Martha Stewartin' IT..

Recently I've been bitten by some kind of creative bug and it involves my room.

I wanted a change in my blase room, and boy, does it look and feel different!

I am very much inspired and enamored with old Hollywood as you know, but especially Tim Burton, Snow White, Alice in Wonderland and The Addams Family. Bizarre intricate beautiful things seems to catch my fascination. Why not create my own world?

So I statred with adorning my walls with crooked empty frames.

My room is filled with portraits of black and white and plush royal violet walls and immaculate hues of purple.

I wanted an unorthodox yet regal and victorian look, a la Addams Family mansion meets Burton's Alice in Wonderland. So I started with the frames. I began with Krylon's metallic silver spray paint. These frames I found dirt cheap on sale at Michael's.

To achieve the desired theme after painting the frames both silver and black I went over them with a webbing spray after drying. This creates a marble finish to any project you use it on.

This is how the silver turned out. I used a black webbing spray on the silver frames and silver webbing spray on the black frames.



I LOVE the intensity this small detail brought to the project!

Here's a pic of the few frames I hung after finishing. At first I didn't love the black frames as much but they grew on me. They have more of a spiderweb looking finish than a marble one. Lucky for me I love that kind of stuff!
This change in my room brought along a big change in me as well! Unfortunately I'm moving soon, so the finished project will stay unfinished. But, this also means a bigger area to get busy on! Can't wait to see what I come up with for the entire house.XOXO,Tia



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One day I will be like this...



.: Family First:.

This weekend Kenya & I went to visit our cousin Phillip at his wrestling tournament in Modesto.

I've always been a huge family person and have been feeling the lack of that presence in my life as of late.

So when the opportunity came to support him (he's 4th in the state), I jumped to it. What's an hour and 40 minute drive?

Since my tornado of unfortunate events this summer, I've really been taking any opportunity I can to discover myself on my own. A good chunk of this process has meant establishing my relationships with different people or people I already have a bond with. I've known Phillip all 19 years of his life but after moving from Southern California at 15 my bonds with my extended family took a backseat.

Spending time with him last night was probably one of the most memorable times of this year.

I'm so proud of what he has done for himself as a young man and even the person that he has grown in to.

Phillip is literally the most stand up person I know.

I know this sounds like a random blog post...It is!

But when you are mirrored and loved by someone who holds the same degree of loyalty,individuality and values as you after living with strangers; the feeling can only be described as a blood transfusion.

God makes fate happen and its a crazy thing.

My outlook on everything these last two weeks has changed tremendously.

x I want to continue to stay optimistuc through and through.

And when I say optimistic I do not mean an artificial optimism.

You know the kind that people use to cover up the dirt and the struggle...THE TRUTH?!

Yeah, no, not for me. I'll confront my truths but in a positive way, as in they won't last and I'll make it.

Just pure optimism and tenacity.

x I want to continue to be freakishly loyal to those that I love and have great experiences with them.

Even if this means avoiding getting lost in the daily hustle.

x being there for my family

x and lastly...just living! That's all you can do!

Such a refreshing weekend! Looking forward to more!

XOXO,

Tia

My wardrobe in this shot: Polka dot romper: Material Girl

Belt: BCBG Max Azria

2011 edition



Yesterday I met the carbon copy of a neo-Brando.

My reaction was somewhat frazzled and frou-frou -la-la.

...and he was just as cool

<3

THANK GOD FOR THESE BRAND NEW EYES!