Planning, Working and Inspiration!

I am 6-8 weeks away from load-in at the Grand Central Holiday Fair in NYC and obsess about it nonstop! I am past the planning stage of creating concepts, pieces and ideas. Currently I am in production or as I like to call it the gathering stage (of as DH likes to call it the going broke stage). Our home is slowly becoming a warehouse for all the beautiful items we are bringing with us to the fair. Every night I get to play with my fabric and put combinations together for skirts and dresses. I am adding a fall/winter touch with darker, deeper colors and some play with fabrics. Alot of the skirts and dresses include the same fabric so they can coordinate but not be too matchy-matchy!
I am almost finished with the production of my skirts and will be moving on to dresses in about a week. I started with skirts because they were my first inspiration. They embody the idea that Jessiegirlclothing can be worn dressed up for a party or dressed down for the playground. Clothing for the way real little girls live!
I was so excited last week when we were at the playground and a little girl came running over to the slide and she was wearing one of my Freida skirts! That is pure joy!

Grand Central Terminal ...here we come!!!!

Finally it is official and I can announce the big news...We are so excited to announce that we will have a booth at the Grand Central Holiday Fair in NYC this year. Entering its 12th year, The Grand Central Holiday Fair is a unique New York City holiday shopping experience. Grand Central Terminal is a must see destination during the holiday season, and the Holiday Fair is the only holiday market in the city to operate indoors!

At Grand Central we will have tons of new Jessiegirl designs including skirts, dresses and ruffles both from the website and exclusive to Grand Central. We will also be debuting a line of gorgeous hand knit sweaters, hats, scarves and legwarmers all original to Jessiegirlclothing!

Come and visit us at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Station Terminal from November 15th to December 24^th! Can’t wait!!!

Thanks to Gabi and KimberlyVphotography for the cute pics!!!

Sale! Sale! Sale!

I feel a sale in the air... I am making room for all the fall/winter items we are receiving here. My dining room is packed with skirts and dresses. I have had my last artfair of the summer and will be offering the few items we have left at great prices on the website - Manyof these items were limited edition and only available at the art fairs!

www.jessiegirlclothing.com .

Come and check it out starting Saturday!

Trumbull Art Fair and more fall pics

I can't believe a year has gone by since my first time at the Trumbull Arts Festival! I will be doing it once again with my neighbor of kikibonan.etsy.com! So much has happened in a year and I have big news for the holiday season! I am off to create patterns tonite but I will leave you with a few fall pics!

Fall Photos are arriving...

These photos are by the amazing Kimberly of
http://www.kimberlyvphotography.com/

This photo by Jennifer Anderson - Wiggins http://www.momof40toes.blogspot.com

Iam working on fall-winter samples and sending them out to different photographers. Pics are coming back which I loovvee! I still have some items to finish but this is a first taste!

That's my baby....

Check out the Sisboom blog....love Jennifer.....love the fabrics!
http://jenniferpaganelli.typepad.com/sis_boom_day_dreams/

SONO Arts Festival - WOW

This weekend we were vendors at the SONO Arts Festival right here in CT. I wasn't sure how Jessiegirlclothing would do at this one, but we have always attended and it was close to home. We had so much fun! People were great and Jessiegirlclothing was so well received. I loved watching the little girls come into the booth and pick out their own skirts. The Moms were fabulous also! I told DH we have the coolest Moms and girls as customers. I don't mean to leave out the dads they were great too.

I need to remember a mirror next time - alot of girls tried on their beautiful clothes in the tent and I would love to have a full length mirror for them to see themselves. Alot of ladies asked about adult skirts and I may try that next spring on a small scale.

I am also in SisBoom country and use alot of her fabrics. A few creative ladies noticed and we had our Paganelli love moment - she does craft shows at her home in Wilton that are out of this world!

There was beautiful art at the festival, great music and a puppet parade to top it off! The only issue we had was the wind. We were near tall buildings and felt like we were in a wind tunnel - Thank goodness for the cinder blocks holding the tent down. I spent alot of the day trying to make sure papers, cards, tissue etc. didn't blow away!

One of the advantages of being close to home is seeing alot of old friends. Saturday was our 11th wedding anniversary and about half our wedding party stopped by very cool!

Off to continue working on Velvet Ribbon (my new fall/holiday) line! Preview pics will be coming this week...so stay tune!