Dazey LA Graphics

Dazey LA Graphics

https://www.dazeyla.com

A few months back I came across @Dazey_la on Instagram when searching for some new amazing graphic tee designers and brands.  I had found the page for @Electricwest from my friend who designs Bikinis out of tees and saw the Dazey La site, quickly I discovered she has designed so many of my fave graphic tees by some larger labels and was quickly drawn to her amazing designs, style and personality.  I love how supportive, kind, creative and inspiring she is to all other brands, designers as well as bloggers, stylist and her followers/customers.  She is super awesome and I am so beyond inspired by her amazing designs.  My first order was the Don't Hate Collaborate tee and Make your Own luck.  I had been wanting to order through out the summer but saw her tees ran one size fits all, well we all know that isn't always the case so I was worried that her tees wouldn't fit me good, but then noticed her new designs were available in two sizes so gave it a try.  They not only fit so nice, but these tees are all hand distressed and so soft.  Every tee feels and looks like a vintage tee, one of those fave tees you have had most of your life and can't part with.  All her designs are unique, cool and fresh with lots of styles, colors and let me tell you these tees can be styled so many ways.

If you have followed me for some time you know I am a huge graphic top lover and collector, I will wear a graphic tee with jeans or shorts, but then you will see me wearing them with skirts and heels all the time also.  My staple item to my wardrobe is the graphic tee shirt and to have such an amazing brand like Dazey LA that is empowering women not just in the design or fashion industry but ladies all over makes me even prouder to support this amazing lady and her label.

I can't get enough of her summer tees with the choices of colors.  I have so many graphic tees and as you all know most graphic tees are usually white, black or grey.  It is so refreshing to be able to select from colors and to have amazing bold, colorful prints also.  Love love this line and cannot say enough about the quality, design and customer service.  Everything has been amazing, I pre ordered the Don't Hate and Make your own Luck tees in the beginning of October and they shipped sooner then I had thought, then arrived quickly and I was so happy with the quality of the print, shirt and over all design.

Once I saw these fit me I instantly was contacting Dazey to see if the one size tees were much smaller then the M/L in the newer designs.  She was very quick to answer me back and actually told me that the older one size tees ran a little larger then or about the same as the M/L tees.  I was so excited and wished I had only ordered the multiple tees I had been wanting most of the summer.  It's better that I was able to order them still, some of the designs are selling out and may not be restocked.  I actually planned to order the 3 colored tees I had been eyeing because the Best Vibes tee was sold out but she found some extras, so I jumped on all the ones that said low inventory and then ordering the last colored one I don't have in Blue today.

As you can see these look amazing with jeans but look how gorgeous my Unbreakable Dazey LA tee looks with the new Lovebird Collection just released last week on Thursday by Spell and the Gypsy Collective.  Is it not a perfect match made in styling heaven with loads of color and just an overall happy feel.  I love color and Dazey LA does not lack that punch of color and over all killer designs I am always drawn to with graphic tees and tops.  It's funny when I look back on my blog to 3-4 years ago and some of my favorite online tee shirt shops to now.  I am so happy to have found another amazing tee line with an amazing, creative, straight up chill designer with a great heart who is supporting and inspiring women all over.

Be sure to check her out on IG and Twitter @Dazey_La and head over to her site for graphic tops, bottoms, hats, pins, patches and more.  She is someone I think you will be seeing a lot of amazing work from here on out, and I bet just like me you may already own some of her amazing designs on a tee from another label she has worked with or designed for.  I know when I found her page and saw some of the designs she has done in the passed I was amazed to see a few I owned already.

https://www.dazeyla.com

Here's to a fabulous week, and as always 

Peace, Love and Light to all.

Happy shopping my friends and be sure to check out the newest drop from Spell, Lovebird and if you are looking for some really amazing swimwear check out the Isla Bay line also released last week,  I know I am excited for the second half of the Lovebird collection.  I got myself this skirt since I am in Christmas and birthday mode for my kids trying to not spend on me, but had to get one piece before they all sold out and it's funny my hubby went online to order me the tank, and luckily he got me a different skirt, he said he almost got the blue but since blue is my favorite color he knew I had a few Spell skirts in blue so he went with the red.  After a fun girls weekend with my kids in Orlando it was fun to come home to my packages and enjoyed styling the above look using my new Spell skirt and Dazey LA tees I got prior to leaving.   Hope you had a great Sunday Funday off to relax.  XoXo

Social Media Outfit Roundup for end of October

Some of my favorite posts from social media to share here with everyone on my blog.  Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween,

Spell and the Gypsy Collective Panther graphic tee, Free People white maxi skirt I got off eBay.

