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Bow Ties- Again Available.
I was so tempted to make a “bow” pun as the subject line but something stopped me. Perhaps I knew that I would be doing enough punitificating with this post. Ha! Zing!
So yes, here are some bows. They come in some shapes and some colors. Some have embroidery that I did. Some are made from old linens that were embroidered by someones dear aunty in times long ago. I had this hair-brained idea that I was going to have all of my jewelry and all of my bow ties and etceteras photographed and copy written and internet-posted within a time frame that made their autumnal intention relevant. My goal for that was September 1st. It’s October 2nd (as of posting this, OCt 4th). A healthy month behind and I can’t even tell if that is a good or a bad spread of time. I’ve been good and properly busy the last few weeks. Making costumes and wholesale orders at work, making jewelry at home as well as taking a class at Providence foundry-and-learning-space, The Steelyard. I also have the task of making two quilts and maybe a nice dress over the next 11 days. Too many folks getting married and/or popping out babies. Guys, I had almost a year to prepare for this. Next time, could you give me even more notice, please? Obviously, I am not to blame for my incredible sense of sloth and avoidance.How could you even accuse me of such things!
I’ve been experimenting with Photoshop actions to help me in the photo editing department. I had been having a small crisis of design, thinking that my images were too “ho-hum” while getting very hung up in looking at other heavily styled product photos. So, in the future I think that I will have some mild styling to certain shots (such as the white bow ties, seen above) but I will mostly keep it white and simple while keeping the post production bright and cool. Any feedback? I sure that it doesn’t suck and everyone is just too embarrassed to even tell me that there is a problem.
That is a really great fear of mine.
Also soon-to-be-available are these dope tie clips. I only have a few of them right now but hopefully they will sell well and it will be viable to make some more.
Bow Time!
One thing that I really love seeing at my day job is how many customers send us photos of themselves in their newest I’m Your Present acquisition. We try to post up as many as we can and I think that it is a really fun way to encourage interaction with our, ahem, “client base”. When I am sewing something up, I generally only find myself thinking about it in the immediate sense. It’s so great to see a later photo of it, styled into an outfit and filled with life and it is even better to celebrate how our clothing fits and looks on all sorts of different ladies (and sometimes dudes!)
photo from jesseanneo.blogspot.com
Sadly, I don’t get as many of these kick backs for With Care, but I have gotten some.
First off, check out Miss Jesse and her sweet clip-on bow tie:
On her blog, she adds a corduroy jacket to the outfit- making her look like a babe-ly modern teddy girl. This little tie sat in the shop for long that I had almost forsaken it! But Jesse is really making me reconsider it’s viability. Dang, girl!
Secondly, last December, right before the beginning of my trunk show, my friend Ashley swooped into the store and nearly bought the place out in a moment of inspired Christmas shopping madness! That crazy lady didn’t even wait for the little foil freshness tab to be pulled from the boxed wine!!!
She sent me this spiffy photo of her brother in his new be-anchored bow tie. That light salmon and wild forest green color combo is a bold move, but he is totally pulling it off! And as she commented, “Big smiles. Small dog.” You know I love ‘em.
So, if you are feeling both spring-y and bow-y check out these new offering from our Department of Springtime Clip-on Foppery:
Seasonal allergies are no excuse for sartorial laziness!
