Wow!!! I totally got off on a HUGE political tangent didn't I?!! LOL
I guess that's why they say, "ignorance is BLISS!" (whoever "they" is) right??
Ok so back to FASHION FASHION FASHION!!!! So excited about this weekends ladies night out event- details at www.sarahajensarahjane.com
Excited to show our bridal and ceremony collection- COLLECTION PURE! just in time for spring!
Hope to see you all there! Ok, I gotta go before I get STUCK on the computer ALLLL DAYYYY!!! Just wanted to say Hi and get that god forsaken video clip pic off of my first post!!! LOL
I had to force myself yesterday to STOP OBSESSING about politics!!!! I was consuming me!!!!
SEW- ANYWAY!!!! hee heee Back to the sewing room!!!!
LOVe you all a lot!
peace & love,
sj :P
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Michigan is screwed.
Pardon me....seriously, but.. holy SH*T!
We need to start CARING.......WE NEED A REVOLUTION!!!
WHO'S COMIN' WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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HEY Ya'll!! Here's a little sum sumin'!!! SNEAK PEEK AT -collection PURE- The SJSJ latest and greatest bridal and "ceremony" collection!!
Hope you are all doing great!
PS:
Here at Sarah Jane Sarah Jane we're all keeping JAPAN in our thoughts and prayers as the whole natural disaster/ nuclear craziness unfolds...
we have some distant family and friends over there and would like to send our condolences.... I haven't really said much about it because I'm afraid I would say something wrong and embarrassing, so please know that we ARE being mindful and are staying informed daily.
WE LOVE YOU ALL & ARE PRAYING!!
much peace & love,
Sarah Jane
Monday, March 14, 2011
Video Day at NextWave Media Studios - Sarah Jane Regan, designer
HOW FUN!!! Here is the footage from the FILM INCENTIVE COMMERCIAL DAY!!!!!
NOW ON YOU TUBE!!
Friday, March 4, 2011
Here's the letter! I can't load the stinkin' video!! :P
Dear Michigan State Government, Governor Rick Snider, and those who have any say in the film incentives in our state;
My name is Sarah Jane Regan. I am a 26 year old up and coming fashion designer in the Metro Detroit area. I live in Commerce Township, Mi where my husband and I decided to purchase a house together with my parents for many reasons. 1. Neither of us could afford to purchase a home on our own and we knew that buying a home would lead to (some kind) of investment for the future. 2. My husband and I had just found out that we were expecting our second child just 3 months after having our first. My husband worked at our church as a live production assistant/ intern and I was bar tending at a local pub. For obvious reasons I left the bar scene to raise our children. As the economy continued to plummet my husbands' "low man on the totem pole" position was no longer needed, as even our church was preparing for even harder times to come.
This was a bit frustrating because 9 months previous he had been laid off from the construction company he worked for........I still think that the last subdivision they worked on is still unfinished to this day.
I decided I should take my passion for design and put it to good use and hopefully help supplement the income we no longer had. I made a small collection of handbags and sold them at a booth style sale locally and the result was great! So great that it encouraged me to start a future in fashion design and develop my own brand. As I dove into the circuit here in Detroit I saw how tangible it was to succeed in fashion and ESPECIALLY because low and behold -THE FILM INDUSTRY- was making its way here to Michigan! Making its way to a state that had definitely seen some better times.
The thought of getting national exposure through celebrities and the contacts that come with a film industry was really driving my optimism! A lot of times breaking through into my field happens in one single red carpet moment that a reporter (if you will) asks the celeb what they are wearing and, in my case, four little words come out, " Sarah Jane Sarah Jane" and BOOM! Every local and national celebrity goes out and gets their hands on that brand name!
The thought of my brand being used in a movie or a major network television series the way fashion designer Kate Spade's handbags were used on episodes of Just Shoot Me, due to her connection with brother-in-law David Spade, gave me hope. It meant that I didn't need to uproot my entire like and move to New York to succeed in fashion. It meant that we could fulfill our plans of living with my parents so that I could build a fashion empire, in yes, DIRT ROAD MICHIGAN. "HOW AMAZING!!", I thought.
