tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196055742024-03-05T15:59:45.552-05:00Tornangel012I've created this blog specifically as an outlet for my fashion and crafts. I will be posting about my triumphs and failures with Etsy, patterns, time management & anything else related.
Think of this as High Fashion on a Budget in the Midwest, I work with what I got.Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.comBlogger467125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-19641896651338326972021-08-08T19:51:00.000-04:002021-08-08T19:51:00.367-04:00They picked the wrong person<p>So friends not the first blog post I wanted to do but necessary because I can't keep repeating myself and yet I want to warn people against me being a weirdo for what could be a few days to a few months. It is all unclear. </p><p>Let me be upfront that I am currently dealing with trauma from an incident that happened to me Saturday night after work (8/7/21). I was assaulted and they attempted to mug me.</p><p>I'll answer a few common questions first:</p><p>No, I am not physically hurt</p><p>No I'm not okay, despite me saying I'm okay, really I'm not</p><p>Nothing was stolen</p><p>Yes I did fight back and save my left over impossible burger from the lunch bag that they thought was my purse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ok.....now that those questions are out of the way I'll tell my side.</p><p><span> </span>After work at Easton I needed gas so I went across the street to the BP. I chose that BP because it had better lighting, more customers and inner pumps that were open. I am very careful of where I choose to get gas because I recognize I am a petite woman typically well dressed that would seem a good target. I also normally keep brass knuckles on my keys, lock my doors and hold my wallet in my had with my keys to avoid someone stealing my entire car. I also have a night stick under my drivers seat next to my gas tank release button. I am if nothing prepared for this kind of thing. </p><p><span> </span>I only had my drivers side door open and I was standing in it checking my phone while the gas was pumping. I had my wallet, car keys and phone in my hand. my back was turned and I saw some kid dive behind in my back into my car and instantly shoved him or some sort of reaction, grabbed the handle of my lunch bag made a guttural yell in his face and continued to play tug o war with my bag while smacking or punch him and he was hitting me back. It went on for almost a minute it felt like so I got a clear look at his face and he was eye level with me so not a tall person at all. He let go of my bag and got in the car and not very quickly him and his buddies drove out. They were slow enough that I thought I had two choices, go run after the car and kick it or try to get a photo. I tried to take my phone out to get a picture of the car but my credit card and phone dropped to the ground when I was fighting him so I didn't get it in time but I knew the car was a black Toyota Camry 4 door and I committed the symbol to memory. Then I promptly locked my car completely gathered all my stuff and went inside the gas station, stood in line behind two people and then at my turn asked the manager on duty to call the police and that I needed their camera surveillance footage because I was just assaulted and they tried to rob me. Then as soon as I started to talk to the operator I was a sobbing mess but got out the details "Black suspect looked like a kid with kind of dreaded hair, short, wearing a black shirt and maybe some light colored shorts, no i don't need a medic I'm not hurt just sore" </p><p><span> </span>I sat in a chair by the managers office and just cried and texted/called Andy and my brother immediately (for those that don't know my brother is with the Columbus Police Department). I texted my closest friends as I waited for the police.</p><p><span> </span>Two officers came. Took my account and were surprised with how much detail and information I recalled. Then they went to look at the camera footage and said I was impressive and did a very good job. I remember my yell in his face was not some cry for help or surprise, It was the kind of yell I would do during a Muay Thai fight or class when I am ready to fuck some shit up. After a bit and my brother talked to one of the officers on the phone and I had calmed down some I told them I wanted to move my car and see how I felt about driving. One of them came with me to my car and I got in and started it and just drove it off the pump and to a parking spot and I knew I wouldn't be able to drive home. Andy and Laura came to pick me up. One officer left as there were three more reports of the same kids hitting other people and one officer said he would stay with me till they came. </p><p>The officers told me that they had cased me as soon as I got out of the car. They could see they had been hanging in the parking lot before I got there. While I was on the pump one of them had gotten out of the car and went to my passenger side to scope it out. Then they had gotten back into the car and pulled up and that's when the one kid dove into my car to get what they thought was my purse. Of course to them I looked like an easy rich target, I was dressed up and I drive a decent car with a full face of makeup and my hair was done up. They weren't expecting to get a fight back.</p><p>Everything I told them from my side of the story was clearly on camera.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ending thoughts are:</p><p>I saved my leftover impossible burger.</p><p>Even though I was extremely cautious from previous experiences when I lived in Chicago it still happened.</p><p>Fuckers were lucky I didn't have my brass knuckle or time to reach my night stick. Seeing what my reaction was I would of beat them bloody.</p><p>How sad is it that this was teen kids? This behavior has zero future and grim results.</p><p>I am a FIGHT not Flight personality, period.</p><p>I will never get gas in that part of town again, even if that means I will be late for something.</p><p>Please friends this could happen to anyone, it happened to me. Like I said at the beginning I'm not doing so hot. I just wanted to get this out there so if someone asks me I don't need to keep reliving it telling it over and over. I'm giving myself another day before I decided to seek a counselor or not. It's just one day at a time. Currently the thought of driving, and even going near Easton makes me feel sick and tight in the chest. </p><p>I promise next blog post will be on a better happier note, what I really wanted to talk about was turning 40 and my fights and my son turning 6. </p>Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-47201854875237880562020-08-31T11:08:00.000-04:002020-08-31T11:08:03.226-04:00The Dumpster Fire that is 2020 - Asian ViewI don't blog very much at all anymore because having a five year old has kept me pretty busy.<div>
Quick life update for those that may not know me well or didn't realize.</div>
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I had a business called Yarn it & Haberdashery, it is a yarn store. We sold it in October 2019 to some partners. I have since then been focusing on family, household, and getting back into creating art. We lost my mother to cancer in November 2018 and my father hasn't been doing so hot either and they live in Las Vegas while I am here in Columbus. </div>
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I've always dealt with a general amount of harmless racism being full Korean with american citizenship and no accent in the Midwest (specifically Columbus, Ohio area). I even got to put my word out there a little bit with a round table discussion on being Asian during Covid-19.</div>
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You can find that Columbus Alive Article here: </div>
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It was a hard thing to think about and I am fortunate and grateful that I live where I do and have surrounded myself with like minded and intelligent people so I don't have to constantly defend myself or worry around even physically defending myself the way I heard some friends have had to do in Chicago and New York City.</div>
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Back in February I remember hearing about bad flu's going around and I was going to visit my dad for while because he was hospitalized for a series of non-corona related issues and this was also before Corona was public knowledge. I wore a mask through the airport and at the hospital and of course was getting crazy stares but I didn't mind back then and I would just brush it off. I had been trained to do this when I visited Korea many times. I already had fabric face masks from casual to funny animal faces. I use the masks when I clean cat litter and when my asthma is acting up from dust or if I had to go out with a cough from a cold to pick up something. I even use it in long car rides because I get car sick and put a few drops of essential oil on it. Wearing a mask is not irregular for me, it was just a part of regular life culture that I picked up from visiting Korea as part of my culture.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fast forward to today we have gone through so many transitions over something that should just be basic health but instead because of our broken leadership what should just be common knowledge like washing hands, has become political. It is the most insane thing I think that I have witnessed in my life time. This entire "karen" thing of people shouting their freedoms etc etc. I've never felt especially connected to being an "american" but I've never been so embarrassed to admit where I live before. I've had friends and family around the world call and message me to make sure my family and I are ok because from outside media we just look pathetic. My South Korean friends seem to think of us just as sad a state as North Korea because we seem to be the only country that continues to spike up and down at alarming rates.</div><div><br /></div><div>Closer to home when everything first blew up I was terrified to go outside. I would try to act normal and run an errand alone and sometimes sit in the car and just cry because of the looks I would get from not only wearing a mask but being asian and wearing a mask. I remember clearly the first time I went to Whole Foods to get some comfort guac (cause food is important to me) hardly anyone was wearing a mask; black, white, hispanic the only consistent people I saw wearing masks were asians. I also noticed there wasn't really any social distancing except when it came to asians wearing masks. People were still reaching in front of each other to grab produce or squeezing by aisle ways instead of taking turns. But when I would turn down an aisle with my mask whomever saw me in that aisle immediately left. It was so bizarre, I felt both ostracized but also relieved that people were keeping their distance.