Weekend Recap #1! (Ajzha Kahn Baby Shower and Impromptu Wii Game Night)

Happy Hump Day All!!!

I've been so behind with writing so I'm trying to get a few post in today before the madness of the rest of my week rushes at me.

First off let me start by saying CONGRATULATIONS to fellow designers Ajzha Kahn and Maurice. The baby shower this weekend was so nice and Ajz looked beautiful in the maternity dress she made. I was absolutely LOVIN the hair!!!!

 

After the baby shower a few of my friends headed over to my house for some last minute bbq. Or atleast that's what we planned to do...

After about an hour we got into some heated Wii games:

Hip Hop Dance Experience

Michael Jackson Experience

Black Eyed Peas Experience 

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaan...if you never played any of these you are missing out on a lot of fun and a great exercise.

A few of my friends, not saying any names, got embarrassed because they called my mom out thinking she didn't have the moves smh... they all lost! Go MOM!!!! :)

Thanks for coming loves!!! I had so much fun! See pics and videos below. If you have any additional pics or video (I'm pretty sure y'all do!) send them to me and I'll post them on this blog :)

Special Thanks To:

Mommy

Ajzha Kahn

April "TheStylist" Scott of Dope Music,LLC

Zeek 'The Experience'

Jon Pierre of Pier Entertainment

Sonny The Host

Bryson Gauthney

Ebe

Join Me At The Summer Princess Experience Hosted by TsiTsi P Productions

It’s that time again! ChaCha N’Kole is teaming up with TsiTsi P. Productions for another exciting Princess Day event!!!

Dress your little sweetheart in her finest gown and witness her being crowned a Princess!

There will be food, fashion, games and lots of fun. Can’t wait to see you there =)

Below are pictures from our last event!

Summer Princess Experience

Sunday June 23, 2013

3:00-6:00pm

1627 N. 2^nd Street, Suite 110, Philadelphia, PA 19122

$20 per Princess

Contact Us: 484-442-0083

Purchase Tickets: summerprincess.eventbrite.com

SUPERNATURAL ME SCREENING PARTY...THIS FRIDAY!!!

I’m both extremely excited and a little sad about this Friday. On one hand my super awesome friends Kasheera LaTash and King Ah are debuting their new music video “Supernatural Me” which is going to be a summer HIT! But on the other hand it’s their going away party (they’re moving to LA)… Well wait… Now I’ll have a place to visit… O yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaa!!!! Ok, so we can forget the sad part. I’m just extremely excited now LOL.

I want everyone to come out this Friday for the premiere of “Supernatural Me” at the Brandywine Workshop 730 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 from 6pm to 9pm. Admission is $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Also guess who’ll be vending the latest from Ace Blakley???? ME =)

I want to see you there! Come Out… Say Hey!!!

xoxo

ChaCha 

More Info Below:

Contact:

Kasheera Hickson

(484) 477-2526

wildsunshinebliss@gmail.com

SuperNatural Me Screening Party

June 12, 2013 - Philadelphia, PA - SuperNatural Me Screening Party will take place June 21, 2013 at the Brandywine Workshop from 6:00pm-09:30pm.SuperNatural Me, is a song written by singer Kasheera laTash and spoken word artist Mark ‘King Ah’ Savage. The song expresses a powerful message of self-love, individuality and ultimately embracing the hair we are born with. The event will premiere a screening of the Super Natural Me music video, which spot lights and features naturals of all different textures and walks of life. Attendees will be able to network, shop from vendors, enjoy hors d'oeuvres & Cocktails, mix and mingle with like-minded individuals plus the first 50 guests will receive exclusive glam bags!

10% of all proceeds will be donated to the Bright Lights Initiative founded in 1994 by Anne Guise & Kwame Ture; with the purpose of providing inner city youth with a unique, motivating, hands-on learning opportunity in and outside of the classroom. They also highlight the importance of education, true history and having a voice in their social communities. The bright lights initiative is not exclusive to one group of children; anyone can be a bright light, but the title can only be achieved through dedication and perseverance.

“Always, always be a Bright Light.” –Anne Guise

Wild Sunshine Bliss is an informational hair care blog dedicated to celebrating the beauty of natural hair, as well as promoting positive self-esteem in women of all ages. Launched in 2010 by entrepreneur and performance artist, Kasheera LaTash; who began a journey of self-discovery and acceptance in 2009 after making the decision to embrace and care for her natural hair. “On this journey I have learned that the best way to inspire others is to lead by example, by documenting my journey I am showing other women that kinky-coily hair can be manageable as well as stylish.”  With over 10,000 page views per month, Wild Sunshine Bliss is on a mission to educate and inspire newly and experienced naturals across the globe.

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Always, always be a BRIGHT LIGHT -Anne Guise

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination -Albert Einstein

Kasheera LaTash

Mark Savage Jr.

