the good feeling of commissioning other artisan

i have commissioned a lady recently, who is on parole after being imprisoned  in a local women's correctional for five years. the reason? i don't know. shy of asking her.


she is now in the process of rebuilding her life. picking up the pieces from where she has left them.
to sustain her children and self of their immediate needs, she tells me, she has learned to crochet so well while inside the prison. she is now selling her works and accepting commissioned pieces, customs.

she isnt selling me anything, just showed me a sample. i guess she always carries it  with her just in case. looking at the piece of her work, i asked if she sells it, and answered immediately, yes. i bought the sample, and asked her to make 4 more pieces with measurements and some other details.

i have done a bib neckpiece/cover up before with my quilted art pin/brooch turned as pendant. it's sold months and months ago. i wasnt able to produce a similar one because i do not do crochets. frustrated with the ready-made crochets in the malls because of its expensive price. to buy them and pin my pins on them will give the piece a too  much over-head cost.

SOLD. "the oui cameo bib" neckpiece

i try to be always on the low-maintenance mode, and i understand well the people who are always calculating and are on budget.

her prices are quite friendly, and wanting to encourage and help her in my own little way as she rebuilds her life, hence i commissioned her to do some pieces for me.i hope these goes well,

so every once in a while i can be one of her co-worker. 

                                            here are the fresh new ones. multi function, multi purpose.

                                         they can be as: collar, cover-ups, necklace/bib, this two-piece

                                         wearable art can be independent of each other. a art/pin brooch,

                                         and a bandana/head dress, head band or collar or bib sans the art pin.

   

                                   it has a tier for adjustment for any length and style. necklace bib or
                                   or choker style. soon to be listed. however if you'd like the limited
                                   one-of-a-kind art/pin brooch pendant that goes with it, just message me.

                                 
                               i am still in the process of creating the pendant/art pin/brooch for the
                                alluring black and white pieces--yes just above the coloured ones.  

                       

  

on with the generics or is it fake?

 yeps. at it again :D.

found along the sidewalk streets is this generic or call it fake crocs wedge rubber slides. 

oh but dont condemn us, for we'll buy the original ones--once we got the money. call it situational. living below our means, after all, we are never so often delayed with our bills. we are responsible babes over those matter.

to counter the million times over edition and replicas of this thingie~

here's the best way i could think of not to look overly generic, and not get flustered when bumping into someone soon with the same slides.

sleeping medusa bracelet

SOLD.  "sleeping medusa" bracelet. free size. made from a combo of reclaimed and new materials of jeans, rubber plastic, metals, industrial thread, metal beads,
wooden beads

simply documenting (to save my pretty a** from steff's wrath..someday or sooner)

dresses i have done, re-created most of the time, ( i am more of an artsist and not a seamstress--for i cannot construct clothes as efficient. i re-make and revamp artistically on the other hand, making use of what is already made,and created, at hand) for my nine year old child. i have to document many of it for the fact that someday---or well--just in case she confronts me on my bed, or rocking chair in my weak and olden years, accusing me of dressing her up with all of those hand-made clothes i did with my stern and demanding ways-- i will just bring her to this site, and gently--(ha!) that time, tell her: oh but you looked good and in fact very great in them. look-- your were happy and smiling, and even dance with joy when you wear some if your favourite ones.

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hand-knitted green and white vest

 this pretty hand-knit vest is originally without that white flower laces below, by its hemline.
this was a serendipity in one of my favourite hang-outs. the selling point for me (as if this is soooo expensive)--is that, it is simply hand-knitted by someone else--whoever that is. thing is, most likely the very reason why this had been passed on, was that, the hem or the bottom part keeps on flipping inside out, like some fly away hair. not really very good to look at.


solution: sew on something by that bottom around, a lace is more fitting i think to pull that flipping out hemlines
down permanently. it did.

