HAPPY 2013!

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If God is for you, then who can stop you?

We are standing on God’s promises this year and I urge you to do the same.  Niyi drew this pic of us for our 2012 Christmas cards (yes, I make Christmas cards every year).

Please no using of this pic o, I should have totally watermarked it.

And a pic of our Christmas card made by my company of course!

Wishing you joy, peace, good health, happiness, inspiration and love!

We spent our holiday in Nigeria and I have pics for days!!!! Follow moi on instagram (parchmentbydami) for more of that. I might get around to a post soon.

Finally, I don’t really do resolutions per se, but my hubby and I do sit and write out a couple of goals for the year. They have to be measurable and we check in on our progress several times a year. During check-ins  we decide if we are on track or if we need to modify our initial goal. This year, we went to brunch and wrote down our goals, it was tres fun. Anything with food is tres fun for me thou. I also write down personal goals for mi self and mi business.

Wishing you all the best this year, with LOTS of LOVE!

Dami

DaNi in Jamaica

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How could I NOT post something on 12.12.12?

Sooo It has been a minute since I did a real post. My hubster and I went away for Thanksgiving this year cause we are now incorporating our “family” balance lifestyle. I know this sounds crazy but I want us to be very intentional about sharing ourselves equally between both families. Last year we did Thanksgiving with Niyi’s fam, this year we went away, and next year we will be with my fam. To sum it up, we just did not feel like going to Houston AGAIN, and since we have so much family time coming, we decided to visit Jamaica mon! Best decision ever! Best trip ever. All we wanted to do was relax and stay at the resort since we already did the “adventurous” thing in Belize over the summer.  The food was the best! The resort was amazing, and the staff was just on point.com! Enjoy the pics

I need this jerk center lady at my house. Divine!

There was a country by Chinua Achebe…good read!

The FOOD!

MY NEW DriNK OF CHOICE! SHANDY!!!!!

And look who I ran into on my way home!

Happy Holidays!

Dami

Tuesday SHOESday: Ferragamo, Ted Baker, & Sam Edelman

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It has been a minute. Since I don’t have enough pictures to do a full post, here are some quick pics of my latest finds. I am so proud to say that I got every single item on sale, well kind of. Ferragamo’s red patent leather flats, Ted Baker’s Keanah and Sam Edelman’s Scarlet Studded Stiletto.

I always wanted Ferragamo flats cause I think they are so chic and timeless. I think they were originally about 500 bucks, but I got them for 40% off. Unfortunately I can’t share my sources. I ain’t trying to bite the hand that feeds me ya dig?!?!

I had it on here a couple of weeks ago while visiting home.

I have been checking out this Sam Edelman shoes for a while now. I sure wasn’t going to spend much on them so I never bought them. Well, a couple of weeks ago during my Sandycation, I was walking in the Upper West Side and stumbled on this “store”..Most of the shoes had Macy’s or Neiman’s tags on them but they were selling them for super cheap. I found them. I bought them. Final Sale. No Questions. Gracias. And I kept it moving

I am not a studs or spikes kind of girl, but this works. I love the thin metal heel though

Finally, I have a strong relationship with blinged out shoes so when I saw these shoes at Century 21 for 69.99 (originally 170ish), I HAD to have them even though I knew nothing about the designer. So cute!

Isn’t the exaggerated bow EVERYTHING?

Well, I hope to get some good wear out of my new friends!

Happy thanksgiving:)

Dami

Update– Still alive and kicking :)!

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Hello Friends!

I have totally missed blogging friends. I assure you all is well. There is so much going on and I continue to stand in awe of God. I have been having these moments that I can’t even put into words. I am feeling overwhelmed by God’s grace. I just sit and think, “why me?” I have my parents, my husband, family, a job, business, good health, etc. I guess all I am trying to say it,…”Thank You Lord.”

Quick Update, some exciting news. There is a BUN in the OVEN! Wait, the bun I am referring to is a seed that has been planted in my heart. I am in the middle of learning about this seed, watering in, nurturing it, and excited to see where it leads. I will be sure to keep all of you posted. For now, please say a prayer for me and ask for God’s will to be done. I know some of you thought I meant a baby, but don’t worry you will know when DaNi’s company decides to show up.

I leave you all with pics from our last month I will try to get back to Tuesday Shoesday. The main issue is I don’t have enough pics of the shoes I want to feature lol.

Cheers

Dami

Channeling Orange

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Shout out to Frank Ocean for my title inspiration. I went to a wedding yesterday and noticed later that I have been on an orange streak. Almost every outfit from the weddings I have attended in the last year have had a little bit of orange in them. Check out the spread.

One thing is for sure, I “guess” I am into orange lol. I also love wearing braids and open toe shoes. I am especially proud of the last look because I basically went shopping in my closet. I always wanted to do a fashion type post so here we go.

