A whole year and a day...shew

Can't believe I've been writing little posts on this here blog for 366 days. Well not everyday, but still. So here are some piccies from my 'Inspiration' folder, which I've been collecting for a while. I can't reference them unfortunately because I always forget to make notes of where I find pictures. So *credit* to everyone who is involved. Oh I remember some of them now. Amor Coetzee, The Advertising Archives, Lula, Mademoiselle Robot, Tavi, The Neverending Story, Style.com
























Oh my goodness, image overload. Sorry :) And, oh, I have some other good news. I got a job as a knitwear designer! Its a company that makes mohair products and have now put me in charge of their new fashion division. How exciting! I've been working there for about three weeks now and its been fun!! I actually get excited to go to work and feel sad when I have to leave, weird. So as soon as I find out if its okay to blog about what I make at work, I will upload some pics. We're doing an exhibition at the Alliance Francais for a month starting this weekend, anyone in the P.E. area, pop in and see. I'll be sharing the space with the lovely Steph from Silverspoon and Tasha from Swallow Me Whole. Come see! xxx

Mohair Love

New catalog images for my website (www.nataliecreed.com), here is your first look... modelling and photography by the lovely Farran Bagg, what talent!

Striped navy dress.

Navy lycra dress with fringed neckline.

Floral dress and stockings and suspenders set.

Black mohair jumper dress.

Pink mohair v-neck jumper.

Mink mohair cardigan with bows.

Mohair cross over top with nude lace.

Cream cashmere camisole with lace.

Black round-neck mohair jumper and angora bunny beret.

Grey layered mohair dress.

Cream mohair dress with hand crocheted sleeves and black belt.

Mohair dress with hand crocheted neckline and black belt.

Design Indaba 2010

After months of waiting, I finally found out that I was accepted to exhibit at the Emerging Creatives section at Design Indaba. Two weeks to create a mini boutique and stock it full of clothes, oh my goodness! We worked until at least 10pm everyday and finally made it to the event with a trunk load of clothes and a boutique in a box.

My tiny store, note the precious ceramic bunnies who drew the crowds in, thanks buns.

My little two square metre shop was overflowing with excited customers, each wanting a piece of the prettiness! The clothes flew off the hangers and by the third day I was left with two measley looking rails, dressed with only a few items each. The remainder of the clothes are now availabe at Mememe in Long Street, Cape Town. Go have a look! xoxo

Jo'burg and Lolita

Hello there, it has indeed been a long, long time. I was very lucky to win a trip up to Johannesburg last weekend to compete in the finals of the No Kak fashion competition. We were treated to a lovely guest house suite each, what fun! Hello mini champagne, heated beds and buffet breakfast! The fashion show was a little unorganised, my awesome gladiators disappeared just before the show, so the model had to wear some lamo mules..ugh! And the dress didn't really fit her, but she still looked cute. Ta da...!

The dress is made of 100% organic hemp silk blend and the jersey is mohair.

I know, I know, its nothing like my original storyboard, but unfortunately I didn't get the fabrics I requested so this is what became of the situation!


Laz, Kelly and I had the best time doing gay family photos and amateur fashion shoots on statues... They were totally going ANTM with the elephant shots, especially Laz with the Sarah-copies-Joanie pose!

I finally wore my kimono silk dress, and it did look rather dashing if I say so myself!

My dear friend Hanlie in Plett asked me very nicely to make a dress for her. This is what I made her, sweet non? I love it, I want one for myself (not gona happen - I am lazy when it comes to me...ME). It is very lolita to me. She's doing a shoot with a friend soon, so as soon as I get the pics with her in it, I will post ala Dewdrops. Please excuse my shocking photography. I read a guide on good blogging photography the other day which almost made me weep with disgust, I really must get things together. Till then, deal with these :)

Transparent polka dot fabric from the treasure box, lined with organic cotton jersey with black binding, buttons and skinny belt.

xoxo

Whats black and white and red all over?

Without sounding toooooo Sex and the City; starting the weekend off with my 3 close friends and cocktails on the beachfront is always good. When it leads to a metal-head gig at a dingy 'alternative bar' though, I usually end up going home at 10pm to blog or listen to a Harry Potter audio book or something.

I wore my new gladiator heels to cocktails, as a test of my endurance. I figured if I can manage in them after two-for-one cocktails on a Friday night, I'll hang on to them (I was having second thoughts about them because I bought them a size too small and they are uber high - bad combo). I teamed them up with some black tights, a turquoise vintage dress which I modified, one of my shrug/scarves and a coat - because I had the flu, again.

Too tipsy to smile apparently. Oh look, my birthday clip-on earrings...sweet!

My turquoise vintage dress, nice print and this is the first time I've worn it since I bought it 6 months ago.

Spent the rest of the weekend playing Eternal Sonata on Xbox, trying out the new treadmill and powerplate machine at Kyles place, knitting, and watching tv. This cutie pie slept with us last night, oh my gosh so cute!! Cute cute cute!

Soco...Socute

Oh and this is what I knitted today, another shrug/scarf. I quite like this, with the cream stripe. Its knitted in a very fine mohair yarn, super soft!

xoxo

Gloves Again

Hiiiiiyeeeeee!! I'm so excited, I designed the cutest pair of gloves and am very keen to make more and sell them..

[10 minutes later...] Okay I'm so effing frustrated now, I just tried to set up a PayPal account in vain hope of creating an adorable online glove store...ARARRrrrghh!! When I click on 'Add Bank Account' it asks which AMERICAN bank account I want to add... why give South Africans the option of using paypal if you can only use an American bank account?! Am I missing something here? This is extreeeeemely annoying and my little vial of patience has been drained. If anyone has answers for me... please...

Anyway here are the cute gloves! I want to do lots more colours.. this just happened to be the colour combination that was lying around at the time.. I wana try lots of different vinyls and leathers and nice yarns.. I have some Angora rabbit yarn that will go down a treat with some soft leather.. eep excitement!

I might put a bow or something on top of the cuff next time... Yay nay?

Cute button detail

Oh another little project I did was this scarf for my friend's birthday... The stitch actually looked more interesting when in was on my machine, it had pretty loops but they sort of stretched out when I took it off. Next time I'll make the loops bigger me thinks. The yarn is a combination of mohair and cotton, it has a lovely pearly lustre. Doesn't she look pretty in it.

P.S. If anyone has any alternate ideas on how to sell online, eg direct bank transfers? Do people do that? I'm new at this xoxo