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Boss Friday…

In Daily Musings on June 7, 2013 at 3:15 pm

Hi Darlings, Happy Friday! This week has seemed exceptionally long to me, but I think it’s because of the short week last week, which also seemed long.

This quote really inspired me today, and as I quoted on my Facebook page,”My crown is straightened! It’s Boss Friday!” because this is how I truly feel today. I hope your gorgeous crown is straightened too, stand tall Darlings.♥

Today is a bit of a dreary day, with lots of rain, due to the hurricane coming up from down south, but it’s needed, so no complaints here. Below is my 2nd creation, using my Bazaart app, I need to start naming my pieces, just in case they make me famous. 🙂

I’d love to wish you a Fabulous and Beautiful weekend, get lots done, and make whatever you do count!

Be Creative, Be Inspired, Be Amazing™

♥ Shine Brightly ♥

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5 Things I’m Loving This June…

In Daily Musings on June 4, 2013 at 2:03 pm

Here are the 5 things I’m loving right now {in no particular order}.

♥ Love, love the styling of Ilse de Boer by Cathy Kasterine, for the June 2013 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, UK edition

♥ Behind The Candelabra – Starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, directed by Steven Soderbergh. ~ This movie traces Liberace’s torrid five years with Scott Thorson, from their first hello to their bittersweet goodbye. As Mr. Fabulous famously quoted, “Too much of a good thing is wonderful.” And he’s right! This is a movie I definitely want to see.

♥ Capital Jazz Fest, held in Columbia Maryland ~ one big jazz party. The festival features over 30 national acts on two big stages. I will be in attendance this on Saturday {weather permitting}. I hope to have some fabulous photos to show you after the event. Click on the link to see the amazing line up, Chaka Khan, Robert Glasper, Ledisi, Will Downing, just to name a few. I’m looking forward to this one.

♥ My Universal Stylus set, which I just ordered from Overstock.com for only $3.82 {yes you get 10 of them, one for every day of the week and then some!}. I love the Diva colours. I need these to use on some of my drawing apps on my iPad {plus they’re great for customers to sign their signatures with, when I make a sale while using my Square credit card reader}. If you want a bargain, Overstock’s the place to go!

This month, I’m looking forward to purchasing “Ghana Must Go” by Taiye Selasi ~ This riveting book has gotten rave reviews, both in the UK and here in the U.S. {The following is reproduced from Amazon book description} The central character Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku’s death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. A must read if you ask me!

I could quite easily, list 5 more things, but I think this will do for now♥

Have yourselves a Fabulous Tuesday!

Be Creative, Be Inspired, Be Amazing™

♥ Shine Brightly ♥

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Do You Bazaart?

In Daily Musings on June 3, 2013 at 1:26 pm

I must confess, I have an addiction; an addiction to iTunes apps! I have approximately 70+ apps on my iPhone and God knows how many I’ve accumulated on my iPad {and yes I use them all!!} My lastest acquisition is Bazaart. This amazing app works with Pinterest, and allows you to take your images from your various boards, and turn them into beautiful collages. You can snip, move, rotate and more to your creative heart’s desire.

Above is my first foray into creating a collage with this app; I think I’m going to have it blown up, and framed {Ikea does some wonderful frames}. Look out for more of my “works of art” ♥

Let me know what you think, if you download the app, maybe I’ll create a Bazaart gallery to display our collective creativity.

Go to the iTunes store, where Bazaart is available as a free download. Click here.

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♥ Shine Brightly ♥

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Maylana’s Monday Musings…

In Daily Musings on June 3, 2013 at 10:01 am

Hi Darlings! I hope you had a fabulous weekend, enjoying the lovely weather. Unfortunately I had dental surgery on Saturday, which actually wasn’t as bad as expected. I am a little swollen, and have some pain, but overall I feel quite good. My dentist gave me some great pain meds to boot, so it wasn’t all bad 🙂

Here’s me after surgery, by the time I got home, my right cheek looked a lot like Alvin’s {the chipmunk, for those who didn’t get that one}

I did get a lot accomplished, while recuperating; I had a mini photo shoot to distract myself from the discomfort, of a few beautiful and unique items, which will be added to my Etsy boutique later today. There will be an accompanying blog post about said items.

Two of the items will be the fabulous Sika dresses, which I have previously written about; there has been a lot of interest on my blog regarding these beautiful dresses, and I finally have two originals available for sale. So for those of you who have been emailing me about them, they have finally arrived. Read original blog post here.