</div><div><br /></div><div>I tried very hard to keep a strong face telling myself even though I knew I wasn't sick at least wearing a mask kept people at a distance. The hard thing is they say you can't tell emotions very well because of mask wearing, but honestly in the eyes says everything and there was fear, hate, judgement and concern. That was in the beginning and even if though they might not of been wearing masks they still were with fake polite smiles or trying to keep a blank face. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now it's not so bad since it is a statewide mandate for us in Ohio to wear masks in public spaces and all the places I go to enforce it. I still feel the judgement I still don't feel comfortable especially when our president had basically put a target on asians calling it "Kung-Flu" across the media. </div><div><br /></div><div>In honesty I have gone through plans to even go to Korea for a month or two to get away from all of this mess. Not just for the threat of Corona but also just for the stress relief to be surrounded by "my people" so I won't feel the burden or anxiety or unfounded guilt from US media. I have seriously debated the annoyance of going through that two week enforced quarantine with my 5 year old son. I think if not for my husband and his work I would of just gone the entire summer and who knows, with distance learning I could of stayed longer. It's still an escape plan. I feel almost like I am planning for the zombie outbreak and how to survive. </div><div><br /></div><div>I feel that unfortunately because of the way leadership has handled this and stigmatized yet another minority that even when a vaccine is ready and working and this pandemic is under control there will be years upon years of repercussion on asians. It makes me so sad that my son will have to face this as part of his normal as he grows. All I can do is educate and prepare him and instill in him the golden rule, to treat others as he would want to be treated and continue to encourage his empathic personality. I knew he would already be growing up with the struggle of being Half asian and now it's just another thing to add into the mix.</div>
Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-66519595360768068972019-01-29T18:15:00.001-05:002019-01-29T18:15:21.953-05:00Where was this when I was pregnant and planning? The Glory of online Invitations<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Progress is amazing. The world of the interwebs is amazing. Due to me having a 3.5 year old toddler I have had my head in the sand of parenthood and small business like an ostrich.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Along with the idea of already having the thank you cards they also offer "<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;">Address Capturing Service"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"> - <a href="https://www.basicinvite.com/">Basic Invite</a> offers an address capturing service that allows customers to simply share a link on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or any other form of social media to request their friends and family’s addresses which will be stored in the customer’s account and can then be selected during the design process. Basic Invite offers recipient address printing at no cost on all Christmas card orders. That is definitely something I will be using in the future and OH GOD how much time could of been saved if this had been around when I planning my wedding, baby shower, 100 days, first birthday, etc etc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once again the templates that were available and that I ended up choosing were super easy to customize. It can be a little overwhelming since they have almost unlimited colors. <span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;">Basic Invite is one of the few websites that allows customers almost unlimited color options with instant previews online. Once you select a design you can change the color of each element on the card to over 180 different color options so you can make sure the card is exactly how you want it down to the littlest detail. This is something that sets them apart from almost any other online stationery company and is the biggest draw.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is the big reveal! My order came and I was super happy with the results and the care of the packaging. It is great that they also offer a code to use on your order if you are satisfied with your samples which makes it even more appealing to use Basic Invite.</span><br />
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Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-83274297966978550492019-01-22T16:04:00.001-05:002019-01-22T16:04:17.795-05:00When did my craft get political?Talk about taking the joy out of something........ I was sitting here in my yarn store eating my rice and homemade szechuan fried green beans and pork that my extremely not asian husband made for me and just started to laugh.<br />
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Over the last week I suppose there has been this huge influx of political/racial justification posts throwing out acronyms that I've been exhausted filtering and looking up what they stand for.<br />
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So I'm told it all starts with this blog post from the woman who owns Fringe Supply Company (I'm not going to link it because I believe if you are reading this you are smart enough to find it yourself and I'm not here to perpetuate). A friend posted it in our chat group and I started to read it but it was very long and I have very little time for these things having to run my own business, house and toddler amidst finding the little precious times for joy in my life. So of course I don't spend a lot of time reading something that I know stirred the pot. Call me ignorant or whatever but I just didn't finish that article. But from that post came a combatant post from a designer I once admired and now have lost their sparkle in my eye.<br />
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The short of it was that a midwestern well off white woman who is very self aware wrote a bit of a personal and open note about her own ignorance and how she was making an effort to travel the world and change her perceptions. I think the only wrong she might of had was openly discussing her ignorance and past prejudices, (yes I have at this point read said article). Anyways she was completely jumped on top of and now it has spurred this entire big movement in the fiber community to be more aware and inclusive and silly things are happening and I just can't even deal with the social media burst of it all.<br />
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I got an email at the store from what she referred to herself as a "blind white woman" and used POC in the context and I was flabbergasted that she wanted me to make some sort of social media stance on this whole matter and if I would make a list for her of POC (which at the time I didn't know what it meant and when I found out I was kind of appalled) of makers, designers, owned companies etc so she can do her part to support them. In a nutshell I politely told her it is easy to do the research on her own, I was not current with what this whole movement is and it does not affect with whom we do business with because we believe in good products and good designs. I also pointed out because I personally know several people that keep their personal totally hidden so that they can make a living judged only on the merit of their work.<br />
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Craziness right?! It's just yarn, knitting and I am not going to go out of my way to make a list for someone else because if they really care they would do the work themselves. Yes I found it slightly offensive that she would reach out to me knowing I am asian that I would just automatically be the go to make her amends. My friend Toni said it best in her live feed when she said "not knowing what you are apologizing for isn't a real apology". I personally find reverse racism more insulting because that is someone educated enough to know what is wrong and over compensating for their own peace of mind and validation. <br />
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Another friend in the industry who just happens to be white has had harassing messages asking for her opinion and to make it public and even went so far as to call her deaf to what is going on around. A total no-win for her and I was just so angry for her because like that email it felt like they were trying to guilt or bully us into speaking an opinion about it. It's one thing to just ask off to the side privately "hey what do you think?" but to call us out as businesses to take a stand seems entirely inappropriate.<br />
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I feel bad for companies that getting the ripple effect reach back of people going back to accuse them of not being inclusive or sensitive with their content, titles or inclusion. I'm sorry but if a magazine is from the UK specifically catering to Nordic inspirations and Nordic traditions in a region that their indigenous people are fair skinned how is that wrong? I mean it was our choice to support and import. Just like it is each individuals choice to join or not join this conversation like ANY conversation. Just be polite, mind your manners and if you need to feel better about yourself and validation there might be something more deep set wrong going on. Also why isn't anyone attacking the popular Japanese magazine for only using asian models? I mean might as well be fair right?!<br />
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Anyways back to the point this whole thing has just become so overblown and ridiculous and in the end I'm just like hey guys, let's just knit. Let's just appreciate that we have the means and are comfortable in our lives to afford this past time. It's considered a gentle art, why make it war? Also part of a charm of knitting is being able to enjoy something alone and as comfort. I know quite a few designers that a proud that no one can recognize them when they are out at shows or conventions and have even opened my store early for one because they want the merit of their work to speak for them not what they look like. Those people are my real heros.<br />
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That is my 2-cents on this whole thing.Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-75418633186125558172019-01-21T15:46:00.000-05:002019-01-21T15:46:09.474-05:00Fleas & Things on the street market shopping!This was another wayward post. Several years ago started but the bones of it still hold truth when you are going to a flea and doing street market shopping in any country.<br />
