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New Year's Resolution

Darling,

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to what's to come in 2011. The next big event for Love Garden Design will be New York Fashion Week in February. Unfortunately I'm not the one with the runway show but I will be behind the scenes and going to other shows as Twain's assistant. I'm very excited. I'll try to take pictures or sketch things I see.

For 2011, I will try to post a fashion sketch every week day for one year. I got a wonderful book about fashion sketching for Christmas and I'm going to try out various styles and techniques in hopes of improving my skills. For this month, I'm going to cheat a little by posting sketches from 2009 and 2010 - Twain's got me working double time to prepare for Fashion Week. I'd love to get some feedback on both the sketching and the outfits. I will be posting sketches of looks I've seen on T.V., in the movies, on the streets and original Love Garden Design pieces.

Happy New Year!

Cheers!

Happy Holidays!

See you in the New Year!
Cheers!

Halloween Costume Pictures

 Darling,

Remember Halloween? Yep, the night where everyone dresses up and you get candy (if you are lucky). I had posted a sketch of the costume I was planning on making and promised to follow up with a picture of the actual costume. I finally acquired the one and only picture of the said costume and here it is for your enjoyment.

I used an old turtle neck for the main dress and an old t-shirt and tape for the petals. I added a belt because the dress had no shape to it. The stamen crown was made of gold paper circles taped to wire attached to a gold headband. Green tights and boots completed the look - I had no time for grass socks. I'm quite pleased with the results considering I only started working on it the night before (procrastination queen).

My husband dressed up as Batman and my friend was either a specter or the walking dead from another era. She wasn't sure about the specifics, only about the dress. She thrifted the dress from a consignment store in Montreal. She also bought a wig which she styled into a perfect loose low bun. I've never seen someone look so good in a 15$ wig.

We saw many great handmade costumes and a great deal of hand-selected underwear - definitely inappropriate apparel for the weather.

Overall, yet another great nights for ghosts, ghouls and fetishes.

Cheers!

P.S. I am aware it's almost Christmas. I'll post something more festive next.

Love Garden Design is going to a Craft Fair

Come check it out!
Cheers!

Nature's Creations

Darling,

Do you recall the One of a Kind Show and Sale? Need a reminder, click here. During this memorable event, I discovered a wonderful company called Nature's Creations. They create works of art and jewelry by combining natural materials and copper.

Needless to say I fell in love.

Since I believe that they have a wonderful product and wish to spread the word, here are the two pieces I have of theirs. 

 

Acorn Earrings 
For the record, my ears are not pierced. I scour the globe in search of wonderful clip-ons (because I'm slightly obsessed about earrings yet strongly opposed to getting my ears pierced. Hey, we all have our quirks.) In this case, I became enamored with these tiny acorn earrings, which, at the time, were not clip-ons. So I bought some copper screw back earring clips on Etsy and made the switch. 
N.B. If you are going the way of the non-invasive earring, screw backs are the best.

Oak Leaf and Acorn Broach
Although this is a broach, I prefer using it as a hair ornament. I love this piece. If you shake it next to your ear, you can hear the acorn rattle.




Aren't they just the cutest? I can't help wanting more...

Follow this link to visit their website and online store : Nature's Creations
 
Cheers!