It is already January 4th! Things at the shop have been hopping with walk-in brides everyday plus those brides who are calling to schedule appointments. My goal for today is to get three bodices cut out for three of the dresses for our new line. One is ivory taffeta and bits of black flocking. It will have lots of black accents - Very Dramatic! Another one is ivory raw silk with ultra sheer pink sparkly accents - Very Romantic! The third is white on white with silver accented brocade and will be further accented in silver satin - Wow! I am so excited! The whole concept for the new line is gowns with parts that can be switched to achieve all levels of comfort from all white or ivory to a little bit of color to knock-your-socks off bold.
Working in an historic building such as ours has offered us with some unique challenges! If it gets really cold outside such as all of December, we are lucky if we get the interior temperature to 63 degrees. Because we have a wall of south facing windows, if the sun shines it warms up nicely by afternoon. On those gray, blustery days, even 63 feels sub-arctic. The furnaces have not shut off for about 38 days now so we are dreading when the mail man brings our next electric bill. It won't be pretty. We are slowly doing all the weatherproofing things we can come up with. Yesterday I used that insulating spray expanding foam around the edge of the walls in the back room. We realized that there was an inch gap between the flooring and the wall that went all the way to the basement. Since the basement is really cold, the cold air was just kinda flowing into the main space. Then there is the issue of the 23 foot high ceilings and the fact that our heat comes from exposed duct work hanging from the ceiling. Not real efficient for heat distribution. Oh well, such is life! We really wanted this glorious old building so we will work with what we have. My main goal is to eliminate goose bumps from our brides. :)
Have a fabulous day and thanks for visiting!
Suzy
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