The Elves & the Shoe-designer?

In the beginning of starting your fashion line, all you want to do is design. That's why you got into fashion right? You have great ideas in mind and some how mysterious night elves will magically make these garments/accessories into real products while you sleep. Exactly like what happened in the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale "The Elves and the Shoemaker." Fairy tales are true, right? Uh huh, so when the heck are those elves getting here?!! (Truthfully, I do have a secret hope that one day I will wake up, and the elves will have done my work for me. Hmmm, one day... HaHa...really)

Well, so far work waits for me to complete it. Luckily I love my work!

Now, back to the point...

In the beginning, the job requires you to sure as heck wear many, many hats. (I even keep the Mad Hatter on speed dial. hee hee) Unless you have a huge bundle of cash to start you off, you must act at times, not only as, the designer/creative director, but as seamstress, accountant, secretary, assistant, buyer, merchandiser, photographer, manufacturer, marketing specialist, advertising specialist, graphic designer, website developer, janitor, delivery boy, and well, blogger.

I'd like to say that slowly you get into the swing of things, and it becomes easier... but that would be a LIE!!! As your line or company becomes more successful, new opportunities (aka difficulties) arise and grow on a larger scale. With the involvement of larger amounts of cash flow, the hiccups turn into hic-barrels, hic-silos, even hic-semi-trucks, and sometimes, hic-BOOMS! The number of employees increases, and guess where they turn when problems develop into ones to big for them to handle. That's right, they turn to you! See, no longer hiccups that you are dealing with, but a full size hic-semi racing directly towards you at 120 mphs!!

Now for the good news...

If you really love what you do, then you will enjoy solving the majority of those hic-silos (ha ha ha, a hick-silo). So it's all good...yes, I am aware that was corny.

The best news, however, I'm still in the hiccup stage of development. Yay!!

"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant."

Quote by Horace


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*Trying to be a Super Hero*

(Artwork by ComfortLove on Deviantart.com)

So when I started this blog, I was doing it as an informative step by step on starting a clothing/accessories line. Then the Creative Ambitions Night of Fashion was thrown at me, and I am attempting to seize the opportunity...

First I had planned on starting an accessory line and later a clothing line, but with the show, I am starting both a clothing line and an accessory line at once. My main focus right now is still on creating and making my accessory line successful. However, a lot has changed because of the show. The order of steps I had originally planned have been thrown all out of whack, but I guess that is how the industry, and life for that matter, goes. It has been a huge amount of work, I mean, I knew it was going to be, but DANG!! It has taken over every aspect of my life; I did expect it to do this, but I did believe that I would at least have time to breathe. HaHaHaaaaaa, I was wrong!

The Creative Ambitions show is in 35 days, and I wish I had at least 75 days! I still have so much to do!!! AAAAHHHHH!!!

Here is an updated plan on what I hope to accomplish in time for the show...

April 10- All garments completed, excluding a few zippers and closures

April 13- All zippers/closures completed

April 15- Logo designed, Business cards designed

April 16- Business cards ordered, Fictitious name filed online,Begin show accessories

April 19- Necessary legal documents applied for/ filed,

April 20- Etsy store completely ready to open

April 21- Website active, Facebook page active

April 28- Show jewelry/accessories completed excluding handbags

May 1- Etsy store open with very limited stock

May 4- Show handbags completed

May 3-6- Build stock for Etsy store, Last minute show details

May 7- CEATIVE AMBITIONS FASHION SHOW aka lose my mind & have a nervous breakdown

No personal calls or outings until after May 7!!! lol...seriously

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