The Laidback Experience my latest endeavor for the brand will be a Variety show of design, inspiration, interviews, and just plain ol whateva the heck I feel like diggin up and chatting about. I am presently working on the new site. You can check out the Premiere Episode which is all about cupcakes over here. Enjoy and please let a sistah know what you think.
Today I had the distinct pleasure of hanging out at the Martha Stewart compound as part of 30 or so women who are a part of the “Dreamers In to Doers” community that Martha started a few years ago. However this group collectively decided to meet and do something for someone else. We all got together and created items, designs, crafts along with collecting donations to give to a city based battered woman’s shelter called Safe Horizons. It was great to meet the other woman that I was working on the project with but even more rewarding to meet the women from the shelter. Young, beautiful, inspiring woman made Laidback a better company today.
While I chose to shut it down today in respect for the Dr. King holiday, I took the day to reflect and realize how far we have come in America and yet how much work is still left to be done. Many thanks to Dr. King and the Civil rights Movement, had he not dared to dream, Laidback would have only been an unrealized dream of what I would do if my skin were another color. Many thanks to Dr. King for letting Laidback become a dream come true.
My heart is truly aching as I look at the faces very much like my own and my family and see the pain and devastation that resulted from the earthquake in Haiti. It’s time for us to put bias, misconceptions, and whatever aside to do what we can to help those in Haiti. Laidback is presently working with various people and organizations to help raise awareness as well as money. Designers and bloggers are working together donating designs. I will be a past of this auction . Laidback will also be working with friend and film maker Darin Kent to create a documentary short to help aid those looking for family and friends and to show the beauty and richness that comes from the country. We are also committed donating 50% of our sales throughout the weekend to Yele.org For more info about any of these and efforts contact me at tina@laidbackhome.com For a list of organizations accepting donations and support check cnn site. (all pictures are from cnn,com)
Love where street signs meet street art. Real men use guns needs to be posted on most every street corner as a reminder. First four signs by Trusto Corp, Last sign by Darius and Downey via Vandalog
(via: design you trust)