January is usually quiet around these parts.
The Holidays are over, the mad rush leading up to them included.  Our schedule returns to a manageable routine.

Each year I welcome this down time.  It gives me a chance to reflect on my work and take an honest look at what changes need to be made.
Cleaning and reorganizing of the workspace is usually at the forefront, and this year is no different.
Alas, I have turned my studio upside down in hopes of finding a better work groove.
Right now everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is piled up on my cutting table and random objects take up most of the floor space.  I'm hoping to sort through that messy pile by the end of this week in order to return the space to more suitable work environment.

See you when I'm done...

Organic wool scarflettes are back in stock.

I'll be adding new styles to the shop later this week.

Right now I'm updating the images.

I feel that more detailed photos will do these lovelies justice.

Off to play photographer.

Winter neck wear collection coming soon.

Here is a sneak preview...

New leather and knit cowls will be in the shop later this week.

Until then, stay warm and dry.

XO,

Marketa

Ahhhhh, the dog days of August.

What I mean by that is that summer has finally made it's self at home in New York City.

If you live here, or any of the humid ares in the North east, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Needless to say, my top floor, black roofed non air-conditioned studio has become a sweat box over night. I have fans blowing left and right, but that does not help much.

The last thing I want to do is iron. Or do much of anything, with the exception of downing one glass of ice water after another.

But no rest for the wicked. Right?

With loose strands of tread and discarded textile clippings [which stick to my drenched skin], I'm bravely plowing through the piles and piles of orders that I need to complete before the week's end. AND, to make things even more exciting, I am getting ready to release some new bag styles. So keep an eye on the shop, as new goodies will be added over the next few days.

Including, but not limited to new color options for our SOHO tote.

Hope you're staying cool wherever you are.

XX,

M

I'm a little  behind schedule with the site's completion.   Honestly, I thought I was going to launch this past Wednesday, instead I ran into some technical difficulties.

I struggled all week with the lighting and photo editing.  Trying to get the colors right was really really difficult.

At last some progress.

There is light at the end of the tunnel.

Spring '09      

Metallics

Coming soon to Marketa New York

Finalized  design for business cards that will match the new look. Should have them back form the printer in about a week.  Props to GotPrint for such speedy turnaround time.

 

Decided to do the photography for the site myself in order to have more control over the images.  Photo shoot with Cara is tentatively scheduled for next Friday.  That gives me little more then a week to play with the set up and get used to our new camera.  I'll try to do a product shoot early next week to practice with the lights.   We'll see how it goes.  

If all goes well, I'm hoping to have the shop back up by April 8th.  

Oops, it's been a while.   My apologies, but things have been a little crazy here lately.

Tax stuff, shipments, production, marketing, payment collection, administrative work, getting a year older, etc. etc. etc. ... won't bore you with those details.

In the midst of all of that, I decided to update my website.  Nothing major, I just felt that it needed a little "face lift".  Initially I thought that a simple color and font change would do the trick.   I made an attempt to tweak the existing template myself.  It- did -not- work.

To make a long story short, nothing major turned into a complete site overhaul that required the help of a professional.  The system had to be reprogrammed with up to date software [turns out the site lived in the dark ages]   We decided a new template was needed to achieve the look I was going for,   In the end, I even ended up changing my logo.  

I have a lot to learn about the functionality and back end of the new system.  Mainly I need to get used to the image application and store layout, but that shouldn't take too long.

I'm really happy with the way it turned out and can't wait to upload the the new collection into the store.   Once I'm done photographing it.   And, as we all know, that is a project onto it's self.

The shop will be temporarily closed while we make some much needed improvements to our website.

New styles coming soon.