Love my Little people

Post Easter

We had a fab Easter with so many fun little surprises. Nia and I created some wispy floral ropes for church.  She captured some beautiful pictures along the way. 

Little S had a hard time saying goodbye to such a lovely Easter week. 

Thank you to Nia for capturing such a special week. 


Besos,

Mel

POST EASTER

We are so thrilled to have had spent a beautiful holy week and Easter with our dear parish. Post the Easter excitement every year we host a brunch for staff. We had a fab afternoon celebrating and relaxing. 

Happy Easter!

Mel

EASTER IS HERE

Our week has been full. I have realized most recently that I been feeling completely back to my old self since my spell with vertigo last year.  My energy and clarity is back.  With that I have had a full week, with many projects.  On the brain we have Easter and the Mockingbird conference, which will be held here in NYC again later this month.  This weekend is Easter, then in just two short weeks Mockingbird awaits, YIKES!!!!! 

Happy Easter

Easter Prep

Easter is just around the corner. We are beginning to prep our space and think up some fun settings for our brunch.  I often take a look to the past to remind myself what we have already done and hope for a little inspiration. 

Besos,

Mel

KICKSTARTER: FASHION GIVES BACK

We are pleased to share with you my dear friend Marissa Perry's creative company Dsenyo. This is the type of work we all dream of.  She has created a place for women to be employed, support communities in Africa, and much more…….

If your inspired by DSENYO support them via KICKSTARTER

Style with Purpose: Snare Wire Jewelry

This is my friend's social enterprise that works with fair trade artisans and anti-poaching nonprofits in Zambia, Africa.

Dsenyo is a fair trade and ethical fashion company that is working to launch a new line of Snare Wire Jewelry (http://kck.st/1ACa95R).  It all started when they discovered a group of artisans in Zambia doing something ingenious!  Poaching is at an all time high in Africa, including in the South Luangwa Valley of Zambia where these women live.  Local non-profits are doing some incredible anti-poaching work to help arrest poachers, rehabilitate injured animals and disassemble deadly snare wire traps before animals are caught in them.  When the traps are disassembled, artisans are up-cycling the wire into beautiful, fair trade jewelry.  

Dsenyo has teamed up with these artisans and the anti-poaching nonprofits in Zambia.  They are crowd funding a campaign to launch the new Snare Wire TWIST jewelry collection which will help raise funds for continued anti-poaching efforts and create much needed jobs for women and artisans in the community who hand-craft the jewelry.

Watch the video here: http://kck.st/1ACa95R

Dsenyo takes their commitment to social impact seriously and conducts a study with their partner artisans ever year.  You can see that their work is really making a lasting difference in the lives of these women and their families.

What is snare wire?  It's random pieces of wire that is collected and stollen by poachers who turn it into animal traps.  These snare wire traps are indiscriminate so everything from lion, baby elephants, zebra, giraffe and more get caught in them.  On top of the fair trade wages paid to artisans, Dsenyo donates $5 from the sale of each piece of jewelry to non-profits who work to combat the poaching crisis.

Here's an amazing safari experience they are offering as part of the fund-raising efforts 

http://kck.st/1ACa95R

BRUNCH SETTINGS: EASTER

Our dear friend Melody Moore took beautiful photographs of our Easter Brunch. She made our party look beyond celebratory. If you are in the NYC area and would love her contact information, email MEL.  As you can see, she is fabulous!
Take a look…

Mil Besos!

Mel