I was tagged by Michelle of Radiant Brown Beauty and I was suppose to do this tag this weekend but I was celebrating my Mother in law’s 75th birthday. It was a complete surprise party for her.
I wore my favorite purple Bob Mackie cardigan. Here I am with my mother in law and my sister and brother in law’s wife and husband.
My brother in law's wife, my mother in law, my sister in law's husband, JT
11 Random (Interesting) Things about JT
1. My favorite color is pink.
2. I enjoy Nineteenth century mysteries. Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie is one of my favorite mysteries.
3. My secret fantasy is to become a backup singer for Duran Duran and sing backup on one of their records.
4. I am neat freak.
5. I’m an animal lover.
6. My favorite flower is the Stargazer lily.
7. I have had collies in my life since I was 3 years old. Collies (My doggie Vinny) and beagles (my doggie Gio is a beagle) are loving pets and great breeds.
8. My dream is to live in a villa in Italy.
9. I am taking a piano class. I started playing piano in college.
10. I swam with the dolphins in Tortola on my last vacation.
11. My childhood nickname is doll.
Tagged Questions/Answers
Where did you grow up? I grew up in the Show Me State.
What was your favorite subject in school? (Nope. Gym doesn’t count) Art and Sewing class were favorites of mine. I loved learning how to sew and making clothes for myself.
Do you have an emergency savings fund? Yes. It’s very important to save even if your putting $10 to $20 away each pay period. If you can save more that’s even better.
What’s your favorite way to spend free time? I love spending time with my husband talking and we love to play with the doggies and on the wii. Also enjoy reading, sewing, and exercise. Sometimes I am not feeling like exercising but I know I have to keep in shape.
MTV or BET? Neither. I don’t watch a lot of TV. I like How Do I Look and What not to Wear. Watching Downton Abbey on PBS has been really cool.
Do you live in a house or an apartment? I live in a house that praise God is paid in full.
What’s your favorite snack? Cherries is my favorite but I also enjoy eating a Rice cake with a sliver of natural peanut butter and nutella.
Potatoes or rice? Both of these choices are carbs so I eat both sparingly.
What’s your favorite type of shoe? (flat, wedge, spike, walking, etc.) My favorite shoe is a wedge because not only is it more comfortable; I can get so much height too. A 4 inch wedge makes me 6ft tall.
Whose your favorite actress or female actor? Angela Landsbury.
Favorite male actor? David Suchet and Johnny Depp.
11 Questions for my Tagees?
1. What’s your favorite novel?
2. What kind of dolls did you play with as a child?
3. Favorite manicure style?
4. Shower or a bath? Which do you prefer?
5. E-book or book?
6. Favorite kind of music?
7. Your Childhood hero?
8. What person would you like to have dinner with and where?
9. Favorite era of clothing?
10. Your favorite travel destination?
11. Favorite quote?
Tag Rules
Post these rules on your blog
You must post 11 random things about yourself.
Answer the questions set for you in their post.
Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
Go to their blog and tell them that you’ve tagged them.
No stuff in the tagging section about you are tagged if you are reading this. You legitimately have to tag 11 people but if you don’t know 11 bloggers, tag as many as you can.
I am thankful and honored to be included with this great group of bloggers for the LINKS A LA MODE:IFB weekly Roundup. Tonight is QVC Fashion Night Out and NYC Fashion Night Out where fashionistas will be out going to different stores to see the latest fall trends so this is an awesome day!
08 SEPTEMBER 2011
BE AUTHENTICALLY YOU!
Edited by: Fajr of Stylish Thought
The IFB conference is over and the dust is finally settling. After a day of being immersed in the power and study of blogging, I’m left thinking about what I learned from IFB this season. Without a doubt, the unequivocal theme was to blog and be authentically you. From building your blogging tool kit to balancing it all, being unique and putting what you love into the blogging space is the best method to lasting blogging success.
THE IFB WEEKLY ROUNDUP: LINKS À LA MODE: SEPTEMBER 8TH
The article in the September 1, 2011 issue of the Wall Street Journal Project Plus-Size by Sarah Naussar had me thinking about the vast fashion industry and sizing. Stories on retail companies changing ways of looking at sizing creep up because women’s clothing fit sizing issues are an ongoing problem.
Naussar says, the fashion industry is trying new tricks.” She gave statistics that one-third of American women are plus size and sales of plus-size clothing hover around 15% of women’s apparel sales.
Really, new tricks? I disagree, companies for years have researched to address sizing issues of plus size women. QVC and HSN designers focus on women looking great no matter what size. Designers research different fabric that won’t cling and consistently designs for women from a size 2 to 3x. Also, these online retail stores do not charge larger size women extra money because additional fabric is needed for a particular garment. This type of thinking increase sales and confidence that plus-size women can wear cute clothes.