DISCLAIMER: I don’t consider myself a fashion expert, fashionista or someone that is even “into” fashion. I don’t know much about designers and all of that fancy stuff. I do have a strong sense of what I like and I am fully aware of my personal style. I know what works for me and that’s about it. I try to only buy things I like even if it is from Walmart.

Now back to the orange…

I even wore a little bit of orange with this wedding outfit (check the footwork)

OK, time for my little feature lol

I have been on this no shopping streak for a minute now. I am sad to report that it was not successful, but happy to report that I was able to recycle every single item that I wore to my last wedding. Now I don’t want to come off like I don’t repeat my clothes cause that would be a lie…I just like to find new pieces for big events then I repeat them after that. And since I don’t have that many “big events” I don’t consider this a huge deal. OK back to the post…

A collage of pics my sister took at home in Houston in the fit

So for the top, I wore my party dress from our wedding. I simply wore it as a top and put my skirt over it. Since the dress is stretchy I just bunched it up underneath the skirt. To be honest, the dress and my new thunder thighs are not on the same page so what a great way to still wear the dress without looking like I work at the pyramid (Whad up Frank Ocean?!?!). I do this with several of my dresses and it is such a cool way to switch things up.

Ok back to this post for real lol.. The dress is from French Connection (one of my favorite stores), and the skirt from H&M(another fav store of mine). I added a brooch on the waist line simply to put a Dami stamp on it. I love brooches and I think it helped the outfit mesh a lot more.

I wore my anniversary gift from Niyi-Giuseppe Zanotti slingback peep toe heels, borrowed my sisters gold ball studs (I chose studs cause I didn’t want anything to take the focus from my brooch) and a royal blue clutch. I got this clutch on sale for  17 bucks in Dillards (My all time favorite department store- lol, don’t judge…maybe one day IJN it might become any one of the fancy “B” department stores lol)

For my hair I opted out of a bun and just did a lil braid thing that Buks helped me pin down while Jums helped me with my makeup!

This post was totally all over the place, oh welly lol

Dami

Parchment by Dami Giveaway #1

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Thought to share the giveaway I have going with my stationery company until Sunday. Visit my facebook page and see how to get in on it if you are interested

2:55am Post

I don’t have to go to work tomorrow so I am up doing nothing lol. I did clean out my kitchen cabinets lol, and did a couple of things here and there.

Just stopping by to say “Have a great week!!!!!” I feel like this blog is missing a little bit of DaNi action. I will try to beef it up a little. We are supposed to go rowing in Central Park tomorrow so I’ll try to get those pics up. By the way Niyi doesn’t know yet about “our” plans lol.

DaNi celebrating with Niyi’s sister in Htown this past summer!

Tuesday SHOESday ~Back to school flats from Yoox~

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I always have a very hard time finding affordable flats. Now that I work with kindergartners I am trying to get  more flats since I end up sitting on the carpet every now and then :/. Check out what I got from yoox.com’s summer sale. All for under 230 bucks!!!!!…not familiar with the brands but they are mostly made in Italy, which generally means quality.

I have been addicted to yellow since our wedding. It is safe to say that yellow is my favorite color.

You know how I feel about bling!

These have Damilola written all over them!

I am not sure what I think about the slight wedge..but who cares, it was on super sale.  Altogether, I think I saved almost 600 bucks!!! Wooohooo

By the way check out this site! One of them (color is sold out) will be my new baby shortly. Hopefully they make it in this week. Can’t wait to post about them

Cheers

Dami

Tuesday SHOESday- MY FAVORITE SHOES OF ALL TIME- Vince Camuto Embellished Sandals

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I am a sucker for these babies. I saw them for the first time online for a little over a 100 bucks. This was while I was scouting  my bridal shower shoes. I ended up finding them at century 21 in the City, for about 40 bucks. I love them because they are my most embellished shoes and just straight up POW!

They might come off gaudy for some, but they are perfect for me.  I love them so much, I did not even wait to debut them at my shower.

I wore them to the museum first…

Then the actual shower lol

And then everywhere since then . They are VERY comfortable, I can wear them all day long! I have worn them soo much, that I was in the middle of a meeting and the strap fell apart. I gently stapled (yes, with a stapler) the straps together and continued with my day. They will be paying the doctor a visit soon.

I would have to put up way too many pics if I were to upload all the pics I have with them on lol

Dami

DaNi Year 2 ~Photo Book~

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I am so glad to have this done! Phewwwwwwwww. I did some major procrastination with this one. Can’t wait for it to come in so it can take it’s place next to its cousin (year 1) on the shelf. If you like, click the link below to check it out.

DaNi Year 2.

Cheers

Dami