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Living Room Makeover:Apartment Decorating

I spent some time getting my living room in order, here are some of the pictures of the decoration I added

The framed print is made by Chanel Kennebrew over at Junkprints, Shes a fantastic graphic and clothing designer.

My friend brad gave me the large painting, it was the first piece of art he bought when he moved to new York, recently he moved to Tribeca and decided he had outgrown it and gave it to me. Its called “Girl With Ginger

OH MY GOD: a brief Journey in my search of the G-O-D, and how George Carlin Changed my life, Part 1 CheekyStick Craft Blog, Cheekystitch God Blog, CheekyStich Religions blog

My relationship with god began at
Academia Los Pinares: a Christian missionary school located in Tegucigalpa Honduras

It was a very conservative missionary school run for the children of
the elite, to them black people were a myth and gays were going to
hell, and trolls too, you know.
What I learned? Jesus is a scary
motherfucker, and most missionaries were dicks, yes dicks. I had huge
hair even then.  I didnt hate gay people, I knew gay people, liked
gay people. Most of what I was taught about modesty, my role/future as
a woman, and how I would obtain salvation or achieve damnation 
seemed fucked up.

My cousins went to El Liceo Militar Del Norte, a military school in
San Pedro Sula, that put a gun in my cousin's,  borderline
personality hands. I could always count on her to wake me up in the
middle of the night with a knife or something, threatening violence
over her mothers affection.

The Dodless ( Leti) threatened me with mortal violence, while the
God fearing ( Los PInares) Spooked me out with stories of deamon's,
which I immediatly filed under  the boogie man, the due that lived
under my bed, homeboy in the closet and the creepy tales from the crypt
gimp.

In my house my grandmother practiced Santeria, an afro Yoruba
tradition of worshipping  catholic saints which represented
African gods. This is a religion that was spreads why enslaved African
along the trans Atlantic slave route

DIY Birdhouses: Apartment therapy and Habana Outpost are kinda into birds, not in the English sense. Cheekystitch blog, Birdhouse blog

At my job at Habana Outpost , I generally do marketing and event planning, office work, gardening, and a little bartending.
I also schedule events for our Kids Corner, we do Eco friendly crafts. We bought these DIY birdhouses for the kids to decorate. It was pretty fun and messy as hell. But the childlings seemed to Like it. The house shows above was the best to decorate.

"There’s something about this we really like. While at first glance we
didn’t think cardboard would be sturdy enough for a house, even one for
birds, we remembered just how light birds are, and think that as long
as this was in a covered spot, it’d be lovely."

Read more

www.Apartment therapy.com

Raven " Compton face with a Brooklyn booty" Burgos

Beautiful Machine: Brooklyn Made Bikes……. Go ahead, swoon

So Brooklyn Based sends out a carefully edited fun blast telling you what you should know about for the week in Brooklyn, Nicole put together these great resources for locally made bikes

Enjoy Raven Burgos

brookmachine.jpgBrooklyn Machine Works
What: Completely crafted by hand and in-house, Brooklyn Machine Works got started making downhill competitive bikes, but has recently unveiled a beautiful track frame called “The Gangsta.

Every bike is fully customizable.
For: Folks who know what a track bike is — single gear, brakeless bikes popularized by messengers — and can ride them, though Brooklyn Machine Works has added brakes onto custom builds.

Where: The Brooklyn Machine Works shop is in Williamsburg, but there is no storefront space. Call 718-387-3307 or email bmw@brooklynmachineworks.com to discuss your needs

For more info contact BrooklynBased.com.

Pretty Young Things: JunkPrints’ Chanel Kennebrew knows what your thinking

Her balls to the wall style is loud and in your face without losing of its meaning. She designs with intent, and not only pushes the street wear status quo, she makes wearing a political statement cool again

\See more at Junkprints.com