Black Orchid Designs

so i've got a full plate most of july and working hard to keep things stocked and getting custom orders done! I am going to be away from friday to sunday this weekend for camping. I have mixed feelings about going. Part of me wants to do something else for my b-day weekend and the other part of me wants to relax and see some family. Then the tiny part of me wants to shut the bedroom door and hide all weekend! I've been extra emotional lately often putting on a mask to hide it from friends and family. I am also going over in my head who i can't seem to be around lately even though i want to but they seem to take my well needed energy thats so hard for me to keep and get!

On the lighter side of things i have been busy so my attention has been put to more constructive items. I actually made a dress for myself the other day, although it needs something more on it. I plan to wear it camping :)

I have a huge list of things i'm working on and actually getting done!

todays task will be to try and complete the following

1. dresses for the rabbit hole and other stuff
2. stuff for rarefunk
3. wrap pants orders work on
4. cut out some corset stuff
5. order bones for pickup for thursday
6. list pre-made etsy stuff
7. list on website

if only i had some coffe

so ok i'm fustrated with some people in my life. Some old some new. Maybe i need to make the decision to just let them go. I try so hard to be friendy and keep a friendship going but its hard if it is not coming back. It makes me think they don't even care or they are using me for something.

i'm in such a pissy mood today with just people but on the bright side i'm positive with my business. Can u be positive and negative at the same time???

It feel weird to have both at the same time. Now don't get me wronge i'm not fustrated at all people around me just a few who seem to add a weird energy in my life and i can't help but to care for them. Maybe i just have to stop being so careing with eveyone and only with a select few.

My emotions seem to get crushed and beat when i care too much with too many people.


Possibly i just need to feed on yummy energy

so ok after faery fest was cancelled i had tons of custom stuff to ge done! I finished the octo corset for rebecca, Nacy's longline corset is now done and the 8 pairs of wrap pants i made for a local tribal dance group. They liked the pants so much two of them ordered another pair in diferent fabric plus another one is getting custom dreads by friday and now they want me to come sell at there show on saturday. lol  plus today and tomorrow I will be focusing on new items for etsy, rare funk and the rabit hole. wednesday and thursday working on two other corset orders and custom dread orders. As well listing on the webpage and etsy during all of this.  I hope sunday i can just veg and relax, as well maybe get something done for myself on the following monday since the 16th we go for a small vacation over my b-day weekend to the 19th.

Alot is going on but i'm not stressed i'm actually gaining more confidence in myself! Knowing how i create under presure is most thrilling. I seem to take the energy now and not get stressed but creat these fashion explosions of such artistic value that i am so pleased with myself.


My energy has been good, i haven't had to feed too much, which is good and means i'm not loosing it. I think a certin person i was hanging around was taking it/or i was gving it to them hopping it would help. but i realize now they just don't want to open there mind to anything. for some reason they have a unconcious block. I don't know why i care so much, maybe that why i was loosing so much energy.

oh well off to work now!

So i've just been trying to get stuff done.
I completed rebecca's octopus corset and because of her massive boobage she was not comfotable with the over bust so we decided to do a demibust which looked way better on her! Now today i plan to get done a bunch of stuff to list as well as work on custom orders. Kevin's b-day is tomorrow. He has tomorrow and friday off which will be very nice! on saturday we plan to do a picnic. If the weather is good! Its been quite rainy this week but at least it's been cool! I do like cooler summers.

I've been working on alot of neat things lately slowly getting them done for sale. The rabbit hole in stratford continues to sell alot of my items so that is awesome and i keep making them a bunch of stuff.

So by the end of the week i plan to get done the following (keeping fingers crossed)

for friday

need to have 8 pairs of tribal pants done
corset for Nancy
single massive black dread fall for danielle
some new stuff for rabbit hole
finish etsy pre-made items

i've got three days............can i do it!

so another hell week has started. at least it is suposed to rain most of the week. I'd really like to take a break this weekend and hang out with kevin. This weekend was fun but too busy! It starded with great garage sale finds and a good friends b-day party then ended with seeing my sick parents and a wedding.

So i am catching up on orders and getting lots of new ones all at the same time. At least i'm not slow :)
Kevin and i also plan to look into running the neo-victorian market this november with fashion show and party at night!

Over the last few weeks i have been selling well at rare funk and the rabbit hole. That means money at the end of the month :)

Ok so here is todays list of projects.

