Make it count.You and 3 friends will meet Volbeat when you attend the North American show of your choice! To see tour dates, click HERE. Of all the things I have learned in life, it all boils down to this… Believing is seeing. I am happy to inspire others to greatness. Each day I remember, thank and honor the grandmother who passed this gift along to me. I strive to make this world a better place by blessing the lives of those who wear the clothes I’ve had the honor and privilege to sew. Every opportunity brings new challenges and skills. This year I have already achieved more of my ginormous goals including landing a part time job at Universal Orlando as a Costume Fabrication Specialist, scoring my first Gig as Costume Designer for the film “The Glades” and continuing to do what I love for a living. – making Rock Stagewear for a clientele that has now become worldwide – working with designers on launching their fashion lines – teaching sewing to students of all ages – chilling at Rockville where I chatted with Billy Duffy of the Cult about his Stagewear – rocked out as production crew on the “70,000 Tons of Metal” Cruise – helped my friend Jen get her 5 years dream of a “DoggieSack” prototype factory made – one of my costume designs landed on the cover model of Encore – my first music video for the film “Rescue Me” – Stagewear for Mick James (of Criss Angel Mind Freak fame) worn in the film “Lost in Darkness” – sending in an audition tape for Project Runway – getting into Marilyn Manson’s pants (!)
Volbeat still counting the days til its over my friends movie#
Working for Sir Paul McCartney was the catalyst that propelled me to the front page, but Sir Paul was followed by an epic year of achievements for me that included: – my first movie costumes for “Hallowed Ground” To this day, my mom said that when ever she goes back home to visit, people still talk to her about my cigar smoking front page news article! I got literally hundreds of comments, emails, texts, messages and phone calls from all over the place. There, I was taking up 1/2 of the front page smoking a Cuban cigar! I didn’t see it in actual print until my Uncle Peter Nalbone gave me the copy somebody had mailed him in Charlotte, NC a few weeks later! I was absolutely shocked! My first thought was “holy crap, I made the front page and didn’t even rob a bank!” On Sunday morning, June 2nd, I got the shock of a lifetime when my friend Jeff Gordon (he and I were voted the “most artistic” of Frewsburg NY’s class of 85) messaged me on Facebook with a photo of the front page of Jamestown, NY’s “Post Journal” News Paper. I have to admit I was a little disappointed as Memorial weekend came and went. I messaged a few friends back home to check the paper for me and after they flipped through it cover to cover, informed me it wasn’t there. It was supposed to be released over Memorial Day Weekend. I was prepared for a center fold in the “entertainment” section as we had discussed. I sent a few photos as requested and talked about what I’ve been doing with my life since I left “the burg”. I was anxiously awaiting the release of an interview I had done over the phone with my home town newspaper last May after they found out about my small town girl success and the A List Seamstress I’d become. It was completely unexpected and so far exceeded my expectations, it has yet to be topped.
They say everybody gets 15 minutes of fame, but mine has just kept on going.
A year ago I had one of the most epic days of my life.