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A while ago I went to the Short North Reduction Sale. It was packed! Never had I gone to a reduction sale where there were so many people before. I usually go later and get some good pickings but this year I wanted to be early to make sure I had first dibs. Oh, so not the case this year. It was heavily advertised in ways that it wasn't in the past and I felt the space was much smaller.<br />
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After going through that and then to my Friends Flea Swap at the Gangway it got me thinking about some not so common sense tips when going to these sorts of events.<br />
1. Do not expect there to be a dressing room<br />
2. Don't bring a super bulky bag (if you even bring a full purse at all)<br />
3. Be prepared to be elbowed and disregard this as rudeness (it is a battlefield of discounts essentially)<br />
4. Bring lot's of Cash most vendors even though they have credit card machines in their stores they rarely bring them out to these events or the wifi will be spotty.<br />
5. Be prepared to wait in a line<br />
6. Come early at least an hour before the actual opening if you want the best picks.<br />
7. Dress Prepared!<br />
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This last part is what I want to cover mostly. When I say dress prepared I mean dress as if you need to try things on and won't have a fitting room available because most likely you won't.<br />
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Another trick to use if there isn't a fitting room and you don't want to try something on there at least for pants and skirts is the neck trick. The neck trick is where you take the garment and wrap the waist band around your neck. If the two side seams don't touch them it is too small or if it goes way past each other when they meet then it will be too big. You do not want to make it choking tight or else you are just cheating yourself. Keep it as loose around your neck as you would like to be on your real waist. I know that seems like witch craft but it is a tried and true method. Just remember this is to match your waist so of course if they are high rise or vice versa and hip hugger pants think about that accordingly.<br />
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When I go to the street markets in Korea often times there are never dressing rooms and they would hand you a big elasticized skirt that you could either put on top and hang on your neck or just over my waist to try clothes on with out being indecent. Sometimes they would let you behind their booth to change but most times they would take you just to the end of the aisle with the "to-go" dressing room. It's not for everyone but for some people the discomfort is worth the discounts or they just like a little adventure and non-uniformity.<br />
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Best of luck to you if you take the dive to hit up a flea or street market and remember it's not personal if you get shoved a little (especially in Korea from older women, that's pretty normal).<br />
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Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-14060416852016824512019-01-09T12:35:00.002-05:002019-01-09T12:35:53.352-05:002019 Updates on Life - it's just wordsI had been away from my blog for a long time. There was a point where as much as I loved this and writing I had gotten too busy taking care of my little Colin, training, being a wife and small business owner.<br />
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My mother passed away just days before Thanksgiving due to pancreatic cancer. It was terrible she was diagnosed only three months prior. I was the one who took her to the ER where they began testing and found the tumor. It was my first time going out to visit my brother in Las Vegas and seeing my parents after they had moved out there. I had Colin with me. We enjoyed most of the time there then Sunday after my brother Birthday Brunch mom told me she was in pain and wanted to go to the ER. I knew she was in pain the whole weekend, but no one else noticed and I kept an eye on her. I took her temperature and she had a fever over 100, I made a quick call to my friend's mom who is a nurse and she confirmed I should take her to ER. That was the day before I was supposed to leave. It was heartbreaking to leave her then knowing she would be in the hospital for days doing testing. From there it was fast and progressively worse and I am thankful we got her into Hospice for her last days to be comfortable. It's obviously still a fresh wound which is why I am coming back to writing/blogging.<br />
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As a friend told me I am a private person, yet not at all. I just don't like to talk about feelings much, I don't like to be exposed but I do like people to know there are things going on. I use social media a lot as a quick way to update friends abroad or that I don't get to see very often so they know I am living life and doing ok. Some days are better than others but I'm still here.<br />
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I think another thing that spurred my want to write again is going through this aftermath of death and how there are so many things I had to figure out for my father and myself with how to deal with death, not emotionally but fiscally and what a death means in terms of a process not a person. Unless you have been through it is not an easy thing to grasp while you are mourning and no one prepares for this because it is a dark thing that leads to dark thoughts. So I wanted to write the process in a practical guide and maybe it will be published maybe not but at least it will be out in the world in some form or another and maybe when it's my time my son will find it and get some comfort in his mom's overly practical mind.<br />
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I was also approached by someone I didn't know very well at my gym and was touched. It was my first time working with this person and after class was over he said to me that he found one of my blog posts about testing and it inspired him to come to my gym (Short North Muay Thai). I didn't know my blog, my posts had an impact and were still circulating. He's been at the gym over a year now and I'm happy to say that he is now on his own path and will be testing in March.<br />
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It's a funny thing how something so abstract as the internet has now connected so many people for the good or bad it is a big influence on our lives. I am just one person, small insignificant but I see I have made an impression in the world no matter how small and that is a comfort. It maybe just a little but it isn't nothing and that is a victory to put something positive and helpful out there.<br />
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This is a new beginning for this blog so Cheers! let's be logical, depressed, helpful, cheering and celebrating all together because those are all parts of life.Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-71535690704750808672019-01-09T12:12:00.001-05:002019-01-09T12:12:41.620-05:00This is Me, or how I perceived myself in 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Someone who loves to dress up as a bad-ass with a love for cheesy Kungfu</div>
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I also like to dress up and play at being a model for friends</div>
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I'm an avid Muay Thai fan (Top is Lerdsila at the Ronin 2018 Seminar and bottom is Saenchai from 2017)</div>
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I like to leap up and take chances at being a badass in the most humbling environment surrounded by supportive friends in a muay thai gym unlike any other. (Short North Muay Thai)<br />
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I even went so far in 2018 to check off another bucket list item and went to my first fight! I had two fights, first a win and then a lose by decision (it was really close I think I was nicked points due to headgear is what I overheard) but they were good and amazing and I'll talk about that more in another post.</div>
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I'm the mother to an adorable mixed child, Colin Eldon Hall and am prepared to stand up for him and with him when it comes time to talk about his multi-facted ethnic culture.</div>
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I have been and will return to being an independent Fashion Designer</div>
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I am a positive force with colorful hair no matter what other people may think. Both traditional and radical but always respectful and full of empathy.</div>
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I'm a wife and partner to someone who likes to smile and laugh with me.</div>
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Had the pleasure of being on national TV with one of my best friends aiming high for a dream that has not come true.</div>
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Being almost famous by association (that is a young Daniel Henney and I was his dresser for my school fashion show at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago)</div>
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We still have three cats that are complete idiots that love us unconditionally and they just add to the disaster that Andy and I try to call our home. It's hard with an anxiety ridden orange girl, broken trash cat who thinks every meal is his last then pukes and a high strung princess cat that thinks she is the center of everyone's world. But we love them.</div>
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I still try to make time for video games and I'll never stop my love of plushies or Final Fantasy.</div>
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Using my fashion designs to shoot this cinematic presentation. Which you can view <a href="http://theblankagency.net/TornAngel.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>here</b></span></a>!<br />
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The pieces used were from a white and gold collection I did to embody different royal characters from Alice in Wonderland.<br />
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The White Queen is long silk and velvet dress<br />
The Red Queen is the gold silk skirt and embroidered top<br />
Queen Alice is the gold bow dress<br />
Simply Alice is the white bell pants with the Silk coverup<br />
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This was part of my Senior Collection for The School of the Art Institute of Chicago back in 2003. It is crazy to see old work of my still being relevant and exciting for other people. It's an inspiration that I would like to visit again some day in the future to see how my style has changed since then.<br />
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From here on is an update on since I had stopped my blog but wanted to finish off some of my drafts that I had started. <br />
