Lets Get Wasted!!!!

As this blog continues to come together I'll introduce a few of my fabulous cronies and all their wild crap they create. My girl Amanda Jean (AKA: A.Jazz!) hails from Maple Leaf country and she is a straight craft  BEAST!!! I can't emphasize that enough let me tell ya!! From embroidery to studding up the finest in vintage fashions, this girl can razzle dazzle your home and closet! She is a true entrepreneur with three different stores that each carry evidence of her dope ass craft talent.

Lets start off with her newest baby she calls HighWasted. With the Sun peeking out of these still Winter-esque clouds, its about time we all switch out the puffy coats and sweats for less clothing and more skin! A.Jazz has compiled a classy line of handpicked vintage pieces each individually studded for puro fabulosity. You can be sure that no bitch on the street will be walking in the same skull studded bra as you much less these hot pink gold/black studded shorts... God I really loves these shorts:


I mean, tell me these bad lil bitches don't scream Lady Gaga 2.0 for the summer!!! Ay yi yi!! I can just see these on a pair of sexy butt cheeks in some fuck me heels... I think I just gave myself goosebumps while writing that last sentence. (That's how you know I'm telling the truth: immediate goosebumps or nippleitis!) 


Her store, HighWasted, keeps bringing the heat for the 2012 Spring/Summer wardrobe that we are all so anxious to line our closets with!(Ya Basta w/the Winter duds already!!) Peep this shiz:

I highly encourage all you sexy ladies and sugar daddies to drop some Canadian duckets or shiny American chips over at the HighWasted shop. Your wardrobe will thank you later for it!


Next up is her first baby that originally connected her and I's hearts together. NoDiggityNoDoubt has got to be the most awesomest embroidery offerings Etsy has listed. Honestly (and not to HATE!), but it is by far my most favorite place to cyber stalk inspiring embroidery hoops that make me genuinely smile. She quotes some of my most favorites of 90's hip hop tracks and has such crispy needle working skills that I cant help but call her a personal craft hero of mine.

Yeah!!! Thats what the hell I want greeting my guests! Hahaha! My mom would probably give me the What-The-Hell face then a dash of side-eye, but hey thats what makes family visits so fun right?! Along with her knack for quoting the realness, she has a real keen eye for detail when it comes to illustrations.   

Amanda Jean's former Flickr account was one of pure originality, though no longer active, she promises a new collection of life documentation is coming soon. In the mean time....

Her love for vintage goods is an everyday thrift store quest in finding the best and the unique in fine Canadian used goods. Her Etsy store front ValueVintage is the heat rock in vintage goodies. She's currently having a 60% off sale (YIKES!!! STOP READING AND GO NOW!) The store will be closing very soon in order for her to focus on some new exciting projects so time is of the essence.  

I feel like I have let you all in on a lil secret of mine in introducing you to my homegirl. I hope you all love her goods as much as I do. Her personal story is amazing if you get the chance to meet her and her personality is off the hook. I couldn't ask for a better sister in craft than Lady Amanda Jean.

Love you Boo Boo!

Craft Porn

A lil something to wet your pallet!

It's Happening...

My passion is about to be exploited by the Boob Tube, though I shouldn't be surprised. I originally saw this post on the infamous Perez Hilton chisme site and it just about blew my toilet lid off:

Heres the article link so you can get familiar with my coming rant:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/29/tori-spelling-craft-wars-tlc_n_1388259.html

I really don't know how to feel about this. Ok. Yes I do.

Reality TV always has a great way of fucking off things that are awesome: making cupcakes, designing clothes, catching fish, going "picking"... all a lil less, how do you say, 'normal.'  Adding the word "war" to every damn show these production companies create doesn't help either... I don't think the victims of real WAR appreciate the use at all.

Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy my bit of scripted reality: Mob Wives (#TeamDrita!), Shahs of Sunset (GG needs her face punched in!) and the occasional Bad Girls Club episode the hubby is enjoying (to remind myself I should never EVER be on that show... def catching a case!).

Enter the newest in crap entertainment: Craft Wars. Coming in Summer 2012, crafters get to compete against each other for the heart of show host, Tori Spelling (Of all people! Really?! Donna Martin from 90210...Ugh!). So many questions come to mind as I write this like: who in the heck felt that was an appropriate choice in hosting a show like this, why should any crafter give a rats ass if she likes your creation or not? and is the grand prize hocking your beloved shit on HSN or QVC. Let me guess you get 30 mins to defeat your opponent in a do or die hot glue gun showdown? Whomp. Whomp.

I thought the whole radness to what we (we = fellow craft crappers) did was the originality of the end product and the journey getting there? How does one compete/compare to another crafter on such a show? Doesn't that defeat the whole excitement in crafting? As I re-read this lil ditty I'm writing here, I find myself fearing that my life long love for crafting may turn into a watered down inspire-less trend that will go out as fast as those stupid vented sunglasses Kanye had all the kids wearing 2 years ago... all I can say is I can't wait for the clearance rack once its all over!

-Lady Loca