tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88203412053725293162024-03-14T07:53:11.380-04:00calicodaisyInspiration. Create. Share.calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.comBlogger340125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-33769366493597077212016-05-13T13:51:00.001-04:002016-05-13T17:59:21.281-04:00ONE ROOM CHALLENGE - WEEK SIX - STUDIO OFFICE REVEAL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome to the new studio office! This plan has been a long time coming, but making the commitment to participate in the </span><a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/5/one-room-challenge-week-6-featured-designers" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">One Room Challenge</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and complete a room reno in six weeks finally made everything come together. I couldn’t have done this without Lillian’s help (my assistant seamstress). My daily accountability when she came to work and the expectation to post progress each week on the blog really makes this gal get on with things! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">After hanging out here in my room, please go to the <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">One Room Challenge</span></b></a> site created and developed by Linda of <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Calling It Home</span></b></a> and check out all the beautiful rooms put together by the Featured Designers and then give yourself a few hours to check out the 200+ participants' rooms and all the magnificent work done the last two months to create a prettier world at home and learn how to do it yourself, too. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am so pleased and happy with my office! Thanks to Lillian’s great eye for scope and scale and her artistry - the abstract painting above the cabinets, Lillian’s husband’s paint job(!), my husband’s brawn and tool expertise, as well as all the shopping and collecting and storage of said collections I’ve done over the years, the room came together so well. I had almost everything needed, and, if I didn’t, we certainly made most of it from my fabric stash! </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A place for relaxing and reading, visiting, and taking photos of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy" target="_blank"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f;">my work</span></b></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The white cabinets are two of my favorite pieces in the room. My grandmother had them made for her dining room years ago, and when they came to me, I knew they were just right for displaying textiles and my handmade linens. You can see just a teensy bit of my best fabric stash in this spot. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The abstract painting courtesy of Lillian. Love! Lillian has old-school Home Economics and Art degrees. She knows her way around the kitchen, home management, the sewing room, and paintbrushes. When she came on to work with me, I told her, "We will use <i>all</i> your skills here." And I do! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The valances. My design board shows a different direction for the windows, but I did not love the bamboo blinds in here. Thinking fast, we changed direction from monogrammed topper valances to linen stationary flounced shades secured with a nubby chevron fabric tape. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The desk is a DIY my husband made for me years ago. I spotted a pipe-legged desk in Country Living way back when and convinced Michael to make it for me. Now you can do a search for desk legs made from pipes and they are all over the place. I like being ahead of the game! I am a fan of mixing materials in a space, so the industrial legs are fun against natural elements. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally, the blank wall! Everyone who sees the room is in consternation over my blank wall! Are you leaving it white? Why don't you ...? I know, I know. BUT, I have to have a changeable place with as much wall space for wide views now that some of my products have gotten so large. My hope is to have a portable sort of barn door that I can roll in and out and which can cover the still-brown doors and moldings (to be painted white at some point). I can pull in furniture here, too, and buffet height tables for staging. Meanwhile, let me show you what I can do with this space. You'll see it wide open first, then a shot with beaded board behind it, and finally with a decorative wooden panel my daughter gave me. Lillian made the slipcover for my bench, and that, too, gives me options for a white space or a textured stripe. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And now you've made it around my studio office! Quite a lot to feature in a bedroom of a house but so awesome to have this marvelous place to use and now to create a lovely space. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you for following my journey to this point. My greatest hope now is to carry on into the other rooms! If I can go from the blue space above to this in a matter of weeks, there is no reason .... right? .... that the other 13 rooms in this house shouldn't look the same! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not sure I can express how difficult it is to create for oneself when designing and creating everyday for others! The cobblers children have no shoes ... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/5/one-room-challenge-week-5-featured-designers" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">One Room Challenge</span></b></a> to redo my office seemed reasonable when signing up, as I had been thinking on this change for so long and had so many details lined up ... I thought! I've been working so hard over the last eight years in my outside job and building my sewing / embroidery business and helping my kids get through college that I've lost a lot of skills I had long, long ago when I knew how to make a pretty home. I really feel at a loss putting just this room together. The thought of making these decisions room by room in the rest of the house is quite overwhelming if I think on it long. It's one thing to have a <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/calicodaisy/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Pinterest board</span></b></a> full of great ideas and quite another to execute them! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I find it has been easier to be a small part of other ORC participants' rooms. This year, Kimber is back for our <a href="http://houseofpemberley.blogspot.com/2016/05/one-room-challenge-week-five.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">handmade embroidered towels</span></b></a>. The first I ever heard of ORC was when Kimber ordered monogrammed panels for her <a href="http://houseofpemberley.blogspot.com/2013/11/one-room-challenge-week-six.