1. finish octo corset
2. finish alterations on fun fur pants
3. ties for shrug
4. surgical masks
5. stuff for sale
6. pants for costume at missy's work
7. go shipping

tomorrow i work at the costume shop, then wednesday the girls come to sew again since its a holiday.

now to drink my coffe and get working!

so all the time and effort i put in the fashion show was not a waste! even though we did not do the faery fest fashion show (due to rain, even though it cleared up) I ended up being able to sell most of the items i made for it. The burlesque outfit i made for Demonica de Morte will be featured in a show of hers on the 24th . She is a very talented burlesque dancer and its awesome she will be wearing this. The fun fur bondage pants go to brodie Miss E's boy cause he has a strang addiction to furry clothing items, and i am left with one brown steampunk skirt for sale and a white ripped and stitched distressed shirt thing. My marie antoinette and rebeccas dread wig were already done and now being kept.

the Mermaid outfit went to the rabbit hole in stratford for consignment. When i was there ton saturday hey sold 3 items of mine and they said they usually sell one a day. So they keep wanting more items! Rarefunk downtown kitchener was a bit slow for selling my items but there store is about half the size of the rabbit holes and very full so i hadn't dropped alot off there. Last week i took 3 re-worked band shirts to her. On saturday evening i dropped off to see her vend at the multi cultural festival where she said she sold 2 of them that day! So now she wants more too!

Its good things are picking up for both of them since there just like me " a loan ranger of fashion and business" I really need to clone myself!
Now I need to focus my time on custom orders, new items for my etsy stores and keeping the house clean.
I keep feeling like i need to rearange the studio too, Its so crowded and needs a face lift, but do I really have time!
Although if i take the time to clean it i will be more productive!

Anyways i probably should get to work since tuesday  I am working at Miss E's Costume shop. Oh i forgot the most exciting part of my weekend! I got an old dirty victorian couch! for $5.00!!! its in poor shape but will make for a great photo shoot! then kevin id going to fix it for our gothy house!

Nothing all that new to report other than i have one day left to sew!
today i must get my stuff done for faery fest. I am not mad if it rains tomorrow at least i'll have stuff for sale but i'd really would have liked to put my energy into custom orders.

Other than that this is what i need to get done.

1. finish corset belt (more than half way done)
2. finish peacock hat (half way done)
3. finish peacock skirt
4. finish fun fur bondage pants
5. bloomer and top for hoop skirt
6. finish brown skirt (just needs elastic)
7. send pics of custom crown
8. work on dread orders
9. pack shipping
10. meeting with models
11. pay taxes
12. keep sewing till the cows come home!

Well I have concluded that the new marilyn manson cd is very good! Very catchy too that i woke up sining it!


still working and I might be doing some stuff for courtney love again!

ok so alot is going on! I have faeryfest this saturday night and two days to make the list at the bottom. I'm not stressed just trying to have more motivation since my psychic vampire with in me decided it needed feeding yesterday. I have been drained but seem to get enough off of draining others in dreams. It will have to do for now.

After faery fest the craziness doesn't end, i have 3 more corset orders due and 8 tribal wrap pants before the 11th of july. Then i go away on the 18th weekend and then the 25th is my sea themed party (must remember to send out invites).

Good news is even though i have no motivation I have been happier with my self and my art realizing this makes me uplifted!

so now on to the list of stuff i want to accomplish today.

1. Corset order 3 work on
2. feary fest peacock outfit
3. fun fur bondage pants
4. custom crown order (if dry)
5. dread orders
6. random stuff for faery fest

doesn't seem like alot but it is :(

pics by www.ravengirlphotography.com
Ok so i've been insane and busy planing fashion shows, keeping up with orders, listing new items and sewing alot!

Ok so where to start? on the 5th i went to toronto to see one armed bob perform and to suport him. It was a good show with burlesque and fun weird stuff and a great juggler! Did a nude photo shoot with julia at an abandon house with two other friends. Got lots done before Pirates and princess day including Rebecca's huge dread wig and a Marie Antoinette dress all made from old drapes :D Faery fest fashion show was off and now its back on again so this week i have to scramble to get stuff done.

I dyed my hair back to black cause its much easier to manage and keep up while i am busy.

other than that this week i'll be playing catch up on orders and stuff for custom orders

Even though it is sunday i'll be working but first ice cream

so its crazy busy! I cancelled the faery fest fashion show and now its on again! i have pirates and princess day tomorrow and have to finish a marie antoinette outfit by the end of the day. have all sorts of stuff to finish for faery fest.

good thing is finished rebeccas huge dread wig, started her octo corset and started miss E's longline pigieon corset.

i feel so disorganized today so i need to make list

1.marie antoinette outfit
2. work on queen of the damned wig
3. stuff for sale for pirates and princess day
4. make sushi

have a much bigger update after the weekend, need coffee talk later!

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look under photography and they spelt her name wrong so vote for raven photography

so i've been under the weather quite a bit lately, i woke up this morning with the bladder infection still bothering me a bit. The good thing is i've had a burst of energy to work on things today! Starting to get things done quick and hope to get the house cleaned today as well. Our garage/street sale is tomorrow so its early to bed for me after i whatch a movie at tammy and jen's.

