RED CARPET

I made this bag using satin material that I cut out of my red dress. This is a birthday gift for my niece Sydney, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! This is from the red dress that I wore in the Ms. Black Teen Beauty Pageant during my last year of High School. Although I came in second place I felt like a winner. I actually won for Ms. Congeniality though. I remember all my friends cheering me on and I got to perform on stage and shine. When I look at my neice she reminds me of everything that was wonderful in that moment; she shines. She is sensitive and sweet, talented and already a super star in her own right. I am inspired by watching her shine in everything that she does. She turned 11 today and I know that her future is bright. I can already see her walking down the red carpet at the grammys or oscars, maybe she'll let me design her dress:-) But for now here is a bag and some matching earings that I made.

BORN AGAIN

I took my very first official sewing class years ago, not counting the times I experimented on my moms old sheets and curtains. My 1st project was a bag and I kept all the scraps of fabric that were left; I have held onto them over the years. For a while I put aside many of my creative passions; then along came Yadira Laguerre, the renowned photographer and graphic artist of YL Designs and founder of Point of Creation. Through Point of Creation Yadira reminded me that creativity still lived on the inside of me, I felt like I was born again. This is the new bag that was birthed out or that re-awakening. This bag was inspired by Yadira Laguerre and is a tribute to new beginnings, it is called BORN AGAIN. It's hand made, no machines, no patterns and it was put together from all the pieces that I thought were useless, it is a reminder that Yah is able to use everything in us to create something beautiful.