Developing direction

It is funny when I find a blog that I like, I tend to do random clicks through the archive just to get a feel for the type of person who writes the blog and whether I want to subscribe to it. I did this with the Anna Laura blog a while back and was surprised to read that she hasn't always done brooches, in fact she had done bags, hair accessories and all sorts of things.

It was fascinating to read how an artist has developed her vision for her business. Taken one idea and developed it, shelved another for a rainy day and moved on to develop another skill set. I love her screen printed bags and pouches, in amongst the pile of retro pastiche brooches!

Registered in July 2008, I originally started Konstant Kaos sewing baby shoes and baby items. I then branched out into all sorts of things within a common asthetic and feel and now I am spending lots of time making bags!

I've been doing lots of reflecting since my Happy New Year post, and I'd like to work further on my 2010 Crime Scene range and potentially 'go wholesale' on a selection of my products. Going wholesale scares me a little, but in order to build my business, I need to get sewing and get out there.

I like the idea that Jennie has of finding a theme that you can work with for the season rather than random sewing projects clumped together under business banner. I've been sketching ideas out and running a costing sheet on products t see if it is viable ... but then Jay comes along with her monthy design challenge to tempt me away from focusing on my business!

If you have gone through this hobby to business transition, how did you do it? Did you develop a story or a theme, or did you do something else? Share!

Crime Scene Media Pocket

This is the the last prototype of my media pocket, the one that I am nearly 100% happy with. Since the media pocket was for us, I thought that I would play around with a bit of hand embroidery.

Still not happy with the finish near the zip, but I will fix that in the ones that I will do for Saturday (not that I am leaving anything to the last minute!)

If I still had my friends Gocco I would probably screen print the image on, but doing the hand embroidery didn't take that long.

Inside I have put "police do not cross" fabric ... a little surprise.

My hubby and I needed a pocket for our portable hard drive, but I wanted the storage pocket to fit the various nintendo devices. The pocket on the front is for storing the usb cable or game chips.

Here is a close up of the fabric! I have lots of geeky fabric in my collection, so I will probably make a few these with computer chips, bolts and skulls.