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It has been a few years and I feel like my design aesthetic for fashion has moved even further into two directions. Full functionality in the form of the handmade slow fashion movement to wear clothes you made yourself and high art form where it may not even be a wearable piece as much as sculpture or a representation of organic form. We will see what 2019 can unfold for my progress as a designer and artist.Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-66093639601061776692015-02-20T17:26:00.001-05:002015-02-20T17:26:06.826-05:00Business is never usual<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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WOAH what a trip the past few months have been! Our first holiday season at the store and it was great! but then quickly came the checks and balances between paying off orders, new orders and still being mid season for fibers.<br />
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We found we have had lurch just the same as everyone else in February. Somedays no one comes in and other days during a snow storm a stream of people come in. Who knows what will happen in retail. Even as long as I have worked in retail clothing (over 10 years) it's hard to judge what will happen day to day.<br />
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I have good vibes and strong faith in our little growing business.<br />
I feel more and more encouraged by hearing great feedback from my vendors and new vendors. Lately there has been a good amount of compliments saying that we are their biggest and best stockist, or they came across our website and liked what we were doing and how selective we are and would like to be a part of that selection. I also appreciated that when we talked on the phone they said we were their first choice in the area of shops to be a part of and wanted to know if it was ok for them to contact the other stores or if we wanted to be their primary stockist for central Ohio. <br />
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This week also had a short email conversation with someone in England about us carrying their crewel wools to start embroidery classes and they complimented us heavily on our lovely looking website and being so modern with our design and selection of companies that we carry.<br />
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Even though sales are in the slums with everyone recovering from overspending on the holidays and guarding their pockets for tax season, these compliments and conversations are just what we needed to know we are doing good and it's in a much larger sense than just our local community.<br />
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I just had to post this little love rant diddy out there someplace and not clog up the social media spheres.<br />
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Cheers and Onwards friends!<br />
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It's been a while since I have blogged. I'm not going to say this is a new year's resolution to start blogging because that would be a lie. I am going to say that I have a lot of things on my mind lately and stuff I want to share with the world for whomever still watches and follows my life adventures.<br />
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I would not suggest for you to not live vicariously through me and the events in my life. However I would strongly suggest you go out and make your own waves, jump into the deep end of the pool and make yourself a little or a lot happier in your daily going ons.<br />
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My life is swiftly making some bold changes and it is very scary but all for the best. Finances are heavy on my mind as I get older and see the bills from student loans or silly things that I could of not bought but did through store credit cards. I am trying to catch up and be as debt free as possible. It is also hard to budget when some of the new things in your life have a higher premium but you know their value. To help out on top of opening a new store and continuing my arts administration job, I clean part time to pay for my Muay Thai classes. Did you not know I do Muay Thai? maybe you did and maybe you didn't. I don't think that is something I normally have ever discussed on the blog but that will be changing. This is going to be more about my life as a whole and not focused on fashion or fiber. My one promise to you is I won't blog very much about food because I sort of detest food blogs, it's just a tease they make me hungry and I will never actually make those gorgeous desserts people post.<br />
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So in the upcoming year/s these are some of the things you'll expect to hear from me:<br />
- Little life philosophies as I reach my mid 30's<br />
- Things that have inspired me<br />
- Muay thai and other physical attributes that have heavily affected my life<br />
- Knitting, Crochet, tatting, Spinning<br />
- Sewing<br />
- My personal artwork<br />
- Video games and general nerdiness<br />
- I also maybe have less pictures and more writing because, writing is what I dig and pictures are fillers.<br />
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As always I invite you chime in and start a conversation through the comments. Without discussion how can anyones opinion change or point be made? I like facts, I like having things brought to my attention that maybe I'm not the most educated in.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cheers!</span></b>Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-18890076009455910952014-05-07T13:54:00.000-04:002014-05-07T14:03:16.986-04:00At 33<div style="text-align: center;">
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Tomorrow I turn 33. It is sort of a milestone for me at such a random number. Firstly it took me some time to realize how old I really am since I pretty much stopped counting after 30. It's not even the number that makes it a milestone but more just the amount of things have have happened in the past few years, let alone months.<br />
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I was humbled and honored to test for my level 2 shorts at Muay Thai. It was a hard decision and big challenge for me. I wanted to do it and train for it but I don't think I started to train for the right reasons.</div>
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I was coming off of a pretty big high from seeing friends fight and all the fight training our gym had been doing. In the end I did it for all the right reasons, my friends around the gym and fellow testers training kept me level headed and helped me to remember what was really important and the spirit of our gym. There was even a point when I thought I might of pulled out just because I didn't feel my mind and heart were in the right place for this honor.</div>
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In the end I went through it and it was AMAZING. This time was somehow more impactful in my life then the first test. It was rough no doubt as I had only started into sparring maybe two months beforehand and even with all the extra gym time I put in there just wasn't anything to prepare for the endurance needed just for sparring. </div>
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Overall this helped me to let go of my senseless competitiveness and goal driven accomplishments. It let me just relax, enjoy and appreciate the moments in life more. I also learned to let go some of my silly cultural habits of seniority which has always been this hanging stress in my life. </div>
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Super proud of all my fellow testers and big shouts out to Doug, Malik and Lavaughn for being there with me through Level 2! It wasn't that long ago but I feel that in my short time of about a year and half I have learned so much and looking at the new beginner's classes I get excited for them and to be a part of their journey.<br />
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Then two weeks later........<br />
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I completed another wonderful runway show with the Alternative Fashion Mob. I couldn't be more happy with the results and most importantly all the people I worked with. I have amazing friends all around me and they really lift me up and assist when I need it. My Muay Thai testing definitely help me be very "whoo saaaa" through this fashion show where I let all the problems other people were having slide off of me and didn't stress with what was wrong but just how to get through it and have fun.<br />
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I was so fortunate to also have the amazing models that I did for this show. To me the right energy and personality is more important when doing such a big production but I was also fortunate enough to have beautiful models. You can see photos of my full collection on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152134388356656.1073741826.163175051655&type=1">Torn Angel Facebook Page. </a></div>
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Amidst all of this has also been the store!<br />
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Everything is coming together and I just got back from TNNA this weekend and made some very interesting orders that I was not prepared for. It was so hard to go there not knowing what exactly my customer base will be and figuring out who my client really is before I am open. It's a struggle to think about what I want my store to be and how I also want to service the community at the same time. I don't want anyone to feel alienated at the same time I want to stick to my creative guns with my yarn selections.<br />
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The POS is all set up and I didn't think that would be such an ordeal but it was and now it's all good. We have a rhythm for it all and I understand how it all works. I would show pictures of the whole store but it's still a slight mess right tools and things needing to be made. I'm also a bit spread out to work on the display for the windows and just general it's a mess.<br />
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Lastly I got my second tattoo and I can't say it will be my last but she might be. I'll just show you a picture because it means too much to me to just clump my feelings together with everything else and I am still relishing in the glow of it and all the feelings surmounted with this tattoo.<br />
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Tomorrow is my birthday and I'll be spending the entire day traveling across time zones to be in Korea! now that so many things are over with I can finally start to get excited as I pack and get ready. I can say that I am nowhere near where I thought I would be today. If I talked to younger self I would reassure myself and say:<br />