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">tropical glam master bedroom redo in 2013</span></b></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last year, Andrea ordered jumbo monogrammed shams for her lovely <a href="http://www.theglampad.com/2015/05/one-room-challenge-palm-beach-regency.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Palm Beach Regency Nursery</b></span></a>. One idea turned into the next, and we ended up with monogrammed crib sheets as well as monogrammed shower curtain and hand towels for the bath. (<i>Once was enough, though. I broke up with shower curtains shortly after; way too big for my comfort!</i>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In both instances, seeing my work in those beautiful rooms is amazing. I'm used to my items right up under my nose and only see them in micro version on my worktable. That is why I adore receiving photos of CDH items in their new homes. I feel like my pieces are bits of jewelry that help finish off all the big decisions everywhere else in a room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today, Lillian worked on filling and staging my bookshelves. The idea of photo shoots near the window came to me last week, so we are working on making the shelves in the camera view as pleasing as possible. My niece blogged about her <a href="http://www.thecuriosityprojectblog.com/blog/2016/1/18/california-guest-room" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Guest Room Makeover</span></b></a> earlier in the year, and I am attempting to be as chic as she is but not sure it is possible! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_15267-77732-ABUA3672C___?productId=50323769&pl=1&Ntt=bamboo+roll+up" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">matchstick bamboo blinds</span></b></a> went up, and I don't like them! Ha! Another week of failed decisions, sort of. I guess I should say that I can eliminate initial choices and now try new ones. I think I might try roller shades next. Working on the monogrammed valances this weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We started to put up the pendant lights and shades, and then I got nervous about what to do with the cords. I think I've decided on this <a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2012/04/how-to-make-a-no-sew-tailored-fabric-cord-cover-for-lights-and-lamps.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">cord cover over flexible tube</span></b></a> solution. I am hoping a creamy white linen for the cover will blend in best. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, my to do list is below. I hope I'm on time next week for the Big Reveal. Even if I don't get the entire list complete, just getting this far has been a major success. Wish me luck! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A whirlwind trip to Nashville and The Country Living Fair last week meant that I missed the Week Three update of my office redo for the <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">One Room Challenge</span></b></a> guest participants. Weeks One and Two included getting the room cleaned out and painted and working on the feature wall. I'm still in misery over the fact that I didn't like my feature wall choice and have absolutely no idea which direction to turn! Going from my blue walls to a pearly gray has completely thrown me off regarding staging photos and working with the wall color. It's crazy how one small-ish change can create a domino effect of details required to get the perfect photo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was my first trip to Nashville, and I met up with my BFF, Lynda, from Memphis. A lovely time meeting vendors at the fair and shopping and eating our way through Nashville. I finally found <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BEqy_5mt4ZQ/?taken-by=calicodaisyhandmade" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">great food trucks</span></b></a>! I made it to <a href="http://www.draperjames.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Draper James</span></b></a>! The loveliest boutique you'll ever meet. As we walked in, I was pretty happy to see a stack of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/monogramsforthehome/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">Monograms For the Home</span></b></a> on a display table, as some of my work appear in the pages. Lynda reached over to open the book, and the pages fell right open to a CDH applique towel. Could NOT have planned that myself! The sales girls were sweet enough to let me show off the other pages of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">calicodaisy handmade</span></b></a> items. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I walked away with a little notepad for the desk all wrapped up in lovely DJ paper. Reese has made beautiful packaging choices. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Meanwhile, I really have been thinking through the finishes for the office. I've been collecting accessories for the room and auditioning fabrics from my stash for the bamboo chair seat covers. What do you think? Stacked bottom to top are: Covington's Tuscany in linen, a tropical banana leaf and hibiscus in case I want to go with a pop of color, Stroheim Giselle in Indigo, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thibaut's Haleema (my favorite), and Ralph Lauren Home Antibes Batik. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, that's where I am. My daughter promised to come by this weekend and help me make final decisions. Monogrammed curtain valances and bamboo shades are up after the seat covers and then the lighting and staging the bookcases. I see all the beautiful rooms blossoming on the ORC updates, and I feel like mine can hardly compare to the gorgeous finishes going on, BUT, my office is clean and tidy now and will be a lovely spot to greet my visitors. See you here next week. </span><br />
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out and the walls are freshly painted Sherwin Williams Snowbound.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wow! </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I haven't had
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the paint color even after researching my choice for ages before
ordering.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is just a touch of gray
to the white, but I feel like the walls look dirty.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My assistant, Lillian, (who sewed that gorgeous pleated cover!) encouraged me to hold out on my concern
until we have the place staged, but I long to get on with a crisp white or
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fencing backdrop wall is a fail! My cropped photos have the look of being in
an old cabin or the backyard. Not
what I expected in the eye of the camera.
