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Yes I’m alive and working on many projects. Life has revolved around cleaning (and planting). I know I haven’t been very posty lately. There is a good reason. No posts have been forthcoming because I am currently overhauling how I store and upload my photos. Unfortunately they are now on a server I can’t access on my laptop *yet*. I’m also working on getting a remote desktop up in my office so I can post from either the laptop in the workroom or my office in the house. The details are coming together slowly. (more…)

The workshop is moved but I’m waiting to unpack. I have a 4-6 week estimate on getting the windows and sliding glass door replaced with safety glass. Next week starts the electrical upgrade. Once those are done I can fully move in!

Until then I’m working on inventory, organization, and project planning. If you are interested in a project in the New Year please contact me laurie @ dazeoflaur.com and we can start planning for your deadline.

It has been a whirlwind around here.

Here is my newest “crew member” helping out with the binding on the deep ocean blue corset. He was a recent gift from one of my clients.

I had just gotten out of the emergency room the day before and he was just the thing I needed to cheer me up. Actually Mr. Spider is already going on a road trip tomorrow and will help out as I hand-sew on the way up to a wedding in Sonoma, CA.

Thank you Michelle.

..for the Costume Colloquium: a tribute to Janet Arnold, thus I will be out of town Nov. 4-10, 2008.

“(it) is an international interdisciplinary symposium on historical dress, costume for performance and contemporary fashion. All facets of dress and fashion history, design and interpretation will be explored, and the colloquium will provide a stimulating platform where participants can exchange ideas and information. The range of perspectives include art history, social history and textile conservation; designing costume for the performing arts and living history; as well as the use of historical dress as inspiration for contemporary fashion.”

I’m all registered, paid for including flights and hotel bookings! My mother-in-law and fellow costumer & seamstress will be attending as well. This will be our first trip just the two of us since I married into the family.

Anyone else know if they are going? This was too much in-line with what I’ve been craving to pass up the opportunity. I didn’t make it to Venice for our honeymoon but I’m sure going to still make it to Italy this year. It is a stretch but I just know it will be well worth the time and money. I’m so excited.

Yes it may seem I’ve been gone forever. The day after my wedding I came down with the worst flu I’ve ever had in my entire life. And it just stayed with me a long time. Hitting over and over again and eventually settling into a nice sinus infection. Three rounds of antibiotics later I’m finally without constant sinus pressure (just in time for allergies!).

I have been busy working but have little time to document. I still have the photos from the wedding suit construction to sift through and find. During this time my laptop also died (luckily I had a backup although it was a month out of date). Still trying to schedule an appointment with Apple but finding I’m too busy. Luckily my husband is letting me steal his computer now and then.

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Our house smelled like rotten forest from the rain – so much so that we took the parrot to Saratoga to Jeremy’s parent’s house to get her away from the nasty (potentialy harmful) smell. That was all fine and dandy except that their power was out from friday till monday in the Saratoga house. It is now up but one of their heaters isn’t working. Needless to say I keep my hands busy monday evening, in the dark cold house, sewing buttons on wooden button molds:

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Little did you know I also work in fake fur. Evidence below:

After I made this little guy for a client I wanted a gray squirrel for myself and even have the materials… Where does the time go?

I’m out of town till monday at the Internatinal Jousting Championships. I’ll be back in touch online monday so communications will be delayed.

I have to say it is not easy being a Princess. I reprised my role this year as Princess Elizabeth at the Golden Gate Renaissance faire ( http://www.sffaire.com ). I do not have many photographs but perhaps one might surface that I can share later this week. I’m exhausted but content.

Some new corset gown ideas have been stewing in the back of my brain. I’ve finally gotten them down on paper and have a plan to start work on the prototypes. I have two related designs which incoporate corsetry in a unique way.