tie in action

A dear friend who I also work for was married in June. Her wedding was featured on 100 Layer Cake today showing the amazing photography of Joel Flory. It was an absolute stunning wedding and not just because I had a lot to do with the execution. Images here feature Seth's ties, but follow the link to see so much more.

winners

I have a few friends who are riding the Aids Life Cycle this year. If you don't know what that is, they each raise money for Aids research and then ride from San Francisco to LA. That's like 500 miles! I cannot fathom the chaffing that must happen starting right around mile 6 and then the thought of another 494 to go. Over the weekend we helped these friends raise a bunch of money by donating goods to a raffle. The Heated of course gave some organic tote bags, and I made a bicycle print necktie and bow tie. I'm pretty sure the winners of each of my items were pretty stoked.

black friday

I hope you'll join me in buying handmade this holiday season.

thursday

tuesday

another working "vacation"

The kids are gone for two weeks. I'm not saying this in a complainy way, but I have so much work to do while they're away. The ties are coming along, I have about 25 of them cut out and my goal is to have at least 30 for the fair. Last night, I worked on a special order bow tie and will declare it a success with minor flaws. I need to tweak the pattern, but it wasn't at all hard and for that I am glad. I think I'll whip up a few extras to bring along to Renengade.