Diane Gilman, the “Jean Queen” designer for HSN, targets the baby boomer generation. She has sold over 1,000,000,000 pairs of jeans. That is so amazing! Gilman is an advocate for every woman who deals with sizing issues. Most of the high-end designers in the Couture houses have not sold that many jeans.
So the companies Naussar is mentioning in her article are seeking new innovative ways to make plus-size women look and feel better in their clothes but the concept is not new.
In the article, a spokesperson for Lane Bryant said, “Our customer fluctuates in size. How can we help her?”
Here’s my take on this quote:
1. Most women fluctuate in size not just a woman who’s over the size of a Misses 12. Size fluctuation can range from water gain to the time of the month. Go figure?
2. All women want to be able to try on one pair of pants and have the perfect fit. Perfect fit is not limited to plus-size women. I am not plus-sized but by me having a small waist and curvy hips all pants are not created equal. The majority of the time I have to tailor my jeans because they gap at the waist.
Do you think sizing issues are only limited to plus-size women?
Shapers
I want to add in shapers because normally people think plus-size women only wear shapers. Wrong! Shapers are for women in size ranges from extra small to large. Shapers are created to give a smooth finish to the body, if clothing fits snug there shouldn’t be any lumps or bumps. A size zero can have bumps as well as a plus size women. The concern is unanimously across the board.
Spanx.com
Spanx Shapers are for all figures because we want those knit dresses to look smooth whether we are a size 0 or higher.
No matter what our size and shape may be we all want to look flawless.
Do we always have to show the good side of ourselves?
Is the best video or picture the right one?
This past weekend I did a video perfume review on Fancy by Jessica Simpson and everything was going great until a bee entered the picture. I am going to put it out there, I do not like bugs especially ones that sting. I have heard so many times they won’t bite if you don’t mess with them. This statement is not true by any means. When I was about 10 years old I was minding my own business and was stung in the car because a bee happen to get in through the window and landed on me.
Back to the video! Well my hubby and I watched both videos because we had to do an outtake and re-shoot the video because bees were abound. Insects love our flowers and me for some reason. Well the out take was pretty funny so we included segments of that shoot at the end because it really showed the true me. I love to laugh and have a good time. So why not show it.
And the kicker to this story is that I am outside in 100 degree heat with fruity fragrance. You would think I could figure out that sweet fragrance and bees go hand in hand. LOL!
Pictures
Well my hubby and I take quite a few pictures to get the right one for my blog. They often have to be edited.
For example, this picture to me looks like the shot was taken in a dark room and my beagle is looking somewhat fierce (he’s really not but that’s the way it looks). So in this instance, I would use aperture and edit to make this picture look better. Aperture is a photo editing software that is used with Macintosh computers. Sometimes I will use more than one photo editing software but that mainly depends on what type of post I am doing at the time.
I uploaded the picture in aperture added some lighting adjustments and vibrancy and the picture is completely different.
Lightened the background of the picture
The edited version to me brings out the warm hues of the dress and the colors in the background.
Picture number two below is dark so it needs some editing.
Picture very dark
Added some lighting elements with aperture.
Better lighting
I make tough decisions on whether pictures make the cut or not on my blog. Even sometimes after I edit the pictures they don’t look entirely how I would like them to. However sometimes I may find a raw gem that has to get put in even though it may not be picture perfect.
I am working on my blog design so if things look like I am redecorating that’s the reason why. I will be working on design for the next couple of days so stay tuned.
Coming soon..
-I have some more pics from the Church anniversary that I will post
-What’s the fragrance of the week
-Sade concert
I am enjoying my new header from my designer friend Mehreen from Myperfectline.com, I was going through ideas of designing the banner myself but time got in the way and it’s been very busy so I was writing down ideas but didn’t have an image in my mind. Last Friday I received an email from Mehreen saying that she was designing blog headers for free so I took her up on it. I went to her blog and filled out the form and included my specifications.
When you go to her site you will see in the tab section
You Corner on MyPerfectline
Click on header order form
An excerpt from Mehreen’s page:
“Free Website Banner Ordering Form on Myperfectline.com
Like my new header? I’m just a newbie at Photoshop and love playing around. If you like my current header and want a change in yours, hit me an email, tell me all about what you want in it and I’ll make one for you. So you get a lovely header that defines your blog and what do I get? I get more and more experience at this 🙂 I promise to give it my best shot and you should really give me a try. It’s all for free!”
She provided great feedback and asked for my suggestions and ways of making the header better. After collaborating on some design decisions, I think she did an awesome job.
Thank you Mehreen! I really love the wonderful job you did on the header!
This is so fresh so I am in the process of working on category sections on my blog.
So if would like to change it up a bit and give Mehreen more experience with Photoshop please click on Myperfectline.com.
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