A world of soft and pretty...

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{flowers, feathers and ruffles...oh my!}

Hello, dear hearts.

How is your week going for you?

Beautifully, I hope!

Thus far, my week (+ last week + the week before that +...)

has been awash in colors.

Soft and gentle.

Brave and bright.

Clear and saturated.

Understated and muted.

And, of course,

textures.

Not only are my waking hours spent

thinking of colors...

Many of my sleeping hours are spent

dreaming of colors.

In other words,

I'm in my particular kind of heaven!

Working on my

soon to be revealed

Fringe Spring/Summer Collection

has been a flurry and a whirlwind

contrasted with

slowly and carefully.

I find that I alternate between several emotions

while working...

I'm exhilarated and thrilled,

completely joyous,

 and my heart races

with

all the inspiration and ideas.

They flow like water these days.

On the other hand,

My heart is fairly aching with the realization

that I only have so much time

each day to work.

It's frustrating.

Sometimes maddening.

Sometimes discouraging.

Mostly because the ideas come

fast and furious,

and I'm just one girl with only two hands,

and many commitments.

Yet I want to make it all.

Right now.

There are some ideas in my sketchbook

that have been patiently waiting for me

for months.

Thank goodness for my sketchbook.

Sometimes ideas come one right after the other,

if I don't write them down, they're gone...

to make room for the next thought or vision.

You may wonder what inspired my upcoming

Spring/Summer Collection.

That's a loaded question, yet

it's at the same time quite simple.

I am inspired by nature, mostly.

Music comes in at a close second.

Regarding my musical inspirations.

I will let you in on a little secret.

I'm creating an entire line

around music.

Music which has deeply touched me.

That's all I can tell you at the moment,

but you will see what I mean in the (hopefully) near future.

Now.

Back to my Spring/Summer Collection

and what inspired it.

Nature was the greatest player.

Nature always inspires me,

and if you've been following me here

you already know that.

Just a trip to my backyard will bring about

wonderful, glorious inspiration...

Just look at all the beauty!

It's all around us.

Vibrant color.

Texture.

Contrast.

These elements inspired many of the shapes and colors of

Fringe Spring/Summer.

As does the scenery I absorb on my every day walks.

I'm also very much inspired by the visions of

who will wear a particular piece.

What type of woman.

How I envision a certain design should be worn.

I picture the entire setting around a Fringe piece.

And the colors.

Colors are so very important.

The color of a Fringe piece will dictate

the entire mood of an outfit.

And so you see,

I have many aspects to my creative process

and the resulting line of

Fringe Spring/Summer

will reflect them all.

They will be little pieces of me.

What I see and feel.

How I want to make each person

who owns a Fringe design

feel confident, beautiful, happy 

and above all,

loved.

Thank you so much for spending part of your day with me.

Your interest in my work means more than I can express to you.

It's the greatest inspiration of all...

Much love!

xo

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