Hold Fast

Through the years, with everything I have gone through I have changed as does everyone with time. With every experience, I have grown into the person I am meant to be.

I have made many mistakes and I'm not perfect, I have never claimed to be.

I have become more confident, more motivated and sure of my life. I used to not know who I was, I was lost, even into my early 20's, just a wanderer.

Ive realized that being a mother, and helping your children grow into the person they are meant to be is completly backwards. My children have molded ME into who I am meant to be.

Not only my kids have molded me, but so have my friends and of course my family. I strongly believe in "You are who you surround yourself with" I try to surround myself with others who are positive, motivated, strong, open, outgoing. I am thankful for everyone in my life. 

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The way I look, with bright colored hair, and a half shaved head, colored eyebrows, and vibrant makeup and a growing collections of tattoos, how I dress, what I buy-everything about me- is all apart of who I am. To me, this is not a fad, a phase, or me trying to fit in. I am a confident, independent woman, who is not afraid to live life.

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I was inspired to write this because I believe that we shouldnt have to compromise who we are or what we look like for anything. Yesterday, I had my interview at Sportsclips. It went well as far as me cutting the hair on the mannequin. I dressed professionally and of course maintained myself. I dont want to nitpick all the wrong things I saw about the interviewer, but to sum it all up, she told me that they couldnt allow tattoos, and that my hair would have to be a "Natural" color. I politely thanked her for her time and left.

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As I am searching for another job in a salon, I am feeling out what is right and where I fit in. I def feel that Sportsclips was not a good fit for who I am. But I know I will find the right place, somewhere I fit in. It will take hard work and sacrifice, but I will not sacrifice who I am for anyone or any job.

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I want  to share some inspirational things I found on Pintrest of course and a few from the internet. Enjoy!

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Thanks for stopping by! I have another interview today for Coucoon Salon! Wish me luck!

XOXO, Cecilia Marie

Interview Today

Good Morning all! It is Monday Morning here in my neck of the woods and I just had some yummy waffles and fruit and of course my beloved coffee in my new sleek Marilyn Monroe mug my dad picked up for me. I am listening to the "XX" station on pandora and I am nice, calm, cool and collected. I am super sore from my attempt to do partially this Ninety Nine workout. Whew. I got to set 66 and had to stop.

My weeks have been so busy lately even though hours have been cut back since its slow before Halloween Season. My son, Matthias has started football and he is soooo cute in his lil practice uniform. (If you follow my Instagram, sorry you are seeing the same photos)

Between working out and running the kids around to practice, I have been working on my drawing. I am trying to draw at least one design a day even if its just lettering.

ols sketch I found while cleaning from when I attended the Art Institute

I have an interview today at Sportsclips and I am excited not only because I need to get another job, but I really like the laid back atmosphere of the place. I think it will be a good place to get my foot in the door and also help me with my men's haircuts.

I just wanted to do a quick post! It's very rare for me to ask for anything, but I am trying to get enough money to take my state boards ($155) if you are in a giving mood, and want to donate to help a blogger out I would appreciate it! There is a link to donate in the top right corner of my blog! You dont have to by any means so dont feel pressured! Once I reach the amount or get it somehow I will take it down, because I do not want to take advantage! well, thanks for stopping by!

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Create My Tattoo

I have been on Craiglists looking for a second job all day and typed in "tattoos" for fun and I actually found a pretty cool site for those that are into tattoos. If you have followed me for a while, you know that I want to one day apprentice to learn how to tattoo. But for now, I am working on my drawing and illustrating skills by drawing tattoo designs. I draw them for friends, family and clients that contact me.

This website Create My Tattoo is for people who are looking for custom tattoo drawings and for tattoo designers. A client can hold a contest listing what they are looking for and give a deadline and a prize value. Artists enter their interpretation of a design and the winning design gets the prize. Oh yea, and It's free to register! Just click on the register link in the top right hand corner of the page and its fast and simple!

I am making it a goal of mine to do at least one tattoo drawing a day to improve my skills and with that enter a contest everyday. That would be pretty to cool to win a few contests, but I just want to improve myself. :)

But I also have great news! I have a job interview on Monday for SportsClips and I am pretty excited. So wish me luck! I'm off to go finish a contest entry. I'll post it when I am done or a link to my profile on Create My Tattoo! Good luck for those who check it out and decide to enter their artwork.

Thanks for stopping by! See ya again soon!

 "If time does not wait for you, dont worry. Just remove the battery from the clock and enjoy life".



Back Online

I just picked up my computer this afternoon and it feels good to have it back. My poor baby had her guts ripped out and was in surgery all weekend, but she is safely put back together and viruses GONE! I was so very fortunate to have known someone who could fix her.

