Return of Saturn

Ahhh the return of saturn.... In most astology around the world it has been noted that Saturn takes about 28-29 years to do a full rotation. This means when you were born you have a individual saturn sign, and thirty years from there it will revistit, and 30 years from then it will revisit again and so on.
When Saturn comes back around in your birth sign, it is the culmination of your first life phase, things should start to become challenging, and harder to attain. pushing us to work harder, and perservere. It is a very exiting time of shedding and reforming . It is also a time when everything is tested and quizzed for it's meaning, use and relevance in your life.

SO.........I am smack dab in the middle of mine. My Saturn sign is Virgo. The calculating, and mercurial hawk eye of Virgo.
Virgo has a insane attention, to method, function, order, hard work, organization, meticulousness, and painstaking streamlining.
These are some of my good and bad qualities!!! I am pretty stringent with detail, but have a huge creative tether to spin around in, hence the rest of my gemini saturated chart!!!
Saturn's return is also about refining what you want in life, relationships, home and spirit.
This is very prevalent in my everyday life....

I keep getting this feeling like it is the calm before the storm.
My husband [ amazing musician and actor, total historian ] and I will be shaking everything up and moving our lives forward, and more than likely away from ol' Nelson
In Nelson forward means either buying land or moving to the city, or just away....
We both need feel a bit stifled being 9 hours away from Vancouver and 10 hours from Calgary.There is very little supplies and my imagination is much bigger than the art store here, and the dumpsters are locked up.
I just think it is time to spread our wings again.

What is great about the situation is my husband and I are really FREE! We chose not to have kids 8 years ago and have never looked back, we are both musicians and artist, but with quote mature tendancies {earl greay tea, rocking chair, book} but
we just realized we are still young and are not settling down here jusy yet!!!
It is all very exiting and frustrating!!

I woke up this morning daydreaming of the new era coming!!! Etsy is maintaining their site right now so I cannnot go on,
So I am going to water my garden!!
HEARTSY!!
FREYA

Long Days

My freckled white skinned was scorched at the market yesterday!!.I am not thrilled about this.....
The Nelson Markets kind of bust with their new crappy location. We were there for 6 hours and I swear only 50 people came, and they were all driving to the Eco society Market, HMMMM>>>>>>
Any way I won't be doing these markets any more, because I feel I can sell better on my own, and people in Nelson just want plain green pixie elf t shirts anyway!!!!!
The new schedule is designing and drafting fall and winter stuff!! Ya my favorite design season.
This year will be epic for HUGE cowl necklines, hoodies and hoodie dresses, as well as jackets and blazers.......

nu haus werks

Back to the post!.
I am preparing to do the market with Kim from Ifeltfine.etsy.com.
She is my studio partner, she is a mad felter, and she is so rad. We are also awaiting the arrival of our good friends The Wheatheads new BABY!!! She could have her baby any second now. SOOO exiting.This is a picture of her at the baby shower last week!!!
SO.....I have been busy creating stuff for the markets: cuffs, screenprinted gift card, patch kits that come with screenprinted patches, threaded needle and a kick in the pant, tank tops, and covered buttons.......
I have been super busy and lovin it, here is some of my newest werk for my etsy shop/ship
Once again THANK YOU ETSY FOR SUCH A LOVELY DAY!!!

respect for my elders

Nelson Bc is the most unique place I have ever lived. She is filled with gypsies, ragamuffins, no wave/new wave hip-stars, musicians, painters, designers etc, you get the picture....
Amongst these folks are people of all ages. We connect with our elders here more than other places I have lived.
We can sit and talk normally about what we are interested in and there is no judgments or critisisms, there might be a opinionated soundscape layed out, but no fear of judgment.
One of these fellows stuck out to me. His name was Richard Carver. He died last week and it is hitting me more every day.
When I had my boutique Seams Local Art Haus, Richard was a proud supporter of all our events, sales, fashion shows, art openings. Note he also kept alot of us eating thru the winter.
Richard had his own Art Show at my studio back in the day. The crowd was wonderful,we drank wine and he drank orange juice, we played Banjo's and Flutes, he laughed alot and sat outside while we sang into the alley night.
He had the thickest british accent, patchwork hat, socks pulled up with loafers, and his wolf dog Che by his side always.
I miss him.... He was a ball to chat with since he had travelled so much, was an artist himself, ran a radio show, and was Nelson's true street critic. I just loved how sure he was of his taste in life.
We will all miss him dearly, and he really has inspired me to create even when I am feeling crusty.
Richards peices never made a whole lot of sense to me. There is the one that I can think of was a tribute to Zimbabwe
it had garbage stuck to corrogated cardboard with telephone wires and love letter post cards, I just remember the crest toothpaste tube hanging there bu a telephone wire. Thats rad. Richard I luv Ya...

