Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Who, What, Wednesday

The Details on Fabulously Fierce

Etsy Shop: http://fabulouslyfiercepets.etsy.com and http://fabulouslyfierce.etsy.com
Artfire Shop: http://FabulouslyFierce.artfire.com
Website: www.fabulouslyfierce.com
Blog: http://fabulouslyfierceshades.blogspot.com
Myspace: http://myspace.com/fabulouslyfierceshades
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fabulously-Fierce/19694948462

Red Rover Red Rover Lampshade

Pink Cherry Dog Collar S/M

What do you do? I started out making funky lampshades for themore alternative crowd. Earlier this year I ventured into pillows. Most recently I have split off from my home decor shop and started one for pet products. My two dogs Henry and Willow inspired me.

What made you start selling your creations? I heard about Etsy from a friend and when I checked it out, I became hooked on the whole DIY community. I figured it would be a good way to put my craftiness to use.

What is your most likely distraction? My husband. He feels abandoned if I spend TOO much time in my craft room. The dogs too, they want to play 24 hours a day!

We all have projects that fail, or don’t come out as planned, tell us about one of yours. There have been quite a few! My first few attempts at making lampshade lining was pretty pathetic, I had to rip it off and completely redo it. Everything is a learning process though.
What is your favorite artistic or crafty website? www.diyscene.com - Full of amazingly talented and supportive women (and a couple guys) ;)

What is your favorite quote or words of inspiration? If at first you don't succeed, try and try again
What advice would give to someone wanting to start selling their creations online? Promote, promote, promote!! There are so many online crafters you have to make yourself stand out!

What song gets you going? Feel Good Inc. The Gorillaz

If money were no object, what would you be doing right now? Running my two Etsy shops full time and I would probably have an animal rescue

Your 3 guilty pleasures are: cheesy teen literature, bad TV, and fabric

DIY Rockstar Body Glitter

I don't frequently post stuff for kids, simply because I don't have any but this was just too simple and too neat to pass up. Body glitter hit when I was in middle and high school, and I played around with it some, but had it came out when I was little girl I would have had it ALL over me. Now you can make your own for yourself or your kids and you don't have to wonder what kind of chemicals they are rubbing on them. Head over to Turtle Taylor and check out her tute.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

DIY Super Easy Dress

This has to about one of the most simple and cute recons I'e seen recently. It is perfect for the last bit of summer that we have left. Hop on over to Samster Mommy to check out the tutorial.

Monday, August 24, 2009

DIY Thigh Highs

Thigh high boots from the likes of Mr. Louboutin are becoming all the rage. Unfortunately they have a price tag to match.

Now, with the help of Love Maegan you can DIY your own! Just use a little leather, or even heavy weight fabric, your sewing machine and the directions to create your very own thigh high spats that you can mix and match with your current shoes!

Now say "Thank You Maegan"

DIY: Plates into Mirrors

This is so simple, yet it has so many possibilities. I can just imagine the color combinations, the patterns, the shapes...oooooh goodness. I think I need to find an empty wall. Head over to Dollar Store Crafts to see the super simple tute.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Being Sick and Productive

I love my sinuses. Please note the sarcasm in that previous statement. They have been draining all week, gross, I know, but it's reality. Last night they kicked in full force...runny nose, sneezing and feeling completely miserable. To make matters worse I really needed to wake up this morning and work on a custom skirt for my friend, Jaxyn. I love this girl to death, and she always comes to me with projects that really spark my creativity, but I am insanely busy during the next month. I have a big show in September and she leaves 2 days after the show, so it must be done before hand. I also have to finish putting stuff together for the show, which I am sure I will be doing the morning or night before, as usual. Therefore, I had decided that I was going to work on her skirt this weekend, then my sinuses came along. Luckily, I woke up at seven something this morning feeling not so bad and immediately got to work. Somewhere in my sewing craziness I drank a coke, ate a Pop Tart, ran out of black thread and even fit in a nap. After all was said and done...I have a skirt - or Jaxyn has a skirt I should say. I still have some embellishing to do, but the hard part is done.

Now, one might be thinking, it's just a skirt, whats the big deal. Well...this wasn't just any skirt. It's a thrifted, upcycled big poofy hand dyed creation that I could see in my head, but I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to get there yet. It is made out of a set a sheets, a bunch of men's button downs, lace and ribbon all hand dyed. There were different patterns and undertones in everything so it all got thrown in either wine or black dye earlier this week to give everything a cohesive look. I chopped, ripped and ruffled for about four hours straight this morning. It's part machine sewn, part hand sewn and I love every bit of it. The pictures do not do it justice, and they were taken in my messy carft room. I tried fade out some of the background so yo can fully see the fabulousness that is this skirt, but unfortunately the mannequin can't quite fill it out like a real person can. When you see it in person you can see the plackets from the button downs and the cuffs from the sleeves, but since they are all ruffled they don't scream...HEY I WAS A SHIRT!

It's shorter in the front and actually has a tail in back. It's all kind of crazy, but it will be perfect for the event that she needs it for....which I cannot divulge right now!

Did I mention I also found some time to throw myself together a dress today....don't ask how I don't know!