"He took her out behind the alley, carved away all of her beauty; now they call her Betty Bones"

While I ended up not selling anything at the Dark Dreams event on Friday, I did make a couple of contacts (who I need to contact, haha) who offered services for trade.

I've been making great headway on the outfit for my friend Melanie, the skirt is all finished and I'll be working on finishing up the corset/bodice and the sleeves, though I may go for a sort of bolero jacket... we'll see. I may do up some sketches. She wanted the outfit to be on the modest side, so I think a bolero may add that extra kick of modesty.

I finished a corset prototype last Thursday and I've decided to name it the "Jackie". It's a long line cincher style, and it has a faux front, a "vest" bottom and buttons sewn down the front. I think I will only offer it in black/white and (if I can find it often enough) white/black pinstripe. I made the prototype for me, and I wore it on Friday. I think it turned out rather sexy.

So my list of projects has dwindled slightly since I finished a ton of corsets, and the skirt for Jez, as well as the alterations I had been comissioned for. I wasn't entirely pleased with the alterations (let it be known: I HATE zippers, especially invisable ones...), and I let her know if she needs anything else done, I'll take care of it for her.

After I finish this outfit for Miss Melanie, I believe I may have as many as three orders to follow it up, which makes me happy :) I need this. I need this to be my job! And I have a list of personal/design projects I want to work on in in interum... which include:

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  Finishing the prototype for my swing dress hybrid.
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  Rework my Elsa corset. I need to fix the bottom and I want to fix the sides. I made some errors which I noticed after wearing it to the Dark Dreams back in April. So I'm going to work on fixing that so it will look/fit right and I'll be comfortable with selling this design.
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  Getting pictures of everything that I've recently completed to post on the amazing website Krista Engler has been working on for me.
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  I also need to get in touch with those I've arranged trades with, such as my webpage designer, one of the head-honcho's for Dark Dreams: Holy, and my friend Madeline. Her's isn't really a trade, but it is one I need to work on.