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"No, you won't be married with 3 kids as a housewife or working for a large fashion company, but it's ok. You will find a new fantastic path, be happier and be full of wonderful encounters, friendships and fulfillment in ways you didn't know exist. You will be an entire person on your own whole and without regret and you will love everything with all your heart and it will be ok even though it's not where you thought you would be. Enjoy the adventure because it is all yours alone"<br />
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Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-52769628275215792912014-03-07T00:42:00.000-05:002014-03-07T00:42:47.420-05:00Dreams to realityHello!<br />
Long time no post. It's ok life happens and it's just happening very rapidly for me again. This past month has been yet another flurry of activities at work. We were given unexpected notice to vacate out donated gallery space. I won't get into details but Columbus Underground did a good post about it <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/the-ohio-art-league-is-leaving-the-south-campus-gateway">here</a>. It was inconvenient timing considering it was also during the peak of my grant writing season and strategic planning for the board of trustees. Amongst some other karfluffel that had to do with grant writing. Not the best situation but overall for the best. It was just very draining and exhausting of course and mentally not very good for my positive vibes.<br />
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In other news we found a store front! A glorious store front! My dream of having a yarn store has finally come to fruition! Through all this mess at work and stress I can turn around and smile because I see the progress on my store and can't help but smile at the work ahead of me for my own business. It probably won't be ready for at least a month. I need to still get my vendors in order and even then it will be a soft opening. I can't do a grand opening till after the next TNNA (The National Needleworks Association Convention) and when I get back from my trip to Korea. Oh did I not mention that the Hubby and I will be going to Korea?! (we'll get back to that in a moment).<br />
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Here are some pictures of the interior space as we are working on it.<br />
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So this is the view from the back of the store. Big open spaces. We are keeping this counter type thing, especially since it has outlets built into it. That area will be perfect for classes and setting up sewing machines. We'll be painting it all white and adding oak counters for the knitting machines to mount and for the ball winder and swift to be located.<br />
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Here is another view of what will be the class area. You can kind of get a feel for the dimensions by the huge cabinetry sitting in place that is waiting to be taken out to the dump.<br />
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By the front window there were these built in benches. Lovely but messed with the height for the window displays. We moved them out about two feet from the window to give me some room to work with. I will need to paint those benches and make cushions for them. Brilliant front windows with lot's of light and will be a joy to make visual displays in. I will be channeling my days working at the 5th ave Anthropologie visuals in NYC.<br />
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Finally here is a view from the front door looking in. Tons and tons of space which is both scary and exciting to fill. Lot's of work ahead for me and the hubby.<br />
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No for reals this is the last store related thing. A mock up of what our outside will potentially look like if approved by the Landlord.<br />
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OK now that is out of my system let's talk Korea.<br />
So hubby finally agreed that if we didn't go to Korea now when would we go? Certainly not when we have a little one or two. We also didn't know the store would happen so soon. We also booked the tickets before we knew all the work move/grant writing got crazy. Anyways it's been another beacon of light in my life to look forward to. I'm so nervous I haven't been back to Korea in 14 years and this is the hubby's first time ever! It will certainly be an adventure. We are staying in Seoul as I don't have very many relatives that we keep in contact with over there. We will mostly be on our own as my bestie over there will be busy with work. I've found a lot of friends that will be there at the same time which will be nice. I could take a whole other post about just Korea. So I think I will. OH and we are also going to Japan on the way back from Korea! This will be completely new for me as I have never been able to spend tourist time in Japan. All I have seen of Tokyo is the bullet train and the American Embassy to renew my passport between countries for my brother's wedding in 2000.<br />
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I will try my best to be more diligent about blogging. I miss it dearly and really should make more time to do this and read up on the blogs I used to follow. For now good night and CHEERS!Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-24769092998961568452014-01-29T03:01:00.001-05:002014-01-29T03:01:34.710-05:00Moving alongSuper exciting news in the world of small business action.<br />
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I think I finally have my logo. It still needs a bit of tweaking but here it is. My header logo followed by my more square type logo. It is amazing how long it took me to come to this point using photoshop. I think I still want my ampersand to be more bold so I need to work on thickening that to match my type. Otherwise I am pretty happy with what I have started.<br />
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Other exciting news is applying for another spot. Learning from our hesitation on space last time we made the move on a letter of intent pretty quickly. They aren't lying when they say that life is coming at you fast! I have my fingers crossed this will work out. It is a space that is entirely too large for where we wanted to start and over our original intended budget. On the plus side this is a space that we expect to grow into fully and the location is near perfect and accommodates everything I was looking for in a space:<br />
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I did apply for my first vendor and was granted an account which is also exciting. They are one of my first picks for needle and crochet hook vendors. One down and more than a dozen more to go. But I am going to take it in stride till the brick and mortar is secure. I have been dabbling with the idea of just launching an e-commerce site to get the ball rolling and make some social media marketing and income to assist. I also need to order business cards that at least have the logo, email and website.</div>
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Going through this process has also forced me to work on putting my business plan all together and in writing in one place. I can talk it big but to have something physical to send in replacement of me being a spokesperson is entirely different. I actually get a bit of sick pleasure working on it the same way I do for my work at the Ohio Art League writing grants. It is very interesting how closely both grant writing and business plan writing are similar. You are basically trying to win someone over to your side with clear, precise writing, stating facts, projections and puffing your feathers a bit. </div>
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Lord, I never thought I would want to own a business. All this administrative work is just not fun, or so I thought. There is also a sick pleasure with the idea of being incredibly successful because of your own endeavors. Even working on the projected expenses, income, and startup budget I find exciting. I know what I am good at and this store will use my personal potential to the fullest. </div>
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I am a helper so I love to educate people and see that "A HA" moment hit them</div>
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I am a hard worker, so I will put all my energy and love into this business</div>
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I am a talented seamstress, so I know the addition of alterations will be a good profitable decision.</div>
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<b>AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!</b></div>
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This past weekend was Ohayocon and I had the pleasure of my friend Vinh taking some professional photos of me in my Lolita regalia!</div>
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Locket - Toronto Craft Vendor</div>
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Makeup foundation - Too faced Glitter Glue, Benefit Plush foundation, Shiseido powder</div>
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Blush - MAC Dainty mineralize and Lazy Sunday creme blush</div>
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Eyes - MAC white frost/parrot/shroomed/holographic glitter pigment, Limecrime Elf</div>
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It is a very strange thing to look at your own face and be like WOW that is stunning! Not to be a total narcissist but the curls were just right, my hair color is spot on with my makeup and the blush was done well for once! Everything in this picture just worked right and I still can't believe that this is me. I think this is also one of the few pictures where I see the huge difference that my Muay Thai has made in my life and body.</div>
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As I get a few days of respite I work I have taken some of this time to work on myself and my own personal ventures. I have very little work to do when everyone else is on vacation for the holidays so I might as well make the most of the time.<br />
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I am in no way, shape, or form a graphic designer but I dabble a little bit for my own sake. I know I need business cards and I need to get a branding strategy together for my wee little yarn store in the works. I didn't want to deal with bubbly or fancy lettering. I've always been a fan of a straightforward easy to read font with a little class and vintage feel. My go to font is a <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Courier</span> or Typewriter style.<br />
Since I didn't want to use the font as cute or catchy thing in my store name I decided I wanted to do a fancy ampersand. I LOVE the ampersand.<br />
