This week in the studio...

This week in the Studio welcomed the first of a Summer Mix and Match collection

 for Ellowyne, Cami, and others

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And the boys and I had a laugh out loud time creating new Minions to add to squirrel patrol and defense.

This week we added

BRUNO  (said with a heavy Russian accent)

Bruno is the Minion fitness and drill instructor.  

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This week DayGlo also joined the Minion defenses.

DayGlo is the more responsible of Perimeter defense team.  

He works alongside Pylon, who is mostly interested in coffee.

Pylon, who should be on duty, messin with MY coffee.

(Blau does NOT approve)

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Skye joined the team this week too.  Skye is responsible for 

long range aerial defense.

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Minions pop up everywhere around here...

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DayGlo, unofficial spokesminion.

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And the Minions publicly released the first ever picture of the evil squirrels....

with more to come, I'm sure.

More Pinterest Inspiration

I'd love to mess around with making some of these items in 16" size:

Motorcycle jeans

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A few different cool tops:

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a turtleneck maxi tee dress:

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and some funky and fun gaiters!

What kind of fashions would you like to see sized down for your girls?

Fashion inspiration and what sometimes comes of it

I love fashion and especially love seeing something that inspires me and trying to re-create it in doll size.  Here are a few fashions that inspired me on pintrest, and made it all the way through the pattern creation, fabric selection, cutting, and sewing and on to Etsy.

 inspiration photo:

16" re-creation:

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Inspiration:

re-creation

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inspiration

re-creation

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 Inspiration for gaiters

re-creation

Pinterest has been wonderful for fashion inspiration.  

As you can see, not all recreations are exact replicas but serve as a source to start from and be inspired by.

So thankful for Pinterest and great fashion design!

The T-shirt dresses

I love casual items that can be dressed up or down and I think these t-shirt dresses fit the bill perfectly!

Available in my Etsy shop now!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/liquidsunshineonline

2012 in review!

2012 ended up being the biggest year for BASIXclothing EVER. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Because of your generous support I was able to keep growing the BASIX collections and offer even more fun and edgy styles.

So here's the year of 2012 in review.

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I started off the year with my first Monster High repaint. I gave her new mohair and a OOAK BASIX outfit. She was a lot of fun and I hope to do a few more this year.

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My second repaint got mohair dreadlocks and a monochromatic look.

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For Febuary I debuted a raglan sleeve dress with tulle belt.  So fun.

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When Lizette came out, I had to get one to repaint.  

She is such a beautiful sculpt and I had fun making her a platinum wig.

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Spring saw a new line of metallic jeans. They were available in gold, silver, and copper.  

Copper proved to be the most popular choice, but I was partial to gold.

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In late spring the long denim skirts came out.  Inspired by a picture on pinterest, I had to try my hand at them.  They were a lot of work, but turned out to be pretty popular.

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Summer 2012 brought neon brights and the still popular Any Color Painted Jeans.  

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These denim and leather shorts were the most popular of all the summer items.  

I made over 30 pairs of them that summer before they were sold out.

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The ZOMBIE line of fashions is still my most popular.  The ZOMBIEjeans got a makeover and have been the most popular yet, and still continues to be a leader in sales.

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Late summer saw my first foray into corsets, starting with a summer corset dress.

These were so fun to put together and opened the door to many different corset styles.

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The corsets started the corset of the month club, which came to a screeching halt around October, 

but will resume in January with lots of fun designs.

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BASIX also introduced summer bikini tops in a few different styles.

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There were a few OOAK items added to the list, including these multi layered corsets and dresses.

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Halloween is always fun and in September I unveiled the wild ZOMBIEcorsets with tails.

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There were also a couple One of a Kind Halloween outfits in the mix.  

Filling those orders kept me busy until mid-November...

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Late in Fall I was able to fiddle with my basic corset pattern to make this 

very popular high neck corset.  It took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to develop and 

is my most labor intensive item to make, but it is so worth it!

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Early December I was able to make the limited edition Sweet Treats dress collections.

Each was made with a corset base and came with knee length leggings.

Again, thank you SO MUCH for your support of my little BASIX world.

I'm ramping up for some great items in 2013 and working on my goals and time 

management to make 2013 even better!

THANK YOU!