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Haven't updated in a few days - I've been soooo busy!
I finally tackled the expanding mess in the living room. It is currently *just* under control, but about to get bad as I have had a wholesale order for corsets for Dances with Unicorns. As I only have 3 other items on the books at the moment it couldn't have come at a better time!
I've made some stuff for ebay - a cyber-y fleece top, a decorated top hat, a purple PVC mermaid skirt and matching cut-out top, but have not had time to photograph them yet. The pinstripe stuff has been shelved until next week when I can get my metal d-rings etc.
My brother is sick today so I am a bit worried. I think I am just pushing aside the fact that I'm a bit poorly to worry about him :/ because I don't have time to be sick. I lay about sick for two days and now I am desperately scrambling to catch up :/
Still, I have a pile of leather look PVC (at last!), black satin, metallic blue PVC re-stocked, and some nice green and black stretchy brocade for soft corset tops. My interpretation of the Lip Service 'Dark Legacy' dress (in bigger sizes) is looking good, so I just need to get some suitable fabric. They've used shadow striped cotton gauze, I might just use plain cotton or satin. I have a bale of pale blue tafetta needs using up so I will probably make the sample in that with dark blue lace.
And Meltdown have kicked off on the Internet about TWF :o. Jeez, are their knickers in a bunch. Apparently we 'ripped them off'. Errrr, no. Kev had seen about 2 issues and Lars didn't see one until AFTER he did the layout. We have significant differences, starting with the cover, i.e. we used a landmark, they use a person. Our cover is more like 'Bite Me' than anything else, a fact which caused me to panic utterly as I know Bite Me's editor. Contents page, text with embedded pictures, fairly standard. Meltdown has an editorial on this page. We have a separate 1 page humourous rant editorial. The news pages are little 'soundbites' placed sort of irregularly (I'm sure there is a proper term for this but I'm the fashion editor dammit) which several publications use. We have a letters page, like everyone else, a 'fake' problems page, etc. Meltdown's interviews are usually 1 - 2 pages, we average 3 - 4 pages. Meltdown use one big picture of the band, we use several small ones dotted about. There are 4 pages of fashion, done in a standard magazine format, then 3 pages of hair and beauty, in a format Meltdown hasn't used to the best of my knowledge and I have issues back to #3. We don't have anything resembling their product reviews or 'Pandora's Diary' (which was in fact my favourite bit of Meltdown and they dropped it). Yeah, we're more expensive (£3.95) BUT we have a smaller print run by a large amount (100 copies FFS) and we gave away a large amount of the advertising in an effort to fill the ad space.
I can't see why they being so fucking nasty, considering they are kaput anyway, but never mind.
Oh, and as the thread on Slashgoth got shut down so fast my head spun, I didn't get to answer the 'laser printed rubbish' comment by the fragrant G Christiaan (sic). We're industrial Xeroxed assmunch :p. Get your facts straight before lodging your tongue up Meltdown's arse.
As to Slashgoth, we re-submitted the story about being available in Travelling Man, and it has still not appeared. Niiiice. Seems we are to blame for Natasha's tantrum. :?
Now I have had my little bitch, I think I will go and have some lunch. A saucer of milk perhaps :)
Marie
I finally tackled the expanding mess in the living room. It is currently *just* under control, but about to get bad as I have had a wholesale order for corsets for Dances with Unicorns. As I only have 3 other items on the books at the moment it couldn't have come at a better time!
I've made some stuff for ebay - a cyber-y fleece top, a decorated top hat, a purple PVC mermaid skirt and matching cut-out top, but have not had time to photograph them yet. The pinstripe stuff has been shelved until next week when I can get my metal d-rings etc.
My brother is sick today so I am a bit worried. I think I am just pushing aside the fact that I'm a bit poorly to worry about him :/ because I don't have time to be sick. I lay about sick for two days and now I am desperately scrambling to catch up :/
Still, I have a pile of leather look PVC (at last!), black satin, metallic blue PVC re-stocked, and some nice green and black stretchy brocade for soft corset tops. My interpretation of the Lip Service 'Dark Legacy' dress (in bigger sizes) is looking good, so I just need to get some suitable fabric. They've used shadow striped cotton gauze, I might just use plain cotton or satin. I have a bale of pale blue tafetta needs using up so I will probably make the sample in that with dark blue lace.
And Meltdown have kicked off on the Internet about TWF :o. Jeez, are their knickers in a bunch. Apparently we 'ripped them off'. Errrr, no. Kev had seen about 2 issues and Lars didn't see one until AFTER he did the layout. We have significant differences, starting with the cover, i.e. we used a landmark, they use a person. Our cover is more like 'Bite Me' than anything else, a fact which caused me to panic utterly as I know Bite Me's editor. Contents page, text with embedded pictures, fairly standard. Meltdown has an editorial on this page. We have a separate 1 page humourous rant editorial. The news pages are little 'soundbites' placed sort of irregularly (I'm sure there is a proper term for this but I'm the fashion editor dammit) which several publications use. We have a letters page, like everyone else, a 'fake' problems page, etc. Meltdown's interviews are usually 1 - 2 pages, we average 3 - 4 pages. Meltdown use one big picture of the band, we use several small ones dotted about. There are 4 pages of fashion, done in a standard magazine format, then 3 pages of hair and beauty, in a format Meltdown hasn't used to the best of my knowledge and I have issues back to #3. We don't have anything resembling their product reviews or 'Pandora's Diary' (which was in fact my favourite bit of Meltdown and they dropped it). Yeah, we're more expensive (£3.95) BUT we have a smaller print run by a large amount (100 copies FFS) and we gave away a large amount of the advertising in an effort to fill the ad space.
I can't see why they being so fucking nasty, considering they are kaput anyway, but never mind.
Oh, and as the thread on Slashgoth got shut down so fast my head spun, I didn't get to answer the 'laser printed rubbish' comment by the fragrant G Christiaan (sic). We're industrial Xeroxed assmunch :p. Get your facts straight before lodging your tongue up Meltdown's arse.
As to Slashgoth, we re-submitted the story about being available in Travelling Man, and it has still not appeared. Niiiice. Seems we are to blame for Natasha's tantrum. :?
Now I have had my little bitch, I think I will go and have some lunch. A saucer of milk perhaps :)
Marie