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Today I broke out the good ol scrap papers with some heavy 7.0 mm roller ball pens and graphite pencils to get my rough sketches down as I work on this whole branding thang. Branding is very important to a business and I am not trying to down play it at all. It just isn't my specialty nor do I feel that I have the skill set to make it as good as it could be. But these are the breaks when you have very little, to no money allocated in the business for this kind of thing. My main focus is having the funds for stock in the store and rent for at least 5-6 months squirreled away for any emergencies.</div>
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I have taken inspiration from the Georgia BOLD style ampersand into these two iterations. I knew I wanted to use the knitting needle in some way and of course the yarn. The difficult thing is thinking how literal I wanted it to look like am ampersand. I wanted it to still have a little mystery and quirk. One of those things that you might assume and not get right away but the closer you look you can get a little chuckle from the nuance of this logo.</div>
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Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-25597033183011510722013-11-21T16:49:00.001-05:002013-11-21T16:50:18.927-05:00Oh Hai, I've been MIAWhy hello there blog......<br />
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Life has, as it will, unexpectedly thrown me many a curve balls over this past year. It was been a little over one year that I have now held my position as the Gallery Manager and Organizational Administrator for the Ohio Art League. It has had many trials and tribulations and I want to stick by my guns by not put anything negative on my blog. Hence not posting lately, not necessarily because of the job and work but everything in life has been a big ball of stress and angst but also light in unexpected areas. It has been undoubtedly hard to focus.<br />
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My yarn store dreams are once again at a standstill. I have it all set up I just need my business account with the hubby and the space. I'm almost so prepared that I am scared to jump in. Also I am finding that I would like to be a bit more financially independent when I move onto this venture so I am content to sit another 6-8 months with a paying steady job to get majority of my debt paid off from silly things like store credit cards and low $200-1500 credit cards that I don't really need and should learn to live without.<br />
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All is well in the world of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Torn-Angel">Torn Angel</a>. I have been busy with custom orders, lot's of bridal work and working closely with the lovely new group that is <a href="http://www.alternativefashionmob.org/">Columbus Alternative Fashion Mob</a>. Below are two of my favorite creations for that show.<br />
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Working on fashion things again has gotten my brain and fingers itching to also have the yarn store as a studio space. I have 1,001 ideas but no time or space to create them. I know I have the talent to make a living off of it, I just need to be kinder to myself and believe in myself more.</div>
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My biggest accomplishment since last I wrote was completing my level one shorts testing for my Muay Thai gym. It was an amazing and humbling experience. I don't think I've ever worked that hard or trained so much for anything before in my life. It was 11 full, non-stop minutes of physical intensity that felt like my lungs were on fire and I could barely stand. Clenches, boxing, kicks and just for fun I had jumping kicks to added as my extra special contribution to pain. A friend told me afterwards they felt like they were watching Mortal Kombat and repeatedly pressing for the jumping kick because I just kept going for a near 2 mins on jumping roundhouses. </div>
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I can now consider myself a true student of Kru Hope Vitellas. Having this outlet has been the best thing I have done in a long time for myself. I have lost weight, been in amazing shape and the people at the gym are nothing but loving positive energy that helps me great through some of the tougher days I've had this year. My friend Laura also joined the gym with me and nicknamed me for Rainbow Dash from My Little Ponies.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally for this post I also hosted a Korean Indie Rock Band during their first US tour! It was great to hang out with some Koren natives and practice a bit of my broken Korean with them. We actually communicated very well considering how terrible my speaking is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The band is called <a href="http://lovexstereo.com/">Love X Stereo</a> and they are AMAZING. I got them a last minute hook up at Kobo Live with the help of my buddy Jacob Wooten and the fast thinking of Wolf Starr. Amazing fellows to work with for anything local and community. Anyways back to the band!</span></span></div>
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Love X Stereo is anything BUT the usual kpop. They are a indie rock electronica band and I love their sound and feel. My favorite two tracks are Soul City and Lose to Win. It was so random but isn't that how the best things always happen? My friend Vinh had become friends with them and asked me to host them and find a spot for them to play. Now I have 5 new fantastic friends across the sea. It's always cool when you meet people that you see as "celebrity" and they are totally down to earth and cool and enjoy playing video games as much as you do. I can't wait till they visit again next year on their next tour!</div>
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Check out their new Album <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/love-x-stereo/id509978746">GLOW</a> and help support another form of independent artists!<br />
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This is all I've got for now. Things are looking better and brighter. Even with the yarn store on hold I am still checking out and doing as much research as I can by visiting other yarn stores and sampling new yarns and companies.<br />
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<br />Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-40172081941119258462013-04-21T10:56:00.000-04:002013-04-21T10:56:24.028-04:00No restrictionsI had gotten the latest email blast from <a href="http://www.coletterie.com/">Coletterie</a> and I just had to smirk a bit. Not that it was bad or I was being especially snotty or anything but it was about a little trip to NYC and different fabric stores. One of which was Mood. Then they described this draping class that was being taught there and this beautiful piece was made.<br />
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This is what made me smirk. Of course it is gorgeous but also how many yards of fabric do you think it took to make this? My rough estimate with those wide pleats would be somewhere between 15-20 yards. That is also not muslin which makes a large difference as well. Even muslin at Mood prices for that much yardage it would be about $120. It just amazes me how unrealistic some of these things are that they present to people as options. I guess they can get away with that in NYC but you would find yourself hard pressed to get someone in Columbus to shell out the class price with an additional couple hundred in just draping supplies. I would know, I teach draping in the summer at CCAD.<br />
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I dream of the day when I have copious amounts of money or means to drape amazing unrestricted garments but alas, I must work with what I have and be conservative with each piece. Once upon a time in college I was able to do this regardless of cost, not because I had the money but because I was an oblivious youth with big dreams and very supportive parents. The last time I gave myself unrestricted allowance for fabric was my wedding dress. That took about 8 yards of silk organza because of all the pleats.<br />
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Well anyways that was just my little two cents on that post from Coletterie and their trip to NYC and Mood. It is hard to be a designer without any support and income and especially harder if you are an adult with an interest in it and looking to take classes. Fashion design is not cheap nor is it easy. I try to be as sympathetic as possible to my students pocket books but I feel their pain between the creative expression and the reality of the situation you live in.<br />
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Best of luck my friends and don't be discouraged by your resources. Continue to create and learn and be happy in what you are doing for yourself.<br />
Cheers!Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-75256071267460514402013-04-17T11:25:00.000-04:002013-04-17T11:32:48.207-04:00Crewel Tool kitCurrently I have been working a lot in crewel embroidery. Mostly french knots and bullion stitch to describe wounds in my fine art work. It is most definitely a labor of love because the work is so tiny yet so many hours go into each piece. I hope that it will translate well when I have my group exhibition in October at the Ohio Art League gallery.<br />
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Anyways it got me to looking at my tool kit and also a nudge from a friend about an embroidery toolkit contest going on in the UK. I thought why not. If she thought it was interesting enough to suggest I might as well share it.<br />
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In my kit starting at twelve O'clock going clockwise:<br />
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<li>Embroidery pocket guide</li>
<li>Clover embroidery hoop</li>
<li>Thread heaven</li>
<li>Embroidery scissors</li>
<li>Thread snip ring by clover</li>
<li>Needle pull pads</li>
<li>Paper piecing hexagons</li>
<li>Thread</li>
<li>Seam rippers</li>
<li>Eraser, pencil, post it notes</li>
<li>Felted Wool ball pincushion</li>
<li>Magnet to catch stray pins</li>
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It was also a nice exercise to get everything reorganized. There is a lot of organizing going on in my life right now with the move out of my studio and back home and prepping for summer and all the festivals and events at work. My biggest challenge is the balance between working on my fine art and working on my fashion for the summer show with the <a href="http://www.alternativefashionmob.org/">Alternative Fashion Mob</a>.</div>