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painted different hues. I thought about applying a whitewash or gray wash to the fencing, but I want to go a more refined direction. After thinking on it for a while, I slipped in a piece of beadboard I have on hand for shoots, and that totally changes the view and works out lovely. </span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This semiannual event belongs to Linda at <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Calling It Home</span></b></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A number of interior designers and lifestyle
bloggers are invited to participate in a six-week challenge of redecorating one
room in a home, and everyone gets to follow along week by week watching the plans
come to life.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Along with the invited
participants, the rest of us can design our own spaces and show off our progress
by linking in as guest participants.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The
featured designers post progress on Wednesdays and the linking players post on
Thursdays.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is Week One, and the
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to create items for their styled rooms, shams for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/calicodaisyhandmade/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">House of Pemberley</span></b></a> and
shams + linens for Andrea's nursery at <a href="http://www.theglampad.com/2015/05/one-room-challenge-palm-beach-regency.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">The Glam Pad</span></b></a>. It makes me so happy to see my work included
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to get on with redecorating my studio office, this Spring's ORC begins this week as well. Not being an
interior designer myself, I am a bit wary of the commitment, however, I have been
planning this makeover and collecting items for ages and have nearly
everything needed. There is just the
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</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Remember when this shade of blue was so popular?</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have loved it and really regret painting it
over, but it is time for a fresh modern look, and the gray-tinged white walls
will be just right for shooting product photos.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I spotted a handmade desk in Country Living magazine in 2008
with galvanized pipes for legs and had my husband make one for me.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A long desk to fit a computer on one end and
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room. I plan to slip cover the sitting chair in
white. Two thrifted bamboo chairs may get skirted seat cushion
covers and used for desk chairs. Bamboo blinds. Linen monogrammed valences. The slip covered chair and valences will be
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goal of the space on the left and a number of design details to create on the
right, including a portable backdrop panel for photographing finished
products. Please check back each week to
see my progress AND pop by the <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">ORC</span></b></a> to check out the featured designers'
updates and the <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2016/4/one-room-challenge-guest-participants-spring-2016" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">linking participants updates</span></b></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While the husband was
choosing door frames and molding at Home Depot a few weeks ago, I hung out at
the magazine rack. Flipping through
Cottage Style magazine, I landed on a bedroom layout admiring the serene space
and thought, "Hmmm, I have nearly everything needed to create this look,
and I must make a monogrammed bolster wrap <b><i>right now</i></b>!" Nice to have a creative spark and design idea
to update my own guest room – and the stuff to do it at home already, too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I've never painted walls
before, I started with the bedding.
Lillian (the seamstress!) sewed up a perfect zippered white bolster and
two shams in a lovely textured neutral taupe while I spent way too many hours trying
to create a new combo-font duogram for the wrap. Hours later, we were ready to test out the
look. So pretty! You'll have to ignore the yellow walls and the
green metal bed – soon to be gray walls and a spray-painted charcoal gray metal
bed. For the window, I'm planning a
monogrammed (of course!) valance that can be swapped out with floor length
panels. There is a chair to slip cover as well. Coming soon … hopefully before
the next guest arrives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As we finished up a tan
and white <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/221631979" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">South Pointe</span></b></a> sham, it occurred to me this king sham would look
great in front of the solid standard shams.
On the way upstairs with the camera, I grabbed the new <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/263675859" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Bordeaux Flourish</span></b></a>
monogrammed pillow for a third vignette to show off bedding accessory options. So, same basic bedding but three different
looks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another same but different
situation around here is … ME! My
20+-year career as a Medical Transcriptionist, both as home biz since 1998 and
a part-time job with a hospital since 2008, is over. Well, it is over as I knew it to be, and my coworkers
and I were replaced by voice recognition.
Technology! We've known for a
year it was coming, so I prepared myself the best I could with plans to go
full–time with calicodaisy handmade.
Lillian started working with me this summer as my seamstress. She comes with lifelong knowledge of sewing
and a real Home Economics degree. She is
such a joy to have around and gets pretty much just as excited as I do over a
beautiful seam or a properly hidden zipper.
