New styles for spring!

Though it's not very springy looking, it's still new. As in, I just hemmed it and it's available in my Etsy shop. I've not been posting much because a. I don't know how to make this page look any better and b. I have no life other than my sewing room and work. I don't even have anything feminist to report other than everythings going to shit and if congress doesn't get its head out of its ass we're in for it ladies. And not in a good way.

Total Awesomeness for August

http://www.etsy.com/listing/52897178/pro-choice-or-fuck-off-t-shirt?show_panel=true

Totally buying this shirt on etsy, found it on Feministing.com this morning and I'm swooning a little bit for it!

Also on the menu for today some bitching over sushi places around town and why 6 Flags New England sucks.

To start- last Friday we went to Saratoga for sushi. I heard great things about Sushi Thai Garden and thought well heck, we're down here to see a band play lets eat in Saratoga as well. Took 30 minutes of driving around trying to find just a place to park for the night. Saratoga has great shops, food, music but fucking blows when it comes to places to park. I'd love to live there but would hate it at the same time. Finally parked what seemed like miles away (track season going on now too) we get to the restaurant and wait. And wait. And wait. We eventually get seated in the back room with no windows or ambiance, my bad since I thought we could just show up without reservations. Our waitress had the highest and squeekiest voice ever, but she was nice. But we only got one drink since no one ever was around for more than 2 seconds to get us a refill. The menu was really lacking sushi options, and there were no photos of the rolls so you were really guessing at what you were getting. Overall, they were ok but not amazing. Lack luster really. I would suggest that if you are in the area drive north to exit 18 and head to downtown Glens Falls. There on route 9, Glen Street, you will find Siam Thai Sushi. It. Is. AMAZING! The service is great, it's gold and beautiful inside, the women who work there are super nice and the menu is extensive with its options. Go, go there now and eat till they roll you out of there!

A place you DO NOT want to eat at, or breathe at really is 6 Flags New England. It smelled like vomit everywhere, even at 10:30 am when we first walked in when they opened the doors. If you're vegetarian forget it! Everything but the crap they called 'pizza' had meat or chicken in it. Say you try the cheese pizza....they cover it with french fries. Then charge you $10 for it. Bullshit. Then $3.50 for a bottle of water on the hottest day of the year. I'm done.

been a while

Not that that means not much has happened, just means I've been super busy with the following. And my day job of course, which has slowed down and that's fantastic.

...............Super cute for summer!

I love this Amy Butler cotton print, if I could have a whole room covered in it I would be super happy. I guess I'll settle for a sweet halter dress instead.

Halter dress is made with two coordinating Amy Butler prints, and accented with white bias trim under the bust. The bodice is lined with white cotton, invisible zippered back and ties at the neck. Dress is a small and will fit a 34" to 35" bust and a 25" to 26" waist (depends on how tight you want the fit to be on you). The skirt from the waist to hem of pleated ruffle hem is 27". There are box pleats along the waistline and gathers under the bust to accent the fullness. This dress was worn once by my model Megan in a fashion show in June.

Found here in my etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/listing/30544457/day-dreamer-halter-dress

...................................Guess I did something right!

This dress is being posted all over the place! In an etsy blog, emails and also on some page in Chicago about fashion. Let the orders begin!

Darling Pet Hats

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40226650

Found this lovely on xmoonbloom's etsy site and I'm in love! I wish I knew how to 1. crochet better 2. get Fartbomb to wear one, or maybe Noodle 3. get one of them to sit still long enough for such lovely photos!

$20.00 per pet hat and it's a super cute crochet artist from California.

Dear XMoonBloom.......I totally am in love with your shop! xo Jill

I have no life

Here's why! The Winsome Dress, just like the Darling Dress but longer and with an scalloped hem and more eyelet. It's available in my etsy shop for $200.00 custom sized.

I'm also trying to find some nice eylet with a scalloped hem in othe colors. It's not easy I'm finding out.

Also going back to PLATINUM hair today! With some pink streaks thrown in here and there of course. I get a new SUBARU today as well! OH JOY! For REAL! So I can cart around my dress forms with ease for the next show. SUPER excited!

Treasury on Etsy!

So, much to my surprise on Saturday I got an email saying one of my fascinators was in an Etsy Treasury. Very cool! http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=66444

It was put together by the lovely Mornin Glorias on etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7745958 who not only has lovely barrettes and brooches but has lovely photos of her creations as well. Now, if because of this treasury someone will actually buy a fascinator? That would be super sweet. I have so many freakin flowers and feathers sitting around here, some have got to go. I had a good run with them at the craft sales I did last year, and I wear the ones I made for myself many places but now it's like you see them even at Kohls, and they are not made well. Humph.

Over the weekend I whipped up a shift dress in honor of Libby Pulitzer. Amy Butler cotton and vintage cream cotton lace in two rows down the front. If I hadn't worn it to a rainy pool party with my disaster of pink dyed bangs...well, there would be a photo of it up right now. I do plan on making more since I'm on the Libby train ever since I watched a Martha re-run all on Libby a week or so ago. That reminds me.......

Dear Martha,

It would be super sweet that if when your new show comes out it was broadcast in HD. It would make your show even more fabulous if it was, so please please please be in HD!

Hugs, Jill

Another idea we had over the weekend was on our halloween costumes. Since the pink dying incedent, I thought about how much I missed having pink hair. What better excuse to do it again? Why, be Jem on Halloween! I'm super psyched about it and already had a pattern for the dress and belt because last year I sold a couple of them in my etsy shop. I just need to find the blinky star earrings, or find my soldering gun and do them myself. OR- if you're reading this and have them for sale please let me know!

Kitten Pink Cupcake

I found this most adorable catnip toy this morning by typing in the following words into Etsy search: kitten pink cupcake. It is SO freakin cute!

It's from seller spellwell on etsy and the shop is

http://www.spellwell.etsy.com/

These cute little cupcake treats have organic catnip inside (which is great!) and they have some other kinda gruesome catnip toys too (think beheaded fishies with guts trailing out) for sale in the shop. It's just too adorable not to post, and being someone who is a little psycho about her cats, even though the sick fat one is now NOT taking his crushed up meds in food, little jerk...anyways, this was cute and I had to share!

On other news, yesterday was Women's Equality Day in honor of the passing of the 19th Amendment. I spent it doing a Burma Shave in the next town over for women's health care, and we had hot pink signs and hot pink tshirts. Many cars gave us honks and thumbs up, though a couple did do thumbs down and yell "I'm not a socialist!" to which we turned and looked at each other and said "Well, neither are we!". What was cool was how many men honked, though it could of been they were just honking at 6 women in hot pink on the street...

And, because I'm in love with feministing.com I just found this fab cartoon link http://thisisindexed.com/2009/08/all-else-being-equal/

Sigh. I wish it weren't true.