3 posts tagged “apartments”
I know I promised more songs and dress updates for this week, but I got all caught up in day job deadlines and apartment paperwork. The good news: deadlines met, apartment officially secured! Starting October 15, this will be the new Ciara Loves You HQ:
1450 Meridian Ave, two blocks from Lincoln Road, three from Espanola Way, with a dishwasher and cute interior features like a faux fireplace and vaulted ceilings. Much of my free time this week has been spent browsing the Ikea website and dreaming up all the little ways I'll make this place my own. So excited!
I've been slacking on the dress, but yesterday I made up for it by putting together some cute new cat toys for Halloween. I'm sure you've all see the original Kitty Monster -- but are you ready for spoooooky kitty monsters?
Just like the original, these little ghouls are made of felt and stuffed with catnip, plus they're all dressed up for trick-or-treating in Frankenstein and Ghostie costumes. But if yarn's more your thing, I've also rolled out these Witchy Kitty catnip toys in the shape of witch's hats:
The crocheted hat is loose enough to let the catnip slowly fall out over time as your cat bats, chews and tears it to pieces. Plus, the loose ribbons (secured to the hat) will keep kittens busy for hours -- trust me, Papi's been obsessed with his test prototype since I gave it to him days ago. So cute!
Today I'm hoping to make some serious headway on the dress -- I ran into an issue with the straps (the same design that looked great on paper looked awful on my dressmaker's bust), but I think I've come up with an even more creative and pretty solution. I'll of course still be listening to my "little black dress" soundtrack. Here are a few more songs from that list:
Stay tuned for photos of my progress on the dress, and of course more songs!
That's what I am to scoring a super-sweet new home for Ciara Loves You (and the kitties, and the boyfriend, and, uh, me). It's so close, in fact, that I don't want to talk about it any more, for fear I shall jinx it.
I've been hard at work these past few days on a little black dress, Ciara-style. It's still in the formative stages, but it's definitely the most complex garment I've undertaken yet -- no pattern, no real training, just me, a dressmaker's bust, and a very forgiving lycra jersey. So far, I've been able to make it look pretty much exactly as it does in my head or when it's sketched out on paper. Here's hoping that trend continues.
For inspiration while I work, I made a playlist of songs that sound sultry, strong and sensual -- exactly the way I want this dress to look at completion. How very Project Runway of me, I know. I'll be posting them all week long (and maybe longer, depending on how long this dress takes to finish). First on the list: Drive by Melissa Ferrick, the ultimate seduction song.
Well, it's official -- Ciara Loves You is moving headquarters. We're going from the high-priced high-rise with the great view to, well, somewhere else. Moving is the worst, but apartment hunting is, dare I say it, awesome -- especially when the places you're looking are several hundred dollars less than what you're currently paying. FisherBoy and I fell in love with an apartment not too far from Lincoln Road yesterday; here's hoping that comes through for us. I'll be sure to keep you posted on address changes and what all this means for the store. (Most notably, all the new crafty projects I can do with the cash I'm saving on rent!)
Aside from apartment hunting, I've been spending a lot of time thinking about the upcoming Halloween season. I'll be in Morocco (!!!) for the actual Halloween holiday, but still want to celebrate with festive products in the Ciara Loves You shop. In coming weeks, you'll be seeing spooky new catnip toys, gothic inspired accessories and maybe, just maybe, a few naughty little things to be worn under your costume. Stay tuned!