Sometimes I would daydream about even having the manufacturing for my line taking place in an old broken down warehouse in Detroit and I could someday offer hundreds of jobs that come along with a fashion manufacturing company. Maybe, just MAYBE the little girl who grew up in a trailer park (for real) and who purposely moved her husband and 2 young children in with her parents could have started something that would help turn the city of Detroit around!!
Many times along the way I have thought, "I'm gonna have to get the heck out of Michigan if I want to have a chance in fashion..." But over two weeks ago when I heard the plan to take the film incentives away I was shocked. It felt as though the preverbal rug had been ripped out from underneath me and there I was left on my behind feeling defeated.... It was the very first time that I seriously thought, "Wow, I really am going to have to get the heck out of Michigan..."
There was an article in Real Detroit Weekly that asked its readers what the best thing about living in Detroit was; and they answered with one word, POTENTIAL.
Potential; I fear that if Governor Rick Snider and the State of Michigan take the film incentives away they will be taking the only thing that our state has left, potential.
Thank you so much for your time and consideration to keep the Film Incentives in Michigan.
Sincerely Yours,
Sarah Jane
--
Sarah Jane Regan
Owner/ Lead Designer
Sarah Jane Sarah Jane LLC.
248.207.3267
www.SarahJaneSarahJane.com
My name is Sarah Jane Regan. I am a 26 year old up and coming fashion designer in the Metro Detroit area. I live in Commerce Township, Mi where my husband and I decided to purchase a house together with my parents for many reasons. 1. Neither of us could afford to purchase a home on our own and we knew that buying a home would lead to (some kind) of investment for the future. 2. My husband and I had just found out that we were expecting our second child just 3 months after having our first. My husband worked at our church as a live production assistant/ intern and I was bar tending at a local pub. For obvious reasons I left the bar scene to raise our children. As the economy continued to plummet my husbands' "low man on the totem pole" position was no longer needed, as even our church was preparing for even harder times to come.
This was a bit frustrating because 9 months previous he had been laid off from the construction company he worked for........I still think that the last subdivision they worked on is still unfinished to this day.
I decided I should take my passion for design and put it to good use and hopefully help supplement the income we no longer had. I made a small collection of handbags and sold them at a booth style sale locally and the result was great! So great that it encouraged me to start a future in fashion design and develop my own brand. As I dove into the circuit here in Detroit I saw how tangible it was to succeed in fashion and ESPECIALLY because low and behold -THE FILM INDUSTRY- was making its way here to Michigan! Making its way to a state that had definitely seen some better times.
The thought of getting national exposure through celebrities and the contacts that come with a film industry was really driving my optimism! A lot of times breaking through into my field happens in one single red carpet moment that a reporter (if you will) asks the celeb what they are wearing and, in my case, four little words come out, " Sarah Jane Sarah Jane" and BOOM! Every local and national celebrity goes out and gets their hands on that brand name!
The thought of my brand being used in a movie or a major network television series the way fashion designer Kate Spade's handbags were used on episodes of Just Shoot Me, due to her connection with brother-in-law David Spade, gave me hope. It meant that I didn't need to uproot my entire like and move to New York to succeed in fashion. It meant that we could fulfill our plans of living with my parents so that I could build a fashion empire, in yes, DIRT ROAD MICHIGAN. "HOW AMAZING!!", I thought.
Sometimes I would daydream about even having the manufacturing for my line taking place in an old broken down warehouse in Detroit and I could someday offer hundreds of jobs that come along with a fashion manufacturing company. Maybe, just MAYBE the little girl who grew up in a trailer park (for real) and who purposely moved her husband and 2 young children in with her parents could have started something that would help turn the city of Detroit around!!