I couldn't have a better assistant to hang out in the studio with
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products lined up and hope to start ticking them off one by one, week by week,
and chatting about it all here again.
This week the bolster wrap. Next
week, maybe new table linens – just got started on those today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">January is generally a quiet and cozy month here. We settle into resting up after the holidays and new year organization. It's the only month that I really give in to the early sunset and snuggle up in pj's and quilts and watch too much TV. This third week of the month, though, is always time to celebrate a January birthday for the husband. The kids like to make the dinner plan, and I like to make the dessert! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In December, I spotted a caramel frosted cake that looked delish, but I totally lost the link and had to put my own best ideas together to hopefully get it right today. I decided on my favorite </span><a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/buttermilk-pound-cake-50400000110789/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Southern Living Buttermilk Pound Cake</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://thesouthernepicurean.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/caramel-cake-courtesy-of-the-help/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">Caramel Icing</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Alas, in my attempt to bake the recipe in two rounds rather than the bundt, I left the cakes in the oven too long and felt they were too brown and smelled a bit burnt. One can't give a burnt birthday cake, so I decided to make another cake but different recipe (I didn't have another six eggs!), see below. Meanwhile, I trimmed off all the too-brown edges and bottoms of the pound cakes - mustn't waste the beauties. I made the cooked caramel icing, so easy!, iced cake #2 with the glazey stuff, and then I added about a cup or more of powdered sugar, more butter, and milk to the rest of the icing and changed it to a frosting for the pound cake layers. Wow! Dense, rich, and marvelous! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cake #2 is the <span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-best-buttermilk-birthday-cake-youll.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Buttermilk Birthday Cake</span></a> </span>with the <a href="http://thesouthernepicurean.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/caramel-cake-courtesy-of-the-help/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Caramel Icing</span></b></a>. The recipe looked like it would make a nice moist cake, and it did. It's really a just-the-right size cake, not too big, and nice and fragrant. In my excitement over the pretty cooked caramel icing just made, I didn't trim the top off the bottom layer, so the top layer slipped a bit. Sheesh! I was so busy working all last year with practically no homemaking that I obviously lost some baking skills. A few well placed tooth picks stopped the sloping. Let's just call it rustic happiness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Camille and I made quick little flags in my studio to decorate the cakes. Fabric rectangles folded and glued over wooden skewers thanks to <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/47498971044148581/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Posie Gets Cozy</span></b></a>. Sweet! Just right for Dad and a cheery simple embellishment. </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-40655914117886888002013-10-02T00:43:00.000-04:002015-04-09T17:43:08.415-04:00piping and zippers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Early this summer, I met Daniela of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.aestheticoiseau.com/" style="color: #e69138; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Aesthetic Oiseau</a>, an interior design blog. Lovely style! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She sent a client project my way for custom bedding and an appliqued pillow cover. Boy, she pushed me outside my comfort zone. The bedding included a duvet cover with piping with a buttoned panel to close as well as standard pillow shams, two-sided, with piping AND hidden zippers. Piping and zippers, piping and zippers - together in the same seam! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">JUMBO applique monogram letters on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/108117132/jumbo-applique-monogram-standard-pillow?" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">BIG pillow covers</span></b></a>. Shop requests have upped the dimensions to letters that individually fill the embroidery hoop. The machine has reached its limit! So graphic and bold; however, calluses on my scissor-cutting fingers aren't as pretty as the pillow covers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/126906905/jumbo-applique-monogram-pillow-cover-16?" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">16" x 20"</span></b></a> cover is filled to the brim, and the letters on the standard sham make nearly the same impression. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These seem to be favorites for decorating boys' bedrooms among my shoppers. The set above is two of three shams that will decorate a room shared by three boys. Nice to have something for the boys, though now it might be time to make a change on the calicodaisy label to something less flowery. </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-61746947468900496192013-03-17T09:34:00.001-04:002013-03-17T11:47:14.171-04:00Kiss Me! Double Layer Chocolate Cake ... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not Irish and I don't wear green that often, but I am totally willing to celebrate the day with a green sugar dusted </span><a href="http://thefarmchicks.typepad.com/farmchicks/2009/01/moist-chocolate-cupcakes-with-vanilla-buttercream.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Farm Chicks chocolate cake</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Yep, I don't change too much. If a cake is needed, this is the one for me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spring Cleaning -- One room completely dusted, walls washed, sorted, and staged. Before company came to ruffle it back up, I snapped a photo of the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/125180971/large-font-monogram-long-lumbar-pillow?" