Welcome!

Hi, and welcome to the very first (official) post at the Sassafras Designs Blog!



Sassafras is owned and operated by yours truly - one Cha Trimble. Pleasure to meet you. I'm a very new designer here on Second Life (I have *no* idea what I'm doing), creating hand drawn (well, mouse drawn. Mostly.) clothing for the fashion community at large. I'm a graphic designer and illustrator in Real Life, and this is just similar enough to be really frustrating, but I'm learning tons (which is the important bit, right?) and enjoying myself thoroughly.

I don't have a permanent store location as of yet (I'm working on it, for truth!), but I was fortunate to receive the free shop space at ETD: Elika Tiramisu Designs for the month of March. Be sure to visit!

The following is a lot of product blather (it *is* my first post), interspaced with my current product ads. Continue at your own peril.



My first three outfits (by which I mean 'sets of clothing.' Do dresses count?) - 'Pink Billy', 'Boardwalk', and 'Pale Witch'. Detailed info is included with each item ('Clothing Chatter'), but suffice to say each was a learning experience. And Linden skirt meshes are evil (which is why 'Pale Witch' is priced so low) - I will endeavor to learn the way of the flexi-prim as soon as possible (I *told* you I have no idea what I'm doing). Comment, by the way, if you want hair/shoe info on the ads - I can make it a regular feature if people want it.



My fourth outfit, 'North Star' (my most recent work to date), and the tops 'Strawberry-Limeade' and 'Upstream.' Yes, I'm wearing underwear in the 'Upstream' shot - I hadn't made any pants and was paranoid about featuring other peoples work. And yes, that's me in every ad.

A lot of my work seems to be very beach/spring/summer-ie - plus, lots of stripes. Looking through my sketches, it seems that we can expect more of the same (it's cold outside!)



The painted tee line is fun, plain and simple. They're my doodle space, yeah? And the best of the best make it out to you. Ideas for new tees are always welcome. And hey, a virtual cookie to anyone who guesses at the (bastardized) skyline on the right!