i dyed a bunch of fiber that shannon asked me to over dye for her, and i think it came out okay. hopefully she will like it. it was gray fiber, dyed green that she wanted to be kind of teal. the turqoise that i put over it brought out the green too much and i ended up adding fuschia and it looked like it worked out ok. i get nervous that someone will want to deck me if it isn’t right. i also dyed some of the brown sheep mill ends i had, it is their blend of wool and mohair, and it is all i really have, so i figured i would try to do something, at least. i also dyed some yarn i had spun, and it looks really pretty. pics when it is all dry and ready to go.
i felt crummy for the rest of the day, i have had headaches all the time lately. i finished the rest of the postcards last night, late, and i just need to address them, sand the edges (which jake said he would do for me because sanding stuff, including nailfiling makes me want to throw up. dunno why) and they are ready to go. they look good. i am glad i did it.
i was trying to sort/catch up with my bloglines and ran across this mayhem…on one of my favorite blogs…posie gets rosy that was about an article she read about anthropologie…i will let you just read her article, which exploded with comments because…well…it seemed like people didn’t want to admit that they had been marketed to. america is all about marketing, and in the end, even us indies take all of the time that we take to make our booth look gorgeous, us look cute, doing shows, websites, cards, tags, and whatever else we make to not only sell a gorgeous product, but one that speaks to people…and it tells them they must have it. it is a fact of life. people are emotional buyers. if you are buying something that you don’t absolutely NEED to live, than you are most likely emotionally buying. and shops that do it the best…what can i say? it is no different than cosmo or jane or the more hip ones, showing you how cool or pretty or smart or whatever you could be if you just had that. i assure you the antropologie/urban outfitters who are owned by the same peeps, i think , are just doing their advertisting. and advertisting is well…sort of under the radar. if you read the books, you would be amazed at what they count on you to do, and what you do. it is marketing, plain and simple. one of my best friends is really into the psychology of these things, so i hope his wife, diana, would make him sit down and post on my blog about it, i know he loves to talk about it…
let me know what you think of that article and why people have such a hard time admitting that they are not a the most unique person in the world, and who cares? just be you, feel good. do stuff.
*edit…oh man! i blogged on ambien, which i haven’t taken in a while due to the fact that i become a lunatic and don’t remember it. sorry. i adjusted the post a bit and hope no one read it…well, lisa did, but anyone else. sigh. i think the link works now.
Facebook
Twitter
Flickr
didn’t see a link to the article?
I don’t think I necessarily fit in the “longing for my lost childhood category” but I’m still a very big fan of the vintage look that anthropologie has.
For me, it’s a texture thing. I just love polyester (and how wrinkle-free it is), glass bottles, weathered wood, old pictures. They just don’t make them the same way anymore. Old things have more “tooth” for me.
It’s interesting how personal the NYT reporter’s article seemed to me (I think it mainly her viewpoint and not a global marketing strategy). What she described as the appeal of Antropologie was definitely alien to me.
When you start thinking of yourself as a consumerism victim/marketing target, then it takes the joy out of shopping for anything. It’s really simple, you know what you like and you pay for what you like. It doesn’t need to be any more complicated than that. Shopping is not a psychology test.
Besides, wouldn’t you rather enjoy the look of your grandma’s 50′s dress without having to deal with the fabric disintegrating before your eyes because of age?
i agree! and it cracks me up that so many people want to think that they are impervious to it. why is it that they shop there rather than sears? when you see a big pricetag on something, whether you would pay that or not, you assume to some degree that it is nicer than something cheap. everyone does. it is why the little ben and jerry’s are as much as a gallon of other brands and it sells more. not that it isn’t good. but you assume that the cheaper one isn’t good. because it is cheap.
ben & jerry’s is better than the cheap stuff