She's got some skill, what did I say!
Her aesthetic, style, and photos are all perfect, in my opinion. Check her out & leave her some love!
Showing posts with label featured artist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label featured artist. Show all posts
Friday, June 18, 2010
Friday Favorites: Esther-fromthesticks
I adore this girl so much. She's crazy talented, not only in sewing but in photography, absolutely stunning, and finds incredibly picturesque places for photo shoots.
She's got some skill, what did I say!
Her aesthetic, style, and photos are all perfect, in my opinion. Check her out & leave her some love!
She's got some skill, what did I say!
Her aesthetic, style, and photos are all perfect, in my opinion. Check her out & leave her some love!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Featured Artist: Bi0Hazard
This month I'm featuring the very talented Bi0hazard. Her shop is filled with awesome goods, from jewelry to studded makeup bags to yarnfalls. Bi0 is also super lovely lady--she works hard for the TBGuild & is always, always helpful!
My absolute favorite thing from her shop is this necklace:
She rolled & painted the beads herself. Isn't it gorgeous?? It's a vintage style, and terribly classy.
Please, swing by her shop! Check it out! & as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here, and find all our shops at our Etsy profile.
My absolute favorite thing from her shop is this necklace:
She rolled & painted the beads herself. Isn't it gorgeous?? It's a vintage style, and terribly classy.
Please, swing by her shop! Check it out! & as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here, and find all our shops at our Etsy profile.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Featured Artist: DazeOfTheWeek
Hey guys! I know, it's been a while. I have things to post, really I do! I'm also getting my new camera in the mail tomorrow, so expect some stuff soon.
In the meantime, I have a super special treat for you. I'd like to introduce you to my friend Todd's shop, DazeOfTheWeek. Todd makes the most amazing jewelry I've ever seen, with his own unique aesthetic. I sent him beads from a broken necklace from my grandmother, and he made me a custom, layered, pearly, elegant necklace that gets me more compliments than almost anything I own. (Photos to come!) All of his work makes my jaw drop to the floor, because he can make such clever, awe-inspiring pieces completely unlike any jewelry ever seen before.
So. Check out his shop, feast your eyes on the jewelry, & as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here, and find all our shops at our Etsy profile.
In the meantime, I have a super special treat for you. I'd like to introduce you to my friend Todd's shop, DazeOfTheWeek. Todd makes the most amazing jewelry I've ever seen, with his own unique aesthetic. I sent him beads from a broken necklace from my grandmother, and he made me a custom, layered, pearly, elegant necklace that gets me more compliments than almost anything I own. (Photos to come!) All of his work makes my jaw drop to the floor, because he can make such clever, awe-inspiring pieces completely unlike any jewelry ever seen before.
So. Check out his shop, feast your eyes on the jewelry, & as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here, and find all our shops at our Etsy profile.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Featured Artist: Whoabot
This month I get to feature the lovely Maniacal Mickey from the Threadbanger Forums. She's super talented & creative & sweet, and she's just started screen printing new, rad designs on tees. See:
She also has lovely tailored vests, which are currently on sale!!
Please visit her shop HERE, or click on the pictures!!
& as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here,
and find all our shops at our Etsy profile.
She also has lovely tailored vests, which are currently on sale!!
Please visit her shop HERE, or click on the pictures!!
& as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here,
and find all our shops at our Etsy profile.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Featured Artist: MissMabe
Today I am proudly blogging about a beautiful, talented fellow TBGuild member, MissMabe. She rocks a style that is somewhat punk inspired, but quite definitely her own. She skillfully makes clothing and accessories. A newer member of the guild, she has jumped right into the activities, which I love. It's an absolute delight to have such a talented, lovely lady working with us on the team!!
Some of my favorite things in her shop are her skirts, and especially these two:
(Gasp! Shoe love!)
Please, visit her shop HERE (or click on the pictures!).
