** Look-book Photo-shoot**

*Cassie doing Laura's Makeup*


*Taking over the bathroom at the Wingate Hotel in Destin*


*Some of the Makeup*


*Caleb doing Ashley's Hair*


*Okeye Showing Lauren how to Pose* lol

The photoshoot went great. Thank you to Cassie & Caleb for doing hair & makeup, awesome job!! Thanks so much!!

Jeremy thanks for styling, and keeping everything running smoothly.

Thank you to Ashley, Lauren, & Laura for being such wonderful, fun models.

Thanks to my brother, Javan, for filming the drama. lol

Many thanks to my sister for being such a great assistant!

And thank you, thank you, thank you to Okeye for shooting such amazing pictures! Can't wait to do this again soon!!

After the show I will post more background pics of the shoot and a video. Sorry I can't post it all now, but I can't release photos of the garments before the show. Sorry sorry, you'll all just have to wait...

Daily Concern: Do I have enough time to finish all the accessories I want to create for the show?

**6ft Tall feet**

Cutting out a bikini

Running out of thread because I've been serging till my fingers bleed!

Making beads

Today I tried my hand at creating a woven belt, and I have to say it turned out pretty nice. Yay!! Also been working on swimsuits all day and tweaking some of my other garments for the shoot tomorrow.

Also called a few people today to see if they could get a couple models for the fashion show because I am still short a few girls. It's starting to look like I may have to pull one of the garments from the show so that I can have enough girls. Pray that I have enough models, please!

If all goes well, tomorrow is the photoshoot, finally!! I called up two of my cousins to do hair and makeup. Now I know for sure we'll have stylist there this time. Another thing, several of my models do not have black heels for the shoot. What the heck? I thought black heels were a requirement to be a woman! I would let my models borrow some of my 70+ pairs, but their all almost 6ft tall! Just in case you didn't know, 6ft tall feet do not fit in 5'2" feet aka my baby shoes! lol So I had to run over to my friend's house and borrow several pairs. Thank God for friends that love shoes!! Thanks Cole, I'll get them back to you safely.

It really is non-stop work. I need a vacation! But that's not going to happen because I have four clients lined up for me to do projects for them as soon as the show is over. Projects ranging from painting portraits to alterations to creating wedding garments. After the show, I plan on slowing and soon actually stopping with the other projects. That way all my time will be focused on making this clothing line and the accessory line successful.

Daily Concerns:
Will I get any sleep tonight? Will the photoshoot go smoothly? I'm freaking out a little bit here!!

**WHAT?!!...Well, CRAP!!**

Hey Hey Everybody!!

Been several days since last post. Busy, busy, busy to the extreme power!! Let's see, where to start...

Wednesday, 14 April, had another meeting/practice with the models. Only four models showed up!! What the heck?! This makes me nervous. The girls definitely need to be there to practice! The models I wanted to fit were not even there, which stressed me out because my photoshoot was scheduled for Sunday, and I hadn't even seen some of my girls yet. (Still haven't) On a good note, my models Terri and Lauren V showed up, and they did great at practice!! Thanks chicas!!

Thursday, 15 April, consultation with hair and make-up at Avant Guarde Salon in Destin, FL. Met Jami & Jen, who will be styling some of my models. They were busy so the meeting felt hurried, and after leaving, I realized I had forgotten to ask if they could do my photoshoot on Sunday and also forgot to tell them a certain detail about make-up! Crap!!
That morning, met up with Okeye and Jeremy at Artesano in order to speak with Nikki about putting up art at the reception and selling tickets at the store. Also met with Steve about creating a back-drop for the show. Both were excited about participating. Yay!! I love these peeps! lol Also went for the first time and saw the room at the Emerald Coast Conference Center that the fashion show will be held in. Man, it's big!!

Friday & Saturday, 16 & 17 April, Mad rush to finish up all the final details of garments before photoshoot. Had my mother, brother, and sister help me. I think they are completely sick of me now. HAHA Saturday, my father made a great prop for the photoshoot. Thanks so much fam!!


