iCiNG Day -- Announcement!

[ 5 September 2007 ]

I want to say THANK YOU to everyone for your thoughts & comments regarding International Dress-Up Day here! It was really great to hear your feedback & to know that you’re all still keen to participate in some kind of celebration. It was also hugely motivating to get your suggestions & to feel your enthusiasm!

So, with no further ado, i.D.U.D. is no more!

Instead, I have decided to instigate…

<3 iCiNG Day <3

Long live iCiNG Day!

iCiNG Day will occur quarterly, on weekends. This allows us to make the most of it — if you’re working or otherwise engaged on Saturday, you can always do it on Sunday or Friday night! I’m also going to give you as much lead-in as possible, so you have lots of time to plan your adventures, outfits, etc.! Since it’s only happening four times a year, this should help ensure that we make the most of it every time.

iCiNG Day will be different to i.D.U.D. in that it is more of a celebration than a dress-up occasion — a celebration of all the things iCiNG is about. The themes will be quite open, to spark the imagination & get a wide range of responses! The themes will be more based around an idea than a particular aesthetic. The idea is that you work around the theme, however that suits you. As always, you are MORE than welcome to get your friends together & have a fabulous time, & if you want to document the occasion with stories, video, photos, macramé or anything else, I’d love it if you sent it in!

I am also looking into posting the images in a gallery. We have the technology, & we’ll make it happen! Hopefully I’ll be able to hook it into an RSS feed, so the pictures will appear in your Google Reader (or other RSS client). Yay!

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The first iCiNG Day will be on the weekend of November 10th & 11th 2007, & the theme is “I <3 ...”

What do you <3 ? Maybe you could throw a party in honour of your favourite poem, draw Salvador Dali’s face on a cupcake, paint a city you love, make a video in praise of moustaches, create a shrine to Vivienne Westwood, write a story about your incredible grandmother, dress in celebration of Alice in Wonderland, have a circus-themed picnic, or make a photobooth sticker collage…

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<3 The second iCiNG Day will be on the weekend of February 9th & 10th 2008.
<3 The next one will be on the weekend of May 10th & 11th 2008.
<3 After that, iCiNG Day will happen on the weekend of August 9th & 10th 2008.

I haven’t picked themes for those yet. After iCiNG Day #001, we can discuss how it went & what improvements we could make in the future, as well as think about themes! Sound good?

I hope you like the changes… as always, I love to hear your thoughts!

P.S. For those of you who asked about the slumber party (complete with webcams & chat!), it’s still on the cards! I think it will be something separate, but I need to work out a way to engineer it…

P.P.S. I will be changing the banners on the participate page, but if anyone would like to design something for iCiNG Day, please do so & email it to me!


Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala <3


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  1. this sounds fantastic!

    <3 Jeannine · Sep 5, 09:21 AM · #

  2. This sounds great. I love the idea of having a whole weekend to get the chance to participate (I tend to procrastinate).

    I am certainly going to grab my best friend and plan something fabulous for the first iCing day! But there is just so many things that I heart….

    <3 Song · Sep 5, 09:22 AM · #

  3. I like! Looking forward to it! Making plans…

    <3 Lady Julianne Eternity · Sep 5, 10:06 AM · #

  4. I can’t waaaaait!

    <3 Console The Widow · Sep 5, 11:20 AM · #

  5. that souns so great!! I can´t wait…. me and my friends are going to have sooo much fun :D
    I´ll try to make it a party with my closest friends :)

    omg I can´t decide on what I ♥ the most.. but it´ll definitely be celebrated the whole weekend.. mmm can it be a combination of things , like I ♥ chocolate/my boyfriend/ my friends/balloons or something like that?

    <3 Diana · Sep 5, 12:09 PM · #

  6. Yay! This sounds great, something to really get into :) Wonderful!

    <3 Christina · Sep 5, 12:22 PM · #

  7. Grand!

    <3 Anna Rose · Sep 5, 01:12 PM · #

  8. Yay!

    <3 Nadine · Sep 5, 02:06 PM · #

  9. ohhh this sounds like it could be good fun! i’m all excited now!

    <3 Nicola · Sep 5, 02:27 PM · #

  10. Ooh, I’m super excited now!
    I’m thinking I might do I ♥ Music..or something along those lines.
    It wouldn’t be too hard, considering music pretty much rules my life anyway :P

    <3 Miri · Sep 5, 02:27 PM · #

  11. Gala thats a great idea! I’m at boarding school and am holding a fancy dress party (with the I Heatrt theme ofcourse) in celebration of the first icing day, and i hope every icing day onwards!

    <3 Edie · Sep 5, 02:31 PM · #

  12. o wow! i can’t wait until the first weekend!
    ::dances::

    <3 natasha · Sep 5, 03:40 PM · #

  13. ooooh!!!!
    sounds fab!
    id tottaly dress up as a huge chocolate bar! hahah!

    <3 jessabee · Sep 5, 03:40 PM · #

  14. Lovely! I enjoy that its more of a celebration of ourselves. It will start getting colder around here in November, and this will certainly help cheer me up amidst the dreary weather.

    <3 Chesney · Sep 5, 05:55 PM · #

  15. Great idea!

    I will be somewhere in Europe for the February one and will try to make the most of it! How exciting :)

    Now what should I do in November…?

    xx

    <3 Stacy · Sep 5, 07:06 PM · #

  16. I think you’ve made a great decision, Gala! Now, the planning…

    <3 Sir Frederick Chook · Sep 5, 07:16 PM · #

  17. Ahh, I’m so glad you all like the changes… It’s hard to switch something up & start from scratch, especially when you’re trying to retain the elements people like but make it easier/more accessible/more fun.

    I can’t WAIT to see what everyone does, I think it’ll be a real cause for celebration & a fabulous occasion to go all out! & I am really looking forward to seeing Edie’s boarding school pictures, hee!

    <3 Gala · Sep 5, 08:13 PM · #

  18. Sounds Great!!

    At least I can plan something extra special. Just need to pin point my favourite things that I heart…. maybe a collage x

    <3 LauraJ · Sep 5, 09:07 PM · #

  19. i never got to participate in the Dress Up Day, but this sounds like equal fun.

    <3 audrey · Sep 5, 09:32 PM · #

  20. I loooove this idea, it sounds so fun. And I want to make you some fabulous iCiNG Day banners, so hopefully I won’t forget to do it!

    <3 Valerie · Sep 6, 02:15 AM · #

  21. Oh, Gala, I LOVE YOU! The first iCing day is on my birthday, November 11th! I must plan, I haven’t had a birthday party since I was….7!

    And it fits as I’ll be turning 17 this time Atleast I’ll be legal in the Harry Potter world!)

    I can picture it now..everything is going to be pink and purple with delightful shots of green.

    <3 Zainab · Sep 6, 02:55 AM · #

  22. You’re marvellous! I’ll miss i.d.u.d., but this sounds fabulous. I’m thinking…cherry pie/red velvet cupcakes, wearing cutlery on our heads, utterly mad fancy dress, and Julie Taymor’s amazing movie, Titus. A Titus Andronicus party. This is something loved by myself & all of my friends, and I’ve wanted to do this for ages…I’M SO EXCITED.

    <3 Crezia · Sep 7, 01:57 AM · #

  23. Hallo hallo! I was just tinkering with photoshop and made a little iCiNG Day banner – hope you like it!

    http://www.frillyshirt.org/Stuff/iCinGDay.png

    <3 Sir Frederick Chook · Sep 13, 10:44 AM · #

  24. Chooky — Gorgeous! Thank you honey!

    <3 Gala · Sep 13, 12:59 PM · #
 

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