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">long lumbar 14 x 28 large monogrammed pillow cover</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> against the matelesse linens. Once a year - or so, everything comes together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the company leaves, will I spend at least an hour a day spring cleaning through the house? I can only hope. Meanwhile, there's a piece of chocolate cake calling me ... </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-48250867176524822922013-03-13T16:43:00.002-04:002013-03-13T16:43:20.219-04:00Bolsters!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best moves forward to new products in the shop are generally initiated by client requests, and now the custom bolster with optional design features is in the house! The first set ordered is created to match a set of the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/transaction/121748555" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Veronique applique pillow covers</span></b></a> (as seen here with my own monogrammed version). This bolster cover is photographed on a bolster 2" too large, thus the ends at the seams don't look very crisp here, but the pillow form was the closest I could find to the requested bolster cover size. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The client chose a ribbon bordered design with drawstring closure, 6" x 18". There are a number of sizes in the bolster world. Here is a mockup, though, of what the bolster might look like with a monogram. Instead of ribbon, one could choose piping at the ends. We could do closed ends and a zippered closure along the bottom seam. Applique. Lots of choices! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">shop is on hiatus</span></b></a> right now while I move through a treasure trove of orders and try to mix in spring cleaning and my "day job." With all that on my plate (<i>and all I really want right now is a large piece of fudgy chocolate cake on that plate</i>), it will probably be Friday evening or Saturday before the doors open again if I can get to the scheduled target before the weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another client request created but not listed in the shop yet is a monogrammed / appliqued tissue box cover. I love it but am working out the details. What details could there be to consider on a tissue box cover? You'd be surprised ... or maybe I'm just surprised because I get worried over the littlest of choices - oval tissue opening or slit, lined or unlined, worth the effort for the competing price (?); sometimes it takes all my energy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll be thinking and making a list of bolster options to be ready for new ideas that come my way for these. One task I should complete this week is staging the guest room and adding proper lighting so I can take photos of these custom bedroom decor items set up in their proper setting. My personal home decor has sure taken a big backseat to business building these last few years. Renew and refresh this spring should be my mantra. </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-366485927428272202013-03-11T09:47:00.000-04:002013-03-11T09:51:46.622-04:00calicodaisy on the porch! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just in time for new spring decor, there's an outdoor fabrics option at the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">calicodaisy shop</span></b></a> both with and without embroidery. The range of outdoor fabrics is nearly as marvelous as inside home decor. Shown here is the classic calicodaisy look in solid shades of outdoor canvas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Outside of choosing solids for pillow covers, custom orders will require the client to choose fabrics from online shops, send me the link of fabric desired, and then we will go from there. With embroidery, without embroidery, piping, no piping, zippered closure ... etc. There are a number of factors to take into consideration regarding the outdoor decor options. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regarding embroidery on outdoor fabrics, there is a brand of embroidery thread that touts "colorfast and fade resistant." I can't guarantee the strength and length of that promise, but I imagine those who put the investment into an embroidered item for outdoor decor most likely plan to keep that item in a covered area. I'm looking forward to finding what new ideas come my way by client request! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Due to marvelous sales this early 2013 and the need for a good spring cleaning around the house and studio, the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">calicodaisy shop</span></b></a> is on hiatus this week until Thursday or Friday. I am here working and available through shop convos and through e-mail, so if you have a pressing idea or want to get an order started in the next few days, just contact me either way, and I'll be in touch. Please stop by the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/69ung5r" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">calicodaisy FB page</span></b></a> to keep up with new happenings around here and to contact me as well. </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-2039079557838045342013-03-06T17:31:00.000-05:002013-03-06T17:31:19.626-05:00A Long Time From Start To Finish <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My very first, completely finished quilt. In my mind, the start of this quilt seems like it was just a couple years ago or so. However, based on my post dating when </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had this quilted on the longarm in </span><a href="http://calicodaisy.blogspot.com/2009/11/handmade-holiday.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">November 2009</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and then further looking into </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calicodaisy/3348476603/in/set-72157613261132559" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">my older photos</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, turns out this little gem is four years old! Talk about time flying by. As it turns out, this was promised to my girl at that time, so along with the </span><a href="http://calicodaisy.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-rare-finish-for-home.