528 Crescendo

www.wildsunshinebliss.com

www.kingartistry.com

Pier Entertainment Spring Music Festival

Ok where do I start?

Here we go... Singer/Songwriter Tanikka Charrae (www.tanikkacharrae.com) called me early last week and asked me to make her an outfit for a performance. This is how the conversation went..

Tanikka Charrae: Hey Cha... I like this dress. Can you make me something similar in pants for a performance?

(Draya from Basket Ball Wives.. Picture from www.talkingwithtami.com)

Me: Sure, when is the performance?
Tanikka Charrae: Saturday for Pier Entertainment Spring Music Fest (www.pierentertainment.com) ...
Me: Realllllly??? Saturday??? I don't think I can do it...I have so much going on.
Tanikka Charrae: I'm not going to put that pressure on you. I just don't know what I'm going to do about something to wear :(
Me: Sigh...I'll do it (Sucker Face) lol

Finding the white spandex was a piece of cake, but finding dark brown mesh was nearly impossible so I decided to dye the mesh myself with coffee (Yes, coffee)...

(Before and After dying )

The color of the mesh was still off so I tried buying another brown mesh with shimmer

Tanikka wasn't with the ice skater look so this mesh was out lol... Finally I found something in her shade on Friday night at Phoung's on 4th Street (fabric row)

I was so busy working on Jonaee's prom dress that I didn't start Tanikka's outfit until 6am Saturday morning and she needed to pick it up by 11am smh.

After pattern making...cutting...sewing I finally got it together.... TA DA!!!!!!!! Needless to say Tanikka Charrae ROCKED IT at the Blockley for the Spring Music Festival =)

(Tanikka Charrae and I)

Professional Photographs courtesy of News Flash Photography www.newsflashphotography.com

Would you rock the dress or the pants??? Comment below ;)

Ace Blakley by ChaCha N'Kole At The Smooches Model Show

On Sunday I had the pleasure of being a part of the Fifty Shades of Smooches Fashion Show at the Pegasus Room in Philadelphia presented by Ace Reel Studio (http://www.acereelstudio.com/). I had a blast and brought my new assistant Carolyn (print and runway model) along with me.She had fun too...maybe alittle too much fun. This is what she was doing when she was suppose to be vending...I don't think she knows I have video hehehe...watch below =)

(Carolyn pretending to fold shirts lol)

(Me along with the wonderful Smooches Models)... "Hi Aunt Marchell" =)

For more information on being a Smooches Model and participating in their workshops visit: http://www.smoochesmodels.com/ 

Special Thanks to President of Smooches Models and Owner of Ace Reel Studio Chante Bradley!

My Nae Nae Went On Prom ^_^

I have so much to talk about from this past weekend, but I figured I would post about Friday and work my way to Sunday… Ok so, my God sister Jonaee went on her junior prom Friday and I had the pleasure of making her dress =) For some reason the dress was so simple, but it gave me so many problems. 1^st of all I made 4 muslins…who does that? It just wasn't giving me the fit I wanted. What can I say, I’m a perfectionist =)

For the 1^st time I tried to use fishing line in the hem to make it look like this…

I wrapped the fishing line neatly around a cardboard tube..

Placed it in the microwave for 10 seconds...then 20 seconds...then 30 seconds

Let it cool and unraveled it... 

A few seconds later it was as straight as when I 1st took it out of the pack #Fail

But after figuring out I used the wrong type of fishing line and also trying wire I got frustrated and didn't use anything in the hem at all and it actually came out perfect.

Final Product Below

GORGEOUS!!! YAY Nae Nae lol... Now we have to plan for senior prom 

Career Day at Young Scholars Frederick Douglass Charter School

I came into the office today and was surprised by a package filled with thank you letters and cards from the children at Young Scholars Frederick Douglas Charter School for speaking at their career day. I read through each and every one of them as my eyes continued to fill with water... no I wasn't crying, there was something in my eye o_O lol... I was so moved by the stories of their dreams and hopes for the future. 

I encourage everyone to share the knowledge you were blessed to obtain with our youth. 

Below are some quotes from the letters/cards I received:

"I hope you can come back to our school so you can be an after-school program teacher and teach us how to design." -Jada

"...I feel like your ideas and creativity have greatly influenced my own creativity." -Saqqara

"I appreciate the glasses (given out to students who asked questions) and I hope I can get the tickets for your next fashion show." -Anisa

"I'm going to look for you on Facebook and text you the designs I drew in my book. You're going to like them." -Erian

"Thank you for helping me and talking to me. I want to do fashion design now. I can succeed in life and be who I want to be when I grow up...I want to be a fashion designer and be my own boss like you." -Danielle

There were plenty more and they all were awesome!!! Thanks so much for having me :)

Special Thank You to Sophia Harrison for organizing this Career Day :)
For More Info on Young Scholars Frederick Douglas Click Here!