Get Creative With It: Some Say it's Trash, I say it's Treasure!

Okay so I'm a thrift store addict, and I have my reasons as to why I prefer second hand shops oppose to "regular" shops. One I feel like every year it's the same ish, different color at "regular" stores, two I can never find stuff that represents me and three, I hate wearing the same items I see everybody else wearing, I prefer to be different; and you can believe I can always accomplish that at a second hand store.

I consider myself to be a very bright individual...not so much book wise lol, but personality wise I'm a very fun and exciting person which is why I adore this new fuchsia dress I pick up from the Good Will for only $8 and all I did was pair it up with a different belt to give it two different looks...oh and the hair added some effect too ;)

My New Favorite Dress

Love the ruffles...

How do you like my new bang?

That's not all I got. Check out my the other pieces I found in later post.

Get Creative With It: Young, Fly and Flashy for my B-Day

Check out my Birthday outfit that I got for less than $50. Talk about a steal.

*Wish I could have taken a full length pic but that night was extremely hectic.

Okay so the dress wasn't originally the length that it is now. I cut approximately 3 inches off the bottom to make more fun and flirty. I've always imagined the previous owner to be an older woman who wore the dress to church and other gatherings in a more sophisticated manner. But me, I wasn't even tryna be sophisticated on my b-day if you know what I mean, so I had to think of a way to make the dress young, fly, and flashy without over doing. That is why I decided to go with these pieces to sexy it up a bit.

Where I Got Em:

Earrings: found them in my jewelry box; had for years now but can't remember where I got em or how much I paid for them.

Necklace: Forever 21 $10

Dress: Village Thrift Store $7

Clutch: borrowed from my mommy

Shoes: Burlington Factory $20

A night of fun at Buddakan wit my girls: Price less

I love, love, love these shoes...

You can find this shoe style in several different stores. Their reminiscent of the shoes Carrie Bradshaw wore in the "Sex in the City" movie, guess that's why they call em "Carrie's".

Here are some flick of me and my girls at Buddakan, an amazing restaurant with the most delicious food I've ever tasted hands down.

The 10 foot Buddha Statue...one day I too shall achieve a state of mind that he was said to have achieved.

Reflections of an Artist: Behind Every Great Man is an Even Greater Woman!

THEN.

NOW.

Reflections of an Artist: So Long 08, Hello 09!

So 2008 is officially over (sigh) I'm gonna miss you; Here are some picture of how my life went in 08...It only goes up from here, 09 watch out ...

*I turned 25...

A quarter of a century!

I took a lot more risk in life...

life of the party

My two favorite girls!

*became more outgoing, if that's at all possible considering the type f person I am LOL!

The twins!

lets get this party started!

*Got my heart broken for the first time (I Think) or maybe it was just an ego buster!

boo hoo!

*Got my first tattoo.

ouch, (tear)

before the scars!

*Found peace within myself.

Euphoric, sigh, I love me...

*Got my first car.

vroom vroom!

*Got our first black President.

yep pee!

*Got our first black First Lady.

and now I'm ready to see what 2009 has in store....I bet it's gonna be even better (wink)!

Reflections of an Artist: You Betta Sing Boy!

Throwbaaaack; I was in my car the other day, jammin to this song . Somebody needs to be singin this to me right about now...

Here are a few more songs I feel someone should serenad me with lol.......

Creative Juices: The New Doo!

Her hair is too cute!

I'm the type of person who gets bored from having the same look over and over again, so I'm always trying to find creative ways to change it up a bit and the best way I know how is with my hair. While looking through Essence magazine as I often do for inspiration for just about anything I was hyped to see these picture of Fatima Siad from America's Next Top Model. I loved her hair so much I just had to duplicate it; okay maybe not duplicate. I gave it my own little spin since I was not willing to cut my natural hair just to have this look for a week or two so I decide to braid mine up and sew in a few deep wave extensions to achieve this look.

Check me out...