& as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here,
and find all our shops at our Etsy profile.
Some of my favorite things in her shop are her skirts, and especially these two:
(Gasp! Shoe love!)
Please, visit her shop HERE (or click on the pictures!).
& as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here,
and find all our shops at our Etsy profile.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Featured Artist: Checkered Heart
This time around I get to blog about the super talented, incredibly sweet Amie. Her shop, Checkered Heart, is filled with an array of totally sweet items, from bags to shirts to earrings. My favorite, without a doubt, is the Sewing Machine Tote.
Isn't it fantastic?? As a huge lover of sewing machines & all things vintage (it probably goes without saying, but especially vintage sewing machines), this caught my eye immediately. She also has a t-shirt printed with the same image. She has such awesome stuff. You should definitely check her out! (<--Click there for her shop, or the image above.)
& as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here,
and find all our shops at our Etsy profile.
Isn't it fantastic?? As a huge lover of sewing machines & all things vintage (it probably goes without saying, but especially vintage sewing machines), this caught my eye immediately. She also has a t-shirt printed with the same image. She has such awesome stuff. You should definitely check her out! (<--Click there for her shop, or the image above.)
& as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here,
and find all our shops at our Etsy profile.
Monday, May 11, 2009
ShilynJoy on Etsy!
Okay, so even though Shilyn is a very awesome, clever, lovely, sweet doll of a friend of mine, I am not being at all biased when I say she's a ridiculously talented seamstress.
She has a style that's entirely unique and her own. She taught herself to not only sew, but to draft patterns and drape, all within a couple years. She opened her Etsy shop this winter, putting fabulous clothing and bags into it. (I'm a particular fan of the Asymmetric Halter Mini Dress, myself, as is pictured below.) She's the one who had the idea for an Etsy Team for ThreadBanger, and continues to come up with fantastic ideas and challenges for it.
She has a style that's entirely unique and her own. She taught herself to not only sew, but to draft patterns and drape, all within a couple years. She opened her Etsy shop this winter, putting fabulous clothing and bags into it. (I'm a particular fan of the Asymmetric Halter Mini Dress, myself, as is pictured below.) She's the one who had the idea for an Etsy Team for ThreadBanger, and continues to come up with fantastic ideas and challenges for it.
| Please check out her shop by clicking the photo above! & as always, you can find out more on the TBGuild here, and find all our shops at our Etsy profile. |
Friday, April 17, 2009
Featured Artist: Makaalohilohi
As a seamstress, I am a little sick of your average tomato pincushion. In my opinion, it's over done. I mean, a tomato? Really? Why food? Tomatoes aren't even cute, like fruit can be. But I digress. I am here to talk about a lovely and talented Etsian and ThreadBanger Guild member, Makaalohilohi. She's got an awesome little shop, selling cozy-looking fleece "scoodies" & adorable scarves with handmade buttons. But my favorite item is one that would sure come in handy: this little pincushion.
Look at the beading detail! It's so pretty, and infinitely better than the bright red tomato pin cushions. If we all had pincushions as lovely as this one, I'm convinced the world would be a better place. :)
Look at the beading detail! It's so pretty, and infinitely better than the bright red tomato pin cushions. If we all had pincushions as lovely as this one, I'm convinced the world would be a better place. :)
Please check out her shop!
TBG's Etsy: http://www.tbguild.etsy.com
General Info about the Guild: http://forum.threadbanger.com/showthread.php?t=14364
General Info about the Guild: http://forum.threadbanger.com/showthread.php?t=14364
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
A dress for me for Spring!
I have an inspiration wall. It is mostly filled with pages ripped out of Vogue, Elle, and other such fashion magazines (and, okay, maybe there's an errant photo of John Krasinski somewhere in there...), and some dresses I absolutely love for the designs, some I snatched for the techniques pictured, others for the fabric, and some just because the photos are pretty... but it's rare that all these culminate in one page.
