Concert and New Ink

Hello my friends! How are you??? I am doing great this Monday evening. This weekend went by so fast! I wanted to share my adventures with you all!

I told you my sis is in town, she got in on Saturday and we have been catching up on much needed girl/sister time! The kiddos and I had some QT with my sister, Dominique, we sat up and watched movies, slept in and watched more movies. I managed to snap a few pics of the kids when they weren’t running around.

Aren’t the kiddos so cute in their lil hats? Well, the army one Matthias is wearing is my old cover from when I was in Basic Training in 2001 (I’m getting old)

Yesterday, we were treated to a concert at The Norva to go see Tribal Seed and Slightly Stoopid, which if you don’t know are Reggae Bands. I have never gone to a reggae concert before, but I do enjoy the music. I had a nice time, pretty chill crowd.

It was freezing last night going to and from the Concert! It was even snowing! And I had just a light blazer on. I have more pics but just don’t feel like uploading them, but they all pretty much look like the pic above hahaha

Then, today Nique and I got our sister tattoos. We’ve had this idea to do sisters tattoos ever since she booked her flight to come out here. We finally did it and so here they are still fresh from getting inked!

We found this quote online and we agreed it was perfect. We did alter a few words to make better sense for us, and then we each got a part of the other’s quote on us, such as she is the anchor and I am the wings. We have been there for each other through our darkest times and we have such a strong connection from it. It is just perfect and we are soooooo happy that they came out great!

I did work on a bit of my prop design and did a sketch for a new custom tattoo. But it’s rounding 1:20am and I’m driving out to Richmond tomorrow. So, I’m off to bed!

Every excuse you make pushes you further away from your goal.

Spring Must Haves

I have my own personal style, then again everyone says they have their own style. I really don’t get to shop for clothes nearly as much as I want to. Back when I was in the military and a size 0, I shopped way too much lol. I shop more creatively now, only buying key pieces that I know I would wear over and over and I shop more at thrift shops than designer shops. I don’t care for name brands too much, unless I obsess over and over it until I finally give in.

So, here a few things I have my eye on for the Spring this year, starting with these Boots:

I know I should be all about flats, wedges and heels for spring and summer- but I am much more of a boots/sneakers type of girl for my everyday wear-unless it’s a special occasion.

I have always been one to alter clothes I have and make new clothes out of them ever since I was a teenager. Here are some ideas I want to try out for Spring and Summer this year:

I love some of these pieces below too. A mixture of color in there too. I am actually in love with the pastel colors this year.

 

I cannot forget the crazy accessories!

 

Other Must have’s that have nothing to do with fashion- are a few things I am lusting for business wise or art wise:

A camera tripod with the circle light to help with my blogging and vlogging!I also need a new camera- I dropped mine last summer so I have just been using my bloggie camera which is ok, but I miss having a flash to take good pictures.

I am in love with these hand painted skulls by 337 Design!

There are a ton of other things I could bore you with what I want- because lets face it, I want everything. lol

So, what are some of your Spring wants/must haves?

If we stop focusing in believing that we were born to make mistakes, we will actually fight harder for perfection

Snowing in Spring

How is everyone’s week going? Tomorrow is Friday and I am so happy. It’s one day closer to my sister coming to visit me from Colorado!!! Dominique and I are not real blood sisters, but we pretty much adopted each other as sisters since neither of us have any sisters. I haven’t seen her in about 2 years. I am beyond geeked out excited.

I’ll be picking her up from the airport on Saturday! Saturday is going to be a jam-packed day for me. I have a facepaint gig in the early afternoon, picking up Nique and then were all going to Tia Rachelle’s Release Party to celebrate her new single “Walk Right Through It All” and for her starring in the play “If a man don’t work, a man don’t eat”

Next week, I will be doing stage makeup behind the scenes for this play, which I am so excited about. The last time I saw a play at Willett Hall was when my mother and I went and saw “It’s Cheaper to Keep Her” with Vivica A Fox and Brian Mcknight.

I ran a few errands today, mainly dealing with the hair show prop that I am finishing up. I actually received some good news today. I was supposed to do some body painting for the hair show next month, but my client is actually going to be going to the Bronner Brothers Hair Show in August and invited me to go along to do Special FX makeup and bodypaint! I am super excited!

As far as tattoo drawings, I have tons of work! At least 7 designs that need to be done! Here is one that I won tonight on Createmytattoo.com

I also had time to edit a video tonight (hey I’m on a roll tonight!)

SO go check it out!

Here’s an update of things!

 

Well, it’s almost 200am, and lately that has been my stopping time for the night. I have a doctors appt tomorrow so I need to be bright eyed and bushytailed!

Goodnight and thank you for stoppin by!

xoxox, Cecilia

I know you are doubting yourself at the moment. I know you feel unsure and scared. I wish there was a way to make you understand that you will get through this. I know you will. I believe in you.

Videography With Kreative Thinking

Happy Tuesday! Even though Tuesday is pretty much over for most people, it’s actually just beginning for me, since I am mainly a night owl. I like to say that I am nocturnal.

Yesterday was a pretty eventful and productive day for us members of Kreative Thinking Apparel that are here in Virginia.

Above from left to right: Samicka, Myself, CEO Antwane and Shikerra

I’m not sure if I mentioned this before, but our whole crew is doing a documentary on who are the faces behind Kreative Thinking Apparel, what we are and what we do. We’ve been working with a videographer in our area and most of us girls went ahead and knocked out our portion of the interview section for the video. Here are some of the behind the scenes. Some interviews were held at a music studio where we have changed our venue for our Fashion show coming up in June. I had my interview in my studio (aka my dining room!)

