Spring is in the air

Clock went forward on Saturday night which was brought on eagerly awaited long evenings. I love this time of year, its very exciting, everything is starting to grow and come into bloom, you start looking forward and your days are longer!

The market on Saturday was great, a lovely day again apart from a freak 3 min rain pour! Typical Irish weather! Sold lots of my smaller pieces on Sat. It very interesting to see what sells each week, first week mainly my hibby bands, last week my big hairbands and last Sat the smaller clips were my big sellers. Guess I better do a bit of everything!

Got a mentioning and photo in the Life Magazine of the Sunday Independent yesterday which was cool. These pictures were taken by Edward Bala and have proved to be a great asset. I am now planning another bigger shoot which I will use for press and my website which very soon I will get working on!!

First weekend at Designer Mart

How can you blog without internet access?!

No internet access for 3 weeks. What does a modern woman do without it??

So here I am back online. Fantastic.

Over the past 6 weeks I have been to London and New York! All in the name of work and research....eh hmm!

London was brilliant, its a very cool city and I love the styles. There's something about the London fashion that makes it stand out from the rest of the world. Its very cool.

I went to Portobello market, Burough market and Brick Lane...all brilliant. My favourite was Brick Lane though, I got loads of ideas for my own stall and new ideas for my feathered pieces! A good weekend all round.

Then off I went to NYC! It was my first time there so quite an eye opener and experience. Its a huge HIGE city , very tall! Coming from Wicklow anything over 3 stories is tall mind you!!

Found some brilliant suppliers in the fashion district (if only we has "districts" here....dream...) so came home laiden down with feathers. Luckily it didn't effect my weight allowance!!

BIG news is that I am now selling at the Designer Mart on Cows Lane EVERY Sat from 10 -5. Its a cool market and I like the other stall holders, quality and general feel of the place. I think ASTRID will have a good relationship with it!

DIT Fashion show was last night at Vicar Street and ASTRID accessories were aplenty on the cat walk. Looking forward to hearing how it went and seeing pictures.

Thats all for now!

ASTRID