This is one of (and quite possibly the best) my favorites. I'd never heard of the designer --Alberto Makali-- until I looked him up online (what would we do without the internet?), and when I paged through his Spring 09 collection I realized that this dress is not one exception of awesome beauty, drool-worthy fabric, and stunning design. I loved practically all of his dresses. His designs are flowing, bright, cheerful, elegant, sexy, bubbly, and drop-dead gorgeous. The fabrics--oh, the fabrics!--are almost prettier than anything I've seen in my life, and they look like they would be softer than kittens to wear. Everything has a soft, gentle draping nature, often contrasting with, say, leopard print fabrics or the vivid colorings.
Gush, gush, gush. But here's why:
Not the best picture, but come check out his website!
All this chatter does eventually lead somewhere, I promise you. As I mentioned, I have been in love with this dress for ages. Mostly because of the fabric--something I unfortunately couldn't just dig out of my stash or magically replicate! So I had to do what I could with what I had when I decided to make this yesterday afternoon.
I did my best to replicate the dress in the photograph, but I realized later that it's not actually a bubble dress--it looks like it's a fitted dress, and then has this thing attatched & gathered in front? But I don't care, I like mine!
It has a princess seamed bust, a huge circle skirt, gathered in front under the bust & bubbled at the bottom. Side zipper (which I almost failed at. It's not even invisible or anything!), spaghetti straps... The belt is just a scrap of red corduroy that went perfectly with it. It looks a lot more like the dress in the picture without the red belt, but you'll just have to trust me because I forgot to take pictures without it!
No, I'm not actually smoking! I was just going for a French look &, well, the French smoke. A lot. FYI, smoking's bad for you & bad for your skin! Take a note, kids! ^_^
Like my new haircut, by the way? It's short! It has a million layers and I think it's absolutely spectacular. It can get all ruffled and mussed and it still looks amazing. (Sorry I'm not being modest.) That's a tribute to the guy who cuts it, & has nothing to do with how I style it (because I fail at things like that most of the time.)
"Daaahhhhling!"
I love these sunglasses. So much. I'm going to wear them all the time on our vacation.
I told you it was huge, didn't I? If I didn't: It's a huge skirt.
Deliriously happy.
I will make this into a prettier belt when I have time.
Here you can really see my layers well. I love my haircut! I love my dress! I love life! I love that I'm going someplace I can actually wear this dress in just a couple days! I think being happy is just the bestbestbestest thing ever. I hope you're happy too, darlings.
P.S. I'm leaving on Thursday and I'll be gone until April 13, but expect a post or two from me on the road. In the meantime, check out all the pretty shops in the posts below this! And get outside if it's spring-like where you are, okay?
This is one of (and quite possibly the best) my favorites. I'd never heard of the designer --Alberto Makali-- until I looked him up online (what would we do without the internet?), and when I paged through his Spring 09 collection I realized that this dress is not one exception of awesome beauty, drool-worthy fabric, and stunning design. I loved practically all of his dresses. His designs are flowing, bright, cheerful, elegant, sexy, bubbly, and drop-dead gorgeous. The fabrics--oh, the fabrics!--are almost prettier than anything I've seen in my life, and they look like they would be softer than kittens to wear. Everything has a soft, gentle draping nature, often contrasting with, say, leopard print fabrics or the vivid colorings.
Gush, gush, gush. But here's why:
Not the best picture, but come check out his website!All this chatter does eventually lead somewhere, I promise you. As I mentioned, I have been in love with this dress for ages. Mostly because of the fabric--something I unfortunately couldn't just dig out of my stash or magically replicate! So I had to do what I could with what I had when I decided to make this yesterday afternoon.
I did my best to replicate the dress in the photograph, but I realized later that it's not actually a bubble dress--it looks like it's a fitted dress, and then has this thing attatched & gathered in front? But I don't care, I like mine!