Necklace is from Precious Heart Shop, you can follow them on IG @preciousheartshop, and my gorgeous handmade cuff is by one of my all time fave Etsy jewelry designers, Fawning In Love.  Her pieces are always unique and so well made, not to mention the best customer service and cutest packaging ever.  If you are looking for some gorgeous jewelry and accessories, or the perfect gift for someone for the upcoming holidays Fawning in Love is the perfect Etsy shop with a large selection of beautiful handmade high quality pieces that will come wrapped in amazing packaging ready to give as a gift with no wrapping needed.

Wanderer Bracelets hold a special place in my heart,  love being a brand rep for this brand because of the amazing work they do supporting and empowering Bali artisans as well as just being involved with so many amazing people from the employees at Wanderer Bracelets to the amazing group of reps.  Each bracelet tells a story and has special meaning to me, from my custom coordinates for where I met my husband over 23 years ago, to my love for the beach with my sand dollar, star fish, mermaid tale, big wave, shaka, and shell, then of course I adore the Feather and VW bus bracelet representing my love for road trips and the wanderlust at hear I feel daily.  You can use my code MELISSA20 for 20% off your purchase at www.wandererbracelets.com.

My blanket scarf is from Ily Mix and love all the ways you can style these plus they are so soft.  My burgundy sweater is from Ivy Revel and paired it here with my Silver Jeans Co Girlfriend jeans.  Love all the new Silver Jeans Co styles with their new WeFit technology with the stretchy waist band and slight stretch denim to hug all the right curves.  These jeans make you look amazing no mom jeans here my friends.  

My latest Rocksbox with these two gorgeous Kendra Scott necklaces and rope style cuff bracelet.  You can get your free month trial using the code MELISSASBFF10 now.  Visit www.rocksbox.com and take the style survey then add some jewelry to your wishlist, at checkout make sure you use the code MELISSASBFF10 to get your free month trial and remember you get unlimited rentals for the month so try out the jewelry, wear it, keep what you love and send back the rest when you are ready for your next box in the postage paid envelope.  I have gotten 3 boxes a month lately and have kept several pieces.  The box is $19 a month a you get a $10 shine credit each month to put towards any pieces you want to purchase, remember too that you get all the jewelry at a discounted price as well.

Spell and the Gypsy Folklore blouse with the maple gypsy dancer skirt.  My Feather cuff bracelet is by The Rabbit and the Raven you can follow her on Instagram @Therabbitandtheraven, my Indian headpiece necklace is by @Fawninginlove on IG and Etsy.

Feelin' Fine graphic tee by @ElectricWest on IG paired with my faux suede fringe skirt I got for under $8 on sale at Maurices.com, faux suede wrap choker with feather charms from Tilly's, brown leather cuff with my girls names from Disney World, and then my Bison hand made ring by Fawning In Love.  My hair color was recently touched up and my stylist used Goldwell Hair Color versus Pravana, loving the tone of the purple dye and my hair feels so healthy.  Think I really like this dye versus what I have been loyally using for years, it has a pretreatment and lock in treatment they use after rinsing, with a leave in conditioning treatment that really has made my hair so shiny and healthy feeling.  I have noticed a huge difference and can say my hair is finally getting back to its old healthy state now to just get my length back.  For the record also, my hair is all mine no clip in or extensions over the summer I briefly used a braid made out of old extensions but was trying to dye my hair less, and not use styling tools like flat iron or blow drier.

All these gorgeous tees are by www.electricwesst.com.  Love the styles and graphics of them all, the tees all fit amazing and are super comfy.

Wanted to share one more angle of this outfit to see the fringe detail on this amazing skirt that was under $8 on sale at www.maurices.com.

Charged Jewelry has these amazing hand made beaded bracelets all charged in Sedona.  I am wearing the Amazonite, blue stone with + and - charms for balance this one charges your peace and then the rose quartz charges your heart.  You can use my link: http://chargedjewelry.refr.cc/8HFX6FP for $5 off your purchase and then you can enter to win here:  http://woobox.com/fouwue/i1807c, daily entries allowed and encouraged to increase your chances of winning.  Good luck to all and happy shopping.