 

(whats cool is that I met Levi from the recording group: Blackstreet. I couldn’t help but sing No Diggity and Don’t Leave-my fav songs by them) How do you like my rain boots???? hahahaha

 

Here is a better picture of my hair that I changed to Pink and purple!

I actually did my makeup real nice! lol most days I am drawing so I don’t bother but of course for a video…gotta put on my face hahahaha

After our video interviews, we all headed out to grub at a local mexican restaurant which hit the spot!

I cant wait for the video to be done and will show all of us! It’s going to be great!

I have tons of work to do, so I will get back to drawing! Thanks for stopping by!

It's sweet when someone remembers every little detail about you, not because you keep reminding them... But because they pay attention.

Luck of the Irish

Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone! I hope everyone had a good day! We had a pretty good day, even though the weather was a bit cold and gloomy since last night it rained! I haven’t blogged in a few days and it’s not because I forgot or didn’t want to, I was just so exhausted! I was pretty busy with drawings and photoshoots, and now that I have rested a bit, I have the energy.

We all had our green on today and headed down to the Virginia Beach Convention Center for a craft show.

We caught the end of the show, but it was nice and not too crowded. They had all sorts of vendors there who made custom jewelry, wooden furniture, desserts, candles, salsa and so many different things. I love these type of events because it’s by local artists and I am all about supporting local artists!

I bought one of those wax warmers that plug in and melt the wax, I have been looking for one for my studio so it can smell oh so nice! I got the lavender vanilla wax, which I LOVE LAVENDER!! It is so relaxing.

The kiddos got some yummy snacks too…Matthias got some banana nut pound cake and Arabella got some chocolate peanut butter whoopie pies. They also picked out postcards of paintings by a local artist. Here are a few things that Jermie took pictures of because he really loved them.Some are really cute and funny. Matthias wore hit furry dog hat and everyone loved it.

Then, we headed to my mom’s house where we ordered pizza and I’m catching up on Face Off and Walking Dead!

Thirsty Thursday

I think I am dehydrated! I’ve been slamming water like I just ran a marathon or something. hahaha I just got done finishing up the final linework for the latest tattoo drawing I won on CreateMyTattoo.com Take a look at this, ( It’s a bit sad)

This design hit close to home too because I know what it’s like to lose a child/children since Jermie and I had our ectopic pregnancy last year, so my heart and prayers go out to the man I designed this for.

I really wasn’t at home today, since I had to go to the VA hospital and get the lil machine that sends electrodes through my body…well, it’s for my thigh since I have a leg nerve syndrome there, it hurts for me to stand for long periods of time. It was weird testing it out today on my arm, to see it pulse uncontrollably is something that creeps me out. weird.

I stopped by Paul Mitchell, Rudy & Kelly Academy to say hello to my instructors and get my daily dose of hugs. (I LOVE HUGS! ) I miss it there so much. I know they need learning leaders, maybe one day. I love the PM culture there.

I had a photoshoot today for a lovely young woman who is graduating from college in May this year. Here is a quick photo, isnt she just adorable? She has aspirations to do films and movies, which is amazing. I love meeting other determined individuals and hearing their goals and see how passionate they are to pursue them. I believe you can do anything you set your mind to!

I should get to bed, I have a busy day tomorrow as well, which seems to be everyday, but I am not complaining! Tune in for more adventures tomorrow!

xoxoxo, Cecilia

Sketchaholic

It’s already the middle of the week! I have been keeping busy with so many drawings that people are requesting and I am loving it. It’s great that I can work in the comfort of my home, not many people can say that. I think ever since I embraced more of my creative side, things have just been falling into place as far as business. The universe speaks to me!!! (ok, nerd moment)

Oh yea, here is the final on that tattoo I started the other day, and I won the design contest for this!

This was an honor to draw and I did get emotional drawing the boots, kevlar helmet and Rifle. I remember being in Iraq and attending many funerals for fallen soldiers and contractors in my unit. They made the ultimate sacrifice and they are not forgotten.

I also whipped up this cute lil design:

I was going through my pics and I forgot to post a few behind the scenes shots which are my fav to post!

These were taken with Roger Mitchell and Lance, and model Jessica to do some wedding photos, I think I showed you the picture in my last blog post. It was so beautiful that day, it was like the first spring day. I took a few selfies in the oriental garden in Norfolk.

Jinaki and I have been doing major business plans, I am helping her to get her freelance business off the ground. So, we have been hanging out, which is nice that we have become such good friends after all this time. Over the weekend, they came over with the kiddos and we all just had a nice time hanging out as a big family. I only really have a handful of close friends, and a lot of friends that live in different states too. It’s nice to have girl time.

Here is a quick few snapshots I took, while we were out doing some recon work for a fashion shoot. ( I gained 5 more pounds since I stopped doing Insanity..ughhh…”aint nobody got time for that” hahaha Ill get back into it soon enough)

Here is a sneak peak of what I have been working on yesterday and today:

I finally got my hair done again by Jinaki- got a splash of color and a trim. I am growing my hair out since someone cut it when they werent supposed to. UGH. Well, it’s rounding 230ish so I should get to bed soon. I have an eye appointment and were shooting the beginning interviews for Kreative Thinking Apparel Crew!

I’ll keep you posted! Stay creative my friends! Xoxo, Cecilia