FASHION SHOW

I am sooo tired as my husband would say ty-rod!
I had such a lovely time at the 2nd Annual Day to Night Fashion show at The Factory Studios
The Factory is a collective studio of many artist of all trades working in the old Jam Factory downtown Nelson.
They have just recently opened a large store on the main drag away from the original studios and are now offering more studios and the store. COOL!
They put on their 2nd Annual Day to Night Fashion Show featuring 12 local designers. Sometimes Nelson actually surprises me.We are a town of only 10,000 people but I could name od at least 20 designers.
So in the Day show we had:
Myself -Elysium Design
Gemma Luna- Anomaly
Day styles influenced by dance and elegance
Rabbit and Empee
Global Nomads
Lauren-Loo Loo
Eclectic 80's wear. My favorite of the show
Gennessa-Gennessa designs
Bad ass Bathing suits
Hannah-Nature Collective
Couture moss dresses was rad
Becky- Sew Delicious
Elven forest day wear and kids
Kat-Magnolia Project
Hand dyed modern street wear. HOT dresses!
I didn't get as many picture as I would have liked.
But heres what I jammed in

nu haus, new looks

I have been really enjoying my new studio. If I had only known how much better I could have got, I would have shat golden bricks in giddy exitement.
Ok heres the lowdown........
I have had the grace of working in heritage buildings as studios, but this one takes the cake. It is our own ship. Our own happy bubble built at the turn of the century.
Lets pretend we are standing on the road facing almost a whole block of slate gray towered antiqueness!!...
Starting at the left the renound Nelson Brewing Company, the make beer.My husband used to work there for about 4 years and I remember going in there and smelling pungent hops, and old world machinery, and running water everywhere.
So moving over we have Silver King Tofu. They are a lovely bunch of Nelson originals. They um, well make tofu all day!! and sing, and eat tasty snacks, then theres me and Kim at the Nu haus rocking out in our new studio.
keep moving over to the right my good friend has a commercial Kitchen and they make macaroons, her kitchen partner makes chai, and a new fellow is canning 120 mile diet food there too!! So you can imagine the wonderful smells that waft thru the studio, and the lovely buzz on my level.... ok theres more, lets speed it up around to the alley
custome woodwork, comuter repair, coffee roastery, painting and pottery studios, long ethereal hallways everwhere, leaving the feeling we are on a ship.
This building is so wonderful, and very inspiring. There is something about just wood and nails, no wierd chemical stuffing in the wall. It has a nice hum to it, very organic and old......
We have a sweet view of mountains and the lake, and a hillbilly deck to sit and eat lunch at, ( winter will not be kosher)
So this new space has created a new vibe for Elysium. I really dig it. My hands are taking me not my mind. I let go and surrender to this process, hence to one of a kind run I got going on!!! check it out.....

homage

I freekin Love etsy. I t has been a very auspicious and revealing process enriched with exploration, trusting and so far, the real deal as far as online sales go. I am daily blown out to pluto by the talented indie designers here. I go to etsy to see trends, not the runway mags and celeb hype. I have made my a list of my favorite, most inspiring and cutting edge designers, in my opinion so here it goes.....HOMAGE TO YOUR HEARTSY FROM ELYSIUM
my top 10 etsy clothing seller list, in no particular order
1.desirapesta.etsy.com
this gal could be from the future.We are talking getting your money's worth and more....serious style. check out her art too!!
2.peekoapparel.etsy.com
bad ass upcycled streetwear with a lovely edge. canadian like me , a lovely mind......watch this designer
3.bewakeful.etsy.com
I think me and her would get along alot.....we could make space suits together and go to the moon.
4.missbrache.etsy.com
can you say va voom..my fantasy pin-up wear, excellent tailoring, sailor tongue and cheek.
5.kaylim.etsy.com
perfect organic combinations of drape and layering. distinct cuts, and a harajuku style stret vibe. I luv it!
6.emilyryan.etsy.com
abstract, modern, urban chic. I revel in her amazing pleating and inricate patterns
7.lesenfantssauvages.etsy.com
canadian like me, original craftsmanship, bold classic peices, very aquarian and dreamy, yet cuts like ice
8.rubypearl.etsy.com
need i say any more....she is couture.....
9.heirapparel.etsy.com
leather, organics, lace, draping, body adornment...I admire a designer with such lush tastes in fabric and design
10.foxlor.etsy.com
I could wear these all the time, she understands the female body.
Oh how I love fashion. I love cheking out all the designers on etsy. I work on my shop for a while and do my etsy rounds
and I am really really happy and stoked to see such a diverse conglomerate of total fantasticness!!!
heartsy
freya