Some how writing always gets pushed back to the Siberia of my to do list. Its like that so often with the stuff thats most important, in the big picture. I am changing that! NOW! Tonight. Here. I hereby declare, My name is Jamila, I am a writer, I share my thoughts [...]
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My husband and I learned to how fly last week. We got back late last night from the best vacation ever so I can’t feel too bad about the severe jet lag I’m feeling today… or maybe its just hard to get back to work. I seriously feel like my brain got left on the [...] The dream was always running ahead of me. Thanks Anais Nin, thanks Maxfield Parrish. You said it so I don’t have to tonight… I’ve been working nonstop on the new 11:11 Fall/Winter Imagery collection, which is the [...] This is my office ( + bedroom) 7 years ago in Brooklyn. I got one of my first accounts – Urban Outfitters – during this time and sewed all of the crazy huge order myself from this very spot! The birthplace of 11:11 enterprises! Check out that hair. You can’t see it but here I am standing [...] Doesn’t it seem like weeks pass as months used to and days now pass like hours? I am constantly amazed by how fast my days fly by, and honestly I don’t think it’s because I am having too much fun. Nor do I think it’s just a case of “you’re getting older”. There are still [...] Have you ever wondered how Steve Jobs or Oprah Winfrey lives on a day to day basis? I mean really. Sure they have loads of money and probably 1000 assistants each but they weren’t born like that right? High achieving, wildly rich, self made people have just as many hours in the day as you [...] Above is a picture of the birthplace of 11:11 enterprises – the corner of Bedford Ave and N 7th St in Williamsburg Brooklyn. I was walking by there the other day as I went to catch the L train on my way to the Javits center (pictured below) for the NY International Gift Fair. I [...] Through a series of small miracles we found a great new rep recently that invited us to show our line at the upcoming NYIGF this coming weekend starting 1/30/10 !! In December we started hearing from people that we should really try to get into this show- and it being a just month away we [...] Aren’t they pretty! They are also seriously the best tasting tomatoes I have ever ever had. and we grew these lovely’s in pots in our driveway!!!! for reallaaaaaaa! well actually Patrick did. I am not the green thumb in this aquation. For some reason it has always been a challenge for me to remember to [...] ( I had non blurry photos to choose from but sometimes the blur shows the life more clearly..) Patrick’s sweet as pie parents came to visit this past week and we had such a grand time. They are awesome. They drove from where they live in Las Vegas, came in on tuesday the 30th, on my [...] |
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