glitter in progress

sparkle pushpins drying before they get another coat of glittery goodness!  check out the etsy for finished sparkled stuffs

etsy round 14[?]

mmmm ocd.  i decided ... it was about damn time i reorganized my stuff that i listed on etsy.  the vast majority of my postings expired last month and i was tempted just to dump everything back at goodwill and call it a day.  then my frugal/cheapskate ways said no way in hell.  i also briefly considered going to more consignment shops and trying to sell stuff, but my lazy ways said no way in hell.

ufo sightings

probably not my most original thrift/refashion ever.. but i apparently forgot that i knew how to do elastic ruching for .. oh the last year.  or two.  and with my amazing chalk skills [sidewalk sized not fancy sewing sized] i ruched 3 rows at the waist, and holy crap the lines are straight.  genius.

i bought some elastic and "vintage" belt buckles on etsy.  and made some belts.  after the pieces sat on my desk since ahem.  august.  looking downward in shame.

frank's frocks

since im a sucker for alliteration, to go along with liz's laundry, i reopened my etsy shop under the name frank's frocks!  click the link or go to the tab above for a preview!  i will be adding more things so stay tuned.  also i will be reloading some of my handmade jewelry items.  which obviously frank has nothing to do with.  but he does seem to like sparkles as much as i do...

little black [purple] dress!

so i finally finished my dress-in-progress!  it has gone thru several iterations since the initial cutting and sewing, including a banded bottom in both black and purple, an awkwardly short black shift, and a weirdly long torso-ed black and purple scarf-added tea-length badness.

but i added elastic to the sides for some quick ruching..

[after removing brown thread and resewing] moral: sewing with all lights on is a plus.

readjusted scarf bottom

and voila!  flattering from both sides.  unusual i know.  now to get rid of it...

retro floral

so i did my usual make-a-pattern-from-an-existing-piece-of-clothing sewing.  unfortunately im functionally retarded lately and forgot to account for the extreme stretch in the tunic and the moderate stretch in my fabric.  so its a size small.  but its cute and..heres the process.

inside out after sewing rolled neckline [v in front, square in back], shoulder seam, and sides.

my first ever sleeves!  quite the bitch to pin

and voila!  even with a little pleat to make it a cap sleeve

isnt it cute?  and teeeeny tiny?  like it?  go buy it.  k thx.

etsy!

so ive setup an etsy store. it looks pretty crappy and but i will eventually get around to customizing it. please check it out and feel free to spread the word. i will be making jewelry and other miscellaneous crafts and selling "crafting supplies" that i no longer use... including about 2 million seed beads. pricing i think is pretty fair, and is based on the expense of materials and time spent on each piece. obviously im out to make a profit as i need to subsidize my shopping habits [which as of late are atrophying from disuse] but i wont try and sell something for 5x what it is actually worth just because people will buy it ::coughurbanoutfitterscough::

enjoy. k thx.