Loose Curls And Bangs.

This is so long overdue I almost had second thoughts about actually writing and publishing. I did my hair for my brother’s do. I had to look super glamorous. LOL.
I used the weave Daniella, it is synthetic, super long with these loose curls and bangs. I do love a good bang/fringe and it turned out the way I hoped it would. I got it done the day before my brother’s do, rocked it for two good weeks then took it out.
There is no excuse I could make that would make y’all believe. I simply got irritated and the next thing I knew, I was asking my brother to help take it off. This is the second this has happened. I’m usually good with weaves but for these super long ones, I take them out after two weeks. Imagine that feeling you get when you feel the breeze on your scalp, sifting through your wispy hair. Yeah, I enjoy that a lot.
I got to enjoy that feeling for two weeks with utmost pleasure because my hair is shorter and I’m really loving it this way. I don’t miss longer hair at all.
Right now, I have my hair weaved which you will read about in the next post.
xoxo

Choices.

I came across this quote or passage when I was reading a particularly interesting post from the Single Woman. I can’t remember right but it must have been about relationships. The Single Woman is all about them. Anyway, I have been hanging onto this quote for the longest time. It has been MONTHS to say the least. So, there it goes...

Every day, you have to make choices that ensure the thing you love continues to thrive. So if you find a way of life that is good for you, do whatever it takes to keep it. Complacency – the middle ground – is the attractive, safe choice. But fall into complacency, and that thing you love might wander off and be gone before you notice. Then what? Better to protect it in the first place. A relationship does not protect itself; it requires active work and humility. A way of life does not protect itself; it requires discipline and attention. – Chris Guillebeau

A Few Edits.

The thing about artistic inspiration is; you never know when it is going to take a break nor return, it just does. All of a sudden, you find yourself thinking about these ideas for a design and how to make something work or you fail to come up with an idea when you want to.
By now, y’all know I am BIG on making something work for You, so this shouldn't come as a surprise. I've had these colored square beads for quite a long time. Whenever I would think of making something out of them, it wouldn't work. You won’t believe how many times I've made them into something then taken it apart because it doesn't gel until I resorted to leaving them be.

Well, artistic inspiration decided to return and on one fine weekend, I got everything I needed to work on together and accomplished it all…some of it anyway. I am so lazy. I took apart these beads and reworked them into arm candy. A bracelet, to be honest and I think (at the moment) it works. I like the crisscross shape it does when wound on the arm.

Another thing I had to do on my edit list was this chunky necklace I got last year…I think. It was so long and heavy what with the chunky balls. The first time I wore it, people kept asking me whether my neck hurt. LOL! If it could look that heavy to onlookers, how about me the wearer? I made the decision to reduce it to a collar necklace, not a chocker but those that hang to above or on the chest first chance I got.The thing about ideas is you can think it, keep it at the back of your mind until you get round to working on it.

When I was done with re-working the beads into a bracelet, I reduced the necklace too. I made sure to keep the original ball arrangement so as not to spoil the colour combination. On editing, I got more beads to make arm candy to go with the necklace. They were so many, I made two beaded bracelets out of it.
I also had a necklace my sister had given me that needed editing. Some of the stones had fallen out but the pearls were intact. I took out the empty stone shells, remained with the pearls and made two bracelets. One chunky one with the large pearls and a smaller one. These are faux pearls, by the way.

Guess where all this is, in my little basket of arm candy. Yeah, I keep my jewellery in these little baskets for easy access and storage. I have enough to run a small boutique apparently, people keep telling me this but I refute it.