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Pamela Harris for New York State Assembly District 46

October 8, 2015 | 2 Comments

Yesterday I went to a fundraiser for Pamela Harris who is running for Assembly in the 46th district.

Yesterdays event was one of those events that you leave from so inspired. It makes you believe that you can be anything you want, as long as you put in hard work and dedication.

Pam is my sister in-laws aunt, and since I’ve known her, I’ve known her to be a strong advocate for her community. She has an organization called the Coney Island Generation Gap helping the youth, family and senior citizens. There are so many creditable jobs that I am missing, but just believe me when I say that his woman is phenomenal, and is the perfect example of hard works pays off.

Sekou made a great comment yesterday saying that many people work hard and are dedicated to their work to make themselves better, but Pam is not only dedicated to her life but to others as well, and that’s a big role to take on. [Read more…]

Over The Weekend

October 5, 2015 | Leave a Comment

This weekend was an eventful one (For mommy at least).

It involved birthdays, and brunch with my girlfriends.

It was a great one, Monday came a little too quickly if you ask me, but i’m thankful for a fresh start to a new week.

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DIY cake smash photoshoot in 7 simple steps

October 2, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Remember that time we did a cake smash photo shoot for Alani? (see that here), well you too can do a cake smash photo shoot for you soon to be one year old. I made a list just for you.

First what is cake smash photoshoot?

-It’s the idea that your child has never had cake before, so to celebrate their first year of life you give them cake for the first time, and capture the beautiful moment on camera.

Now the simple steps to have a successful shoot.

Materials: Vinyl (optional), paper streamers, balloons, confetti, cake, and any other decorations or props you wish to use, we bought most of our decorations from Party City , and the other stuff were things that we already had, like her chaise chair, and piano.

You’ll need an empty space/wall (for us we cleared an area), we had vinyl so we used that as our backdrop. If you don’t have vinyl that’s fine just skip to step 2.
We then added the streamers to the back of the vinyl/wall for a more fun and colorful background.
We had a few balloons filled with helium that we taped to the floor, and we blew up the rest by mouth to put all around the floor.
We also used this fluffy thing, and taped it to the ceiling (we had to add a piece of string to it so it can hang lower).
you’ll need a cake.I made this cake all by myself like I said the last time, thank you YouTube. I watched this video the video doesn’t show what to do after you finish baking it. After I let the cake cool down I put frosting around the entire cake before I started piping. Don’t worry if the roses aren’t perfect it will still turn out great. I used a 6″ cake pan. This was really Alani’s first time having cake, she took handful bites, thank goodness she didn’t have a stomachache the next day!
And last but not least you’ll need your beautiful baby.
Oh yea! I almost forgot you’ll need help from others to help entertain your baby while you’re taking pictures, and LOTS and LOTS of patience.