Happy Birthday to me

This weekend my friends and I celebrated by 24th birthday. I partied all weekend and then had a luncheon with all my friends and family Sunday. It was really nice. My mom and her b\f live in a gorgeous house in coconut grove, so we had it there. The weather was also really nice.

I leave to NY Thursday to visit my good friend Lindsay. I will be buying for FFF on Sunday. If you guys are ever in NY you have to hit up The young designer market its on 268 mulberry st in Soho.. It's all up and coming designers. The place is only open SaT & Sun. It's a must if you are in the area.

I am very behind on FFF, sorry. I have been so busy with Poodlies that I have not had a chance to put up new merchandise. I will hopefully get to put up a few things tonight.

xo

They only want you when your 17, when your 21 your no fun.

My birthday is right around the corner. I am going to be 24. OMG i am going to be 24. I feel like i am still 15. Time flys, so my friends and I are having a birthday weekend. :)


Had a very busy day today. Went to many of my accounts for " poodlies" and then I went to meet up with a journalist from the Hurricane UM newspaper. They are writing an article about me and FFF, so she interviewed me and asked me lots of fun questions. They should be printing it right before the earth day fashion show I am participating in.

I also put a few new items on Fabulous Fashion Finds tonight. Check them out


I found an amazing photographer.. Her name is ellemoss and her photography is insane. I have been browsing through this girls photos and she is very talented. I love her! Check out some of her prints.

xo

Snuggies

Ok, so you know that really weird commercial where all the people are hanging out in backwards robes? Snuggie blankets! After about 5 times of seeing the commercial and seeing how warm and cozy all the actors in the commercial looked, I was sucked into buying one.

I ordered and was ecstatic. Until I saw the grand total ,they had charged me for 6 snuggies. Buy one get one free my bottom. $100 worth of snuggies. So I figured I would wait until Monday and call and cancel. I call and the 1800 is no longer a working number. I call about 5 more times.. I start freaking out a little at this point, so I call my bank and they tell me I have to cancel my card. I cancel the frigin card and get a new one......

2 weeks go by i'm walking into my house and I see a huge elephant of a box at my front door. It's from SNUGGIE!!!!! I already know at this point that I am returning everything, but I am just curious to see what these famous snuggues are in real life....... They were horrible. They were so cheap. I was kinda sad. I was looking forward to being a snuggie fan.

Long story short. Don't buy a Snuggie. I think the best thing about the whole product is "Snuggie". It's just such a great word.


Ok now on to FFF.

Lots coming up this month. I am going to NY on a buying trip next week.
I am also having FFF's spring/summer fashion show. I am still in works with the venue, but most likely it will be April 4th. I will keep you guys posted as to where it will be. I am also participating in a fashion show UM is having for earth day. It is a fashion show with designers that are all eco friendly. :))

I also will be having the debut of Poodlies jewelry line, so there is just a lot of fun stuff going on this month. I am going to try and post all the new merchandise Friday. Sorry I am a bit behind, I just have a lot going on.. More later..

here are a few of my favorite pics

Hot off the press!!

I am soooo hyper! I have had about 4 cups of coffee today. It is 10:30 pm and have no idea how i am going to be able to fall asleep tonight. Today was great. Fashionalities interviewed me and wrote 2 killer articles on me and FFF. You can read the articles at http://fashionalities.blogspot.com/2009/02/vintage-fabulous-fashion-finds.html

http://fashionalities.blogspot.com/search/label/Fabulous%20Fashion%20FInds

Things are moving up for FFF. I am working on my next fashion show. Looks like it is going to be either April 4th or 11th, so I have to get the creative wheels moving and get things in gear for the show. I will be debuting my spring/summer collection. My favorite seasons! I will be sad to put away my boots, but I am ready to pull out my mini dresses again :)

I made the samples for my new Poodlies items. They are phenomenal, but I'm biased :/

I don't know how I forgot to mention this, but a few weeks ago my friend entered me in a sexy legs contest on a local radio stations web site, which is so not a me thing to do. Long story short I was in the supermarket and the VJ called me and told me live on the radio I had won front row tickets to the Rod Stewart concert. I thought it was a joke. I must of repeated the phrase " Shut up, are you serious?" at least 5 times.

