shop update tomorrow

a small collection of gorgeous vintage coats + a handful of vintage granny totes and cocktail clutches are finally ready- the southern rose collection will be in the shop tomorrow at noon EST. that's 9 am for you west coasters, and for the rest of the world- i have a feeling it might be in the middle of the night? anyhow, timing it for all corners of the globe is next to impossible, so 12 noon EST it is. i hope that works.

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on a personal note: this collection proved to be one of the more difficult ones for me to put together, even though it's significantly smaller than most before it. a combination of obstacles (weather, bad light, colds, holidays, life), but the biggest probably being the fact that i R-O-C-K at setting unrealistic goals for myself. i mean, i am so good at it, it's crazy. it's like i forget that i have a busy 19 month old running around or something? file this one under I Try To Do Too Much At One Time/I ain't quite what I used to be. I nearly lost my mind trying to get it all together, thinking that it was actually reasonable to toss kids and coats and accessories into the car and head out the door for like, just an ordinary day doing some on location photo shoot, when truth be told, ain't nothin' ordinary about that. mama has a crazy job, that's what i tell mister henry. two pieces of good news though: 1) i didn't toss the coats into a big bonfire pit in the back yard and light them afire like i threatened to (i know, crazy), and 2) my kids are incredibly patient and tolerant (and so is my hubby) and when i got super discouraged, they rallied behind me and said, mama, you can do this. just buy us an ice cream cone when we're out and about and we'll be just fine. 

so. there you have it. for what it's worth.

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in the shop, at long last, tomorrow, tues 12/1 noon EST. see you there.

XO

*ETA: further proof that i am losing my mind: i received an email inquiry from a lovely girl named JESS and i replied with "HI MARGARET!"

she kindly replied, "Hi Jenny, it's Jess here (not Margaret - I have been called a lot of names, but Margaret is not one them - lol)"

thank goodness for her sense of humor.

Comments

[Kim]

You have aptly put blogpost to my thoughts on being overly ambitious with a wee one. I used to have my toddler "art-direct" photoshoots of my stuffies, which was quite an escapade/fiasco. Bit now that she's in pre-school, her pre-walking, nearly one-year-old brother is about to inherit her job. Thank goodness I switched from hand-sewing to machine-sewing, for time efficiency's sake!! Anyway, kudos to you for all that you do :-)

[Lotta]

oh that brown coat in the bottom row looks lovely - although it looks too small for me. maybe its just the angle, maybe mabe. I'll be there tomorrow at noon. Good work!

[saer]

You poor thing. Don't beat yourself up about unrealistic goals - we all love FW so much it doesn't matter when the new stuff drops, we are always there to dash for it!

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