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I have checked...double checked and re-double checked all my work and am now pretty certain everything is done and ready for hand in! I feel sooo relieved and am very pleased with the entire project and final outcomes! Just gotta get through Crits on Friday and then I am finished forever (scary!) 

(the image above describes exactly how I feel right now!) 

http://pinterest.com/pin/31032684902417644/

Website Link...

www.appleandpearsfashion.com

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I have also been toying with idea of having a coloured background on the homepage...as I think the white looks a bit too harsh. However I will get different opinions first before I change anything... TBC.

I have decided to just have one page in colour and the rest in white...as I think the homepage needs to have a statement feel.

Website....

The only problem I feel with my website, is that it looks different on a computer to what it looks like on a Mac. On a mac it looks a lot better, the colour, the resolution and the size. Where as on a computer the fonts overlap in some places which doesn't look great. To overcome this problem though I would recommend people to look at my website on a Mac to see the best aspects. 

RE:Look Book

Also I have finally got my look book back and it looks good! There is no mistakes this time which is a huge relief! So now I am all ready to hand in apart from doing final bits of editing!  

On the note of the Look Book the only thing I would change next time is to go to a different printing/binding company, so I would perhaps have less problems! 

YES and triple YES

My website is finally LIVE on the internet and published! I am soo pleased with the final outcome and to be honest there is not much I would change this time round, if I had the chance though the only thing I would do differently is to do the design on 'Indesign' and then upload to a Iweb as I feel on Indesign you get more freedom and more options compared to 'Iweb' but generally am pleased with the results anyways!

It looks different on an actual computer as opposed to a mac, as the middle section is bigger. But STILL its done and dusted now! I am doing some final tweaks now just to double check it looks alright....but happy days!

Website...

So initially when I published my website, a background appeared of which I didn't know would be there...I played about a bit with colours but have decided this looks a little bit boring, so am going to include and actual image in the background to overcome this problem and to make more interesting.

I am thinking to make the project flow cohesively I am going to use the same background as on my blog, so the pin up women on the bike as I think will look cool!

RE:future thoughts

http://pinterest.com/pin/241294492505537056/

I was thinking again earlier about how I could take this project forward in the future and one way I feel I could definitely improve the brand is to sell my own 'curvy clothing' with three different areas specifically aimed at 'Apples' 'Pears' and 'Oranges' Is  certainly something I  would like to consider more.

Pinterest

http://pinterest.com/jodie4111/apples-pears-photoshoot/

Because I am so pleased with the overall look of the photo shoot I have uploaded it to Pinterest so everyone else can have the pleasure to see it! :D

Covers

I have decided in order to make my little sketch book and red book flow cohesively I will put the same covers on them as the Look Book, I feel it will look more professional. I may also print off my learning agreement and get that bound together with the same cover....again to make it all flow! I am excited that everything is slowly pulling together!

Website domain....

Sooo again had a massive panic today because all of my domain details are saved to my hotmail account which coincidentally has been blocked....but the problem was overcome once I worked out that all was saved on the actual website....phewww. Now all I need to do with the website is double check and then go LIVE

http://pinterest.com/pin/133771051401873995/

thoughts....

Sooo hand in is on Friday and for the SECOND time my book has been bound wrong...the order is right but this time there is marks on the cover....not going to lie I feel like the printers are trying to ruin my life!!!! but after taking a deep breath I once again realised there is time before hand in to get the book fixed!

Also I'm a bit irritated that I have now paid around £50 for this look book and they have gotten it wrong again! I think I will try and get some of the money back as it has gone wrong and has taken so long for them to get it done right...

Has caused me to feel a slight panic as hand in is only three days away, but fingers crossed when I pick up the book today, all will be correct!

On looking back at all the troubles I have had with printing and binding I was thinking if i was to make a Look book again I would quite like to attempt a 'hand made' book, so that would cut out the issues with printing! 

Website

I need to make my website live next week ready for deadline day, so am checking over this and perhaps changing layouts, I will see Jamie next week for advice and then my website will be live online!....Eeeek is a scary thought! But I think as long as a I make sure it all looks cohesive and make sure everything is correct then all will be well! 

Bound....

I collected my look book today and GENERALLY am very pleased with the outcome...HOWEVER the order has been mucked up, (is a page out at the beginning which has thrown the entire book out!) 

Although this obviously isn't good, due to good time keeping I now have time to take the book back and get it re-bound etc, so now I will retrieve next Tuesday and hopefully it will be in the right order this time!

I could have kept the previous book, but wanted everything to be perrrfect!

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I am just going to spend the rest of my time before hand in checking and double checking over my work, bulking up my research

Future plans...

Going from a designer to a promoter was definitely a great move for me.... I feel I have learnt so much and have come on in leaps and bounds. I also feel far more confident within promotion then I ever did with designing! So from this I am hoping to take this forward in the future!

evaluations...

I have been looking over my learning agreement and am pretty pleased with that, I will tweak a few sections so it is more relevant.

I am also going to begin writing up my evaluations on the whole projects.

Generally I am very pleased with how everything has gone so far and am actually impressed (for once) at my time management skillzzz. But anyways I will go into more depth on my actual evaluation! 

Look book...

So I have taken my look book to be printed and bound!!!

I am getting my book 'Perfect bound' and in glossy paper...so will be exactly like a look book magazine! I am genuinely so excited to see the final outcome as feel I have worked hard to pull everything together in good time!!!

Altogether the book is going to cost around £25...which is really cheap considering if I sent the book away it would have cost double!

LookBook

I have had my look book checked by both Anya and Jamie, and have made the changes they suggested to improve the Look Book and now feel fully ready to send off the book to be printed and bound!

The only things Anya said to change was the layout of some pages and one of my images...of which looked like the model had a broken back! (is good to get second opinions because I have been looking at my work soooo much I start to not notice things...so is good to look outside the box!)

And Jamie just told me to change font sizes....

I AM SO NERVOUS ABOUT SEEING THE FINAL BOOK....Hope it doesn't F**K up!!!!