My computer ended up having to be totally wiped ( luckily the IT was able to get all my important photos, videos and documents and restore them after wiping her clean). I will def have to go get an external harddrive to keep all my stuff on before something bad does happen.

evening view of sandbridge bay

This past weekend, the family and I hung out in Sandbridge at a beach house my mother rented. It was so nice and peaceful. A cute 4 bedroom house with a huge wrap around deck. It was very relaxing. The whole fam came out and we all ended up crashing over saturday night. All the kids slept in bunk beds....including myself...hahaha. We grilled out, walked to the beach, sunbathed, ate homemade icecream and took strolls on the beach at night.

homemade icecream. (bought this maker at Sam's Club)

I managed to take a few pics before going to the beach in my onepiece bathing suit. (I found at TJ MAXX for only $30) It's a onepiece, hot pink suit that totally reminds me of who other than Marilyn (minus the shaved head part hahaha)

I will say I have a nice glowy tan so no one can complain how ghostly white I usually am. hahaha

Oh, and of course I recolored my hair....AGAIN. Its still half black with yellow,orange and red all creating a ncie fading ombre'd. LOVE IT!

But now that the weekend is over, its time to go back to work. I am going to submit my paperwork so that I can take my state boards and get a job in a salon.  (I do still work for Xotic Eyes in case you are wondering) but I need to go ahead and get licensed.

Well, thanks for stopping by, and sorry that I was MIA for I dont even want to know how long. I will leave you with this positive thought with this picture that is currently my desktop!

see ya again soon!

XOXO Cecilia

A few likes and wants

I'm operating in safe mode with my infected laptop. The situation on that is I think it's a virus, or my hardrive...I'm trying to back up my files in case I lose everything. Just waiting to buy a big enough thumb drive so I keep all my pics and videos and important stuff. Then going to restore back to factory settings, if that dont work then we will just see. but anyways...enough geek techy talk.

I just wanted to do a quick post and show you a few things that have been inspiring me and these images have been lurking on my desktop. Most of this is tattoo and tattoo art related. Oh, I didnt get to share with you....I tattooed myself! If you follow me on Instagram, (sweetsurrenderart) you may have already seen this!

Just something cute I wanted to do to test out my machine. It's still healing, but I love it!

Here are some other things I love!

I just love this photo, its beautiful, the hair, the tattoos, the background. I def love traditional tattoos like her sleeve.

Cute wallet! I love Dia de Los Muertos inspired art! I usually dont carry this type of wallet, but I love the design!

Priscilla Ono's gorgeous makeup look!

Do I even have to explain why I love these?????

I love this black and white dress. My Aunt Beth is getting married this October and her colors are Black and White. Thinking about ordering this for the wedding. What do you think?

Have you guys seen this new eyeliner by NYX???? I want to try this! The coupon is old, but you can still check it out!

Magnetic PAW Pallete! I blogged about these Paw Pallete before, I have yet to buy one, but the past year they have been coming out with some really cute pallete and This is on my wishlist for sure!  

this room is cute! I usually dont do just plain white rooms, but what grabbed me is the contrast of the black and white. I love the stool in the middle. I want to get a few and paint them!

A fellow blogger of mine tagged this quote with me and I love it! Just positive affirmations that keep you going and motivated!

Now that I shared these, I can get them off my desktop! hahahaha Hope you liked it!

See ya soon, Cecilia Marie

I actually Won

I have officially won my very first blog giveaway! Last week, I opened my email inbox to discover I won this bracelet that Cupcakes & Couture! Amy, the owner of this fab blog hosted this giveaway by ADJEWELRY. 

I received it in the mail superfast! Its been hectic since my computer has a virus and has basically shut down my laptop...but thats a story I dont really want to get into right now. I had a chance to snap a few photos today while out and about with my husband. I wanted to share it and also say thanks you for both Cupcakes & Couture and Adjewelry for hosting this!

I usually don't wear gold or orange too often, but since I just recolored my hair this past weekend with yellow, orange and red, I thought it was perfect to go along with my bright flaming hair!

Jermie and I got a chance to catch a movie this evening and we havent had a couple shot in a while, so we shot this! I love it! (In case you were wondering, we went and saw Step Up Revolutionm which is such a great movie!)

Thanks for stopping by! I know I have been a lil MIA, but still working on restoring my laptop, I have a nasty virus on it. See ya soon!

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~Scott Adams

xoxo, Cecilia Marie



Computer Crashed

I'm sad to say that my computer has crashed. :( I dont know the severity of the crash and if everything is lost or not. But knowing my luck, its gone. I'm at the library using the computer because its too hard to use my phone to try and blog. My fingers are small but not that small. hahaha

My laptop wont turn on. Its been acting funny for a while. I'm not sure if it is because I downloaded that video editing software Trak Ax Pro or it was just my baby's time to go. Ive had it for about 3 years now- a simple Compaq laptop.  I will be taking it to the Geek Squad this afternoon probably to see the diagnosis. :( For now, until I figure out how I am going to blog, I won't be posting as often. :( I will try my best to get some posts done on the weekends and schedule them out.

I'm thinking about saving up for a cheap tablet just to get me by until I can get a desktop for my house. I just wanted to let my readers know whats going on!

I'll be back in no time! Thanks for stopping by!