Just a little sample of the custom orders I’ve been working on this last month or so- all wedding except for the bow tie/cummerbund set, which was a prom set for a preppy football player.
Lots more bow ties being added to the shop this week, and dozens more in progress. So, back to work [...]
recent customs!
June 22nd, 2010 3 Comments
Tags: bow ties · making · xoelle. business
recently thrifted and made
May 24th, 2010 5 Comments
good day friends.
I hate to announce that the summer is here in Florida. That means that I am hiding inside my house, blinds closed, fans on high power, wishing that I was somewhere else. I just keep saying to myself, “this is your last summer here Laura, enjoy it”, and I am trying [...]
Tags: making · thrifted · xoelle
Little Moishe, Large Moishe
November 10th, 2009 2 Comments
The last few weeks before Halloween were crazy for me! I made 7 Moishe costumes- skipping meals, showers, and sleep to send each one out on time. Each one takes about 20 hours to complete. I made my first adult-sized Moishe and I made a set for 4 month-old twin boys. I took some photos [...]
where the wild things are costume v2.0
October 12th, 2009 4 Comments
It’s Moishe! I just recently learned that Maurice Sendak, during the adaptation of his book to opera, named the characters Tzippy, Moishe, Bruno, Emile, and Bernard- after relatives. I made my first Moishe costume last year and made more mistakes than I care to remember. This year the process was a wee [...]
Tags: costumes · halloween · making
the making of
September 2nd, 2009 No Comments
This is the chaos in which I made my little film. I sat myself down one Saturday night and pressed my shutter button hundreds of times until I had every frame. I filmed the whole thing too- so later today I should be also posting a video of the making. =)
I’ve been [...]
Tags: joshua&julie · making
I am a semi-finalist!
August 31st, 2009 3 Comments
Hi friends and neighbors-
I made a little stop motion video. I’ve been talking about it here for quite some time- and now it’s time for it’s grand debut! I made it to enter the HP You on You contest and waited to post it here until I knew if I was moving to [...]
Tags: making
handmade & teeny tiny
August 27th, 2009 5 Comments
For my now completed stop motion teeny tiny film I had to make a whole host of teeny tiny props. It took just about the same amount of time to make everything as it did to photograph the stop motion! I was so inspired by the movie Coraline. Everything in that movie [...]
the teaser
August 14th, 2009 5 Comments
I haven’t been this excited about a project in a long time. I’ve been losing sleep over it for days (that spinning mind that won’t wind down) and you should have seen me tonight- I was just outta control with adjusting lights and getting Garth’s opinion on exposure and white balance and the background [...]
t-shirt latch hook rug tutorial
May 26th, 2009 52 Comments
I really love flokati rugs. I have two that are safely tucked away in my parents basement awaiting our reunion. When I learned that I would be having a child and building a nursery for him, I wanted a flokati. A gray one. Being a flokati snob though, I knew that [...]
Tags: craft · making · tutorial
the present.
May 9th, 2009 1 Comment
I’ve just taken a shower to cleam myself from the grime of today:
One layer of sweat from the battle reenactment in downtown Pensacola this morning, and another for visiting Pensacola Naval Air Station to check out a European car show (by accident) and a motorcycle safety fair. I also got a little crispy and [...]
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