The first collection

We launched the Soapsudsy blogshop as planned a week in a half ago and we're happy to announce that all went well :) We've received positive feedback from the online shopping community, family and friends. Sales have been good as well as we've managed to sell more than half of what we put on display for The First Swig collection. We've had some review sites promote us too and we're highly appreciative of that.

It has been a lot of work and play with this project which is really the only way to do it.  Although I have to say taking pictures was not as easy as I thought it'd be. Granted that I'm not a professional photographer and have never claimed to be but since I had a pretty good camera and a tripod, I thought I had it all worked out. But when your idea of getting a good picture consist of just snapping away at an angle acceptable to your creative mind until you produce a good picture more by luck than skills, well...let's just say it took waaay longer than I bargained for and eventually the day ended and we didn't have the sun anymore to help with the lighting. I guess taking awesome pictures of cats isn't the same as taking pictures of a static mannequin. A mannequin we've named Rosmah after an actress you may or may not know and looks nothing like the mannequin itself primarily in body shape. Aaand our Rosmah kinda doesn't have a head either :p Also, she sleeps standing upright where no one can see her in a spare bedroom because dude, a headless human shaped thing in the dark - not so comforting. Haha. Anyway, I had to enlist the help of my brother to reshoot the pictures that didn't blend well with the pink background and the ones I couldn't get a sharp view of the patterns. Thanks Kuchai!

We went hunting for more vintage dresses last week and manage to get some really pretty pieces that will entice you. But since Raya is just around the corner, the post office has advised to send all items out before the 22nd so we'll only be putting up our 2nd full collection after the holidays. It's going to be hot so wait for it! In the meantime, our first mini update will hit your computer screen this Wednesday! Sorry for the delay (it was scheduled to be posted tonight but we didn't have the time to take the pictures) but no worries, we'll have it up by hook or by crook.

Till then...