggers anymore. hopefully, i can get to make the rounds soon!
later!
i have two potential paper jobs coming up and i get the pleasure of designing a birthday invite for my mom's 55th! exciting....
on the sewing end of things, i finished jobs (dresses) for 2 clients. i need pictures! i'll try and see if i can get those and put them up soon. i also had the chance to work on a nursery for one of my former bride client (invitation). how cool? here are some pics.
i've been so out of touch i don't even know what's going on with my favorite bloggers anymore. hopefully, i can get to make the rounds soon!
later!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
working on paper material prototypes for a potential client whose wedding is next may. it will be inspired by these colors.
pretty, huh?
not sure if i mentioned this but last weekend, i worked as a photoshoot stylist for my friend's magazine issue coming out this nov/dec. we had two spreads and i'll talk more about them when the issue comes out but here is a sneak peek ©ariztos magazine:
on a side note: i love this magazine: gd usa. as a designer working with cloth and paper, it is full of ideas and resources. they talk about hot pantone colors in fall and spring fashion also in relation to paper designs. good find by my husband. i'm going to start my gd library with all our back issues!
pretty, huh?not sure if i mentioned this but last weekend, i worked as a photoshoot stylist for my friend's magazine issue coming out this nov/dec. we had two spreads and i'll talk more about them when the issue comes out but here is a sneak peek ©ariztos magazine:
on a side note: i love this magazine: gd usa. as a designer working with cloth and paper, it is full of ideas and resources. they talk about hot pantone colors in fall and spring fashion also in relation to paper designs. good find by my husband. i'm going to start my gd library with all our back issues!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
the new show you might have missed. and if you did, you should catch up on before next summer: amc's madmen. racism and sexism aside, this show set in the '60s was very interesting to watch and it was incredulous to see the things that were done that would not fly in today's world. what really grabbed me was the fashion and yes, the bullet bras! lol. there are three well dressed ladies on that show: betty draper, rachel menken and joan holloway. these are their character names. joan's body is to die for. very marilyn monroe-esque and she knows what works for her. rachel does work wear very well and betty does fashion and home clothes superbly. for betty just because you're a "housewife" doesn't mean you should be drab. the men are equally well dressed too. i tried to find lots of pictures to no avail but you should check out the show's photo gallery here. below is a picture of betty at home. ok, heels at home might be overkill but i want a pair of those. now!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
the invite:
in the meanwhile, i made 3 outfits for 2 clients. i'll put up pictures of the fabrics. beautiful. i don't have any pictures of them in their clothes. will work on that. personal sewing has been on hold as i have 2 more outfits to finish. slow and steady, i guess.
of note, there was a miscommunication between me and one of my client. she requested a two dresses with full skirts. really full. and you can't get any fuller than a gathered skirt which i sketched with lines coming down from the waist to the hem. she approved the sketch. so i sent her the clothes and she said she didn't think it would be gathered. so i said well, the original skirt of the pattern was a full a-line which she saw and wanted more fullness. so, i guess she really wanted the original skirt but didn't know that was what she wanted. so it got me thinking... how full can you make a skirt without doing gathers? will it just look heavy at the bottom if you did an a-line skirt with a ridiculously wide diameter? i smell experiments coming my way!
ps: client was cool about it though.
in the meanwhile, i made 3 outfits for 2 clients. i'll put up pictures of the fabrics. beautiful. i don't have any pictures of them in their clothes. will work on that. personal sewing has been on hold as i have 2 more outfits to finish. slow and steady, i guess.
of note, there was a miscommunication between me and one of my client. she requested a two dresses with full skirts. really full. and you can't get any fuller than a gathered skirt which i sketched with lines coming down from the waist to the hem. she approved the sketch. so i sent her the clothes and she said she didn't think it would be gathered. so i said well, the original skirt of the pattern was a full a-line which she saw and wanted more fullness. so, i guess she really wanted the original skirt but didn't know that was what she wanted. so it got me thinking... how full can you make a skirt without doing gathers? will it just look heavy at the bottom if you did an a-line skirt with a ridiculously wide diameter? i smell experiments coming my way!
ps: client was cool about it though.
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