M Pardo Couture

DDP - Delivery Duty Paid

🔸The sender (me) is to be charged for importation tariffs -not the addressee (customer).
🔸Tariffs are always the importer's responsibility -so they're now included in shipping costs to the US.
🔸This way, you know the total costs beforehand, with no extra surprises!

Credits: Model - Joy Vega Photography - Alba Gesti Stays, shoulder piece & tiara - M Pardo Couture

USA Customers!! 🇺🇲✨

Shipping to the US is back! Every parcel will be shipped to the States via DHL with DDP as a standard for the time being -to ensure top quality customer experience and grant a smooth customs clearance in these uncertain times.

Learn more about DDP 👇🏻 thread

Feeling forced to watermark every pic of my work on top of the actual piece to avoid folk editing my logos out of my images 🤦🏻‍♀️

I hate to do that & guess I'll find an aesthetic way to do it.

For now, I'm tired of seeing my #crowns all over #Pinterest w/o credits

#smallbizowner #couturemillinery

Holding my pieces for dear life! Nobody said running a small business would be all roses and rainbows. Challenges are an everyday thing to deal with when you run your own business, and there's a solution for every inconvenience.

#Smallbizowner mental health check
🔸It's overwhelming, you're not overreacting. It will be ok
🔸Sales & SM don't reflect your worth. Your work is beautiful, you haven't found your tribe just yet
🔸Your unique artistic vision matters, it enriches the world

You got this!

#selfreminder #affirmations

I'm just too overwhelmed to carry this new weight of DDP issues on my back, too.

And as much as I'd love to make things easy on my customers, I'm unsure if I'll be able to assume this new slice of meat on my already full plate.

#ddp #ustariffs #smallbizonwer #etsyseller

As a one-woman-band, I hope you understand this is way too much pressure.
I design & create, I take pics & videos and edit them for SM & Etsy, I attend my customers, I run biz errands, I curate & order supplies, I brainstorm new ways of boosting my biz...
All of this alone.

I would only have an estimation of shipping costs + tariffs before the parcel gets in the system.
I would be entirely responsible of:
🔸Applying the correct HS code for tariffs to be applied correctly.
🔸Tariffs -hoping I estimated them correctly beforehand.
🔸Shipping costs (they may differ, too).

I've been dealing with DHL to re-establish shipping to the US potentially with DDP.

If with DDP, customers would know what they'd be paying for the piece + shipping + import tariffs beforehand.

The ugly side is that I wouldn't know 👇🏻

Trying to re-establish shipping to the USA is breaking my records of anxiety levels 🫠
Thread👇🏻

Thank you so much!! 🥰

As a matter of fact, I'm working on several more Dreide headpieces with other materials & crystal colours to suit as many tastes as I possibly can.
Goths, brides, cosplayers & alternative folk beware: you're going to need one 👑

#jewelrymaker #wirewrapped #crowns #smallbizowner #artnouveau

This Dreide headpiece is now back in my Etsy shop as a limited quantity piece. Available in this gold with amethyst purple crystals, and in gold with emerald green crystals.

The Dreide headpiece is back!!✨

Many who've been following my work for a while remember this design from the Dracula's Brides collection.
I've got a very limited stock of crystals for each colourway. First come, first serve!

#artnouveau #aphonsemucha #byzantinecrown #jewelrymaker #etstseller

Los ayuntamientos, recortando en gasto, y luciéndose como siempre 😭

Laying on top of some fabric scraps that I'm using to sew myself a new fantasy costume.

New customs tariffs to the USA are a nightmare for all small biz's exporting there 🤦🏻‍♀️

How am I dealing with this new level of uncertainty?...

💅🏻 I'm making myself a costume!

No plan of action. Scraps only.

Shall you join me on this adventure?

#smallbiz #etsyseller #usatariffs #costumemaker

Shipping to the US is temporarily suspended. European post companies have all suspended their service to figure out how to proceed when the new US importation tariffs are implemented on Aug29th.

Shipping to the US is temporarily suspended. European post companies have all suspended their service to figure out how to proceed when the new US importation tariffs are implemented on Aug29th.

⚠️Shipping to the USA is temporarily suspended.

European post companies have all suspended their service to figure out how to proceed when the new US importation tariffs are implemented on Aug29th.

This is going to hurt all small biz's, not just mine. Let's hope it's all solved soon 🫂

... It happened! ⚜️ My customers do have a specific #medievalcore taste 😎
I hope I did my research well enough to accurately name this type of Ottoman inspired headdress.

If you know more about Ottoman hotoz headdresses -or Ottoman headwear & costumes in general- I'd love to know!!

