Now that Super MegaFest is behind us, our focus here in the Storied Threads studio is to get ready for our next event – the OtherWhere Spring Steam Faire in Lowell, MA. As the name indicates, the theme of this event is steampunk, and so we’re trying to beef up our selections in that area. We’ve added the Steampunk patch to our geek merit badge line, and are working on a few bags along that theme that will be exclusively offered at this show.
We haven’t done a Steampunk themed show since 2010, when we were a part of a small Steampunk event at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation – the event that eventually grew into the Watch City Steampunk Festival. We were offered an opportunity then to purchase ad space in the event’s program, and decided to take them up on the offer.
That, however, meant needing pictures! Storied Threads was still focused on clothing and garb at that time, so Mike and I set up a small photo shoot in our studio. And by “small”, I really mean that I got dressed in some of my appropriate clothes, grabbed some accessories, and Mike took pictures in front of the backdrop we used then for website photography.
When we were done, I selected a few favorite pictures, and sent them off to Patricia Lupien, who has been my graphic designer since the beginning of this wild ride, and asked her to design an ad for me to use in the event flyer. Hiring a graphic designer, by the way, is ALWAYS a good idea! Even when I’ve had ideas for how I wanted ads to look, I’d send my roughs to Patricia for her to make really good and slick. There’s a reason why she’s the professional!
Here is the final ad she did for me back then. Aside from the logo, there’s very little about it that is representative of how Storied Threads looks now. It’s fun to look back, and see how much things have changed. And fun to remember when this was the face of Storied Threads!
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