Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 10:00 AM
It's almost the end of the year and i look back and I have to admit this was one of the toughest years for me as an adult. Many great things happened and l overcame many obstacles through a dedicated persistence. As the past year was ending my goals and dreams were overshadowed by the occasional doubt and second-guessing myself.However miraculously I overcame all the obstacles and am filled with hope and promise for a successful 2009. Since my birthday in October three very important people all wrote me a card or letter that said "2009 is your year". Those that know me know that l read between the lines and seeing as those three people are barely connected it means thats the universe telling me 2009 will be a year where all my blood and sweat will be rewarded.The biggest mistiming of the...
Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 5:40 PM
In September 1994 when I was attending Montserrat College of Art a series of very fortunate events took place and changed my life forever. With my roughly 8000 miles away I had discovered a different meaning to the word alone. On the most part I was used to being alone but this time was different, instead of being alone with 100 other kids all my college mates would go home for the holidays.Thanksgiving was the first major holiday I experienced, the day before I remember watching everyone get excited, packing their bags bragging of how they would eat themselves into a comma. After all most of these college kids had left home for the first time...
Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 8:06 AM
I am proud to announce that the t-shirt i designed for the breast cancer cause is now on sale.over 60% of the profits from the sale of each t-shirt will be donated to Susan G. Komen For The Cure, a great foundation dedicated to finding the cure for breast cancer. As I mentioned in my last post, the passion and commitment of this charity is unparalleled.The t-shirt is made of extra soft combed Egyptian cotton and feels like a second skin. It's a long and trendy design with extra long cuffs and waist for that fashionable look. The shirts are available in small, medium and large.HELP THE MILLIONS OF WOMEN & MEN AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER WITH...
Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 1:19 PM
October has been a great month and although it started slow, it is ending full of hope and promise. My birthday was October 17th, a day i spent rejoicing the wonderful life that I have lived and continue to live and improve daily.The birthday culture has spoiled us all with the birthday being a day where we look around expecting gifts, phone calls and pampering from loved ones. This year I thought of reversing this default way of thinking because of a funny incident that happened with my mother. I called her the day before my birthday and she asked me "Tomorrow is your birthday right?". After I confirmed she then asked "So what are you betting...
Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 8:00 PM
Hi again! Yes I am back after a month or so hiatus.A few months back I sign on to create and produce an event for local charities from the two places I call home, Boston and Mutoko, Zimbabwe. I came up with this great plan to create a black tie event where people could come and dance, drink, laugh and give in the name of charity.When I started planning the event I thought it would be easy I would have numerous people to help me and we would all work tirelessly and create a great event and raise tonnes of money. two weeks before the event I found myself sitting in the office alone, with hardly any sponsorships and absolutely no tickets sold. At...
Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 11:00 AM
For as long as I can remember I have a hard time letting things go. From drawings, notes, shoes, clothes to letting go off feelings of hurt or love. I always keep, keep and keep. Letting go is essential in so many ways in life. One of the best examples I know that illustrate the need to let go is this. Have you ever watched a child playing with a toy and then suddenly they spot a ball or something else that sparks their interest? Most children will do what we all do as adults today, they will try to grab that ball so they have both, the toy and the ball, because mentally you have convinced yourself one is not enough. In the child's case, on most...
Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 7:43 PM
It's still Sunday (almost midnight) and I am still working chasing dreams. I am about to finish for the day, I feel I have cleared away some of the heavy cloud of doubt that I wrote of hanging over my head earlier.In times of true hardship the only medicine for me is to reach to my passions, the things that make me feel at peace within myself. My passions (besides my mother) are writing and designing, when I am sad i can trust exercising either one of those helps me express myself to the point where I realize that I am truly blessed and should be happy with what I have.After my tough start today I have been designing all day, saying little prayers...
Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 4:15 PM
Today is sunday one of my favorite days of the week for a few reasons: 1. I feel like on Sunday's people are a little more laid back and not so on edge. 2. I always work the least on Sunday's, I work 7 days a week ( feels more like 12 days ). 3. My anxiety is at it's lowest because my phone rings less and most of my clients and business associates don't call me for deliverables.Today however is not a typical Sunday for me, yes I am working but my mind is not at peace,I feel a deep dark cloud above my spirit, it's so heavy I can almost feel it. Every once in a while I think we all feel like we can no longer take it, we feel we have tried so hard for so long, stayed so strong and yet we feel life is cheating us. We feel life is too unfair, A BIT TOO MUCH TO BEAR!From the moment I woke up I felt...
Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 2:02 PM
It's Thursday and my head hurts, another one of my grueling days at the office where I spend at least 13 hours of my day, lately more like 24.I saw a newspaper ad earlier that stated "What We Stand For", so in retrospect I asked myself,'What Do I Stand For?". Strangely enough I had to think about that, what do i stand for? A question we should all ask ourselves ever so often to make sure we are fighting for what we represent and what we love.So I Started to write a list and I wanted to share it on my blog. By the way I am very excited that I have been getting so many emails from people with comments or asking when I was posting a new one :)....
Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 5:21 PM
A few minutes ago I was thirsty and thought to myself: do I walk next door to the Poland Springs cooler and get a cup of water or, do i go buy a shaken iced tea from Starbucks downstairs from my office. A common debate I go through more than 4 times a day, after all we are supposed to drink 8 glasses of water a day.While sipping my shaken iced tea with cream i pulled out my phone card and called my mom.She answers the phone in a low dragged out "hahlooow", she usually sounds like that when she is half asleep or if something is bothering her, but it was neither this time, she cheers right up knowing it was me :)She hears me sucking the tea through the big wide straw and asks what i am drinking and I tell her tea. She then tells me how she is so tired because she just spent the last few hours...
Posted by Bless:Designer of Bless By Bless Couture on 1:33 AM
It is 1:33 am and I just decided to create and post my very first blog. I always thought blogs were for people with too much time on their hands, or people who had problems to vent. Today I realized a blog is simply someone with a voice. From today this blog is my voice.Today felt like no special day for me, it was just another Monday, it was rainy and the sun didn't really shine. Now that the day is over I realize how special it really was. Yesterday I got news that my cousin had passed, she was only in her 20's and was lying dead in her room for two days. So stepping out of today's self absorbed cloud of unappreciative thinking I realize the following:My life is beautiful, I have so many things to smile about, today's rain was beautiful not gloomy - it was water ( I love water ), my walk...
