I took about 2 weeks off from working and it was great, I really needed it. It sucks to not have “paid” holidays off anymore, but it is great to be your own boss and not worry about reporting to the man… Anyway, I’m back to work and have been busy this week. During the days I’m working on directing, constructing, photographing producing (4) very large 7′ x 3′ presentation boards for a client who is having a big meeting with a very large potential account. I really like putting together presentation boards. One minute you’re shopping for fabric and fancy paper and trims. Next you’re photographing shoes, or doing CAD’s for the boards. Or you’re spray mounting and cutting out all the pieces (reminds me of art class.) Then you’re rearranging everything and editing and throwing stuff out and adding stuff back in. It’s basically a 3-D presentation for footwear concepts and themes in the hopes that the buyers from such big company will place orders for future footwear seasons. I’ll shoot some photos of the whole thing before I leave the job. It’s truly amazing to know that I am working on something that will be done in a week or so, and then it’s on to something else! And it’s great to be up and about and not sitting behind a desk all day.

For another client, I’m working on kids slipper designs. Obviously, this is not technical footwear, but it does allow me to put together cutesy decorative stuff and you know I love that! I hope the infants that wear these slippers will like looking down at these little monkey faces I drew that will be stitched onto the top of their booties! If not, maybe they will like the chick hatching from it’s egg, or perhaps a little bear…

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