Hello! I should be back to a more regular posting schedule now -- thanks for your patience and forbearance and other such biblical ences, and especially a big thank you to all those who emailed me during this time to share best wishes and sweet nothings, and the occasional picture of cake.
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Being without a blog-dictated schedule of stuff to review and therefore wear has meant that I've been able to focus on using and even using up certain items, and working out which products I don't reach for as often as I would like to -- in my new, extra peripatetic life, love isn't enough to earn something a place in my collection any more. So expect a new BLOGSALE to go up some time tomorrow evening (GMT) -- my lovely belly (...that came out wrong) has just posted various wise and witty things about her purging process, so I'll just say "samesies!" and leave it at that.
Some of the things going under the hammer:
Actual posts coming up shortly:
1. Stuff what I've (nearly) finished
2. New stuff to replace them!
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| MOAR Givenchy Le Rouges |
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| Korean brand Innisfree |
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| THREE's spring/summer collection was my favourite of the season |
3. Jellython! Including some stellar new (or at least new-to-me/blog) Japanese formulas
4. Autumnnal anticipations from Biteki Sept 2013
5. Brushes by Brand -- a new series of review posts (I'm often asked to list my favourite brushes from brand X, so hopefully this way of organising them will be heplful).
Any of these pique your interest? Further requests may as always be emailed to drivelaboutfrivol at gmail dot com.
Finally, a poll:
Some of you will know I've been dabbling with sewing/dressmaking since December last year. Since then it's inched out makeup as my primary hobby -- i.e. instead of drifting off dreaming up eyeshadow placements, I'm matching up fabrics and linings and trims with patterns.
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| Little Black Dress pattern from July So-En magazine | Leicen printed cotton and organic black solid cotton/linen blend |
As yet orphaned fabrics, all acquired during my recent Asian travels:
Latest finished object: Sewaholic Pendrell in a filmy cotton voile bought in Hong Kong's Western Market.
Now that the pretties I whip up no longer unravel as soon as you look at them sideways [a key revelation: dispense with whip], I naturally want to geek about them! Unlike the occasional clothes posts I've done before, these will be more detailed about the construction process, and probably involve pattern/book reviews, random blatherings about new techniques etc. but won't occur more than once a week at most.
So should I:
A) keep everything on drivelaboutfrivol.
Ai) keep everything on drivelaboutfrivol but put things behind jump cuts so you can chose whether to read individual posts in full.
B) make a separate blog for this, and shove the knitting and occasional clothes posts there too.
C) other -- what?
D) caaaaaaaake!
Leave me a comment or drop me an email. Don't be shy -- if you don't weigh in now, you waive the right to grouse later ;)
PS While we're at it, for those who liked book posts, I'm now on goodreads. Always up for chatter about stories, so poke me if you're there too.