http://ellamo.de fine yet funky indie designer fashion & bags Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:39:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes great design ideas take time to be turned into great crafts or products. Sometimes a first attempt is a prototype fail; sometimes such a bad one that we want to throw it in a cluttered corner and hide it away... almost wanting to give up. But when that original ... http://ellamo.de/2009/01/upset-design-fail-sleep-on-it/ I took a bit of a break here selling and even a little bit on the creative front, yes while we're still new. First of all, we ran into technical issues while I also exhaustively tried out different cart solutions - and we're back using Big Cartel. More delaying issues ... http://ellamo.de/2009/01/getting-busy/ *Update* We went back to the old cart even with more difficult customizations partly because our script broke on upgrade, and a shop owner shouldn't deal with that, nor have time. We did take some time off to find the best cart solution, to make plans and ... to fall in love. ... http://ellamo.de/2009/01/new-cart-site-redesign/ What depicts a handbag's size better than a photo of one model, and in the case of myself, a very petite (yet curvy, just saying) model? Well a visual size chart with the 3 main female heights depicted holding our bags, like so.. You can see how detailed it is with information ... http://ellamo.de/2008/11/new-bag-size-charts/ I'm making an edgy little black leather bag with rivets and studs, and I'm wondering what color lining you prefer with black leather (solid) or perhaps just what color is trending you up for Winter. (No expectations on your buying it, of course.) Rainbow Fabric, originally uploaded by sjnewton from Flickr. Thanks ... http://ellamo.de/2008/11/black-lining-choice/ The most popular marketplace for handmade goods and indie sellers, Etsy.com (of which I'm a member), offers as one of its features the ability for members to periodically publish themed shopping collections they call, "Treasuries". When I make one, I will likely post it to this blog. (Promoting all indie/handmade is ... http://ellamo.de/2008/11/victorian-treasury/ It's my birthday and I worked not because I had to, but partially because my sinus pain is much more manageable since the rainy/sinus season in Florida of October has passed! What I did today was get the blog going. So yeah, I design and create my own products with my ... http://ellamo.de/2008/10/hello-world/