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Inspiration: Color Block

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Image sources: top left: Keiko Lynn, top right: Urban Outfitters, bottom left & right: Cupcakes and Cashmere.

Color block is a trend that really caught my eye this season. I saw it popping up in different collections, and bloggers combining unusual colors in one outfit. I love the fun, and colorful color combinations of the images above, but I’m not quite sure if I am confident enough to incorporate bright orange and pink in one outfit without looking like a clown.

I think I can incorporate this trend by toning it down a bit. Perhaps I can incorporate something  like shoes (love the heels above from Cupcakes and Cashmere!) or nails.. any thoughts?

Nautical Items

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Top: Nautical sweet heart cut out dress
Bottom: Nautical red and stripes dress

Some people find Japanese Summer weather hard to bear with, since it’s humid and muggy. When I feel the humidity in the air and I can no longer put my hair down, it for some reason gets my mind thinking “Nautical.”  Around this time of year I start wanting to make items with ships and sea animals and what not.  Why is that?  Last year, I made several “sailor”  themed items (seen here, here, here, here and many more if you look at my etsy sold items from last Summer:p ). I really like working around a certain theme, and I decided to do the same this year. This is a part of my Scrap Heap project. I did not buy new fabrics to make the two dresses above. I really need to work on my current fabric stash or else I won’t have any room for new supplies!

I took out the gray and white pin stripes fabric, and made these sun dresses. I love adding piping in contrasting color, I think it instantly adds edge to a simple garment:)

1.Navy and white striped Tokyo tote ($49), 2.  Gold plated nautical anchor pendant charms($1.80), 3. Twisted Bracelet ($16), 4 & 5. Nautical bandeau from Amourouse

Above are my current etsy favorites…

I live pretty close to beaches, and going to the beach often and surfing are in my to-do list for the Summer. What’s in your to-do list for the Summer?

New “Weddings” Section on Website!

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Hello!  How was the weekend?  Things are good on this end.  Very productive all around, I think.  Kiko is on a regular schedule and goes to bed without too many tears.  Andy still cries a little bit before bed time but even he is getting used to his schedule:p  The more exciting news is the launch of wedding section (as you can see from the screen shot above).  Here I will be showcasing bridesmaid dresses and very soon will be able to feature my very first custom made wedding dress. As for the bridesmaid dresses, I have done a fair number of those, and I was thrilled to receive recently a photo-testimonial from a customer who had her wedding in the U.S. last year.  She sent me some great photos and a glowing review… I wish I had been there at the wedding!

The first of my “Here Comes the Bride” white wedding dresses is underway as we speak.  My high school friend contacted me a a few months ago about putting her wedding dress together.  I was nervous because it will be my first wedding dress. Not only that, the customer is my good friend… What if she doesn’t like it?  What if I screw it up?  What if questions ran through my mind before I said yes but eventually I decided to take the plunge.  It has been a fun and challenging.  I was not expecting to be in the position of leading her through what she wants created.  I have never led someone through this kind of decision making process before…  She had some styles which she was considering, but was not sure what would best suit her body type and personality. After we decided on general style direction, we did four fittings to make a pattern that perfectly fits her. Her dress will include details like sweet heart neckline, wide waistband and long, half circle skirt.

The next hurdle to overcome is the fabric selection.  Hopefully in the next couple of weeks we can go together on a fabric hunt and pick out her fabric of choice.  There are soo many fabric choices for wedding dress! Silk, satin, lace, organza, white, ivory..we had been to fabric shopping together but came back empty handed, since there were so many choices. When those of you who are married got married, how did you go about the dress selection?  Did you consider going completely custom?  What would be your main concerns if you were having a wedding dress custom made?  Those of you who are unmarried but thinking about it, any thoughts on how you would create a perfect customized wedding dress? I really want this dress to be perfect for her but the bride has so many things to worry about that I think sometimes her thoughts get muddles.  I want to be as helpful as possible without being overbearing…what do you think?