Thursday, March 1, 2018

Art: Spring 2018 Tie-dye Round one


March is here already and Spring is starting to sweep into the air, at least here in Vegas. Flowers have been blooming since around mid-February, but cold gusts still blow through the valley from time to time and go about drastically dropping our temperatures with their touch. While we've done some ice dyes outside in recent times most are still being done indoors, at least for now. The bits of warm weather have definitely inspired us in some of our colour choices, though! We've been taking more and more of our photoshoots outdoors and I hope to continue this trend while the weather is on the milder end of this region's spectrum. And all this productivity we've been having... We've burned through several tubs of dye over the last month and are getting some fun new shades soon! Seems appropriate to do an inventory update every season if not sooner, as moods and aesthetics change and our supplies dwindle. We've had several custom orders come in, too which means ordering particular colours and items too, things we might not have otherwise picked up. One thing we're especially looking forward to is adding socks to our inventory, as was requested by a repeat customer. It always makes us so happy to see any of our items sent off to a new home, but it's all the more touching when people like it so much that they come back time and time again. Melts our hearts! πŸ’™πŸ’¦πŸ’–


 This all translates to lots of mail coming and going, and lots of shirts soaking and rinsing, but that's what we like to see! Summer is coming, after all, so it's not a bad idea to start picking out that summer wardrobe! I know I'm excited to deep clean my clothes again and work out how I want my closet for the upcoming hot seasons. It's always so refreshing to stop, re-evaluate, and purge away the unnecessary things holding you back. I like to consider myself something of a minimalist, and with Antho and I dreaming of living out of our van and traveling we're really going to need to reduce the amount of stuff we have. Step by step this is being done, and we've already gone from living in a two-story townhouse with a garage to a studio, so now it's just finding the little things and whittling out the fluff. I find the whole process soothing and love seeing a cluttered space become clean, perhaps my inner Virgo neat-freak coming out. In a small studio such as we're in now it's all the more important to stay on top of it. It's still a work in progress, so I won't bombard you with any clusterf**ked photos of our living space just yet. You're welcome. πŸ˜‰
For now, enjoy these pretty photos of some of our recent creations and the behind the scenes process!


More photos below~





Antho got me into watching The Office, and it's become something of a staple for background entertainment while we're working on tie-dye. It's fun finding new details upon later viewings, and our opinions on some of the characters have changed dramatically since the first time through.


We also found a bunny friend who likes to hang out in our front yard. We've seen him at least twice now, and he's a big beefy thing. Looks like he's been doing well for himself! I know Vegas has something of an issue with feral rabbits overpopulating, so perhaps he's one of those who's just found himself to our neck of the woods, or a pet that escaped. We don't hate it. We saw him for the very first time after our dear Zinni passed on and we'd come home from the commitment ceremony. 




That's all for now folks! Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time!

πŸ’š
XOXO,
NAU


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