I've been away for quite a while. Sorry about that. But I have an announcement!
What I've been up to is something I'm very passionate about and am now able to tell you more about it. Right now it's a small seed, but hopefully will grow into a garden. (To state it very cornily.)
HoopPretty is a project I've been working on with my sister, Rachel, who is also a Surface Designer. It's always been a dream of mine to work together and come up with a business that we both can be excited about.
The idea came to us during a hoop dance class which my friend Anna teaches. Rachel had made the cutest shirt with adorable hooping monkeys on it and everyone in class loved it and wanted one. I had also been in the process of designing my own hoop dance themed shirt and right then and there the idea was born!
I did some researching + subsequent testing and so far the response has been great!
We now have HoopPretty.com opened up for business with more hoop dance themed apparel, accessories and goodies to come!
"Wilhemina the Hooping Mermaid" was our first design. She may look familiar. :) We've been wearing these shirts out! The aqua color is amazingly energizing.
This summer we'll be in a hoop troupe, called the HoopFreaks. And we'll be performing at PrideFest in Milwaukee. I will announce more about when exactly we'll be performing on the HoopPretty blog. Performing at PrideFest is a pretty big deal - most performers offer to perform for free because the honor to perform there is so enticing. It's a great venue. And our first time actually performing! Eeek! We're all very excited about it! Our costumes should be awesome. :)
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If you are unaware of what hoop dance is (as most people I've mentioned this to are) it's true it makes use of a "hula hoop" however now the hula hoop has evolved into a heavier weighted hoop basically made of irrigation tubing and covered with pretty sparkly tape. Looks like a kid's play toy but is a great tool for exercise, meditation, and performing. My friend Anna makes and sells hoops of all shapes and sizes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooping
If you did a search for "hooping" on YouTube you will find a myriad of videos with people doing some amazing tricks with a hoop. It's not just for the waist anymore, folks!
www.hoopcity.ca is another great resource. It's like Facebook, but for hoop dancers and people interested in flow arts (poi, fire hoop, etc).
Also I just saw this video last night and am so awed. It's a Cyr wheel. Hooping, but on a grander scale. This performer is from Cirque du Soleil. I'd like to learn to do that, but I wouldn't even know where to go to learn!
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