I’d love to wish you a Fabulous Monday, and a very Productive and Amazing week♥

And remember…

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Love This Dress!!!

In Daily Musings on May 30, 2013 at 9:56 pm

I love everything about this dress and the photography. I love the way the photographer captured the dress, like a beautiful exotic bird, spreading her wings, showing you what she’s got! Stunning!

Images obtained via Tumblr

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Poetry In Motion…

In Daily Musings on May 29, 2013 at 9:09 am

Recently, I found this fantastic little app called “Poetry Magnets”, I used to own the actual magnets when I lived in NY, but somehow they got lost in my move to DC. I had hundreds of them spread all over my fridge, and I would create little ditties whenever my creative spirit moved me.

I was so happy to find these, they got me thinking about writing my poetry again. Writing poetry has been a passion of mine for many years now, which unfortunately had to be put on the back burner. Here are two couplets I’m sharing with you. Now that I have a creative outlet via my blog; look out for more of my work. I’ve actually written a small book of poetry, which has been ready for years; which I now plan to self publish. I hope to accomplish that major milestone very soon.

Poetry Magnets are available as a free download in the iTunes store ~ Click here

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♥ Shine Brightly ♥

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A Bank Holiday & Iced Coffee

In Daily Musings on May 27, 2013 at 3:06 pm

Hi Darlings! I hope you’re enjoying the bank holiday, both here and in the UK. Although I’ve had an extremely busy week, I’m enjoying a marvelously long weekend; by getting lots of errands and projects done. While cruising Pinterest, I came across this lovely {and easy} Creamy Boozy Iced Coffee recipe, by one of my favourite foodie bloggers Averie Sunshine; who runs the blog Averie Cooks. What I love about this particular iced coffee is that it contains Frangelico, which is a liqueur made with toasted hazelnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, cocoa and vanilla extract. Averie takes some of the most fantastic food photography, trust me you’ll come away drooling.

I’m looking for some new drink recipes to try out this summer, and this will certainly be one of them. I’ll post them as I find them, so that you can try them too. Click the link or the image to be taken to the full recipe, I’m sure you’ll feel it’s worth it.

Wishing you a fabulously short week.

Be Creative, Be Inspired, Be Amazing™

♥ Shine Brightly ♥

Creamy Boozy Iced Coffee photo is the property of Averie Cooks

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Oscar de la Renta’s 2014 Resort Collection

In Daily Musings on May 22, 2013 at 10:12 pm

Here are 2 of my favourite dresses from Oscar de la Renta’s 2014 resort collection. As always, Oscar brings nothing but pure elegance. I love twirly dresses♥

I hope you’re having a beautiful week. The temperature rose to 90 degrees and a ton of humidity came along for the ride, what more can I say about this crazy weather!

Be Creative, Be Inspired, Be Amazing™

♥ Shine Brightly ♥

Images obtained via Google Images

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A Hectic Monday…

In Daily Musings on May 20, 2013 at 9:43 pm

Wow! This day has been extremely busy, hence why I’m only just writing this quick blog post after 9:00 p.m. I hope you had a fantastic weekend, I certainly did, even if the weather, once again did not cooperate, but we’ve come to expect it now. Above are the beautiful Peonies I purchase at Whole Foods on Friday. It’s important ladies, that you treat yourself to flowers, don’t wait for someone else to buy them for you, go out and treat yourself; you deserve them every week!

The above photo was taken with my Canon T3i, which I’ve been practicing with. The shot I’m most proud of is the one below.

This is going to be an extremely busy week for me, so my posts may be a little sparse, but I promise to keep in touch, with short bursts of fabulous interest.

Have yourselves a Beautiful week♥

Be Creative, Be Inspired, Be Amazing™

♥ Shine Brightly ♥

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A Little Friday Treat…

In Daily Musings on May 17, 2013 at 11:33 am

Happy Friday darlings! We finally made it and the weekend is here. I’m happy to report that so far we’ve had 2 gorgeous days of sun and blue skies. I hope you have something wonderful in store for your weekend. Get lots done!!

Above is a photograph, I took yesterday of some beautiful flowers blooming in my neighbourhood. They just appeared from nowhere. I think they got some major encouragement from the lovely weather, and wanted to show off their pink glory. I would love for you to right-click on the photo, and save it, whereby, you can turn it into wall paper for your iPad or computer {it looks stunning on my iPad}. Just a little Friday treat from me to you.

Have yourselves the most Ultra Chic and Wonderful weekend, see you soon!

Be Creative, Be Inspired, Be Amazing!

♥ Shine Brightly ♥