Is There Shame in Failing?

First define failing.  What does that look like to you?  I believe the shame is only in not trying.  Okay, now that I have convinced myself of this I'll talk about today.  Today was a great day of designing the back strap of the infamous Citrine Birthstone Thong.  People, it wasn't happening!  

What I learned...

When you don't have the right materials you won't get the product you are seeking.  I need better citrine beads.  So tomorrow, bright and early, after I stop by the SAG office to pay dues, and then to my elite 90210 office to pick up the items in my inbox, I will be off to bead world.  Bead world in the 661 is either Michaels or this beautiful bead store Beads and More Needs off of Lyons Ave.  I will find the proper beads for my needs and this mock up will be in the mail by Thursday, with a disclaimer that this is definitely a one of a kind and she is the lucky one!

Check out my web log entry from today on my Troop 180 site.

Dream Sweet

Working My Way Through Colllege

Not really, but I am asking myself what possessed me to give a sorority gift certificates for a Birthstone Thong.  Well it was for charity and those certificates made them a lot of moolah.  But today as I sat sewing over 500 beads on the Citrine November Birthstone Thong I was certain that this design is not going to be the the first November Birthstone Thong.  Has to be fewer bead.  Although it is very beautiful, it would leave me time for nothing else if I had to make them all day.  I could however go up on the price considering the craftsmanship behind (no pun intended) them.

As promised, here's today's progress.  I still have to put the back

 beads on but these are gorgeous.  My hope is that all the Birthstone Thongs will be as unique and original.

Dream Sweet

Citrine - November's Birthstone Thong

By day's end the citrine, November's Birthstone Thong will debut right here.  The color is uniquely dazzling I assure you.  The lace is most exquisite.  The birthstone gems are simply beautiful.  Check back later.  Until then...

Dream Sweet

Wheelings and Dealings

Today was a lesson in buying fabric.  Not at JoAnn''s but downtown in the fashion district.  First one must maneuver the streets and then find parking  (about three bucks flat rate).  Then there are the shops.  Fabric  for three or four blocks.   After you find what you want, then there's the negotiation.  It's better to have someone with you for this  -- either they speak up or you get brave enough to bargain.  It all has to be a well choreographed dance,  When you come out with a deal you go somewhere you can create.  

I found a beautiful lace for the November Birthstone Thong.  Why November?  The first order I received in the mail at my office today was for november.  Way cool.

Dream Sweet