Showing posts with label feathers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feathers. Show all posts
things i bought and can't wait to get in the mail
thursday is moving day. i am so excited to finally be getting this move to the prestwick house over with! while i am no doubt waiting to be slaving away with boxes and a big huge moving truck, i am also drooling all over my mailbox waiting for supplies to come in!
while you can be confident i am all sweat and stifled complaints of "are we done yet?", i am also thinking about lots of cool things coming this way soon.
the inside of my head has been furiously working with the night light on while i sleep, on some ideas that i have had in mind since Jim Dandy's started. part of these ideas is implementing some netting into some of my select pieces.
on order and shipped for delivery:
black and red french netting, russian bridal veil
ooo la` la`!, ptchika!
i have been going back on halloween ideas since august. i know, im nuts. but this will be the first halloween with the greek and i, and as i mentioned in this post, it is my FAVORITE holiday.
to inspire some creative ideas (because there is nothing worse than being out on halloween and seeing the same exact costume on someone besides yourself), i ordered these gorgeous MASKS! perhaps i could turn halloween into a marketing strategy. ;p
sarasvati and her feline
now where is that mail delivery person!! :D
monday bliss
yesterday was quite the day. after working on writing most of the morning, i was excited to cut my day short for a "feathered friend" excursion.
as some of you may know, i am an active member of the SF Etsy Group. its a group of Etsy sellers that live in the Bay Area.
since i have been a member, i have made 1 or 2 friends along the way. but now that i am part of a committee for a TOP SECRET MISSION that can not yet be revealed, i've gotten a chance to get to know a few more amazing sellers.
and while i plan on introducing all of them to you, along with their just-as-amazing shops, the blog state as it is would only hinder my intentions of bring them a few new people to their audience.
so that will have to wait until this blog is fixed.
but despite that roadblock, one of my new friends i have met, is a fellow feathered friend, Sarah. she makes really beautiful feather fascinators that are equally as unique as mine. i love her pieces! and since im at the end of my short lived hiatus, i have no problem sending you over to her shop, Looks Good From the Front.
in the future i plan on talking more about her in support of her endeavours, but for now i'd rather skip to the part about how we had a kick ass day yesterday.
we started off, by meeting at Cafe Sorriso in San Leandro, CA. they had a gorgeous asian selection of food. my wonton soup was homemade, clean, nutritious, and exactly what i wanted. i love it when that happens, don't you?
after our lunch, we both drove to Thrift Town. everyone knows im a sucker for thrift finds. im a NINJA!
i found so many amazing things, and luckily for me, Sarah didn't find me a complete wingnut.
a couple other things are still in the car, waiting for the greek to come over and help me unload, but here are some of what i got to bring home yesterday:
my first find was a General Electric Lighted Dial alarm clock. sooo cute:
its' going to look awesome next to my bedstand in the new house! i can't wait.
the prestwick house is all wooden floors, and if i remember right, has no a/c or central heating ( i could be wrong). so i thought it very fitting to find (and BUY) this mint condition vintage Tital Turn-a-Dial floor heater:
even though i love summer, i'm looking forward to be settled in the prestwick house with snuggly socks and a fire on..... everything painted and cozy, and with the help of Titan, warm. :D
this next purchase will make sense when the dining room in the prestwick house is fitted up. but i
just couldn't resist this:
i can't wait for the greek to bring me another bouquet so i can show this off!
i feel so grateful to be meeting such cool people. and Sarah, if you are reading this, THANKS for such a fun time. i can't wait to hang out with you again.
today marks the official TWO WEEKS till the move, and panic mode is creeping up right behind me. last night i managed to pack 4 boxes in the bedroom. aaaahhh. progress!
tick tock
indie-mart is only days away, and there is still TONS of things to prepare.
my shipment of feathers arrived late,and instead of a batch of around 75, there were olny 12 in the package.
::FUMING PISSED OFF::
i took a zillion deep breaths, then phone the sales and support line for the distributor. this TOTALLY COOL CHIC answered, and promised to have hand selected feathers sent out for delivery for tomorrow. FINGERS CROSSED.
otherwise, i won't have my pieces to sell.
luckily, i have made over 40 smaller, wispier versions of my fascinators.
last night amanda pants and i stayed up until 4:36am, armed with glue guns, and surrounded by feathers.
crrrraaaziness.
amanda pants is also working hard getting all our aprons done.
when we get pics uploaded i will definitely post.
in the meantime, my own version of texts from last night:
"There were feathers in the toilet.... am i peeing feathers?!"
***not related to jim dandy's***
yesterday was alley cats last day of school as a first grader. after i picked her up, we got ready for the start of summer pool party i planned for the entire girl scout troop.
it seems like it was a success, and i can't wait for jim dandy's to kick booty this weekend, so i can get alley cats summer vacation party started!!
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