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I was very proud of myself for putting out some of my fine art watercolors at the last AGORA X this past weekend. All three pieces were sold to the same person and he really liked them. It was a sort of unbelievable moment for me because I've only ever sold fashion or craft work and never fine art work. I might of blurted out in his face an enthusiastic "REALLY?!" </div>
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Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-80491485589803303382013-04-10T18:10:00.001-04:002013-04-10T18:10:59.419-04:00It's been awhile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Blog land! It has been a long while since I have posted, I deeply apologize for leaving any readers hanging. Life has come at me very quickly and the new job (even though it's been 6 months) is still sending me zingers and keeping me so busy I barely have time to craft. In fact I barely have time for anything but MUAY THAI!<br />
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I have added yet another element to my life and that is Muay Thai kick boxing. I'm in love. I don't think very many people associate me with being active with all that crafting, video gaming and cats sitting on my lap but I really was, once upon a time. I suffered some pretty major back injuries about 6-7 years ago from a snowboarding accident and have kept on the side of safety. A good friend told me about the gym he goes to and suggested I try it since I was having problems getting into the habit of working my core and my gym routine was pissing me off only doing laps in the pool due to my weak core and back. I went and it's been amazing. It is some of the hardest training I have done in my life since Taekwando in Korea back in the summer of 1999. Not only has it been great physically but also mentally, everyone at the gym is great. They have a real community going there and lot's of love and support for all the students. I think this is also a huge part of why I have made huge efforts to keep with Muay Thai over everything else.<br />
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Community, it's an amazing thing and Columbus is well known for having such a terrific one. This is what made me want to work in my job with a non-profit, because I love the arts community and so many of my friends were a part of it. Muay Thai is the same way, such an amazing community in our gym that many days I stay up to half an hour after class just chatting with people. I recently saw the <a href="http://superdragqueen.com/">Nina does C-bus show</a> and parts of it put me near to tears with all the love and seeing so many faces of friends in her show. I feel super fortunate of all the places in the entire world I grew up in a place where outstanding communities are all around me.<br />
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Now enough of this sap! Let's get to some updates!<br />
I am no longer going to be having an art studio for two reasons:<br />
1. Junctionview Studios will be closing it's doors for ever (boo)<br />
2. I have spent so little time in the studio due to my job that is it just not fiscally responsible<br />
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So I have been moving everything home and it's fine, it works a little better aside from the smell of litter boxes next to me. I am set up in the basement in the far side from my sewing studio. It makes a little better sense to all be together, but the yarn..... dear lord the yarn is another issue.<br />
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Although most of my studio is already moved back home I will be a part of <a href="http://www.agoracolumbus.com/">AGORA X</a> at Junctionview Studios this coming weekend. There is a fancy Preview party Friday from 6-10 pm and then Saturday is the main event from noon-midnight! If you have never been to one, it is not something to miss. One of my favorite art events all year.</div>
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I've also been accepted into my first gallery show since college for my fine art and NOT fashion for once. I am super excited for that and it is a group show with two other ladies I have much respect and love for as well, Megan Coyan and Nicki Strouss. I have a lot of work ahead of me in embroidery and watercolor, but I am excited. Here is a peek of my current work still depicting bruises and how they represent interactions in our lives.</div>
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Lastly and on a fashion note I am one of the designers for the Alternative Fashion Mob fashion show in June. Once again a lot of work ahead of me. Coming up immediately is this fantastic <a href="http://www.alternativefashionmob.org/#!couture-cuisine-menu/cn9f">Couture Cuisine</a> collaboration with the <a href="http://www.explorersclubmv.com/">Explorer's Club</a>. I am going to be represented by dessert!</div>
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OH and one more thing! I met <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Hamilton_(artist)">Ann Hamilton</a> TWICE this month! I will get more into it in another blog entry but just had to share since it was one of the things on my personal bucket list. </div>
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My vow going forward dear friends is to get a blog entry done once a week. This blog like my life is going to keep developing and changing to reflect my personal growth and exploration of the world.</div>
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Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-66537915903187369792012-11-30T15:00:00.000-05:002012-11-30T15:02:28.431-05:00MIASorry friends and blog watchers. I have been seriously MIA on here because big HUGE changes have happened in my life.<br />
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1. Quit my day job<br />
2. Took new day job<br />
3. New job started the same week as the organizations biggest yearly fundraiser, a gallery opening and the following week when I needed to process and balance everything from fundraiser event and opening there was another Gallery closing.<br />
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Let me start with saying I LOVE my new job. I love it so much and what it means to me that I took a pay cut to be where I am. Gallery Manager and Organizational Administrator for the Ohio Art League.<br />
It is everything I was looking for in a job. Working in the community, working with other artists and organizing events and meeting new people to make opportunities for other artists and friends.<br />
I learned from my years being a part of Independents day and this year amping up what I do with Craft Alley that this was the kind of work I really enjoyed. More importantly it was something that didn't kill my passion for my personal art as well. Instead it enhanced and inspired me more.<br />
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2012 has held a lot of pitfalls and disappointment for me in the professional area with my missed teaching opportunities, failure to get into an MFA program and financial woes. At the end of 2012 it is looking like a very bright and happy future for me.<br />
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My friend Erica who I can't thank enough for always believing in my fashion work and promoting me. She helped get me into the Dead Island 2: Riptide music video. It is my linen skirt and silver halter top that you can see at:<br />
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Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-69871531804875907442012-10-15T13:06:00.000-04:002012-10-15T13:06:23.604-04:008-harness symphony<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My most recent weaving project at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center is this two tone Swedish geometric weaving. It will be a very long scarf for me. It was meant to be double the width but my counting was off since I was working double stranded. It'll happen, setting up a weaving loom is one of the more difficult crafts I have done in my life so far. It is much more involved then smocking or my knitting machines. Once it is set up and you are weaving it is a little of bliss and a lot of satisfaction knowing that you set up this complex pattern (unless of course you find mistakes).<br />
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A close up of my pattern being tested. You can see how amazing it is with every single strand in place. The yarn on this is also a cotton flake so I am excited to see how the different textures are going to turn out while I weave. <br />
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These pedal however are the guts to this pattern more so then the heddles that the yarn is fed through. It took me a total of about 6 hours to get just the pedals set up and tested properly. I had to make around 36 tie ups for this pattern. Previously I had never chosen a pattern that involved any tie ups what so ever so this was a BIG change for me. I pretty much jumped right into the fire with this project.<br />
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This is the belly of the beast where I laid on a yoga mat on my back staring for those 6 hours. The first time I tested it I was really sad when I found out I had done some of these tie ups wrong and had to undo half of them to get them set up again and yet more time on the floor on my back.<br />
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Once it was done right and I tested it again after a hiatus I was so happy! You can see where I messed up from the first test after all the tie-ups to testing it to just weave. I like on this picture you can also see some of the texture variances from the flake yarn being used. <br />
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Just another close up for posterity so you can see the mistake I made at the bottom a little better and just how lovely this pattern is. I am really happy I chose these colors. I was a little concerned that they would be too close to each other and not give enough impact but they are looking just lovely as they are. I have about 2ft woven and I am hoping to get at least 5ft to make this extra long scarf for myself. Perhaps even some place mats that I can give someone for Christmas like my Mother in law.<br />
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The only problem with weaving is that I want a loom of my own pretty badly now.Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-44519683049418422712012-10-12T12:02:00.000-04:002012-10-12T12:02:16.567-04:00Triple digit Jeans - OOTD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You know how your friends with a bit more money or those fancy fashion bloggers coo over their new denim that is easily 1/4 of your paycheck? Yah I'm sick of hearing about it too. But I got a pair. Of course I didn't spend the whole amount, in fact I lucked out in getting these black stretch G-star raw jeans from <a href="http://www.clothingbrigade.com/">Brigade</a> for only $50 on super duper clearance (as in we need to make room for winter!). I can report back that ok, maybe these are the softest pair of jeans to have ever touched my legs, yes they make my butt look good and they aren't so super tight in their sizing to make me feel like a monster (although I've given up caring what a size label says years ago). I certainly won't endorse putting yourself into questionable debt over a pair but if you can swing it you should really try it. </div>
