My new love...and shirts.

Here is a tiny tiny clip (that will leave you begging for more) of my nephew Michael. He had the hiccups and was still smiling. 

Oh, and for those who can't view the video, I wouldn't want you to miss out on my precious:

I can't help but fall in love more and more every time I see him. I mean, just look at that face!

In other news...I have a couple new listings in my shop. It's two more men's shirts redos. I'm on a roll and just excited about making more :-) Ironically, I'm having a hard time concentrating because now I have to keep playing that video of Michael lol. So anyway, the shirts. They're too cute. I do custom too, so if you're looking for a specific size, I'm your girl. I'm also happy to do business outside of my etsy shop. I've sold straight from facebook before too. I appreciate your thoughts and opinions as always. 

Oh oh...p.s. I got a new phone so now I'm on instagram...and the pictures of these latest listings were actually taken on it. It's so much better than my old one (maybe a contributing factor was how many times I'd dropped that one though....) 

Elisabeth Arona

Babies, hair, and sneak peeks

My sister is very pregnant (wait, she's probably been that since the beginning of her pregnancy, but you get my drift.) Her doctor says that she will be having her baby any day. I'm majorly excited about this and will very likely be over her house a lot. It will be my first nephew! This was a random tidbit to start this post with, because I thought ya'll should know you're gonna be seeing some serious cuteness here :-)

I recently tried some new hair products. They are the very same ones I used in that picture from my Easter post (curly ponytail.) I've added a picture in here so you can see. Eventually I may post about how I did it...fairly simple really if you have time-but who has that anymore?

I'm thinking I may not be the best person to tell you whether something really works great or not...my hair sometimes looks a hot mess and I suppose that reflects badly on the products although that fact is generally because I didn't USE the products. *sigh* I will say though, that I really like the conditioner especially. I have been looking for a good leave-in and it's what I have used the most. The curl custard has not really been experimented with yet because I've found that the leave-in keeps my hair from getting all that dry and needing the moisture revamp. Welp, that's the best I can do on the review type thingy. 

In other news here is a sneak peek of my latest. Can you guess what it is?

With my really old (but loved) industrial singer machine. Have I mentioned I love elastic thread?? 

Elisabeth Arona

Which is worse?

Which is worse? 

Not knowing which direction to go in at all 

or 

thinking you may have found the perfect direction and fearing that you will fail? 

I'm not really sure. I just know that both feel frustrating. Sometime last week I added another repurposed men's shirt creation to my "collection"...and to my shop.

Above is a picture included in the listing...when I finished it I admired it. Then I was struck with a realization. I really really enjoyed coming up with the idea for it, and even have other designs in mind just screaming to be utilized. I've been sketching these men's shirts as ideas come to me, and two are completely worked through in my mind just waiting to be finished out on a shirt. This is the way designing is supposed to feel! 

I enjoyed making the scarves, above all I love seeing people happy with something I've made...but it wasn't the same as this...

Then the questions come.

Will they sell?

Will people like them?

Will they be useful as well as cute? 

Has someone else already decided this was "there thing"? 

Can I still sew other things once I really get into sewing these? 

...and on and on (believe it or not that was just a few of the questions.) 

Just like all other artists (at least I hope I'm not alone in this) I struggle with insecurities. I can only pray that it's a passing phase...

Elisabeth Arona