So here it is…..after 18 months or so I’ve finally finished my Fashion Design degree program at FIDM! I can’t believe it’s over….and now I can start moving on to doing some other things. Here are some of my highlights from FIDM. I learned how to create my own patterns for clothing and I learned…
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The Girl Who Made My Day: Bella Cirovic
A few months ago I attended Squam and met some amazing people. While there I took time out to take pictures and I did of a friend who I knew via online, but hadn’t really met in person before. She was skeptic a bit about doing the pictures at first, but I was able to…
An Interview: A Follow Up with Writer Becky Cavender on the topic of Sensuality and the Feminine
About a month or so ago I had the opportunity to repost an amazing article written about sensuality and the feminine Nature of woman by writer Becky Cavender. It was a great read and I loved the topic. We sat down and talked about how we might collaborate more on the topic. She focusing…
Interview: Candle Stash….A Scented Journey
I happened across Emily, owner of Candle Stash, while at the Melrose Sunday market. It was love at first scent. I smelled her blood orange and lavender candle and I couldn’t imagine leaving that market without it. I wanted to see if she’d be willing to tell me more about her candles and how she…
Interview: Sweet Pea Tulip….An amazing find in New Orleans
Folks….I’ve been wanting to post this interview for the past couple months and I couldn’t wait to share the find I located in New Orleans when I was there! It was something of a little shop on the corner and one you might miss otherwise if you weren’t keeping your eyes open. The store has…
Guest Blog Post: My upcycled “mixed media” fairy dress by Laly Mille
I have a friend Laly Mille, a wonderful mixed media artist, who took time out to create a dress….and not just any dress, but a mixed media fairy dress. It was wonderful and well made/designed. I found it lovely to behold and inspirational….and so in the interest of fashion…..I approached her to see if she…
Travel Spritely…What Does It Mean?
Travel Spritely! It’s a saying of mine that I use at the end of each of my blog posts. I love saying it. It’s a bit of joy at the end of each post; my own version of Stan Lee’s ‘Nuff Said’, BUT not created to come up with ‘something to say’. It’s just something…
And She Saw Stars: Shop the Blog Update (Hot News!)
So I opened my Etsy shop and it’s been a bit slow….but I’ve been slow to add some of my artwork. I’ve been looking into t-shirts, materials for hats and other items and have finally found an item I decided to add to branch out my store’s merchandise. It’s likely the most obvious move with…
An Interview: Gardenhead by Sabreen Wilkes
The Trend: Dainty….quirky….beautiful…floral headbands….. I noticed it a few months ago and wondered what was going on. I was apparently behind the trend. Every girl was wearing them on their wrists as bracelets or around their head as tiaras or headbands. I wanted to find out more about them and when I asked I…
Squam In the City: Takin’ It To The Streets
….continuing on my Squam journey I happened to take another class in photography with the amazing Andrea Jenkins in her Takin’ It To The Streets workshop. It was tons of cool fun….and I was coming off of my prior day class on Color with Xanthe B so it was a chance to incorporate what I learned about color…