I hope we sell alot not just for the money but to get rid of the crap we have. I'm even going through the studio seeing what i can get rid of. Already found lots of stuff i'm not using and such. 


today i've already got done a few things and may need to take a nap before kevin gets home, I am trying to keep my energy high since another psychic vampire is sucking the energy from my household and kevin. I am working on some protection spells as well some other stuff which I have felt the difference already today that that energy is not bugging or pulling at us as much.

other than that not much

Its been kind of rainy since yesterday. These day are awesome for crafting and getting things done! I have much to get done unfortunately i've been under the weather it seams off and on the whole month! first cheken pox then my stomach, now bladder infection.

The worst seems to be the bladder infection it was so painful last thursday then it got better, my period came then it got worse again and stopped my period. Last time i had a real bad bladder infection it shoved my period off 2 weeks! I took so many pregnancy tests. This time i'm sure its the bladder infection since we haven't done it in awhile do to stress, work and business.

I feel off though and like i might blow up!

I've been trying to keep up with the bellydancing hoping it will help move everything although it tends to cause more pain. So i've been doing simple moves and alot of stretching.

I have alot on my plate to get done in the next while. Its hard to get motivated when u don't feel 100%

anyways this is my list for today

1. dreads
2. cut out corsets
3. dread wigs work on
4. list
5. try to find more for garage sale
6. finish new stuff

so its been busy, weird and sometimes productive. Kevin has been working nights and i have just been working alot to keep up with orders and such. Had an awesome photo shoot with www.ravengirlphotography.com yesterday! i'll post pics later! i have much to get finished in the next few weeks as well as being uber busy at the costume shop next week. Then i have a fashion show and several other things to do in the month of june.

so just my list for the day is

1. work on dreads
2. list
3. clean studio
4. new items
5. get shipping ready

not too bad but i know some of it will take me awhile.

so today was not productive i was so blah! I was lucky to just get stuff listed. I had great ideas to get so much done but my energy was so low.

Tomorrow i have different ideas of how i'd like to deal with my day!
I plan to get up, shower eat and check e-mail. Then do my bellydancing and work on stuff!
Hopefully my mindwill co-operate!

my list

1. coset order
2. dreads orders work on
3. Mermaid costume for freakshow photo shoot
4. clean studio (only to make a big mess later)
5. list pre-made items
6. clean kitchen and make dinner
7 ship mail

So these things shouldn't be too hard to complete, like really i've got to get my drive back that i had last week!

At least some feathers came in today for some costumes i'm putting together for faery fest.

so the week has disapeared and i'm not sure if i have much to show for it. Although i feel like i've been very busy.
I know my energy has been low and i seem to need to feed alot.

There is alot of projects this summer i need to concentrate on as well as getting some debt paid off. This summer won't be fun on my end, just hard work i have also decided not to hold the b-day party i was planning so that i can save.

I'm not upset about not having the b-day party i was planning it myself anyways. Plus i really feel kevin and i need to pay off some stuff to feel more comfortable and to focus on the house and save for a new car.

Anyways i'm almost caught up in dread orders as well i have a building pile of corset orders that need to be done.

Faery FEst is june 20-21st and i am helping organize the masqurade. so i am also thinking about the fashion show.

nothing too fantastic going on today. Just going to work on stuff i have to get done and concentrating on maybe listing some pre made items if the weather gets a bit sunny.

My energy is low today hopefully i'll have a chance to feed.

drinking tea now

So i was suposed to go to aberfoyle this weekend but couldn't due to my lack of funds (which will get better!) I'm trying to stay positive and keep an open mind to keep the money flow coming!

So many things ate up the reserved cash we had all at once, kevin's tooth, huge ass hydro bill and car. But I'm ignoring all that now and each day is a new day! All those things are past now.

So with looking towards my great future, My shedual is full now for june (at least on the weekends with the odd sunday free which will be spent working on the house and garden.

So far i have to do the following in june.

Pirates and princess day on june 13th Faery fest june 20th and 21st and so many bbq's to go to and a wedding.

As for may i will be spending most of my time making corsets and new items for sale and for the faery fest fashion show.


And now for todays list of things.

1. dread orders
2. leather masks
3. cut out corsets
4 hopefully list

ok so the last two days i've been getting alot done! clearing out alot of the dread orders I already almost have 3 orders completed! As well I did some rush order inbetween that! Tomorrow and friday i work in guelph and sunday i go antiquing in aberfoyle. The weekend is suposed to be nice so i'm excited!

what i hope to get done today

Finish completly 2 out of the 3 dread orders almost done

2x surgical masks for miss E's store

start new leather masks


on to work