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>crocheted chevron afghan</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, she has the best of me right now ... finished items. Anyway, it is so marvelous to have a finished item. After the photo session, I washed the quilt, and now it is so yummy and scrunchy, as all blogging quilters say. So true! You'll have to check out the backside of the quilt below. Back before piecing the back was popular to local sewers around here, my longarm lady was highly unimpressed with the pieced back. I love it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Je suis fini ... my first knitted item following a pattern. So sweet in a blue-gray worsted weight wool. No baby heads around here, so my trusty candlestick with a small ball of yarn underneath will have to do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spotted a small alabaster bust up on a shelf hoping the photo isn't too odd. Link to <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/calicodaisy/pilot-cap-2" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">the pattern here</span></b></a>. Very simple to follow - especially after watching a couple YouTube videos to learn a couple of stiches. My favorite is how the three slipped stitches at the end of each row creates the pretty band around the face of the bonnet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though I might get obsessed with this new found skill, I must put the needles away and pay attention to </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">studio orders</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Great new ideas are pouring in, which keeps things fresh and busy. My favorite this month is a </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/125180971/large-font-monogram-long-lumbar-pillow" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">LONG lumbar monogram pillow cover</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> at 14 x 28 inches. Lucky for me, a local client brought a bench over for me to create a cover, so I had a great prop stand to show off the long lumbar made with my own monogram. This damask was a find at the mill a couple of months ago, and I just love the vintage-y look on the loose weave fabric, and the piping covered in the same fabric creates a pretty frame without taking anything away from the design. This length will look great in front of pillow shams on the bed or, as in this case, to decorate a hall bench. </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-81001062821018566372013-02-22T17:55:00.000-05:002013-02-22T17:55:08.791-05:00... and now she knits <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Small dream come true! This gal's got her gauge on! Previous to these blogging years, I was completely satisfied being very good with the crochet hook and believed my gauge was just too tight to knit well. How times change! Reading Purl Bee and watching so many bloggers whip off gorgeous items, my favorites are baby bonnets and top-down cardigans, created quite the desire to get my gauge under control and cast on. Plus, I'm crazy to use the artisan variegated dyed yarns available, and I think they are best used for knit items. After a little lesson with friend who helped with the casting on and proper form as well as watching a number of YouTube tutorials, I started a 40-stitch swatch/scarf on #10 circulars to practice keeping it all even and changing colors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As usual, one project isn't enough, so I searched around <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/calicodaisy/pilot-cap" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Ravelry</span></b></a> and have so many favorites but decided on this </span><a href="http://littleturtleknits.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_81&products_id=189" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">LTK Pilot Cap</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> because I can use worsted weight yarn and reasonably sized needles. This pattern calls for using markers (tied pieces of yarn for me), increasing with kfb, slip stitches, and soon decreasing. Can you see the pretty shaping in the photo at the top? The increases create that pretty V to contour to a sweet baby head. I hope it fits a sweet baby head properly; that will be gratifying as this is my first adventure in following a knitting pattern. If I get this one right, I will drop needle size and yarn weight and knit a fine little bonnet. </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-31698493632484127392013-01-25T20:28:00.001-05:002013-01-25T21:56:18.744-05:00Started A Trip ... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... that I hope I can finish. Last week I succumbed to the pull of the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/scrappytripalong/pool/with/8410548343/#photo_8410548343" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Scrappy Trip Around The World</span></b></a> quiltalong using the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/scrappy-trips-around-world.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Quiltville tutorial</span></b></a>. Goodness, I tried to resist; I have quite enough work due to others and business to attend to, but can I tell you how satisfying this quilt block is? Cut strips, sew strips, iron this way and that, make a tube, and then slice. Rip, rip, rip the little seams in a row, and all of a sudden the pattern appears just perfect. The way the seams that are ironed this way and that snap together under the sewing machine foot is dreamy and makes me feel like a professional quilter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only downside is fighting my need to depart from the random scrappiness. I tend to get wrapped up in the planning, and this isn't the purpose. The purpose is to destash. When I read <a href="http://fredashive.blogspot.com/2013/01/scrappy-trips-or-pixels-around-world.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Nanette's post</span></b></a> about organizing the lights and darks, I started to hyperventilate worrying about the black and dark brown prints in the mix. So, now the plan is to hand around my strips basket to anyone who comes by the house or lives here and tell them to "put six strips together without looking" and then make them watch me sew them together for keeps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm into this about 20 finished blocks right now and going for a queen coverlet size, about 90" x 90" ... maybe 80" x 80". I'll have to send it out to be quilted should I finish the thing. My favorite quilting design is the one </span><a href="http://filminthefridge.com/2013/01/23/a-colorful-trip/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">FITF used</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We'll see ... a little distraction is a good thing, and the ever-needed DESTASH is a better thing, and the resulting "heirloom" will be the best thing ... if I finish. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-89324038149096578332013-01-14T11:09:00.003-05:002013-01-14T16:59:01.133-05:00A Rare Finish For The Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About 18 months ago, a ripple/chevron crochet afghan was started. About two-thirds through when I was really loving it myself and imagining it in the family room, my daughter claimed it to be hers when complete. