Monday, August 27, 2007

Thursday, August 16, 2007

whats new pussycat..

Not a lot happening, but a few bits and pieces.


Firstly, my friend Carly and I have a name and a blog for our upcoming exhibition/project... Common Thread although there isn't much on the blog right now, but should start to take off soon.

And I haven't resigned to Wardrobe Re-fashion. I decided that I was doing the main part... by re-cycling/refashioning etc. anyway, and just not keeping up with the blog side of it. I feel happy that I'm making better choices and that I am doing my part to help the main issues behind the Wardrobe Re-fashion concept. I have purchased some new clothes since ending my pledge but I will be keeping this minimal and try to buy from companies that are clearly against sweat shop labour.


I have other projects on the go and feel by sharing them here, some of them actually may get finished... that - and Jon refuses to allow anything else to happen until these are completed. Here are the big 5 on my hitlist, in no particular order..
#1.. my table

Picked this character up from a garage sale... ages ago... and loved it at first sight. It needs some careful sanding, to get it nice and smooth so that I can just wax it, leave it quite plain looking.
#2... re-cycled, handmade bag for a friends b'day

I'm using some old 'vintage' ties, which have been unpicked, and I will use the fabric to do a sort-of patchwork look. Its very vague sounding but when I post pics of the final product it'll all make sense.
#3... wedding album

Need to compose a virtual wedding album, that my friend will then print up and it will become an actual wedding album. It involves lots of montages and ordering so that the album tells the story of the day.
#4... catalogue of my work
Sort-of like a folio, but differently composed... I want to print up a catalogue of my photographs. This can then be used to show people my works, for example, if I was to approach a cafe or a business that would like to have some prints up, to not only sell but decorate their business. They could look at the catalogue and choose ones that suited their business and decor. I guess its a step towards selling my work.
#5... secret project... can't be revealed just yet due to certain people that frequent my blog. This one has a real finish date to it, which is Thursday next week.

And one more thing to share, that I'm VERY excited about...I have ordered business cards!! I have had that question 'Do you have a card' a few times and found a great on-line company called MOO that allow you to get a pack of 100 cards that can have a different photo on the back of each one. It such a good deal, even thought they're coming in from the UK. They also make your photos/designs into little stickers, so of course, I have ordered them too. And yes you all can have a card and sticker, if you're good!