Pieces of life around here from the past few weeks...
THREADS // BUYAMBA
outfit details: hat - f21 // shirt - earthbound trading // skirt - lulu*s.com // sandals c/o buyamba // necklaces + bracelets - soulmakes
First of all, I want to talk about these sandals, b/c they are so very special. I was contacted by Buyamba about their footwear and after reading a bit about them, I fell in love instantly. Beyond just being beautiful footwear, there is a huge mission and purpose behind them. They have partnered with displaced women from Uganda to create these beautiful beads for their shoes. So far this has given over 200 women fair wage jobs, giving them a better opportunity to provide for their families after the effects of war. The beads are all made from scraps of magazines and trash, and are processed through a lead free & water based process, which makes them also environmentally friendly. Also, a percentage of all sales of their products are also given back to the community for the children to further educate them and provide nutritional needs. I would say these little colorful beads are doing alot of good!!!
Their line is brand new and they just launched their spring line. And I cannot wait for their fall line. It will be full of amazingly yummy boots... You can read more about their mission here.
On a side note, this outfit makes me to want to go to the beach and pick up seashells so bad! I really hope we get to have one little getaway to the beach this summer. I could really use it. The past two weeks have been a bit crazy and rough, but I do see the light at the end of the tunnel! Its all good stuff, just keeping me so busy I forget to breath.
WORN OUT
All I can say right now is... I'm tired. Worn out. I need a month's vacation. Like, now.
SKYLINE FEVER DYLAN SHIRTS
Remember these babies??? Yeah, how could you forget, I only posted about them a billion times two weeks ago. Well, we got our shirts in and yesterday was our first day of production!!!!
Here's my Im-so-excited-its-all-really-happening pic... The week of the pre-orders were a bit surreal, since we only expected to get a handful and ended up with almost 200 orders! To say we were excited is a big understatement. We were completely BLOWN AWAY. You guys seriously rock.
We have been working our asses off all week to get our garage cleaned out to once again be James official studio. We still have a few things to clean up but for the most part its done! Of course I had to snap a pic of James once we got it all done. It was a LABOR OF LOVE, let me tell you.
We hired our friend Tia to help us with production. Yesterday she helped heat set these babies! Isn't she adorable???
And of course, Bella helped us. Although we caught her napping on the job several times and half way through she quit on us... FIRED!
We have been getting ALOT of emails about shipping dates... We are still shipping mid-late april. No guarantees that any will go out before that. We have just a few days to work on them this week before I leave for a while for a friend's surgery, and then production will pick back up. So please be patient, we are still on our same ship time!
We have also been getting alot of emails asking if you can still order a shirt. After all of our pre-orders are shipped out, we will be putting some up in Skyline Fever's shop. We don't know the specific date yet, but will announce it when its up. No more pre-orders, sorry.