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green earth knit dress

                    this knit dress/tunic is created i am sure for ladies, and not for kids :D. this style and its material abound in the places i visit when i do "research" and "sourcing out" trips. i cannot resist the price. i cannot go on living without taking this with me--simply for the price and the possibilities i could make out of this, for steff. yes remind me--always. :D


                   to veer away from its generic appeal, i cut its long sleeves, and made a pop out of it. an adjustable ribbon to be knotted on both side of the waist, was hand-sewn. and oh all was done and re-created by bare hands. as in needle and thread. not that i do not own a sewing machine. its just that i am more comfortable doing it manually

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strawberry knit dress forever

 originally a knit top and a gartered knit skirt scored at a vintage haunt, this will have to be made as a dress. little girls as i see it are better in one whole dress, rather than in two piece as tops and  skirts. the one piece dress makes them move and breath freely. nothing to tuck, fix, in between their busyness of playing, and having fun.


the bottom part of the knitted top is attached to the gartered skirt by the waist. sewn by hand, twice over, and around.

 here is the finished dress. that strawberry image and the word, is originally knitted like the top. i didnt make it. i added however that lace below the fruit, and the wooden beads by the waist, and skirt.a ribbon to be tied on the back is all but hand-sewn again to take form and give the child's frame the perfect fit.

this headress is originally made intended for selling. but when you have a little girl who is able to detect quickly on what looks good on her, tried this one out and would never want to give it back.

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harlequin skirt dress

originally bought as skirt intended for my textile art and experimentations. howbeit, i see it fitting for a dress. a child's sleeveless dress. the waistline is just 26 inches and who in the world would fit in that skirt!~ the pretty anorexic and bulimic ladies i guess.

i have turned it into dress by sewing on laces to tie as ribbon above its shoulder to be.

i took out the chord and placed it by the waistline as belt to get the child's form and fitting.

a hand-made huge bow is sewed on as embellishment and black tie is added to tie on the back for --effects. :D 

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autumn fire dress

 this dress was in its worst condition when purchased. like, no buttons, sleeves are torn, some run issues occur on different parts of the cloth. 


in this part of the globe where fall occurs on summer time :D, leaves turn brown and orange to red, and yellows too indicating that summer heat is on, 
this type of cloth print design, and the locals immersed in their surroundings cannot much appreciate perhaps the beauty of fall, lest perhaps one see the occurence and its breath taking view in person.


witnessing the beauty of it in sedona az,fall time, some years ago was so impressing. even unforgettable. i even took home some maple leaves whilst walking, towards the viewing area at the grand canyon.
those leaves are still pressed in my album. i know nothing beats the vermont autumn view as i have seen it on some magazine pictures. but this one reminds me of that beauty at this time, hence letting steff wear this one at least til the season's end.


this dress by the way is all fixed now. hand-made rossettes are sewn instead of buttons permanently, and putting on a leaf on the middle of the waistline and sewing on hand-dyed sash to complement the dress hues, that can be tied on the back to fit.
the run issues are not that obvious actually.

                          

d.i.ys i love

some things are really not meant to sell.

this is an expired listing at the etsy. i never renewed it because i liked it a lot.

i have many cuffs already, and decided to rev up this little granny's leather bag using this pretty one.

i called it granny's bag--because i saw many grand mommas in their super golden years

carry similar to this style.

as usual a serendipity from a vintage shop.

i am never used to with these small purses because of things, many things that i carry everyday, including going to church.

but living within the area in close proximity to your work place, church, etc.

going to church specially with a huge bag---looks awkward and sometimes funny.

these are the times that i have appreciated small purses for church the most.

the cuff is simply sewn over the side with the most scratch and dents.

if you are to do your own reving-up,fancy jewelries that gather dusts around your table and dresser,

can be used as well. 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnQuirky

the second on little girl's basic needs in life :D

i make and re-make lots of things yet many times i am neglectful of finishing with what i started(just one of the many)of steffi's basic decent clothing needs :(

however, this time i am so glad that inspite of those thousand of things to be done and get over with at work,  i did and was able finish this, well--in between.

from an almost 1 1/2 --uuggghh years of just staring at it, re-working the plan, and just one of the many shelved and forgotten projects to finish, its here-- and finally done. 

she dances with joy when she's in it. i am happy too with the result:

here, let me tell you a bit of this---all-hand made, hand sewn--as in needle and thread clothing. if you notice that apron like scarf, it is actually a long up-cycled scarf that has been scored at a local vintage haunt where i am always at for some retail therapy and euphoric shots. 

its cut into half then sewn over the new ready made dress i bought from a man who peddles his wares whilst walking with all of his merchandise hanging over his hands, shoulders and arm to save rent on stalls.

it cost me php 50.00 (about a dollar and twenty cents u.s) and i call it serendipity. laces and wooden beads are then hand-sewn all over as embellishments

to add interesting effects especially on that spaghetti straps to make more coverings for her shoulders, ribbon tie effect is repeated on both sides of the waist for "bohemian" symmetry.