Eco Fashion Design
25 Mar 2008 1 Comment
in Blogroll, color, Fashion, Style, vintage Tags: color, eco design, Fashion design, Style, vintage
Here is a great design company that I found (via Crust Station). They are eco friendly and very creative. They have great vintage flair with their clothing. It is just they way I try to run my business. Love the color on their web site.
In my own textile business at this time in my life, I have started to focus more on home accessories and fabrics. But I will always be drawn to fashion design and style. I still make bags and small fashion accessories, and create the fashion for my own clothing to wear.
More Finds
20 Mar 2008 6 Comments
in Art, Style, Thrifting, vintage Tags: chickens, green, olive, retro, Tiles, vintage
It is so great to find things. Here are some other forgotton items I found while sorting boxes. I found these tiles in the town where I grew up, in a junk shop. I love the style, they are hand painted and labeled on the back. The artist is
Robert Darr Wert, no date though.
Great colors
Even though these are labeled country, they have a retro modern sense to me.
Organization and Storage
14 Feb 2008 1 Comment
in creative life, Furniture, Interior Design, Style, Thrifting, vintage Tags: display, painting, planning, sewing, Studio design, Thrifting, vintage furniture, workroom
Since my last post about organizing my studio, I have made real effort to find/collect together all my materials and supplies that are scattered in several different places. Many things were packed and moved to the working studio from my home studio, and not marked or sorted. I am now going to have separate wet and dry areas, that should help with work flow. I am doing more planning than usual, lets hope it shows in productivity in the end of this process. I have been looking at different types of storage, I love the style of this
shelving unit that Holly of Decor8 posted. I think a combination of open and closed storage areas will work best. I get really cranky with a lot of clutter around.
My current goals with the new space:
-Sort and get rid of old things that do not work with my current design style. (Possible collage packs, de-stash).
-Store items that are used together in the same location, near its use area.
-Use coordinating storage containers, label/tag everything. (No matter how much we sort, the locations are hard to remember).
I have several types of containers around here, I like to use similar style for different items. It is really frustrating when you find a favorite and they are no longer available. I know it is a marketing game, but I usually have a budget and purchase a few at a time, by the time I need new containers, the design has completely changed no longer works with my originals.
It seems a lot of designers were organizing and setting up new studio earlier in the new year. Anyone else have some new goals or ideas? Studio photos are always good.
These are two storage units I thrifted, the vintage one on the right has been with me for a long time.
Collage Inspiration
31 Jan 2008 2 Comments
in Art, color, design, Fabric, Furniture, Interior Design, Style, Thrifting, vintage Tags: design, Fabric, green, inspiration, Mood board
I am so happy to have one of my mood boards included in a new zine over at Design for Mankind, a lovely design blog. It is all about insiration-we all can use more. I so apprectiate being included with this amazing group of designers. Thanks to Erin for inviting me.
Project Runway Style
29 Jan 2008 1 Comment
in Art, Costume Design, Fashion, Thrifting, vintage Tags: Art, challenge, clothing, design, Fabric, Fashion, Project runway, recycle, studio, upcycle
The show opens this weekend, it should be great fun.
House and Home
22 Jan 2008 5 Comments
in creative life, Furniture, Interior Design, Thrifting, vintage Tags: antique, dining room, Interior Design, Real estate, Thrifting, vintage
A corner of the little parlor like living room.
We have been trying to sell our house. The market is so crazy right now, so it is taking a long time. The house is in one of those typical subdivisions, with the four bedrooms 2 1/2 baths tradition style that everyone seems to want. It is a nice home but since SA and the boys do a lot of the building and need real workshop this is not available in this location. We also need to move closer to the studio in the final move.
The problem now as well as being a slow market is the fact of keeping a house in a perfect showing condition. No one lives this way. I just want to get my life back together. I want to decorate and move things around and the boys want to cook, and it just makes me crazy. Many things have been packed and taken to the studio and now we are always trying to remember what we need and where it is located. I hope we find the right family for our house soon.
Dining room, the buffet is a little large for this room.
I am always drawn to big chunky pieces of furniture.
Everything is painted neutral, since we are moving, a little
boring for me.
This is a thrift-ed table that is so great.
Textures II
25 Nov 2007 Leave a Comment
in color, design, Fabric, Fashion, vintage Tags: Applique, bird., fleece, printing, sewing, stitching
Still staying with the thoughts of working with texture. I usually work in silks, linen, cottons for my accessories. I found some great colors in fleece at a fabric store. I have worked out a small line of more casual clothing pieces for this cold season. Coming to the shop this week.
A detail with a printed bird, applique and stitching detail.
Glass Show Reception
26 Sep 2007 2 Comments
in Art, Interior Design, Studio Business, Style, Thrifting, vintage
We had a great show opening Saturday. The glass artisans presented a beautiful collection of work.
It takes so much work to set up a show. I use pieces of vintage and antique furniture finds as well as pedestals in the gallery displays and shows. I think it helps show off the work and people can get a feel for what it will look like in their homes. I really love putting things together and finding the right arrangements, but it still surprises me how much time and detail work goes into the whole thing. Having the work delivered (could involve telephoning artist several times), unpacking, planning and placing or hanging the work, making and hanging tags, window displays, food service, and this is only for the actual show and does not include any of the pre-show preparation and promotion.
