Beautiful good things and love and joy
Mourning Market today was super-nifty. I saw a lot of well-made things and more color than I expected, and it was generally dark and there were skulls and octopuses and lace and such, always pleasant. Got to talk to a lot of artisans.
I quickly discovered that I had stumbled upon the No Self-Confidence Warehouse.
Artisans starting out damn near ALWAYS undervalue their time, and a lot of them undervalue their skill as well. Basically undervalue everything. Lots don't even break even on materials. And that's easy to do when it's just a hobby and you're new to business, or when the economy's bad, or you're just hoping to get your name out there, etc.etc. This is a thing that happens. I've done it. I still do it.
So. Re: the bolded part. Two names I met today and want to get out there, who are new as new can be and badly undervaluing their excellent goods. I want people to go and look at them and buy their stuff and tell other people about it for two reasons:
1. Their stuff is beautiful and you're practically shoplifting it.
2. Eventually these people will figure out what their stuff is worth, in which case the prices will rise, or they will realize what they're bringing in isn't worth the hard work, at which point their stuff will no longer be available. Either way, you'd better jump on it now.
This is DIVULGED, Ms. Luba Pacyga's Etsy shop.
She let most of the stuff she had at the show today lapse out of her shop, but it'll be back up afterward. Check out this bracelet. Hand-linked fine-gauge royal maille. Two inches wide. LOOK AT HOW LOVELY THIS THING IS. TWENTY DOLLARS.
I don't usually wear maille; it's a trifle SCAdian for my typical daily milieu. But this is gorgeous! Even prettier and more delicate in person. And she's got all kinds and colors. Marvelously detailed resin things too; I want her anatomically-correct heart necklace and earrings if somebody doesn't beat me to them.
Delightfully Deviant, the shop.
You want a big, poufy, well-sewn, four-layer, calf-length, nice-fabric bustle overskirt? Buckets of trim box-pleated by hand? If you are the kind of person who likes that sort of thing and has $45 (wtf), you should get it from them.
That price barely even covers the cost of fabric. Especially since Pandora is happy to do custom. I seriously recommend taking the time to get in contact. She's all about...drum roll...getting her name out there. The site is very basic and bare-bones right now, because this was their first show, but having seen the garments in person I'm vouching for their excellence. I am picky about fancy sewing and Pandora delivers. Delivers in a wheelbarrow that is also a truck. Seriously, these are GOOD bustles and capelets. Shark them now!
(they have other things, to which I am not devoting as much attention. I was too busy fingering pleats.)
Enjoy. :D Get in while the getting's good, folks. Today was inspiring so I'm off to fuck up an attempt at panniers.
I quickly discovered that I had stumbled upon the No Self-Confidence Warehouse.
Artisans starting out damn near ALWAYS undervalue their time, and a lot of them undervalue their skill as well. Basically undervalue everything. Lots don't even break even on materials. And that's easy to do when it's just a hobby and you're new to business, or when the economy's bad, or you're just hoping to get your name out there, etc.etc. This is a thing that happens. I've done it. I still do it.
So. Re: the bolded part. Two names I met today and want to get out there, who are new as new can be and badly undervaluing their excellent goods. I want people to go and look at them and buy their stuff and tell other people about it for two reasons:
1. Their stuff is beautiful and you're practically shoplifting it.
2. Eventually these people will figure out what their stuff is worth, in which case the prices will rise, or they will realize what they're bringing in isn't worth the hard work, at which point their stuff will no longer be available. Either way, you'd better jump on it now.
This is DIVULGED, Ms. Luba Pacyga's Etsy shop.
She let most of the stuff she had at the show today lapse out of her shop, but it'll be back up afterward. Check out this bracelet. Hand-linked fine-gauge royal maille. Two inches wide. LOOK AT HOW LOVELY THIS THING IS. TWENTY DOLLARS.
I don't usually wear maille; it's a trifle SCAdian for my typical daily milieu. But this is gorgeous! Even prettier and more delicate in person. And she's got all kinds and colors. Marvelously detailed resin things too; I want her anatomically-correct heart necklace and earrings if somebody doesn't beat me to them.
Delightfully Deviant, the shop.
You want a big, poufy, well-sewn, four-layer, calf-length, nice-fabric bustle overskirt? Buckets of trim box-pleated by hand? If you are the kind of person who likes that sort of thing and has $45 (wtf), you should get it from them.
That price barely even covers the cost of fabric. Especially since Pandora is happy to do custom. I seriously recommend taking the time to get in contact. She's all about...drum roll...getting her name out there. The site is very basic and bare-bones right now, because this was their first show, but having seen the garments in person I'm vouching for their excellence. I am picky about fancy sewing and Pandora delivers. Delivers in a wheelbarrow that is also a truck. Seriously, these are GOOD bustles and capelets. Shark them now!
(they have other things, to which I am not devoting as much attention. I was too busy fingering pleats.)
Enjoy. :D Get in while the getting's good, folks. Today was inspiring so I'm off to fuck up an attempt at panniers.