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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Exhaling
But just for a moment. I was finally able to get my sketches, fabrics and inputs packed up in a box to be sent out to my pattern maker this afternoon. When hiring a pattern maker, you need to send them:
- Front and back sketches of your designs
- Plenty of fabric
- Lining fabric
- Buttons
- Zippers
- Specialty Thread (if necessary)
- Interfacing
- Elastic
- Piping, Bias or other Trims
- Hardware (d-rings and other such components)
- Sample garment (if you have one)
- A deposit towards their fee…LOL
My pattern maker’s work should arrive back to me within 2 to 3 weeks. At that point, I’ll take my fit samples and patterns to a sample maker to have my salesmen’s samples made for the upcoming ENK Children’s Club show.
Oh and guess what I did this morning? My first wire transfer!!! I had to send money to a custom metal snap manufacturer in Hong Kong. Talk about a language barrier…ugh! I’ve spent no less than 2 months trying to place this order. The good thing is I ordered 10,000 jeans’ snaps, so it will be years before I need to order them again…LOL! Here’s my approved artwork for the jeans’ snap:
Speaking of exhaling, I was at the dentist yesterday to have a cap re-glued. And all I could think about was INHALING sweet air (aka nitric oxide). How sad is that? See when I had all my caps done last year, I actually looked forward to all the sweet air. Sweet air equals no physical pain in my joints and bones. Pure bliss. Too bad, they said I couldn’t have any yesterday…drats! I thought for sure it was going to be my lucky day–the sweet air addict I am!
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Suemonster | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 6:59 PM
HAHA ! SO THATS WHAT YOUR ON ! SWEET AIR ! ill have to find out where youve got it stashed come the 2nd …….then you might find me kicking back in the pond with the koi !
Sue
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Lynn (47cats) | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Ohhhhhhh sweet air sounds good! I’ll take some also. LOL
Lynn
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Mary | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 11:18 PM
bottle some of that up and send it my way! LOL!
I am just so excited for you and the progress you are making with DJ. I hope you won’t forget all us little people …
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aignarro | Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 4:25 PM
If you inhaled nitric oxide you’d probably be dead by now.
You should have said “nitrous oxide”.
FYI,
Angelo
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Tiff@Three Peas in a Pod | Friday, July 18, 2008 at 4:41 PM
LOL i love that sweet air! I’m not sure when I became a wimp at the dentist. I guess it happens with age. LOL!
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odumnobles | Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Why didn’t you fake hysteria? That’s my plan for my next dentist’s visit. Of course, the real reason I haven’t been getting “the gas” is because it costs more.
BUT, I’m beginning to think it’s worth it.