**Vacation Over**

Well, everyone, I've still been in vacation mode. I guess the show took a little more out of me than I originally thought. It's only been the past couple of days that I've gotten back on track. This week the plan is to get the Rehcy Vonne pictures posted on the website, speak to a local boutique that has shown interest in the line, and manufacture several more Rehcy pieces. That is the plan, and I'm sticking to it!!! No more vacation!!! :-P

**After the show, onto The Fuss**

Now that I've taken an almost two week vacation, whew, I feel so rested, and back to work I go...

After the show is said and done, and you think your stress is gone. HA HA HAAAA, yes, I am laughing at myself, because now comes even more work...

Trying to find buyers, as well as, get my line placed in local stores and boutiques.

I had been talking to an amazing local boutique in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida called The Fuss. The manager Caroline is awesome, trendy, and fun. Three things I admire in a girl! lol The boutique has crazy fantastic clothing and accessories, and they will now be selling some REHCY accessories!!! Yay!!!! Thanks so much to the Fuss, Lauren, & Caroline.

If you are in the area of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida then check out
THE FUSS Boutique
6 Watercolor Blvd Suite 101A
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
32459

In other news, I'm working on getting REHCY VONNE placed in a few boutiques. I'll keep everyone updated. Also looking into some manufacturing options for some of the REHCY VONNE pieces.

***Finished and Done***

Hey Everybody!!

The Creative Ambitions Night of Fashion was a great success! Show went on without any huge mess ups. I have posted a Flickr photo-stream on the side bar. Check it out! More pictures to come soon.

Several people and stores are interested in buying so yay, yay, yay!!! I'll keep you guys updated on everything!

As all fashion shows go, there were a few mistakes. Wardrobe malfunctions, last minute changes, the wrong lights being turned on in the middle of Janie G Couture, and yours truly tripping as I walked up on the stage! lol Of course! The biggest mistake happened when we forgot to thank Avant Garde Salon on stage during the show. So I'm saying my thank yous right now... Thank you Avant Garde Salon for all your work in making the show and making my models look amazing!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

Thanks to Tim Smith for thinking of me in the first place and asking me to be in the show.

Thanks to my friend Steve Burrows for creating the backdrop for the show, and Artesano for displaying art at the reception.

Thanks to all my models for doing such a great job! Especially thanks to one of my best friends and model, Ashley. I love you, girl!

Thanks to Caroline Smith, the Janie G Couture designer, for switching a model with me at the last minute.

Thanks to the North West Florida Ballet for doing such an amazing dance and intro to Rehcy Vonne.

Thanks to my best buddy Cole for all her help, support and understanding throughout this entire event. Love you!

Thanks to Kiesha for her last minute help.

Thanks to my family for all their help and support. Thanks Dad and especially Mom. Thanks to my youngest bro, Javan, for filming the photo-shoot, backstage, and the show itself. Thanks to my sister, Aurora, for being a great assistant. Also thanks to my two cousins, Cassie & Caleb, for assisting at the show and doing hair and make-up at the photo-shoot. And thanks to my Aunt Monique for my lovely card and gift.

Thanks to my Brian for his support throughout all my break downs, stress outs, freak outs, busyness, dragging him to model practices and meetings, and everything else. And thanks for dinner. Thanks Care Bear!

And a very special thanks to Ramal Productions' Jeremy Pinne & Okeye Mitchell all their support and letting me be a designer in the Creative Ambitions Night of Fashion!!! You two are amazing!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!

I can't believe it's done, I am so relieved, and have finally caught up on sleep!

Love and Thanks to everyone!!

Workin' on Dreams!

Daily Concern: What to do for next year?

**Chaos the Day Before...Of Course**

Two models AWOL and one with a twisted ankle. Of course it has to happen the day before the show. Desperately searching for replacements. I really do not need this stress today! Lord, please find me a Tyra Banks in the next couple hours!!

Other than that, practice went well last night.

Just over 24 hours until we start putting models in hair and make-up!!! Everyone excited?

Business Cards, Websites, & Finances

Got my new business cards printed, Yay!!! Thanks to my "big sis" Brandi who pulled some strings at Speedee Printing and got them printed speedeely. lol Yes, I know, corny joke. :-P

Finished up some more accessories for the show.

And lastly, finished the websites for both my accessory line and my new clothing line!
Check out
Rehcy & Rehcy Vonne

Now for the bad, due to serious time constraints, I will not have time to make handbags for the fashion show. :-( So I am planning to launch those in the next collection that will hopefully be releasing in the fall.
Also, money is very tight, & because of that, some of the legal steps that I wanted to complete before the show will have to be completed after the show. Other paying projects have had to be put on hold due to the fashion show, and I have not been able to take on any new clients. So I'd better make some sells after the show, or...

Daily Concern: Finishing everything I want to finish in time for the show.

** 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!!