New Sand Cloud wanderlust tie dye towel bag, you can order your own at www.sandcloudtowels.com using my code CR8TIVEWANDERLUST25 for 25% off.

Spell and the Gypsy, Gypsy Dancer singlet tank, with Silver Jeans Co Girlfriend jeans, my statement 2 piece necklace is from Forever21 and then my mule perforated shoes with western style buckle are from www.alrisco.com.

Pam & Gela graphic tank paired with a army green military style hooded vest from Kohl's and some drawstring, jogger style motto pants with scrunched bottom, ripped knees and zipper detail in camouflage from eBay.

Gypsy Dancer tank from Spell and the Gypsy with my Jagger skirt and double buckle belt I got off eBay.   The necklace was also an eBay find a couple of years ago now but you can still find the same ones on there now under $10.

Love my custom made denim jacket by @my_hippy_heart on Instagram, she also has custom tees available on her etsy shop.  

So happy I found this skirt had been searching for a S or M for months love the colors.

Last up scored the Kylie Cosmetics KyShadow Burgundy eye shadow palette for my daughter and I on release day, have gotten down scoring the release items.  Got the new fall lip kits and some restocked singles last week also.  We have been supporting and rocking Kylie Cosmetics since her first launch.  

Hope everyone has had an amazing couple of weeks and have some really exciting announcements coming up for some new brands I am working with then some fun giveaways coming just in time for the holidays so keep an eye out here and on my social media.  Peace love and light always xoxo.

College football season kick off...

Yesterday we kicked off our college football season here and went to the UM game. We have season tickets this year and love all the updates the stadium have done. We have amazing seats on the aisle with perfect view of the field and large screen tv. We arrived as the gates opened to tailgate and had a great set up. We have a few people so we had 3 spaces and canopies. Was a long day but had an amazing time with friends, food, beer and football. 

My graphic tee came from Dazzling T's and gifts, on etsy. Jeans are my girlfriend medium wash cropped jeans by Silver Jeans Co. 

Necklace and beaded bracelets by Whiskey + Bone, love the African turquoise and black agate beaded bracelets which I mixed with some of my favorite Alex and Ani charm bracelets. Then I can't get enough of my Smokey Quartz crystal and bullet necklace. Whiskey + Bone has so many amazing creations, all handmade and unique. 

I shared this one prior to the with my weekend we football post but wanted to throw it in again just in case you missed the prior post. The jeans are the same Silver jeans girlfriend medium wash I have on in above shot. Love the fit, wash and style. So comfy and fit perfect. Tee is M.E & YOU on Etsy also. 

Hope everyone is having an amazing Labor Day weekend and enjoying the start of football season. My team, Florida State University play tomorrow night against Ole Miss. Can't wait and excited for a fun season of football with friend and family. Tonight we are off to the fantasy football draft at our friends house and I need some good sleep, I have been going non stop for two weeks with my birthday, my little ones birthday, their games and cheer and then football yesterday. Monday will be a day to relax maybe hit the beach. Sending love and thanks to everyone for your support always, peace love and light to all, xoxo 

Where to shop:

Dazzling T's & Gifts on Etsy

Friday the 13th looks of the week

Happy Friday the 13th, in honor of the kick off to the weekend I have a few outfit inspirations and of course a recap of some of my fave styles or looks from the week.

Hello weekend graphic tee from Sweet

T's Designs, jeans are boyfriend cropped jeans by Silver Jeans, white Converse, Opalite necklace by FawninginLove, bracelets are Alex and Ani and my tie dye Wanderlust towel by Sand Cloud. Use my code Wanderlust25 for 25% off and free shipping. 10% of proceeds are donated to saving marine life. 

www.SandCloudTowels.com Wanderlust25

Alex and Ani gold bangles and wraps. Jeans are from Silver Jeans, boyfriend style. 

www.Maurices.com

My outfit flat lay is a chambray top and linen striped shorts from Maurices.com. Puravida, Lacey Ryan and Alex and Ani bracelets. White tusk necklace is also a Lacey Ryan piece, part of her collection with Maurices. Feather necklace is by Pandora, also have matching ring, charm for bracelet and earrings. 

