A day on Etsy

Amazing stuff from Rouge Pony (http://www.etsy.com/shop/rougepony), feather headpieces and dresses mixing the exotic from Scandinavian fields and statement tribal pieces! Aaawesome!

http://karinkirsten.blogspot.com/

So spending a day exploring Etsy.com, an online shop well known for its range of designers and craft makers selling there. Am getting myself sorted to give it a go myself. Does seem like I need some pictures though, and someone to model it for me, since I'd rather be taking pics than acting in them.. Anyhow more to come. 

Made By Elmo

After browsing the net for clothes tags to attach to what I make, came up with this genious idea - why not make your own? Although, lino doesnt really go with textiles, and didnt realize that when you print, the image mirrors...

Lägg till bildtextOtherwise have been enjoying a suuuuunny day in Brighton, hopefully this will be the weather for the next ummm two weeks til I go back to Sweden. Can't wait to go kayaking in and around Stockholm though! And relieable sunshine, warm days and nature EVERYWHERE!

Afro skirt!

Made by scraps of printed african samples brought back from visiting Paris as well as a pair of old jeans that just didn't fit the bill...
I had a loooong waiting at the doctor's so what other way to spend it than filming and taking pictures?

Makin dresses in masses!

Sunny as ever in the Pavilion Gardens yesterday - summer is FINALLY here!

The Cutting and taping, cutting and taping, taking in, taking out...

My first trial dress, looking quiiiite the cheerleading uniform, which wasnt really the point. Dresses for my flatmate and a perfect way to spend an afternoon after a day in da sunshine! 20 degrees today or more, and a sunny garden!

 

 

 

Pica Pica Fashion All-Dayer!!!

Had a smashing day and night at The Hydrant in Brighton Sunday, to all who were there, AMAZING! And the modelling crew were smashing, very circusey and all coming together immensely well!

My dress! I think it took scraps from 4 jeans (everyone seems to cut off the legs to get shorts now) and 3 whole jeans to make. Plastic emproidery on the top, green front and neck details from a 1950's utility jacket.

 

Tom doing moves fit for a Eurovision act in the 80's.

My amazing model Kim!

Me and gorgeous Head!

Pica Pica link

High on Life

"The health service issued 39.1m prescriptions for drugs to tackle depression in England in 2009, compared with 20.1m in 1999 – a 95% jump. Doctors handed out 3.18m more prescriptions last year than in 2008, almost twice the annual rise seen in preceding years, according to previously unpublished statistics released by the NHS's Business Services Authority."
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jun/11/antidepressant-prescriptions-rise-nhs-recession)

Illustrations

RE-MADE project From a small selection of samples and recycled fabrics into "new" textiles, under the theme of organic, contrasting and natural...

 

Blåkulla in knit

Knitting project on dubied industrial machines, inspiration slides and samples