Sunday, 18 April, Go to bed at 6:30am. Wake up at 8:00am! Exhausted, delusional!! Brain barely processing, but must smile and make great impression on everyone...Then have meeting with almost everyone involved in show, well, everyone except the rest of my dang models!!
First had consult with Sharon from the Northwest Florida Ballet. She will be directing the dancers that will perform between the designers' collections. Showed her the music I wanted them to dance to and the music my models will be walking too. She had some great ideas, and we understood one anthers' vision. So happy with that, and one less thing to stress about.
Met with a representative from the Boys & Girls club. She was very excited and happy about the show. Tickets handed out to the models to sell.
Met with The Fuss Boutique. A few garments from each of the Creative Ambitions designers' lines will be shown in a fashion show for The Fuss. This is to be a preview of the C.A. collections. The preview show will be held on May 2 at a Vie Magazine party. Vie Magazine is hosting the party as an appreciation to its advertisers.
Met with Vie Magazine representatives. Let them see a few garments from my line. They made suggestions on which garments they would like to see at the preview party. We may have some discrepancies about this...
Consultation with Steve Burrows about the show's back-drop. Of course he had great ideas and will do an awesome job!
Spoke with the D.J. about what songs I have chosen for my part of the show. The D.J. was very nice, and helpful. :-)
Lastly, fit the five of my models that showed up, and decided who I want to be in the photoshoot. Funny thing, all my garments are based off of the same dress-form, yet each model fits into different garments. What the?! My sister and my girl/ "Publicist" Cole, helped so much with the fitting. Thanks babes! Love you both!!

Then...UTTER DISASTER!!!!
Hair and make-up cancelled for the shoot!! So shoot has to be rescheduled. And yes, I stayed up all night finishing garments for no reason!! BLAH!!!!

Take rest of the day off, and go to BBQ at Boyfriend's house. I was so tired, that I ninja-ed my way in past him and his guests, and crawled into bed and went to sleep while everyone BBQ'd. He didn't even know I was there for about two hours; even came into the room where I was sleeping and didn't even see me! HaHa, I love being little-- I can completely disappear if the comforter gets bunched!

Monday, 19 April, Took the day off, however, Brian and I did go and find his suit for the show. We picked it out at Jos. A. Bank in the Destin Commons. The sales associate was very helpful and picked out great accessories for him. Now that his outfit is done, it's one less detail I have to stress about. He looks so great in it that I may not let him go to the show at all! lol

**11 April Meeting with Models**

The main players left to right...
Jeremy Pinne- One of the Designers and the event coordinator
Yours Truly
Caroline Smith- Head designer of Janie G Couture
Okeye Mitchell- Public Relations Director and show photographer




(Pics of most of the models. A few could not make it to the meeting, so I have yet to meet a couple of my girls.)

The meeting went well, though the location was changed at the last minute to the Wingate Hotel in Destin, FL. We are very grateful to them and my friend Karen, one of the hotel managers, for letting us have the room on such short notice and at such a discounted rate. Thanks so much Wingate!

Tickets were given out at the meeting to us designers. Sooo....
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!!! Thursday before my meeting with hair & make up at Avant Garde Salon in Destin, we will be going by Artesano, the store that sells some of my art and accessories, and asking if they will sell tickets there. Tickets are also going to go on sale at a few other places, I will announce where asap.

Notes: Was informed at the meeting that my collection will be the finale! Yay!! I am happy, but also a little more nervous now because it adds a bit more pressure. But still very pleased with it! When Okeye is talking to people about me, it's so funny. I'm listening to him and laughing to myself because I sound very impressive. HaHaHaaa Thanks for the props Okeye!

Also need to add one last thank you... Thanks so much to Brian for working as my assistant for the day! lol

Daily Concern: After meeting with my models, I want to change around some of my outfits. Do I have time to do this?
Also stopped by Jo-Ann Fabric Store today; the store did not have the knit fabric I wanted in the right color. Finding the fabric I want is always a problem in this area because there are not many fabric stores here.

***Inspiration-Awaaaaaaaaaaayyy***

Last night, well actually around four this morning, inspiration struck and struck hard. I was up working until 7:30am!!! Hmmm, why can't inspiration strike at a more decent hour? But that's OK because I came up with the most amazing logo in all of logo historia!!! Yay!! Yes, the brag queen is taking over right now, but seriously, this is the most amazing logo. Can't wait to get new business cards, T-shirts, signs, stationary etc printed with this amazingness! As soon as I edit my digital version, I will post it for all my readers, yes, all three of them. HaHaHaaaa

So for today, Inspiration Awaaaaayyy!!!

Notes: Hair and Make-up called me this morning about a consultation. Must call them back before 4pm. Gotta get my hair and make-up ideas together.

Daily Concern:
I am way behind where I want to be, but with my logo finished early I think it all balances out. Hope it does anyways...

Remember, be so LEGENDARY that they have LORE about you!

