Well, I had a busy day today. Miss E came by and we discussed her ensembles, and made some decisions about them that mean that I can now start pricing out trims and sparkle and whatnot. I need to order that knickers pattern, and I need to decide how to create a tear-away skirt. We devised a way to create closures for these hipscarves - they won't have ties like my normal HipScraps, since they will be very large - the point will be about knee length!
I need to measure them so I can determine the yardage needed to do what we want - the burgundy one is going to be literally encrusted with trim and rose-embroidered ribbon, and the pink one will be more minimalistic.
We also made a decision about how 'The Dana' will look - it will be a HipScrap in memory of E's mother Dana, who passed away from cancer recently. When it sells, a portion of the sale will go to a cancer-related charity in her honor. What charity that will be is still to be determined, but the HipScrap itself is going to be simple and elegant, just like Dana was. It's a caramel-colored fabric, with a black line drawing of foliage on it. it's going to have black satin edging, and black beaded tassel trim, and that's it. Each of the remaining head wraps E gave me will also have a portion of their sales donated to whatever charity we end up selecting in Dana's honor. Two of them are Black, brown, brown and white prints, and I think I've found a suitable trim for both of them.
So yay! Add to that the fact that I have now started adding items to the store, and we have liftoff! Already I have got a heart for my store from someone I don't know, so that's good :) Tomorrow I'll try to take some uncluttered photos of the HipScraps I have already completed, and put them up, as well. Then maybe once I've made some money I can afford to make more and get a decent photo shoot with Shannon Hall Photography and the lovely Suzy, who also has opened her own Etsy store, found here.
I had wanted to open the store looking completely professional, but money talks. If this does well, pro photos later. So excited for what's to come!
This post gave me warm fuzzies and made me a bit teary-eyed. :) Thanks R! This means more than you know.
ReplyDeleteD'aww, E. I would far rather do SOMETHING to honor her than nothing. I felt so helpless during her illness, now I feel like I can make a difference.
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