Tis the Season XOXO

          As i sit here and type this blog post I'm also doing laundry and cooking the meat for the collard greens I'm bringing to Christmas dinner tomorrow (yes i can cook! lol). This year is the first year that I've actually had to visit home for the holidays, and it feels a little weird to know in a couple of weeks my family wont be as close to me as they are now. This Christmas is a special one for me in so many ways and i have been blessed in just as many.

          As you guys know from the last post I am going to be home for about three weeks (its already been 1) and I couldn't just sit idle I havent made a piece of jewelry in ages. Since Ive been home I have made quite  few new pieces, I don't think Ive ever made so many pieces in such a short amount of time. Aside from the gifts I also made a necklace and a set of bracelets. This year I decided to give Deviant Attire and actually made a nice mini collection of pieces just for my family members called Mother of Pearls, Cheesy? yes, yes it is but I love it and each person receiving these pieces is a mother. I also gave a few other things all of which have a special reason behind them, I wrote individual notes to all of my giftees, that part got very emotional for me especially when I got to my grandmothers note. It feels good to even be able to give.

Now of course I had to do a little giving to myself lol............................................................

          So not even a week of being home and I had to hit up the thrift store and I am SO glad I did because I found some amazing pieces both of the times I went. OK first of all I had a black leather jacket that I purchased from F21 back when I worked there ages ago and lets just say......... its about time retire it. I found this AMAZING leather bomber to replace it, thanks to my fabulous friend, for seven bucks! Talk about a deal HOW YOU DOIN!? on that trip I also found an awesome blazer with a leather lapel and a pair of gold polka-dotted Celine-esque pants that I fucking LOVE! The second time I went thrifting with another friend of mine I found some amazing gold belts, two of which I intend to wear as necklaces and one that looks like a Versace. In the midst of all this giving to myself, I purchased a pair of awesome shoes that were pretty much a steal and some F21 jewelry (my addiction), mostly bracelets which are kinda my thing right now two of which look like Hermes bangles, SCORE!

          I have yet to start on my garments that I wanted to make while I was here but I still have some time. I did actually sit down and practice on my sewing machine which is a big plus because I need to get better at sewing. I'm hoping to hook up with either my friend or my cousin and get this garment made I don't want to tell you guys what I have in mind but just know, IT WILL BE DOPE!! well guys I have sat here and written us into Christmas lol I'm going to go tend to this food and my laundry and then get some sleep.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL!!! XOXO

check out the pics below......

THRIFT STORE FINDS

 

DEVIANT ATTIRE GIFTS!!

 

 

 

JUST A FEW THINGS FOR ME!

 

 

 

 

I made it!!!

         All I can say right now is I made it through! lol My first quarter of school is finally over and seriously, thank god. There has been SO much horse shit and drama that I had to go through its ridiculous. From altercations with roommates, unprofessional housing managers, crazy workloads, and almost moving out. The last 10 weeks of my life has definitely been a wild ride but throughout all of that here I am with good grades ready to take on the next two quarters!

      OK so drama aside I have actually done alot of really cool things this past quarter, my fashion styling class was awesome, stressful, but awesome. From the start I was creating inspiration boards, looks for events, going thrift shopping, designing and creating, doing photo shoots, and I even dyed a few things. At one point I got chosen to be a dresser at a fashion show here at a club called Opera. Now I will admit the experience wasn't what I was expecting but all in all I had a good time and I definitely appreciate my professor for admitting that it wasn't exactly organized. The hardest part of this class for me was definitely working in a group, but in the end it turned out great and I definitely learned and started to correct some things about myself.

      I have definitely come across some really cool people that I plan to create bonds with and hopefully even work with at some point. I have a month off of school in which I plan to get on top of using my sewing machine as well as working on some new pieces. I think I am going to go ahead and take advantage of the free sewing tutoring that my school has too. Speaking of jewelry I actually put myself out there and participated in my schools fashion show last week as a vendor, it was so cool I had my own table and everything! Nobody purchased anything but hey there is always a next time and like I said I hope to have some new stuff to show. I can say that people did have very good things to say about my pieces which made me feel good. I have plenty of time to just relax and get ready for January I've decided to take my fashion professor again so I know I am in for a lot of work but  I'm ready for it!

HERE ARE SOME PICS FROM HAPPENINGS THIS QUARTER

-Styling on a DIME$$

 

 

 

-Dressing the show @ Opera

 

 

-Photo Shoot (paper dress and dip dye)