Pricing Screen Printing

Finally got a chance to go price screen printing places for my T-Shirts. The town I live in is small so a variety of choices is more of a non-exist. The first place was smaller; I had looked at their website and saw that they could order some organic T-shirts for me, but there was not any information on shipping times and such. So I went there to speak with them in person, and the woman working there could not answer my questions. The owner is out of town for two-weeks (Don't have enough time to wait, and the other employee would not be back until Tuesday sooooo...

On to the next place...
The receptionist here was extremely helpful and friendly-- I think I could have hugged her! lol So now the T-shirts are priced (a little higher than expected)and I plan to place my order on Monday. They should be done in 5-7 days after placing the order! Yay Yay!!!

Note:
Tried to make a new kind of draped hoodie last night/early early this morning. Really not coming out the way I expected, almost a failure. Pray it can be salvaged because starting over would be pooper-scoopers!!!

Daily Concern:
How am I going to do the finishing on my swimsuits? I'm missing the zigzag foot on my Kenmore sewing machine, my serger will not work due to no cover stitch capability, and my other sewing machine is useless in sewing knits...

Meeting & Practices with Models

Sunday, the designers and the producers of the fashion show will meet with all the models at once for the first time. We will be dividing up models amongst us. So I finally I will get to pick the rest of my girls. Yay!

I have emailed and posted to my FaceBook page some modeling tip videos I found on YouTube for my models to watch, practice, and learn from. Several of the girls are inexperienced so these videos should greatly help them.

Model fittings will commence next week, and the following Sunday I plan to be doing the photo shoot for my collection's lookbook. I have not yet decided on each of the models I will use for this. One is decided and another girl I would really like to use lives to far away :-) to do the shoot, however, she will be modeling in the show. So far, I have decided that I will only use two or three girls, and I have also decided on the theme and style for the book. Now in the next few days I need to speak with the photographer about what I am thinking of doing. I also need to contact hair and makeup.

Other news, still working to finish up my garments for the fashion show. Absolutely can not wait until I am through with them and I can move on to accessories!

Here are links to the videos I found on YouTube that I would like my models to practice...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPpMea5Lod8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AauUshLt0s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOLoXOaLAaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Webr5nAac

!!!Yeaaah!!!

This week I plan on finishing all of my garments for the fashion show. I am super excited about it!! :-D Wish me lots and lots and lots of luck!

This past weekend I put my brother on helping me work on new and improved logo ideas. He's very creative and artistic, so hopefully he can come up with an ultra-amazing idea.

Today I'm working on finishing up the designs for my T-shirts that will be in the show collection. Tomorrow I plan on going around town and getting the designs priced so I can order them sometime this week. I wish I had the time and equipment to print them myself, oh well, next collection.

*Trying to be a Super Hero*

(Artwork by ComfortLove on Deviantart.com)

So when I started this blog, I was doing it as an informative step by step on starting a clothing/accessories line. Then the Creative Ambitions Night of Fashion was thrown at me, and I am attempting to seize the opportunity...

First I had planned on starting an accessory line and later a clothing line, but with the show, I am starting both a clothing line and an accessory line at once. My main focus right now is still on creating and making my accessory line successful. However, a lot has changed because of the show. The order of steps I had originally planned have been thrown all out of whack, but I guess that is how the industry, and life for that matter, goes. It has been a huge amount of work, I mean, I knew it was going to be, but DANG!! It has taken over every aspect of my life; I did expect it to do this, but I did believe that I would at least have time to breathe. HaHaHaaaaaa, I was wrong!

The Creative Ambitions show is in 35 days, and I wish I had at least 75 days! I still have so much to do!!! AAAAHHHHH!!!

Here is an updated plan on what I hope to accomplish in time for the show...

April 10- All garments completed, excluding a few zippers and closures

April 13- All zippers/closures completed

April 15- Logo designed, Business cards designed

April 16- Business cards ordered, Fictitious name filed online,Begin show accessories

April 19- Necessary legal documents applied for/ filed,

April 20- Etsy store completely ready to open

April 21- Website active, Facebook page active

April 28- Show jewelry/accessories completed excluding handbags

May 1- Etsy store open with very limited stock

May 4- Show handbags completed

May 3-6- Build stock for Etsy store, Last minute show details

May 7- CEATIVE AMBITIONS FASHION SHOW aka lose my mind & have a nervous breakdown

No personal calls or outings until after May 7!!! lol...seriously

(I do not claim ownership of the photo in this post)