NYC - Curvy in the Blog-O-Sphere Rocked!

Courtney Williams

I am in love with Courtney Williams founder of Sweet Roll Entertainment for putting together a New and Aspiring Bloggers Workshop, "Curvy in the Blog-O-Sphere". An event absolutely worth traveling 3,000 miles for. Fabulous curvy women with great ideas, talent and lots of humor endeavored to be better in the blog-o-sphere. Courtney lead a fabulous discussion and exercises to sharpen our skills and become more 'well rounded' in subject matter, focusing ourselves and our purpose!

Alicia Goodwin Rockin Lingua Nigra

Selenia Moore

Knickie D!

Nikki "BeDecadent" Buchanan

I was flanked by Alicia Goodwin the designer behind my new favorite jewelry line, Lingua Nigra; Selenia "CT Diva" Moore, Stylist and Blogger of Better than Average a great resource blog offering reviews on Boutiques and products serving Curvy women!; and Knickie D a jounalist, Spoken Word poet and natural born stylist, her smart savvy socio-political take on fashion, relationships and pop culture can be heard on Reverbnation or check out her blog. We were treated to an interview with Nikki Buchanan, independent Fashion Artist of Decadent Industries a colorful line of body conscious leggings tops and dresses as well as body products. We were all happily gifted a sample of Nikki B's amazing Mango shea butter that I have been using ever since. More to come on that interview with Nikki B!

Curvy Bloggers!

Along with the opportunity to interview Nikki B and Courtney herself we spent a lot of time on who we each are as bloggers, who we serve, becoming savvy about platform, hosting, tagging posts, external feeds and subscriber tools. We also focused on some blogger basics like staying current, creating a dialogue, and of course being uniquely yourself! I received so many excellent suggestions and ideas and am grateful to have met so many fabulous women. Thanks again to Courtney and at Linger Lounge in Brooklyn who hosted us.

The event was fantastic and I will probably have to make another trip east for one of Sweet Roll Entertainment's upcoming events by years end!

grease lightening!

On June 24, some of my girlfriends and I will be attending the 2nd Annual Grease Sing-A-Long at the Hollywood Bowl I have loved this movie from the age of 6. My mother says that I danced down the aisle when the movie came out in 1978 and I remember putting the two album soundtrack on the record player repeating every song. 

A long time has passed but I am the same giddy kid in love with the same summer luvin story. When I think of the movie Grease I want to be a Pink Lady, which one is to be determined. But a decision must be made soon cuz I am making my Grease ensemble to be sure!

In the mean time a lot has come onto my plate. I have been given an amazing opportunity to contribute my business card to a friends product in a celebrity swag bag. Wow. Of course this calls for a photo extravaganza and some new postings for My Etsy shop. I just recently met some awesome new folks on the same page and path and became an insider to one of my favorite summer arts series. And equally exciting, a new curvy bloggers luncheon invitation spurred me to go for it and attend NYC Full Figured Fashion Week. Plane ticket bought and can't wait to meet, engage and learn from other curvy fashion lovers, writers and designers. 

These opportunities have come quickly and while I am still working on new merchandise and original designs. I have had to step up and I am proud of myself for doing so. Opportunity knocks and I for the first time in a long time, I am ready and waiting. The last week has definitely felt like grease lightning.


Keeping up with all that is still scary a happy challenge, but more importantly, what to wear!?