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just as the story goes about the cobbler's children having no shoes and the other story that the daughter doesn't like the mother's style, the two tales combined equals my girl has a completed item of my design that she loves and will keep her warm and cozy, especially since my little bird flew the coop this month and moved to student housing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of new time on my hands and a very quiet house. Otherwise, a great finish! Well, nearly a great finish and nearly a finish for <i><span style="color: #e06666;">my</span></i> home ... I just need to tie off all the yarn tails and decide which border to complete. The very simple ripple crochet pattern is linked on my </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/calicodaisy/easy-ripple-afghan" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">ravelry page</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pattern for this throw is the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easy-ripple-afghan" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Easy Ripple Afghan</span></b></a>. I used a size K hook, 80 rows. </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-78957342470292206032013-01-09T21:54:00.002-05:002013-01-09T22:38:26.732-05:00The Color Block King & The Scraps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/119967625/king-color-block-monogrammed" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Color Block King Sham</b></span></a>. A new design directed by a client resulted in this bold statement for a bed. The color block option just opens up all sorts of design ideas. There are lumbar sizes available as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/120032062/cotton-fabric-remnant-scrap-baggie" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">The Scraps</span></b></a>. For months, I've had these 1-gallon, approximately 1-pound baggies of fabric remnants waiting to be listed. I wanted to make a pretty presentation, but impossible. There are seven scrap bags in the shop, each priced at $6.00, plus shipping. Good stuff stuffed in the baggies! Quilt quality cottons, twills, home dec, and flannels. All fabrics have been washed. Perfect for quilting and collage and small projects. </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-16774567027911895542013-01-08T01:16:00.000-05:002013-01-08T08:29:33.972-05:00New Year - New Skills<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first moments of this New Year found me downloading a free month of Photoshop/Illustrator in preparation for an online Illustrator class with <a href="http://nicolesclasses.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Nicole's Classes</b></span></a>. After following her blog for months wishing to take Illustrator 101, I jumped at the chance with a Cyber Monday discount. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's mind blowing and frustrating and gratifying and fun all together. This is week two of class, and already our instructor has nicely taken us through a number of tools and Illustrator concepts. Week one homework was to create a typography poster using our text sizing and coloring skills. I wanted to be a lot hipper, but not so much after I saw the other participants' cool work. Not bad though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, however, I hit gold! I have been CRAZY to have the dashed line to frame my label. A simple thing, I know, but as a modern sewist, I want my label to have that stitched frame. Now I know. (Hint: Rectangle tool with stroke adjustments.) The frame design isn't perfect today, but it will be. The lessons also covered pen and pencil tools, shapes, and line draw. I found myself doodling and made another poster design. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My mission is twofold. One, my embroidery software seems to be based on Illustrator type tools and I need to create vector graphics to digitize embroidery designs properly. Second, I want to create my own graphics for everyday marketing, packaging, and labeling of my work and blog. There is also a design in mind to send to Spoonflower for calicodaisy fabric printed to line my goods. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stop by <a href="http://nicolesclasses.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Nicole's Classes</span></b></a> and see all the interesting subjects offered -- just saw the new floral design and blog classes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As holiday orders were winding down this month, I began sorting through baskets of samples and inventory created in the recent past but forgotten as new ideas and designs took over. There are several monogrammed items created for orders but put together with the wrong monogram letter set or color of fabric, otherwise no change in quality. These </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy?section_id=12681310" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">MisDesigns</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, as I call them, are in the </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">calicodaisy shop</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ready to ship and priced at a discount. Maybe you will recognize a monogram here and find that the item is just right for you or someone special. A few are listed here and the rest in the shop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/2012/12/monogram-swap-friday.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kelly's Korner</span></b></a> has a link up for a monogram swap, which prompted me to post about my little <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy?section_id=12681310" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">MisDesigns</span></b></a> section and put some photos on review here. </span><br />
