Fashion Designer Survival Guide. It’s here, inside my apartment. I’ve got to admit, I’m a little apprehensive about it. There’s the girl on the cover, drawings spread before her, rolls of fabric laying behind her, a form standing in the back, an ancient sewing machine in the corner, her fist to her chin, deep in [...]

I do! Fresh from this morning’s Daily Candy, let’s go get ourselves some fairy wands from Sweet Little Things by Planet Studios!

They have lots of other sweet little things like bumble bee baretts…

…and bobby pins…

Interesting…I was watching Access Hollywood last night (such a guilty pleasure) before settling in to work on a website, and learned about “push presents” which is little bits of jewelry given to moms from the dads to congratulate her for doing such an outstanding job in labor (or through the surgery of a c-section). Moms [...]

Por: Dr. Eloy A. González.
El 24 de abril de 1987 arribé a Nicaragua formando parte de un grupo de médicos y enfermeros para trabajar durante dos años como internacionalistas; éramos unos 20 en total e inmediatamente nos trasladaron a la muy conocida Villa Nejapa,- otrora Mega- Posada enclavada en la Carretera vieja a León [...]

Check out The Fashion Designer’s Survival Guide by Mary Gelhar and a forward by Zac Posen, with chapters by many different people in the field. It’s the insider’s guide to starting a fashion design label. I’ve ordered it and can’t wait for it to come…I need it! It covers tons of areas that I otherwise [...]

I quickly took pictures and posted the dog treat pouch on the katie james site last night. We had overwhelming response (ok, 3 people) to name the treat pouch “the chow chow,” so the chow chow it is!
Still working on a cute embroidered patch that could be sewn onto the front, perfecting the pattern for [...]

Inventory! Went to the manufacturer today to see a sample jewelry pouch (I want to add a soft lining to make the whole thing squishier and softer), but there was something about his boiler, and something about a fuse breaking, and finally something about a man not coming. So I didn’t get my sample, and [...]

First it was left-handers were more prone to experiencing random accidents like burning one’s self on the stove because the utensils were designed for a right handed person. Then it was left-handers were probably going to die sooner because of these accidents. Now, according to the British Medical Journal, for some reason, left-handed women who [...]

“fixed”
So I forgot that I used to work 4 days, have 1 weekday devoted to fashion stuff, and the weekend to do either fashion stuff, clean the house, and/or go out with friends. These days, I’m not really having that so much, what with traveling to weddings and quick get-a-ways. When David was out of [...]

I have an ear ache.
2000 B.C. – Here, eat this root.
1000 A.D. – That root is heathen, say this prayer.
1850 A.D. – That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.
1940 A.D. – That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.
1985 A.D. – That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.
2000 A.D. – That antibiotic is artificial. [...]