Yay! After trouble transferring DNS servers, my new site joomla based is up and running at www.beespokecorsets.com

Tons of new information and galleries!!!!  Today's accomplishment!!!!!

Had another photoshoot today. I really, REALLY need to pay for a professional, but unfortunately, I'm just not there yet. So . . . . my timing was off a bit, hit the location around 5 and even with the time change today, it was still a bit too dark. I just wasn't prepared at all, but wanted to get pics onto the site before I publish. I'm just going ( Read more... )

I'm realizing now that I am going to need to work on time management a bit more now. Things are getting hectic. Just received an order for a corset to be worn to a wedding. The measurements were taken today and I've already drawn up a sketch based on what I think will look good for her body type. My client is tall, so I will have fun making a long ( Read more... )

Yesterday finished second mockup on a design sketched out and created for a very special corset for my future daughter in law. Many challenges with body type here. Trying to lengthen the torso, so the 2nd mockup had several changes from the first. I have two weeks to have this corset finished for her lingerie shower. If all goes well, should be ( Read more... )

Have been feverishly working on a new layout (and hoster) for my website that will be accessible for IPAD and IPHONE users. Should be up by mid week. All designed in Joomla, which will make for a more robust site with lots of options to include in the future, including log-in, etc. Very excited with the design so far. Now to enter lots of info and ( Read more... )

Putting final touches on my historically correct Elizabethan corset today! YAYAYAY! So many tabs with boning running into the tabs. Ugh. The tabbed binding was practically totally finished by hand, both on the inside AND outside. Had to do it that way because of the boning extending to the bottom of the tabs, so any machine sewing was not an option ( Read more... )

I noticed on my website that a few of the pictures of the Charles Bayer Grey corset had problems which I didn't notice behind the camera (namely one little piece of lace on the top of the corset was tucked under.) Frustrating! I have since read the article in Foundations Revealed regarding photography and have realized that so many things go ( Read more... )

This 1912 "Shabby" Edwardian corset was my first attempt at corsetry.
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