It has a princess seamed bust, a huge circle skirt, gathered in front under the bust & bubbled at the bottom. Side zipper (which I almost failed at. It's not even invisible or anything!), spaghetti straps... The belt is just a scrap of red corduroy that went perfectly with it. It looks a lot more like the dress in the picture without the red belt, but you'll just have to trust me because I forgot to take pictures without it!
No, I'm not actually smoking! I was just going for a French look &, well, the French smoke. A lot. FYI, smoking's bad for you & bad for your skin! Take a note, kids! ^_^
Like my new haircut, by the way? It's short! It has a million layers and I think it's absolutely spectacular. It can get all ruffled and mussed and it still looks amazing. (Sorry I'm not being modest.) That's a tribute to the guy who cuts it, & has nothing to do with how I style it (because I fail at things like that most of the time.)
"Daaahhhhling!"I love these sunglasses. So much. I'm going to wear them all the time on our vacation.
I told you it was huge, didn't I? If I didn't: It's a huge skirt.
Deliriously happy.
I will make this into a prettier belt when I have time.
Here you can really see my layers well. I love my haircut! I love my dress! I love life! I love that I'm going someplace I can actually wear this dress in just a couple days! I think being happy is just the bestbestbestest thing ever. I hope you're happy too, darlings.P.S. I'm leaving on Thursday and I'll be gone until April 13, but expect a post or two from me on the road. In the meantime, check out all the pretty shops in the posts below this! And get outside if it's spring-like where you are, okay?
Monday, March 9, 2009
ThreadBanger Guild & A Featured Artist
Hello, darlings! I'm here to promote a FANTASTIC group of artists. We're called the Threadbanger Guild (we'll be an official Etsy Team after the 15th), and our creations range from amazing works of clay to gorgeous jewelry to awe-worthy clothing and epic purses.
If you're on Threadbanger (which you really should be!) & you have an Etsy, you should join up! Check out the thread on how to join & why you should, & the advertisement guide (put together by yours truly!), and please check out our shops!!
You know how I've been dying to have better photos with a more artsy, raw feel? I found the perfect example of what I want while sifting around on Etsy today.
Yes. That is what I want. Click on the link above to view her other incredible creations! Seriously, folks. Look at the lighting! The unfinished wall behind her! The gorgeous model! And, of course, the main focus point: the dress! (Incidentally, I have the same fabric. ^^) Really, this is art. What I would give to have photos styled in a similar way!
Alright, you surely have enough inspiration from all these incredible artists that you'll survive without my creations for a little while longer. I'm off to work on a dress I've been putting off for over a year. You'll surely see photos of it soon!
If you're on Threadbanger (which you really should be!) & you have an Etsy, you should join up! Check out the thread on how to join & why you should, & the advertisement guide (put together by yours truly!), and please check out our shops!!
- http://www.shilynjoy.etsy.com/
- http://www.mateycouture.etsy.com/
- http://www.biohazard2886.etsy.com/
- http://www.curvybettiesrock.etsy.com/
- http://www.makaalohilohi.etsy.com/
- http://www.whoabotvestures.etsy.com/
- http://www.stonesparrow.etsy.com/
- http://www.kimmermonroe.etsy.com/
- http://www.vickilyn13.etsy.com/
You know how I've been dying to have better photos with a more artsy, raw feel? I found the perfect example of what I want while sifting around on Etsy today.
♥Photo & Dress by the amazing SarahSeven♥
Yes. That is what I want. Click on the link above to view her other incredible creations! Seriously, folks. Look at the lighting! The unfinished wall behind her! The gorgeous model! And, of course, the main focus point: the dress! (Incidentally, I have the same fabric. ^^) Really, this is art. What I would give to have photos styled in a similar way!
Alright, you surely have enough inspiration from all these incredible artists that you'll survive without my creations for a little while longer. I'm off to work on a dress I've been putting off for over a year. You'll surely see photos of it soon!
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