PuraVida Bracelets matched with some Alex and Ani and Lacey Ryan bracelets. You can use my code MelissaSep20 for 20% off PuraVida Bracelets. Help provide jobs for local Costa Rican artisans.

www.PuraVidaBracelets.com MelissaSep20

www.PamandGela.com

Pam & Gela new graphic Frankie peace tank with their a line faux leather skirt. Necklace and some bangles by Rock n Republic, paired with some Alex and Ani bangles. 

Love the new Pam & Gela graphic tanks every season I think they can't beat the previous seasons styles but these are my faves. Love how they not only pay attention to cool graphic designs but love the addition of edgy details like beads and rhinestones. They never disappoint. 

www.RocksBox.com MelissaBFF10 Free month risk free Trial

My May Rocksbox pieces by House of Harlow 1960, Slate and Kendra Scott. You can use the code MelissasBFF10 for a free trial month. No obligation month of jewelry you can wear and return or if you love a piece you can keep them and buy. What a fun box. Love accessories they are the icing on the cake for every outfit that last detail to complete every look. 

Another of my new Pam & Gela summer graphic tanks. This one has a summer vibe with the refreshing ice cream cone graphic and blinged out details in the jewelry. Paired with Miss Me pink linen shorts, eBay scored kimono, necklace is my Slate piece from Rocksbox, and Alex and Ani bracelets. 

This top I have wanted since the beginning of the year when Pam & Gela released their spring collection. I was happy to be able to get it finally and on sale, always love their sales. My necklace is a two layer gold tone, triangle and Hamsa hand piece from BooHoo.com. 

www.BooHoo.com

An outfit from my daughter's multi cultural event this week for the school. Paired this wrap style top from Maurices.com with a cream tank from Target, mom frayed bottom jeans and gold tone necklace from BooHoo.com, Floral, fringe bottom kimono from Buckle.com and of course more Alex and Ani pieces. 

Some of my spring faves from Alex and Ani, their feather painted charm, my birthstone for August, and the UNICEF butterfly charm. Paired them with some colorful PuraVida Bracelets, don't forget you can use my exclusive promo code MelissaSep20 for 20% off with PuraVida. 

Black Bardot, off the shoulder cropped top, and gold tone necklace by BooHoo.com worn with this denim patchwork pencil skirt from Citizens of Humanity. 

Turkish coin necklace and matching bracelet I got for $10-12 for the set off eBay awhile back, worn with this sexy and comfy Pam & Gela tank dress with ruched skirt bottom. Love this dress, yes you read my description of it correctly it's not an error, this dress is both comfortable and sexy. It is made of the softest cotton, and the ruched bottom and curve hugging design really accentuate the body nice. One of my favorite things about the brand, all Pam & Gela styles are stylish, trendy, chic and comfortable. 

Woke up to rare cool morning here in Florida for this time of year, grabbed out this bomber jacket I got off Poshmark for $12 love it. Ring is a bohemian silver engraved wrap ring from Bohemian Vibe Boutique. 

Last outfit I will share don't want to bore you with scrolling, you can always follow me on Instagram @cr8tivewanderlust for all my daily fashion and style posts. This romper is from Target, paired with a lace kimono from PacSun and Lacey Ryan necklace. 

Hope you enjoyed my scroll down outfit lane of some of my faves from the past week. Be sure to check out some of my favorite shops in my side bar on the right side of my blog, I update my promo codes and any exclusive links I have weekly. Have a wonderful weekend, and next week some more Memorial Day and summer fashion styles to highlight. Xoxo 

Where to shop:

My Alex and Ani Collection:

Some of my bracelets are a few years old and have been retired or no longer made, I have then linked similar styles or looks.  I have a large collection so I'm sure I have left some out but wanted to just have some of the styles for anyone interested.  If there is one you see and want please feel free to message me anytime to ask...

Punk Masters by Patty Palazzo

Punk Masters

by: Patty Palazzo

*logo from www.punkmasters.com

Have you ever wondered who designed that awesome graphic tee you have, or that you saw one of your favorite musicians or celebs wearing? I love to do features on my blog taking the time to showcase some of my favorite new shops and designers I discover. I get lucky and come in contact with some amazing designers. Etsy and Instagram are amazing places to find some creative people. Being the graphic tee addict that I am, I'm always looking for amazing new tee shirt designers that have a style of graphics that really is relatable to my lifestyle. Sure there are lots of amazing tee shirts available in stores, sometimes you don't even realize that some of these smaller owned shops and designers have even created some of the graphics you may own on tee shirts or clothing from  higher end designers or more well known labels or shops.  Most likely you have seen this amazing designers graphics on tee shirts from Juicy Couture, Dirty English and worn on stage by members of Duran Duran. Let me introduce you to Patty Palazzo of Punk Masters. 

