This is going to be the first of many "Oh! That would go good with..." posts. I'll raid my closet and mix and match outfits to go with Erika Elyn Creations accessories.
      Check out this weeks match! I'm not a big fan of denim skirts. But I found this skirt at Goodwill a while back and thought I could make it work. It was long so I cut it to my desired length and hemmed it.  The sides needed some shaping, too.  The leggings I purchase white then I dyed to this shade of green. I actually dyed them for a Halloween costume a year ago. I was Poison Ivy, you know, the Batman Villain. The plaid shirt is from Target. I can't go into that place without coming out with something. Shame on my American consumerism habits. The bag, of course, is my Oakland Messenger. This is my day to day bag so I carry an off white one and it goes with almost everything. And goes especially well with this get up.

The winner of the Union Giveaway 2011 is Brooke Sledge!!!  Thanks for participating Brooke!  Congratulations!

Halfway through September already!  Whaaaat?!?!?!  This week I'll be perfecting the patterns for the new collection.  Though... this is the part in the design process that I loose sleep over.  I go back and forth over 1/4 an inch sometimes.  4 1/2 or 4 3/4??  I'll sell a dozen of them before I'm content with the decision I made.  Hahaha.
Anyways, this being Monday, we need a featured item!!  Last week I posted some new upcycled/repurposed sleeves.  So, this week the featured item will be the Bluff Sleeve-Polka Dots and Repurposed Denim.  I really would like to work more with repurposed materials.  Sometimes I feel guilty with my stacks and stacks of new fabric.  But a new goodwill is opening up near by and I'm hoping to frequent there.  Here's some pictures of the new sleeves with repurposed  materials and read more about them over at my Shop  I hope you like!

I ordered a lot of zippers and they have arrived!!  Now, I can really get to work on this new collection.  I have one month till the Appomattox Railroad Festival to start selling theses suckers.  It'll be the new collection's "soft open."  And if I make it into the Handmade Arcade for the Holidays (fingers crossed),  I'll be selling them there, too.  I haven't decided if I'll be participating in the I Made It Market's I Made it for the Holidays.  I only have 9 more days to decide before applications are due.  I've never been there before and I think I might just want to go as a shopper this year, just to check things out and get some christmas shopping done!

        Well, it was probably 5:30pm before a managed to get out of bed today thanks to something we like to call a migraine. Thankfully, I'm all caught up on orders so I was able to sleep until I was feeling a bit better. I'm still a bit fuzzy though. I went into the bathroom and hit the light switch about half a dozen times wondering why the light wasn't going on. It wasn't going on because I was hitting the switch to the fan not the light. Maybe, I'll just work on my September Team HIP Treasury tonight and not tackle any sewing. Best to avoid any silly mistakes.... again. ;)
        You may have also noticed I have a new Blog Layout/Design. I wasn't to fond of the old one and I'm not 100% enamored with this design but I think it'll due until I find something I like a bit better. I also changed up my shop banner and it now features my Shadyside Backpack. I just really love that backpack. Hahaha.
        In other exciting news, the Shadyside Backpack has been blogged! And not by me! Find the post over at Maddy Anne Designs. Her shopping for pretend posts are really fun. I love the jacket she chose and the colors all look great together. A great blog all together, really.
        I know I wanted to say a few more things, but I really just can't think of them right now. Keep checking back here. I should have a new collection preview soon, and don't forget to vote for the name of it!

The featured item for the week of 9/5 is the new Shadyside Satchel in Two Tone!!  It's a You Pick item so you can customize the color to be what you want.  Pick the colors that go with your favorite outfit!
Check it out over at my Etsy Shop.

Ode to the Beautiful Annie Clark...


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