Process for Ellowyne Round 2

I am afraid I have to edit a bit (no, not because there is too much swearing...that comes in a bit later. hehehe) I don't want to give away too much of what I actually DID for the round. :)

" I have so many ideas! I had about 3 ideas (full blown outfits) when they announced the doll....of course when the challenge was announced it was so much more complicated! My idea - one of them - will still work with details and modifications. I have already asked 7 questions and I haven't even gotten through fabric selection."

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"The coldest winter I've ever experienced was a summer in San Francisco."

Attr. to Mark Twain

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"I am still stewing and brewing over the poem, trying to hit all the high points I can...without being too "cute." Ted gave me a warning about the difference between a trick and an illusion. I am not sure what he's thinking I am doing (he only has
questions so far...) Oh well...I guess I just have to hope there is something to "get" when I have this all finished."

"Just realized my color scheme isn't the "best" for my hair and eye color. Of course the second string practice pallete may be just the thing but it is not as moody! The coloring of Red, White and Very Blue is better, but I think there's more to play with in the Chills Poem."

"In the meantime, I think I need to research ________! I can't believe I am going that route! (Just Checked the original challenge message...says "Handbag is OK.") Whew!

"If I were a better artist on paper! Sigh! (I need to take a Fashion Illustration course. My sketches are hopeless!)

End of Journal Entry

The notion of the Day to Night change is a difficult one for me, since we never DO that. Sigh! Some days we put the kids to bed at 8 and then go to sleep ourselves. I know it is sad for an adult to go to bed at 8 p.m., but what can I say. In the instructions on the Blog, Ted is slightly more specific for the benefit of the AT Home designers. I don't remember being told that we could decide what the "Night" activity was. As you will read in my "Ellowyne's Journal" for this round that I submitted, I tried to address the issue, but I don't know if it just came off as wishy washy.

The number 5 presented a surprisingly substantial problem for me as well. It seemed like I had lots of 4 piece ideas and even some 6 piece ideas, but 5 is tricky. I think a large part of my problem is the same problem I have when making dinner...hehehe. I laugh, but I am serious here too. When I sit down to eat, I tend to eat one dish. This means that when I begin to cook, the main dish is typically well thought out, and then about half way through its preparation I remember that, oh yeah, we'll need a vegetable and a starch, maybe some bread. I NEVER think of dessert unless we are having people over. When I first started doing boxpleat, I did complete outfits on eBay, with accessories. Now in my work, I just don't do that; I am back to making the main dish, and my customers potluck their accessories. I am not sure if that is a personal weakness on my part, or just a recognition of sound business practice, ie, do what you do well, and let others do the parts you don't. I really liked my shoes from the Gene round, but considering they never got seen in the competition, the time was probably not justified. In this round, I didn't make shoes....and maybe I should have. :)

In the meantime, I was supposed to be using the delay of Round 2 to be prepping a few new things for my Ellowyne Salesroom and there is still quite a lot of work to be done before Saturday. (Including possibly soldering a new fuse in to my poor sad defunct monitor. Wish me luck! Maybe I will document that for posterity too!)