Many times along the way I have thought, "I'm gonna have to get the heck out of Michigan if I want to have a chance in fashion..." But over two weeks ago when I heard the plan to take the film incentives away I was shocked. It felt as though the preverbal rug had been ripped out from underneath me and there I was left on my behind feeling defeated.... It was the very first time that I seriously thought, "Wow, I really am going to have to get the heck out of Michigan..."
There was an article in Real Detroit Weekly that asked its readers what the best thing about living in Detroit was; and they answered with one word, POTENTIAL.
Potential; I fear that if Governor Rick Snider and the State of Michigan take the film incentives away they will be taking the only thing that our state has left, potential.
Thank you so much for your time and consideration to keep the Film Incentives in Michigan.
Sincerely Yours,
Sarah Jane
--
Sarah Jane Regan
Owner/ Lead Designer
Sarah Jane Sarah Jane LLC.
248.207.3267
www.SarahJaneSarahJane.com
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
My story of why I WANT THE FILM INCENTIVES TO STAY!
Hey ya'll!!! Here's my letter that I wrote to my State Leg. I'm excited to see what the outcome of this whole thing!!!
Maybe this will get you to WRITE YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT TOO!!!!!!!! LET'S GO MICHIGAN!!!!!!!! :DDD
Peace & Love, Sarah Jane
Friday, February 25, 2011
"Come together! Band together!"
It cuts off at the end! Because I was a bit blabber-y but you get the gist!
I will update more later!!!! LET'S GO MICHIGAN!!!!!!!
I will update more later!!!! LET'S GO MICHIGAN!!!!!!!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
VIDEO BLOG 1- "Uncomfortable as it is..."
Hey ya'll!!!
I've decided to make this a VIDEO BLOG!!! Let's see how it goes!!!
:DDDD LOL Love you all,
Sarah Jane
I've decided to make this a VIDEO BLOG!!! Let's see how it goes!!!
:DDDD LOL Love you all,
Sarah Jane
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
WOW! I suck at these!
OK WOW!!!!
I am thee worst ever blogger to follow!!! I never write! This reminds me of when I used to try and write in my diary as a little girl! hahahah NEver was very good at that type of thing..... ahhahaha too funny! It's like one entry when I am like 9 and then the next page I'm like 13..... SERIOUSLY I'll have to find it and write them in here someday it's a HOOT!!!
Well things are about to get CRAAAZY! As is they aren't always- I am in the midst of planning my next BIG HUGE AMAZING crazy runway/ launch awesome event for my Spring Summer 2011 collection!!!! Geese can you believe it's fricken 2011????? It's going to be RIDICULOUS!!! I am collaborating with this TOTALLY AMAZING company this year, of whom the president is also like mentoring me latley.... it's really amazing, I will OF COURSE disclose more when I can!!! I don't want to count my chickens, you know and then have you guys not believe me the next time I say something amazing is happening! :D so.... I'm being a little cautious for once in my life! Geese Louise! no way!
........ The hubs and I have also been looking for a rental that is in our tiny budget and in a safe city like area.... it's been a rough go.... If we didn't have little chickadees, it would be a totally different story. We'd probably buy a winebego and live here there and anywhere for that matter, but the bottom line is that we can't put them in (too much) danger.... just kidding... but really- It's been a little hairy. I am praying for the right thing to come up and I know that if it's God's will it will!
My first legit intern Kristen Wilkes, starts Monday!!!! I can't even begin to tell you how INSANELY AWESOME THIS IS!!! She is going to help SJSJ explode much easier in 2011!!! LOL But really it's perfect timing for my next big huge event and such.....
Ok I'm getting lazy and I want to go look on Craig's list for dress forms......
I will seriously try to write more and more.... maybe I will have Kristen remind me to post on my blog!!! ........as of right now in the present moment..... life is goood! "reeeelly goood! I LLOOBB IT!!! I wake up, everyday, at 5 oclock... make soup.....I loob it! I get to lay in a bed by myself, all of my life..... iss FANTASTICCC!!" hahahahahahah (Nach Libre- my kids current favorite movie) hahahaha I know, crazy right!!!!!
ok, night
PEace and LOVE
SJ
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