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<br />calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-2635133817113421422012-12-14T01:05:00.000-05:002012-12-14T01:05:04.851-05:00calicodaisy handmade gift certificates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After searching for a pretty printable gift certificate over the past year, it was exciting to finally find one. My personalized GC file arrived this morning. Darling! Several denominations are available in the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">calicodaisy etsy shop</a>, just right for the last-minute gift or the hard-to-choose-for one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The gift certificate can be delivered in two ways: a printed version sent by snail mail or a PDF file delivered by e-mail to you or the recipient. Either way, the item will have all the pertinent information filled in and a special gift certificate code to keep everything in order. Expiration date is six months from the date of purchase. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Interested in MORE for less? A coupon code for 15% off the face value of the gift card is at the <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/69ung5r" style="color: #6aa84f;" target="_blank">calicodaisy FB page</a> </b>(only to be used on GC orders). </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-31523885092722402302012-11-26T20:16:00.000-05:002012-11-26T20:16:24.564-05:00Holiday Pillow Covers Ready-To-Ship Review <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the custom order for holiday giving deadline has passed, there are ready-to-ship items in the shop and new ones on the way as I can create them between orders. Here is a review of some holiday-inspired pillow covers ready to travel! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy November! October just blew by with all sorts of busy-ness ending with a very fun week spent with my dearest friends and family in Atlanta attending The Country Living Fair for the second year in a row. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unbelievable as it may seem, that mantra I began saying 11 months ago - "No Custom Orders in December!" has actually been changed to: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Last Day to Order Custom Items for Holiday Delivery:</b> <b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">November 10,2012</span></b>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been on a four-week turnaround treadmill for over a month, and there is no getting off the train at this point. So, to be sure to get items out in time for holiday delivery and to ensure the post office has time to deliver the items in that crazy time of year, my plan is to be finished with custom orders on 12/10/2012. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My son graduates from college just a week later, so I want to fully participate in that celebration and the upcoming holidays with no studio worries in mind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year, I had the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/113997679/merry-embroidered-holiday-pillow-cover"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">merry pillow cover</span></b></a> as a calicodaisy 2011 holiday design. This year, a little more subdued design based on your color choices is "<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy?section_id=11512927"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Silent Night</span></b></a>" embroidered in a beautiful font and sewn up in a lumbar or square form style. Up until 11/10/2012, you can choose custom colors for holiday delivery. I plan to have a few in each size available for ready-to-ship status as well. Please Pin and FB share with anyone you know who might like this style. If there is time, I hope to get out "joy to the world" as well, but that might be a 2013 design! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't forget about the custom embroidered, reversible, 52" <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/109740042/christmas-tree-skirt-monogrammed"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Christmas Tree skirt</span></b></a> either! Please order in time, so I don't have to say, "No!" It will hurt me more than you think, but I have to cut off custom orders at 11/10/2012. That is only SEVEN FULL DAYS left. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With that, I will leave you to a pretty Sunday. We are praying for our nation as we go to the polls this Tuesday and praying even more fervently for those touched by Super Storm Sandy. </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820341205372529316.post-74070840877325720322012-09-13T10:33:00.000-04:002012-09-13T10:33:02.233-04:00For The Sports Fan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monogrammed pillow covers, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">sports themed pillow covers</span></b></a>, appliqued pillow covers! Client driven requests have been a marvelous path to this current life of mine, but I really don't have anything else to talk about here. Reading through my favorite blogs, I want to be part of the interesting writing crowd and try to move beyond my studio routine, but only the latest pillow cover comes to mind because, well, that's what I do. I am off to Atlanta again in October, though, for the Country Living Fair and to hang out with best friends. I might have something fun to discuss then. It is crazy to think that a year has passed, especially because, other than a day trip to Charlotte in February and two trips to the fabric mill in the last two months, I haven't left town since I came back on 10/24/2011 from Atlanta last year. It is stunning how my daily work schedule consumes my whole life. Seems to be all or nothing. Not sure how to fix that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the other hand, out of that "time investment" comes new products for the shop and new plans to be relevant in the handmade market and internet presence as trends change. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Always looking for more masculine items to offer, a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/calicodaisy"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">sports themed idea</span></b></a> has been developing. Tailgaters and football lovers are always hungry for their team colors all over the place, but that can get overwhelming on the home decor. These designs might scream "my team!" to the sporty guy, but his colors and cheer are cleverly disguised in current home dec trends like chevrons and color block items. The lady of the house knows she got to give him some say in the decor, but set on a background of lovely fabrics, team colors are easier to fit into the family room and bedrooms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/109137292/monogrammed-personalized-color-block"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Color block pillow covers</span></b></a> in team colors and then monogrammed or personalized for the sports fan in your life will be a great gift for the upcoming holidays and just in time for any bowl game celebrations. The idea works for fabric storage buckets tote bags and any number of useful but tastefully designed sports themed items. </span>calicodaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008271823369034342noreply@blogger.com0