Photo from www.Punkmasters.com

Patty is also a tee shirt junkie (this told me right away she was going to have some cool designs because I know being the tee lover I am I dream of creating my own tees all the time). Patty was born and raised in Akron Ohio. Life was always about fashion, music and art for her, shortly after graduating from Kent State University with her degree in graphic design Patty relocated to Los Angeles, CA.  This led to her eventually working full time for John Taylor of Duran Duran, she did many things from working as a personal assistant, web designer, merchandiser, photographer, music editor, sounding board and more. She helped John create, maintain and edit his own personal website named (TTP)  Trust the Process. While working with him she had the opportunity to use more then her graphic design skills to help him create packaging for his CD's, tee shirts, stickers, along with many other cool things and a lot of other merchandise. 

Through her time working with John she was brought on to design the logo for Juicy Couture and worked closely with Pam & Gela on graphics for their women's clothing line. She did this for a span of eight years. Juicy then launched a men's clothing line, Dirty English, Patty Palazzo and John Taylor were a huge part of the direction of the line. During this time she said she really learned so much and got to experience some amazing and fun times making logos, designing graphics and clothes, it is like a dream come true for any fashion, music lover that has a passion for graphic design and tee shirts. She remained working with Duran Duran over the years designing merchandise and even their stage clothes. I was excited to learn some of my favorite Pam & Gela tees Patty had also designed. She is for sure an amazing graphic designer and creative mind. 

In the summer of 2009 Patty decided she would start her own tee shirt line, Punk Masters. She launched her line as a personal creative outlet and to further explore her love of screen printing.  While working on the men's Juicy line she loved the imagery of the great royalty and classic masters of centuries passed. She enjoyed mixing those images with a twist of punk, rock and bringing in the modern world. Her line really does have the perfect twist even if you aren't a fan of punk or rock, the images are all eye catching and then the punk and rock twist gives it that originality and edge. I own several of her tee shirts and love the designs on them along with the style of tee shirt the designs are printed on. I love how the tee shirt has the raw hem with a worn, soft, broken in feel like one of your older favorite tees. Being a lover of music, from classic rock, to rock that spans the decades and of course a bit of punk and metal her line is really appealing to me. The night I came across her page back in late Jan early Feb of this year I was drawn to many of her designs and laughed when I looked in my cart to see I had already in a matter of a few minutes managed to add at least five or six tees to my cart. I love almost every design and was even sad that some that were on sale were older designs or samples she wouldn't have more of. I look forward to new designs and being able to add more of her styles to my collection. 

I also not only love how Patty uses some amazing images and designs but also how she combines them with some of her favorite sayings or quotes that are inspiring but also sometimes something that someone may see and it will have a personal meaning to them because it was from a movie, song or maybe even something they heard someone say or read somewhere over time but you see it on a shirt and know you have to have it.  I know I love her mix of design, images and words. Below are some of my favorite designs, including a few shots of the shirts I own. 

All her tee shirts are designed and screen printed by Patty. I love the artistic and creative graphics on every shirt with such detail mixed with the punk and rock vibe. 

Some of the tees pictured are samples and only available in the one size but the rest are all available in both men and women's size tee shirts. They retail for $32 each. If you are a fan of Duran Duran some of these designs you may have seen worn by John or other members of the band. 

My tee shirts I have so far. I have a love of feathers which have a special meaning to me and I'm also a big fan of skulls. I have a deep passion for music spanning from classic rock, all spans of rock and metal, punk rock, and retro 80's music also. Thieves like Us is a song I love by New Order, add the feather with skull graphic and I feel like this tee was made for me personally.

Make sure to visit Patty's website at: www.punkmasters.com. From there you will find the link to her Etsy store where you can purchase your own favorite tees or designs. You can follow her on IG @punkmasters then you can see some more of her designs along with photos of some of her past work and be able to see the newest styles as they are created. 

Where to shop: 

PunkMasters.com