A Black History Moment Brought to You by Living Single

February 20, 2024

A few days ago, while on Facebook I came across a post that was very interesting, and made a whole lot of sense. A woman named Kiesha Preston, who is an actress, blogger, public speaker and lived experience consultant from Virginia (she wears many hats…like me!!), shared that the clothing used to style Fran Drescher’s character, Fran Fine, for the TV show, “The Nanny” were actually borrowed from the closet of Kim Fields’ character, Regine Hunter, on “Living Single.”

Now, I’m a huge fan of both Living Single and The Nanny, and as a lover of both TV shows, as well as their fashion pieces, even I was blown away by this information. I have always looked at Living Single as the blueprint of everything on TV, and although I watched “Friends,” my favorite will always be Living Single.

I hope you enjoyed this Black History moment as much as I did!!

Until Next Time!!

I Did a Thing

May 15, 2020

I have been exhausted, but so excited these past few weeks. I’ve been super busy with project and classes, but so happy. I have to share some news with you all. I did a thing!!! So, over a month ago, I was contacted by Voyage Dallas magazine to do an interview with them. Everything was done virtually, and on April 29, my story was live!! I shared it on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and because of this, my website had spiked to 86 viewers (yay)!!!!

I’m still excited about this. I’ve been interviewed before, but my story never went live like this. I also have to say there have been times where I’ve felt so down because I’m working and thinking no one is looking at my work. There have been times where I thought of giving up because I didn’t think I was doing enough. This story shows me that you never know who is watching you.

Since sharing this story on my pages, it has been shared several times. My family has been so supportive of me, and I’m thankful. My friends have shared it on their Facebook pages and expressed how dope I am (tears). My students made me so proud when they expressed how much I was an inspiration to them. To all of those people who have always supported me and watched me grow, thank you!!! Words cannot express how much your support means to me.

Here is the article: http://voyagedallas.com/interview/meet-ashley-love-ashley-d-love-euless/

Thank you for all of your support, and I will continue to be an inspiration to you!!

Happy New (Eve and Day)

December 31, 2017

Hello Everyone!

Happy New Year in advance. Each new year, we are always talking about what resolution we're going to do. Whether we stick to it or not, we are always doing something to change, for better or sometimes worse. I don't know about anyone else, but lately I have been doing a lot of reflecting, and for the first time ever I see that I have really been focusing on other things besides myself. I used to have so many dreams for myself, and now I haven't even thought of working on those things again. Well, things are about to change.

Here is my first collection, which is from 2011

I'm still very proud of this collection. I worked tirelessly sewing, dying, draping, and creating different textures with fabrics to create this different and unique activewear collection. Creating this collection was the happiest moment in my life. I showed this collection when I had my first fashion show in Atlanta, during Fashion Week 2012 in NYC, in various other fashion shows throughout the Southeast, and in fashion shows in Dallas. This one collection (10 looks to be exact) has taken me to a lot of places. So, what happened? Why wasn't I creating more collections? Why was I solely showing this one collection? Well, life happened. Things started happening that was out of my control, and now it seems that I have forgotten about myself and my dreams, and instead started focusing on merely existing.

It's nothing for me to do illustrations like the ones shown. It is my passion to create fashion illustrations, and fashion collections like what's shown. I need to get back to this. During this holiday season, I rarely look at or read about Kwanzaa, but I have been reading about it a lot lately. It really focuses on creativity and empowerment in oneself and in the community. This is really speaking to me.

So, what's my "new year resolution?" To get back to the creative person I used to be. To get back to creating something for myself. To get back to promoting myself and getting my name out there. To get back to "finding my niche" in my career. The things I used to do creatively, I'm getting back to that. I'm getting back to doing collections, fashion illustrations, gaining clientele, and being the creative me. I will still continue to talk to you all and show what new things I have done. I will also continue to promote myself on here.

Stay tuned!

Practicing with Tracing

October 3, 2017

Hello,

I'm taking a small break to play with Tracing, an app with Microsoft. One of my students have this app on his Surface Pro, and I wanted to see if I could get it on my laptop. I was happy to see that it had downloaded. The great thing about Tracing is that you can upload your own drawings, and draw over them. The bad thing is that when you save the file, it does not save as a JPEG or PDF, and when you save it, it does not save your drawing with the file.

I used it to sketch a jumpsuit. This is how it turned out.

I still have to play with it, but I think it came out nicely! Until next time!