Dear Demoiselle blog

05/01/2012

Treasury feature: homage to Andrea Missé

One of my "The Tango Shoe Is Dreaming" collages got featured in a very special treasury yesterday:

This treasury is an homage to Argentine tango dancer, Andrea Missé, who sadly passed away in a car

accident this week. Andrea Missé was one of the greatest contemporary female tango dancers -

she was beautiful, elegant and highly skilled. I'm honoured to be included in this treasury.

The treasury was curated by Federica Belli - thank you Federica!

The below video is from TangoCamp Sweden, in the same room I saw Missé perform in 2006.

I've chosen a milonga because I feel this dance celebrates the joy of Argentine tango -

Andrea Missé and partner Javier Rodriguez by prischepov 1979

Music: Reliquias Porteñas with Francisco Canaro

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30/12/2011

Note to self

I'm making a shoe bag. It's my own design from scratch - no pre-made pattern -

and inevitably, weird mistakes occur (typically, it's the "what becomes inside out

when it should have been inside in when the bag is turned outside out" issue).

So I made this little poster as a reminder to think first, then think again, THEN sew:

Note to self: Learning from one's mistakes is a noble thing.
It's also time-consuming and exceedingly annoying.

I don't know if anyone has said this before, but if not, I take credit for it =)

I'll be back in 2012 with a "start of the year" post and (hopefully) a new shoe bag!

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23/12/2011

Merry Christmas

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22/12/2011

First treasury feature

I just got the nicest Christmas gift in advance:

One of my collages was featured in this Etsy treasury today.

Image: screen cap from etsy.com

The treasury was curated by Lina from L2Country

Thank you so much Lina!

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13/12/2011

New collage

I just listed a new collage in my Etsy shop

©Trud Fagerheim/Dear Demoiselle 2011

(satin, embroidery thread and drawing on aquarelle paper)

This one is called "On My Coat Hanger" because I'm fond of old-fashioned coat hangers.

They just make clothes look better, don't they?

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09/12/2011

Blog opening day

Today is the opening day of Dear Demoiselle blog - welcome!

I hope everything works - setting up publishing on a custom domain is not for the faint of heart...

Feedback on posts and layout is very welcome =)

This blog will be about the things I make and the things I find inspiring.

Posting rate will be 'once in a while'!

I hope to make this blog a little community, so I'll answer to your comments here.

Enjoy!

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03/12/2011

Colour inspiration: tango love

Image credit

Murat and Michelle

Murats paintings of tango music

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Press: Simply Hue

One of my best blogging friends, Vicki from Simply Hue, wrote this blog post about Dear Demoiselle:

Image: screencap. ©Simply Hue / Dear Demoiselle

Update: Vicki also wrote a post about Dear Demoiselle blog on the opening day.

Thank you so much Vicki!

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