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labricoleuseOkay, there's a bad Dior pun in the title. Sorry.
This June will mark three years since i first began writing La Bricoleuse, and i have to say, i am really quite proud of what it's grown into.
I originally conceived of it as a forum for process-tracking and illumination of behind-the-scenes info on a fine arts career the very existence of which was (at the time, basically still is) largely overlooked or unknown: costume crafts artisanship.
In the past three years, the focus expanded to include all kinds of related info--reviews of exhibits and books and productions, spotlights on other artisans, info on pursuing higher education in the field, and the fluidly-defined "Ask LaBricoleuse," which functions somewhere between an agony-aunt column, letters to the editor, and a general FAQ.
I have a lot of nebulous ideas of what i'd like to do to mark three years of blogging here, but the first is already in place: a new custom layout and graphic signature!
If you read the posts through a feed or aggregate or LiveJournal friends-list, you won't have noticed (hence, the link), but a large amount of traffic is from search engines and click-through links to specific past posts; i wanted to establish a blog-specific look that was a bit more unique-looking than the standard style templates.
In order to give credit where credit is due, the new template was coded by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
grrliz with supporting graphics by gossymer. I made the header graphic myself, using a production photo of Mrs. Gardiner's parasol in the recent production of Pride & Prejudice.
And in related news, when i startedlabricoleuse, i was hard-pressed to find another blog covering any of the topics i wanted to read about--millinery, dyeing, mask-making, etc. Now though, there's a proliferation of them; every time i surf around i find a few more!
This June will mark three years since i first began writing La Bricoleuse, and i have to say, i am really quite proud of what it's grown into.
I originally conceived of it as a forum for process-tracking and illumination of behind-the-scenes info on a fine arts career the very existence of which was (at the time, basically still is) largely overlooked or unknown: costume crafts artisanship.
In the past three years, the focus expanded to include all kinds of related info--reviews of exhibits and books and productions, spotlights on other artisans, info on pursuing higher education in the field, and the fluidly-defined "Ask LaBricoleuse," which functions somewhere between an agony-aunt column, letters to the editor, and a general FAQ.
I have a lot of nebulous ideas of what i'd like to do to mark three years of blogging here, but the first is already in place: a new custom layout and graphic signature!
If you read the posts through a feed or aggregate or LiveJournal friends-list, you won't have noticed (hence, the link), but a large amount of traffic is from search engines and click-through links to specific past posts; i wanted to establish a blog-specific look that was a bit more unique-looking than the standard style templates.
In order to give credit where credit is due, the new template was coded by
grrliz with supporting graphics by gossymer. I made the header graphic myself, using a production photo of Mrs. Gardiner's parasol in the recent production of Pride & Prejudice.And in related news, when i started
labricoleuse, i was hard-pressed to find another blog covering any of the topics i wanted to read about--millinery, dyeing, mask-making, etc. Now though, there's a proliferation of them; every time i surf around i find a few more! - Chapeau du Jour is the blog of Armando y Montez, and features amazingly creative blocked hat designs as well as illustrative photoessays on creating excellent millinery trims and garnitures.
- Denishe Hats is written by Denise Shea, a Massachusetts milliner who does custom commissions in straw and felt.
- Many Hatty Returns is a blog after my own heart, taking its cues from a basic focus on the history of millinery/hatmaking and headwear. MHR is written by Darla Sycamore, a hat history enthusiast whose nom du chapeau is "Alice Dickens." MHR also maintains a CafePress storefront selling notecards featuring 19th-century hat photography.
- Church Hats--the name says it all! This blog is maintained by Lola, a Chicago-based milliner with 40-plus years' experience designing and creating one-of-a-kind church hats.
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Date: 2009-05-01 02:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-01 03:24 pm (UTC)And, thank you!
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Date: 2009-05-01 06:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-01 06:11 pm (UTC)Here's to 3 more!
Many Hatty Returns
Date: 2009-05-06 11:08 pm (UTC)Re: Many Hatty Returns
Date: 2009-05-07 02:25 pm (UTC)Re: Many Hatty Returns
Date: 2009-05-10 04:15 pm (UTC)My Mother made hats I became an accountant (all beit out of the hat box) - I like (Love) wearing hats and I do want to bring them back into style.
Thanks for the support. I am going to add more stuff to my Cafe Press store - hats from the past very very soon.
Cheers
Darla
Hat Revivalist @ Many Hatty Returns
Armando y Montez
Date: 2009-07-10 12:19 am (UTC)Thank You 2x
Montez