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Brand spanking new hair cut from my friend <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amie-Afifie-Vonderloh/252617068117125">Amie Vonderloh</a> at <a href="http://www.blakerosesalon.com/index.html">Blake Rose Salon</a></div>
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Speaking of my cardigan and how long I have owned made me remember this smart little post my friend Jess Gambacurta had about <a href="http://curatingstyle.com/cost-per-wear/#.UHb55tXDBI0">Cost Per Wear</a> which I also think is appropriate to think about when investing in a fantastic pair of jeans that makes you feel and look amazing despite it's price point.</div>
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Now with the art studio set up and place for me to take photos in a regular spot I hope to continue to add to the Out of the Day posts. I am not however going to promise a steady stream of posts. I still have a lot of work to do in the real world and I am working on making time for things that make me happy such as Video games and kitty Cuddle time which I have less of now that I do have an out of house art studio to work in.</div>
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I was sucked into the beautiful assortments of roving and picked up a few balls which I now need to spin..... just another craft task I didn't really need to get back into.<br />
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Alpacas being friendly and nonchalant as people tried to chirp to get their attentions. These fellas stayed put right in the middle just out of arms reach.<br />
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The terrible lighting inside of the tents due to the red stripes. I'm sure it looks festive from the outside but the interior is a little abysmal with the red glow.<br />
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Still gorgeous wares from a myriad of vendors such as <a href="http://creativelydyed.net/">Creatively Dyed Yarn</a>, whom I am always a sucker for. <br />
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Various Rigid Heddle looms and spinning wheels. All of which I have no place for in my home so I was able to safely navigate away from them. I've decided spinning is one of the crafts I can do but I don't want to spend more of my time on when I could be tatting or knitting. You gotta pick and choose your fiber art battles and crafts.<br />
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Of course there were angora bunnies! I was said I didn't see as many of them as I had in years past. I think there were only 2 vendors that had bunnies and none of them seemed to have more then 2 or 3 out. There was a display of Angora rabbits in the Alpaca and sheep shearing tent but I felt bad since they were all crammed in together in these small cages. <br />
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The ranges of raw fibers at this event are always astonishing. There is a vendor from Granville, Ohio called <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/luckycatcraft">Lucky Cat Craft</a> who had some angora's and silk that felt like you were touching a cloud.<br />
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Being the enabler friend that I am, I was getting my friend Laura of <a href="http://ajumama.com/Ajumama/About.html">Ajumama Food Truck</a> to try her hand at weaving. I'm hoping she'll join me in the weaving studio at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center with Pat Bullen as the teacher.<br />
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It was great to see some bobbin lace up close and personal and as in a way where I could touch it. If I hadn't started down the shuttle tatting route I would of tried my hand at bobbin lace. I'm a bit glad I didn't because at least shuttle tatting is portable where as I don't see this pillow, pins and bobbins fitting inside my tote bag very easily. <br />
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To end it all we had to chow down on the squeaky cheese curds, especially since this entire event went down on a dairy farm.<br />
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I know my blogging has been spotty to put it nicely but I am working on getting back to it. My studio is mostly settled into now and so are some of my plans for the yarn pop-up shop. Now I just need to work on making it through this holiday and hopefully putting in my first order for Yarn It & Haberdashery!Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-86074471987617743072012-09-24T12:22:00.000-04:002012-09-24T12:22:02.067-04:00The Little thingsA few months ago <a href="http://rivetart.com/rivet.jsp">Rivet Gallery</a> had some pieces from <a href="http://www.daltonmghetti.com/index.asp">Dalton Ghetti</a>. It was amazing to see his precise and meticulous work in person. You see the pictures and the postcards but to get the real appreciate for how difficult this is you gotta see it in person.<br />
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The chain really is amazing more so then I think some of the others because there are so many tiny linking pieces. I'd really like to see how his work shop set up was to complete this piece. Amazing how he uses just a sewing needle and sharp triangular blade to work on these. I love that it is just for him. He doesn't sell a single piece or do this for money. He has purely been doing this for fun and his own meditation.Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-12979419638916732832012-09-21T16:12:00.000-04:002012-09-21T16:12:38.534-04:00SurvivalThis year I barely survived the festival that is Independents day fully intact. For whatever reason this year it was much harder then the past years for me. I left feeling upset even for a few days. Not because anything failed but because I knew it was such a great event and I didn't get to enjoy it like I normally would at all. I wished there were two of me, one to run my parts and the other to enjoy and wander and take in all the great new things that happened this year. It was on all counts quite successful and I'm happy for that.<br />
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One of the good things that came out of Independents day for me was working on my tags and branding for future craft shows and just in general for my Fashion design. I'm always in love with using <a href="http://us.moo.com/">Moo mini cards</a> as tags and they come out looking so great!<br />
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In other news I have moved many more things into the Studio and it is starting to look like my space. Both knitting machines up makes me very happy as I can freely work on projects without worrying about kitties and tear down. I also brought in one of my sewing machines and most of my painting supplies. I'd really love to get back into a little oil painting and mess around with gouche. I think gouche could be a great flat medium format for me in more controlled ways then water color has been.<br />
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I'm still organizing but I'm happy with what I've got so far. I brought in my little vintage knitting needle collection to hang for decoration and a jewelry chicken wire frame for when we have open studio to put some of my jewelry pieces on.<br />
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The addition that I am most excited about is the pegboard wall panels that my friend Adam put up for me and I painted what is call a Caribbean blue. It's most like a grey toned baby blue.<br />
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I've also been making time to work on a new wound embroidery that I am very excited about. It was from when my friend Jen took a hard spill on her bike on the way to work. I think as I make them I am going to just give them the title of what the wound's cause was from. This will be Bike to Work and the previous one is Self Defense. Having a narrative title will be fun for the viewer or at least I hope it will be. Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19605574.post-58120096651500899762012-09-07T16:52:00.001-04:002012-09-07T16:52:46.708-04:00I'm not Dead yet!Nope still here. Just uber busy with <a href="http://thisisindependent.com/">Independents day</a>! Also branding myself a little more and working on my <a href="http://tornangel.wix.com/torn-angel">website</a> and figuring the logistics of hosting and what I need to pay.<br />
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I am the Craft Alley essentially for the upcoming <a href="http://thisisindependent.com/">Independents day Columbus</a> which means managing 40 arts/craft vendors, Interactive make and take tent and Crafty Death Match on the Stage from 6-7pm. What that also means is hauling around tents, tables, materials for all said things which also includes a 6x4' plinko board, 2x2.5' table vending machine, lights, 6 chairs, 2 tents, 4-6 tables and all of my booth materials to vend as well. Then there is all the intense PR work I am doing to make sure EVERY single one of my vendors is being represented in a promotion and the vendors giving us Donations for the prizes are getting as much promotion on facebook and twitter as I can crank out. It is a ton of work. Next year I will demand an intern. Even with all this hard work I love this Festival. To me it really embodies and spirit of supporting local and upcoming artists all around our community.<br />
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Do me a solid and please follow @CraftAlleyCbus and retweet all my vendor promotions or just your favorites. <br />
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Also in more Independents Day news I will have two pieces up for Raffle with the Ohio Art League tent. They are some of my early works from my new study on wounds and human emotions. These are small works 3x3" and 4x4". Perfect for a little desk or office space art to remind you whatever hurts you will heal eventually.<br />
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I am unfortunately ill prepared as I am overflowing with knitwear and the weather looks to be about 80 degrees that day. I'll need to get my butt moving on some new skirts to sew, flower hair pins and my new lace tatted necklaces I've been itching to debut.<br />
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I have a very busy weekend ahead of me with much sewing and crafting.<br />
I hope you have a great weekend and see you next week!Tornangel012http://www.blogger.com/profile/17840069749352158376noreply@blogger.com0