I am in working like crazy to get things ready for the new online shop opening. I will be starting out with mostly fabric work. But the real focus will be a combination of mixed media items, using thrifted recycled items as well as more “green” products. This is going to be a little different [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Armstrong Industry
Posted in Art, Fabric, Studio Business, Thrifting, creative life, design on June 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Fabric Dying Studio Relocation
Posted in Art, Fabric, color, design on June 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is the last week. I have to break down my sewing studio this and move it to the Red Thread. It is so hard to move, because it seems to take so long to get everything back together. It is exciting, since I always like a new adventure. It is also a good for [...]
Moving Interior Design
Posted in Interior Design, Style, Thrifting, creative life on June 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
As I have been talking about for a while, we are going to be moving soon. It is a mixed feeling of excitement and change, but fustration and a stress for all the work and decisions. The beach house where we are moving is much smaller, but I have the upstairs studio space (at the [...]
New Designs and Shop Opening
Posted in Fabric, Studio Business, design on June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have been working on new designs with the idea of opening of a online shop. It will be interesting to see the difference from operating a bricks and mortor (red thread studio) shop along with the online venture. At the red thread I showcase my work along with about 12 other artisans.
Here is a sneak [...]
Fashion Designing again
Posted in Fashion, Style, design on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have been working in home decor and clothing accessories for some time now. I have in the past created mostly fashion. My current location is not that easy to market interesting clothing a a large scale so I have unconsciously limited my clothing design in the last few years. Last month I had the [...]
Second Floor Studio and Thrifting
Posted in Interior Design, Thrifting, color on June 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The second floor of the gallery is still a work in progress. It is being used for classes and meetings, but the plumbing still need to be finished, as soon as SA and the boys have a free moment from all our other ongoing projects. I have been able to do some work on the [...]
Red Thread Windows
Posted in Studio Business, color on June 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It is about time to change the windows in the studio. This is usually a challange. I actually have four similar windows, since the building used to be two seperate store fronts and has two door/window sets. That is a lot of window space to work with and I do get sun, so limited things [...]
Mood Board Design
Posted in Fabric, Interior Design, creative life on June 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Decor8 is having a fun deisgn board contest. Here is my part of the contest.
The contest helped me finally put this room all together. We are moving to our beach house next month.

