I deeply love antiques… I love things vintage… including hand-made relics and also other materials, some for clothing and furniture, that bring us to remember the beauty of times past… and remind us of the potential of the present… I’ve been spending a lot of my time creating… Creativity is what many, if not…
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The Life In… Omniversal Life International (OLI)…
A passage into life… Omniversal Life International (OLI)… I founded OLI, a heart centered, cultural, innovative and inspirational academy and program several years ago, as an offshoot of my organization Wisdom In New Dimensions (WIND) and a collaborator with Partners In Goodwill (P.I.G.)… Wisdom In New Dimensions (WIND) is my parent organization focused on elevating…
A Wedding… Who… When… Where… What… Wow…
It’s winter here in New England, yet we are on the cusp of spring… The weather is absolutely amazing… It’s a perfect time to have a wedding… depending on what kind of weather you’d prefer for a wedding whether indoors or out… or it’s simply a perfect time to be inside of your own muse……
What Happened To My Memo… Polyester Isn’t A Sustainable Fiber…
Hey… Who forgot to send me a memo on sustainable fibers… before I started my eco-friendly, ethically made, sustainable clothing line… More than a year into starting my own signature collection clothing line, with several creations completed, I’m hearing and reading polyester and acrylic, two synthetic fibers, are not generally listed under the categories spoken…
The Aesthetic Appeal of Fabric Creations… Art As Fashion… Art As Ourselves…
It is November 2019… The New Year is upon us… and a brand new journey has begun for me… I have been waiting for several weeks to share more about this journey… It’s really really exciting… At least for me it is… Are you ready for more info… (smile)… Since the end of September, shortly…
It’s Amazing What Will Happen… When Your Heart Is In To It… Dance That Is…
Dance… It’s almost 7 years now since I endeavored to lead the Annual International Celebration of Dance (AICOD)… It was in 2013, not long after I moved back to Connecticut, my home state, I was brought to learn about this particular initiative… When I learned I was the one considered to move dance forward as…
Infinity… Infinity… Infinity… Collars… Scarves… Shawls… and More…
In the beginning… there was… just the first yarn loop… then the creations… themselves… in beautiful styles… and in bright… vibrant colors… When I walked into my hand knitting class at Joann’s with my mom… we were prepared to learn from our instructor how to hand knit a traditional neck scarf with loop yarn… Each…
The reFashion of… Fashion… The Art of Versatility…
I have no idea what inspired my interest in harem pants… or when I actually started to like them… Today, I adore them… Maybe because of their versatility… Maybe because I was somehow persuaded (smile)… I’ve seen many harem pant designs throughout the years… I favor more those designed with the front and back crotch…
The Difference Between Prejudice and Preference…
LIFE IS GOOD… GOOD IS LIFE… My conversations centered around choice… Do I have a choice… Should I have a choice… What is my personal choice… Am I letting myself choose… Is someone else choosing for me… Here’s my input… Since childhood… I was taught the importance of exercising my own mind and heart… of…
Making It A Great New Year and Life… Affirmatively…
Everything has changed and yet, I am more me than I have ever been… ~ lain Thomas A little over a few years ago… I had a conversation with my dad about the beauty and magic of never growing up… always being like a child in heart and in life… Of course, when maturity’s wisdom…
DANA RONDEL… Signature Collection… Fashion Is Art…
Childhood Remembrances… I was still quite young when I started playing with fashion… I’ll say here… I began enjoying my play with clothing and accessories while in modeling school… maybe, my enjoyment began before this… it could’ve been when I started dressing-up in adult clothing at an even younger age… I was around eight or…
Animal Prints… The World of Animals… In My World…
Nothing But The Love In Me… WORLDFUL ART… Do I love animal prints… I do… The ones I see on the trails of nature or elsewhere as I am outdoors… the ones made by artists I see in creative works… the ones beautifully woven, painted or printed into fabric… Truthfully, I am mostly referring to…
