The Rack 2: Mismatched Flowers

One thing that I'd always wondered about is why suspenders - which have two straps - usually have two matching straps. It seems like you could double your suspenders styles simply by having two different patterns or colours on your suspenders - one on each strap. And now that I was making my own, I figured I could finally give that a try. So, when I came across, while digging in a must-proof bin from a friend's basement, two pieces of fabric that had similar patterns and yet were somehow different colours, I realized that I had a unique opportunity on my hands. I could make matching straps that weren't the same colour, thus appealing to everybody. EVERYBODY!

So I came up with this:

Mismatched flowers - September, 2009

Yellow and Black! . . . which I just realized are my high school colours. Go FHS! Yay!

A Hint of What's to Come

I was excited to finally get a chance to continue posting some new suspenders on Etsy today, but my "awesome" camera had other plans. First of all, it neglected to tell me that it was out of batteries until, well, it was out of batteries. Somehow, I got it to turn back on to take two more photos, but it certainly wasn't the best photo shoot. But you know, that's all moot, since, more importantly, my "awesome" camera also neglected to tell me that it was all out of memory, even though there were only a few photos on it. I hadn't realized that when I deleted photos from it, they simply went in its trash, which I then had to empty. I found this out when I tried to copy the pics onto my computer, and the only two there were the last two I took, but in some strange low quality version. But now my camera's memory is free, and its batteries are charging, and maybe tomorrow's weather will be more accommodating for picture taking (it was all dark and overcast today, with rain), so I should finally get to post some more. Although I have a number of different things going on now, I'd bumped these suspenders to top priority, since I wanted to post them in July. It's getting very close now. Here's a hint of what's to come:

A Perfect Example

You've probably noticed that there haven't been many additions to this blog lately. Actually, come to think of it, you probably haven't, since why would you be paying attention to a blog that isn't updated? And that's a perfect example of why.

Now, if you're like me, you're now asking this: What is that "that" referring to?