#artisancrafts

What the actual flying rainbows of a terrible "freedom of speech" sort of policy is this!?

Let's make things clear: supporting this merch & ideology is pouring venom in everyone's tea.
What's happening in the US is against basic human rights. Full period.

#etsy #antiracist #notofascism

Update: my trustworthy informatic guy managed to save the file!! ✨
Considering it was a 14 minute long video on 4k, it was quite important for me to save it so I could show you that wonderful bespoke headpiece in all its glory ❤️

#hurrem #ottomanempire #cosplaycostume #fantasycouture #happyending

Last unit of this pretty wreath with leaves and golden faceted beads just left to it's new home! Now officially out of stock.

And just like that she's gone! This limited edition cute wreath will be unavailable from now on.
Now I wonder if I should be making more pretty little crowns like this! 🌱✨

#smallbizowner #outofstock #flowerwreath #hobbitcore

Cover of the "12 random facts about me" reel to celebrate 12k on Instagram!

I just reached 12k on Instagram -never in my life did I think I could reach so many people with my passion! ❤️✨
You can watch & know more about the maker behind the pretty pieces here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DLPvQij...

#randomfacts #etsyseller #smallbizowner #jewelrymaker #crowns #fantasycostume

Has anyone come across this YT ad by Etsy about "Etsy linen" being 'made from many makers around the world'?
Don't you find it's formulated kinda off -like if Etsy's disguised as a brand of clothing that feeds from various makers -& not real indie makers selling on an actual platform?

#etsyseller

Panicking over potentially having lost key footage of a bespoke piece I've recently finished & shipped 🤦🏻‍♀️
Immediately called my informatic savvies to get them working on saving those archives -hope is not completely lost RN

#fingerscrossed #smallbizowner #smallbizissues #hurremsultan

A few moon crowns and tiaras that I've been working on these past couple days.

The constant push&pull between filming/photographing stuff for social media so you can keep having a job and actually working on the pieces you make as a job.

#thestruggleisreal #smallbizowner #etsyseller #mooncrown

Custom ballet tiara Yana in silver/white compared to original tiara in gold/blue.

Scripting a reel to explain the differences between 'custom' and 'bespoke'. While some people use them interchangeably, the differences are huge!

Illustrating 'custom': comparing the custom version of this ballet headpiece in silver/white Vs the original in gold/indigo.

#smallbizowner #handmade

A quick little shot taking during the hand embroidery process. All silver and black crystals and beads on a piece of black tulle for latter application on a black headdress.

Finished this hand embroidered applique yesterday and thought the WIP candids are cute enough to share ✨

#handsewing #beadembroidery #handmadejewelry #costumemaker #ottomansultan #hurrem

Being requested custom colours -finding out I kind of like them more ✨❤️

#customjewelry #crowns #handmade #slowfashion #fantasy #elvencirclet #etsyseller #smallbizowner

Currently working on several Ottoman Sultan inspired headpieces while trying hard to find balance between my urge to check my social media and actually using my phone to take pictures/videos. Things small business owners and artisans of this era need to work on, I guess... This will be a hotoz inspired headdress at some point in the near future.

Diving into creation & actively fighting against my latest foe = my own addiction to constantly checking my phone.

My feelings for social media are similar to Gollum's for the One Ring: love/hate.

Still working on a healthy balance between my SM presence & fully focusing on making new pieces.

Thank you so much!! ❤️✨

YouTube video by M Pardo Couture Sewing techniques - Cording (English subtitles)

I had so much time during lockdowns that I even flirted with the idea of having a YouTube channel where I posted several making-of's & other sewing/design stuff.

youtu.be/UPAsBg-VRhY?...

I miss making these... Is 5min considered long format now? 🤔🙃

#corsetmaking #cording #sewingtips #plaguedays

Front view of sample corset I made back in 2020. I drafted the pattern taking inspiration from Edwardian styles, and modernized the finishings. Front zip closure, floating fashion layer with visible colourful cording. Structural layer of coutil and steel boning is invisible from the outside.

Back view of sample corset I made back in 2020. I drafted the pattern taking inspiration from Edwardian styles, and modernized the finishings. Front zip closure, floating fashion layer with visible colourful cording. Structural layer of coutil and steel boning is invisible from the outside.

This corset is 5yo this month! 😱
I made it back in 2020 in plague times when I had lots of time to experiment & play with unusual techniques. This is the result of a challenge I took just for fun ✨ & did it pay off!
This #ooak sample is still up for grabs on my Etsy.

#corsetmaker #etsyseller