Here it is! This was my show! I took photos in the gallery, but the light was awful so I need to take separate pictures in my light box.

Getting There

My house is starting to look less like a pile of junk and more like a cute boutique :)

Printing!!!

It feels really good to be at this point!

New Window Sign

Printed Material

Store Sign

here is the sign as it is. i just mocked it up in photoshop. i have a bit more work to do and i still need to get an after picture of the skates. i have decided not to do the large before and after pictures of the full body and have decided to do this instead. It was said that the large signs might take away from the "wow" factor of the final product.

Lace Stencil

I was really worried that this technique wouldn’t work. I tried rolling the paint on and dabbing it with a sponge, but the spray paint worked perfectly! I had had some trouble on a different project before that had me worried. I had this old tablecloth that I had tried to dye but it came out a really ugly pink brown color so I kept it around and thankfully it came in really handy! I really didn’t want to spray through my good lace tablecloth. The white paint is on the door for the Studio 2 Boutique sign and the black lace is on a door I am going to turn into a full length mirror. And of course I choose the use the matte black spray and ran out when I have three cans of glossy black! I just layered the tablecloth over the door and smoothed it out with my hands then painted. Some parts are a bit fuzzy, but it turns out I like the look.

Short Bag

A bag made out of men’s shorts!! I used two pairs of shorts, an old canvas back (for structure), three belts, a square of faux fur, and some scrap flower fabric for the inside of the flap.

Cloth Rose Necklace

I made this necklace using cloth roses and some extra beads I had laying around. I think I might add one more rose. It is a large and demanding necklace, but I think it would look good with a little black dress. Maybe I will make some shoes to match.

Head-akin!

My old roommate left a glass head when she moved, she moved back up to Alaska and had to fly so I assume she just didn’t have room for it. I saved it knowing I would do something fun with it, at least I could display my handmade hats on it. I decided to cover it. I started with newspaper, a simple papier-mache . Then I decided to cover it with pattern tissue so it would match some elements of the show. I got her all covered and put a hat on her, but she looked bald and funny so I decided to paint on a bit of detail to make her more human. I decided to show her eyes closed because I hate it when creepy manikins are staring at you. She looks very sweet. I have decided to name her Honeysuckle because it means “Sweetness of Disposition”

Poster Idea

Because some people are having a hard time making the connection that this is an altered store I have come up with a poster idea for a window hanging. It would be two panels that show a "before" picture of the product and an "after" picture. In the left panel would be the clothes as they were bought from the thrift store as they were when purchased, all baggy and unflattering. The after picture is the clothes after I fix them. The trick is that they would be on the same model (me because my model was not available that day). I want it to look like the girls are looking at each other, one the frumpy before and the other the cute after! Megan, my photographer, and I have taken the first picture and will go back to the same spot for the second so it will look like they were standing side by side. Megan also had the idea of labeling each piece of clothes like you would in a catalogue like a, b, and c, then point to what they are on both posters so that people could see exactly what the clothes were turned into. I would label it “Before” and “Studio 2-ed”

Here is a mock-up of what I would potentially look like.

And here is an example of the girls looking at each other, except that we still have to take the after picture! And for that I still have to create some of the clothes eek :s

Bag Design

At first I decided on just a wrapped up package for the store “bags”, but now I am thinking bags are a bit more useful to the customer and I wanted to provide them in case a customer specifically asked for one. I am keeping with the Kraft paper for the bag itself but there would be the logo printed on it. It would be a foil stamp process so that the white could be printed on the brown bag. On this example I have showed a picture of a door as part of it. I have three size bags and have thought about having different architectural elements on the other bags, maybe a doorknob or a window. I have not decided yet.

Sign Sketch

This is a sketch of what the store sign will look like. I have added a few more vector elements like the clothesline and the birds flying away. I felt like they were a better fit than the sewing machine, thread and buttons, a bit more fashion store rather than sewing shop. The sign would be a printed on vinyl and then inserted into a door that I have, the window and panel of metal are pieces that would hang off the bottom. The clothespins would be real clothespins glued onto the wood so you could hang new product off the sign (this is an indoor sign) I plan on using the clothesline as an important theme. I am going to incorporate it into the display of the clothes.

Addition of architectural textures and Kraft paper

I felt like the look was a bit too crisp with the solid colors so I decided to add elements of texture. I decided on architectural elements because I wanted it to have a more urban feel rather than fields and grass. After all, the store would be located in a large city. I have decided to stick to kraft paper for most of my paper textures because people associate it with recycled and handmade things.

My textures are from http://www.cgtextures.com/ a free texture site that has really nice textures.

Latest Photo Shoot

I feel as though these are coming a lot closer to the look I want. It is difficult to tell your photographer what you want when you don’t know what it is you want in the first place. All of the photos are of Megan’s super cute cousin (who had the most perfect purple shoes!) I can’t remember her name, but I will get it. All of these photos are by Megan Cook.