Anyways I ended up really winning, so I took one of my best friends, Nicole to see good old Rod in concert. Our seats were impressive. FRONT ROW! The man has got some moves! Here are a few pics and some other random fun shots.

xo

Fund raising

I participated in another fundraiser this week. Some of the proceeds went to an Eating Disorder organization. I have never been able to understand eating disorders. I just love food way to much. I guess some people have more will power to be a stick than others. I have will power for cookies and chips. lol
I brought my clothes and headbands to the event and did very well.

I got to spend the week with my child hood best friend. She moved to Brazil 12 years ago and I hadn't seen her since. I loved hanging with her again it was as if we had never stopped being friends. She left yesterday. :( Ok more Monday, I have a fun filled weekend.

xo

Ash

Happy Monday

Did last week fly by or was it just me? I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. My weekend was pretty eventful. Went out friday with my friends stayed out way to late and then had to wake up early Saturday to take maternity pictures of my best friend. They came out gorgeous. I posted a couple for you guys to see. Sunday one of my old college buddies came into town, so we all went to lunch on the beach and then I had to go style a photo shoot a couple blocks away so we parted ways and I went off to do some work. The shoot came out awesome. Matthew Karsten the photographer is really talented. You can see some of his work at : http://stylusfunk.com/..

We did the photo shoot in this really cool back ally on south beach. She was dressed in a 60's vintage flower dress. The shoes were navy blue suede buckle boots. I finished off the look with gold accessories. One of my favorite pieces was a gold vintage buckle belt that was re made into a bracelet. I snapped a couple shots with my phone. Of course my camera was dead, so the quality of the pics is not the best but you get the gist. I will post the final pics when he sends them to me. The dress that was in the photo shoot will be available for sale a http://www.fabulousfashionfinds.net/..

My weekend was finished off by walking out to the beach and laying on the sand and watching the sunset go down. I have lived in Miami my whole life and don't take advantage of the beach , so it was nice to go out there and take it all in.

I found an amazing site its called http://pandora.com/.. It is basically a radio station that you put in your favorite song and it suggests and plays songs that are similar to the song you like. I love it. I sit on the floor in my studio and listen to all the songs for hours while making my headbands and clothes. It's a great site.

Busy as a bee

Today was hectic, tomorrow is hectic, Basically everything is just really busy and hectic. Many new things coming up: I have a trunk show on Wednesday at Scarlette Boutique from 5- 9 Pm. Come by and see all of the goodies the owner Stacey has to offer. Her stuff is INSANE, so many amazing designers that no one else in Miami carries and very reasonably priced. I will be there as well with my " Poodlies" feather headbands.

I got hired to style a photo shoot on Sunday with my Fabulous Fashion Finds vintage gear. Hopefully it will be a gorgeous day. The space is suppose to be this really cool warehouse space. I am dressing the model in a funky 60's dress. I will post the pics when he has edited everything. Its going to
be great.

My best friend Dee, is 8 months pregnant and Saturday I am whipping out my old friend ( the camera) and busting out with some of my old photography skills. She asked me if I would take some maternity nudes and of her and of course I was honored. It kinda gives me the photography itch again.. Hmmmm. Ok, no my life is already hectic I don't need a to open a 3rd company/ job. Focus ASHLEY! God, I am a true breed of my sign. A real Pisces, all over the place. Here is some of my old photography.. Enjoy

xo

I <3 NYC

I have been away on a vacation/ business trip. I saw an old friend from high school. We partied way to much and misbehaved. I love the city. There is something about the hustle and bustle that always brings me peace. I could move their in a second. Maybe I will. Who knows. Now the most important part of the trip was THRIFTING!

We went to several places. Some where outrageously overpriced, but others were ok. I didn't get as much merchandise as I would have liked b\c the prices were not conducive to flipping, but I did find some great items and some good names for you. I recommend :

Opera Thrift ( All proceeds go to supporting the NYC Opera , which I think it fantastic)
New york Vintage( The best vintage botique in the city for vintage designer, but it is $$$$$$$)
Tokio 7

I went to a couple other places, but I cant give my sources away ;) Here are a couple pictures from my vacay!

xo