Work in Progress

Just a little over 3 weeks til the annual South End Open Studios... and with a couple of trips already planned, time is going to fly..

I am keeping busy in the studio trying to finish miscellaneous projects, such as this leather lace pillow made out of piece of leather I found in NY a few months back:

The leather seems to have been lasercut and printed (light drawing lines that outline the cut motifs). It's really beautiful but too thin to make a bag or a garment so there, a pillow will do :).

Also, very much into clutches these days so I made this one out of brown leather than has a bit of an antique finish (I still have to shoot it to put up on Etsy..):

And I started working with the new leathers I got for the fall. I am getting a bit frustrated with my sewing machine when the leather is very soft so I doing more hand-stitching. Here's the first bag I made:

That picture is taken with the Iphone so it doesn't show the color well but it's a warm grey which I'm totally in love with..

Also just put this new Ipad Case in the Etsy shop:

I'm thinking of doing some in different leathers for men, maybe?

In the meantime, that one is having a great time:

even if he often hates to admit it:

Oops Master Pouter

Man..I hope I come back as him if I do..

Spring in New England...

Lovely rain all week (read: all month) in Boston.. I think we have a real market for this (in winter: a moonsuit, but this for spring - much more elegant):



Capa by Garancee, 2008



Luckily it's "good for the flowers"  and Belle Isle is coming back to life:

I noticed I've been into yellows lately.. to Oops' despair:

This is the FIRST year he lets me put clothes on him (he's 10!) and it makes me smile every time. Even yesterday, after a minor surgery, he had to wear a t-shirt in lieu of a bandaid and a cone, and even though I hated to see him dopey and stiff, I couldn't help laughing at this sight:

Too bad they didn't have it in yellow..

About Dogs and Bad Weather..

In French, there are a couple of expressions that, for some odd reason, link dogs to bad weather; we'll say "Ce n'est pas un temps a mettre un chien dehors", literally meaning It's not a weather to put a dog outside, or "Quel temps de chien!", which translates literally to  What a dog's weather! (and it doesn't make anymore sense in English than it does  in French...).

So here's what Oops did today as we were getting another snow storm (and sleet.. and ice...):

He must have tried every piece of furniture in the house... and every possible position..

Oh and we don't know what's up with the tongue sticking out.. that's pretty recent but seems to be a requirement when napping...

What a life..

When I die, I hope I come back as him..

Happy Rainy Monday

Need I say more?