Props to the craftygals- DIY Revolution
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avadOk, I think I have to face that I am now officially addicted to buying handmade and/or reconstructed thrift things off of crafty peeps through ebay and livejournal. I never was much into store shopping, especially since the places I could afford to shop in were usually set up like cold warehouses. Now, I'll still have to go in person somewhere to find a good fitting pair of jeans or perfect comfy boots, but for the rest? Gimme ebay, give me ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
diymarketplace! Let me see something with a touch of love in it, a weird unique something turned from basic into special a little spark of your hands. Then I get to tell you, YOU, the designer, maker, crafty kid in her studio..how much I like what you do...and I want it please! And we message eachother, sometimes often! Then ship it to me direct, your house to mine. I love it. Often the added surprise of handwritten notes, stickers, a funny freebie, a decorated mailing box. What a treat to go to the mailbox!:)People to people. love it love it. It's like something i dreamt up as a little girl- Let's all make things and trade them and be happy. hehe .
I'd happily trade in all my boring store-bought mass-produced items for this. DIY or naked it is!! hehe...ok, ..maybe I'll keep the mass-produced undies.
TOnight during my studio dinner break I did it, I finally bid on an amazing top from an indie designer I've had my eye on for a little while. She's incredible. REconstructed..Scraps of fabric, ripped, wrapped, sewn...into these soft sexy unique wearable things... I'll happily wear this to the opening reception at Miami..and proudly tell people about. I'll post a pic when I get the top...but just for a little little while, let it be my secret, ok?.:)
But NOT a secret are the awesome hand-painted vintage purses(below) I got a while back from Leslie Hart aka![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
green_wardrobe or the SSScrumptious handspun, hand-dyed yarns from unluckymonkey's Art Lab or the fun plastic earrings from lizad_creations or hysterical monster scarves from lorigami. The list goes on...because it's the best way ever to shop. Birthday gifts too! You go, crafty peeps! i love ya. Viva la revolucion!
fancy shmancy me proudly sportin Leslie's handpainted purse, $5 plastic earrings, and free clothes from shops I've worked in. I ama DiVa.;)
diymarketplace! Let me see something with a touch of love in it, a weird unique something turned from basic into special a little spark of your hands. Then I get to tell you, YOU, the designer, maker, crafty kid in her studio..how much I like what you do...and I want it please! And we message eachother, sometimes often! Then ship it to me direct, your house to mine. I love it. Often the added surprise of handwritten notes, stickers, a funny freebie, a decorated mailing box. What a treat to go to the mailbox!:)People to people. love it love it. It's like something i dreamt up as a little girl- Let's all make things and trade them and be happy. hehe .I'd happily trade in all my boring store-bought mass-produced items for this. DIY or naked it is!! hehe...ok, ..maybe I'll keep the mass-produced undies.
TOnight during my studio dinner break I did it, I finally bid on an amazing top from an indie designer I've had my eye on for a little while. She's incredible. REconstructed..Scraps of fabric, ripped, wrapped, sewn...into these soft sexy unique wearable things... I'll happily wear this to the opening reception at Miami..and proudly tell people about. I'll post a pic when I get the top...but just for a little little while, let it be my secret, ok?.:)
But NOT a secret are the awesome hand-painted vintage purses(below) I got a while back from Leslie Hart aka
green_wardrobe or the SSScrumptious handspun, hand-dyed yarns from unluckymonkey's Art Lab or the fun plastic earrings from lizad_creations or hysterical monster scarves from lorigami. The list goes on...because it's the best way ever to shop. Birthday gifts too! You go, crafty peeps! i love ya. Viva la revolucion!fancy shmancy me proudly sportin Leslie's handpainted purse, $5 plastic earrings, and free clothes from shops I've worked in. I ama DiVa.;)
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Date: 2004-10-20 08:52 pm (UTC)(that outfit rocks)
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Date: 2004-10-20 11:52 pm (UTC)Both parents from Puerto Rico actually.
But I'm sure a mix INSIDE.;)
Inside I'm definitely mixed with Indian, Japanese, Tibetan,Filipino, Portuguese, Native American and Plutonian (to name a few).
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Date: 2004-10-21 08:34 am (UTC)we went to an art reception that day, nice to have a reason to dress up sometimes.
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Date: 2004-10-21 11:42 am (UTC)D's still lookin ahead, monchichi. i really think if you started a yarn label of sorts,and had a larger distribution you would/could employ a spinning assistant or two or 10, trained to your amazing aesthetic and techniques...and you wouldn't be spinning so much at all, be able to concentrate more on all your other amazing art stuff with food on the table! you'd also have more of your scrumptious yarns to work with yourself!It's your eye for colors....you'd be the designer so to speak...
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Date: 2004-10-22 06:40 pm (UTC)gawrsh
goosh
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Date: 2004-10-23 12:46 am (UTC)*sigh*