Audio Moblog----HOOK YEAH!!!!
E~Say What?!
- HOOK OUT LOUD!ginarenay2@msn.com
Upcoming Events!
- FASHION IN MOTION
Paradise Lounge
1949 Mountain Industrial Blvd
Tucker, GA 30084
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Doors open at 6pm
Showtime: 7pm
Admission: $20.00
- GETTING MY HOOK(ER) ON!
DAILY!
I HOOK
& STRUT IT OUT!
in Fashiontastic Flair!
Coming to a corner near you!
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Photo Albums
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- I Teach!!!
CROCHET INSTRUCTOR!!
POETESS IN STITCH
AWED! HOOK Interrupted
~~~MYSPACE~~~
- www.myspace.com/awesome_crochet
A phenomenal chain reactionary spot for letting my thread down!Meet friends and future associates as we build an awesome chain of events!
Engaging Loops all the way to fashionista's heights!
www.myspace.com/awesome_crochet.com
2008 "HAUTE STITCH" Events
- I HOOK ME!
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Sat., April 26, 2008
"A Diversity of Talents Fashion Show"
Supporting the fight against breast cancer
American Idol Diana DeGarmo
Opera Atlanta
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PROFILE MAGAZINE
Designer Photoshoot 1st & 3rd weekends, April 2008
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Sat., April 19, 2008
URBAN FASHION ATLANTA TV
Designer Showcase tv taping
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Fri., March 21, 2008
EXOTIC IDOL
The Studio, Atlanta
vendor
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Sat., March 8, 2008
"All Eyes On Me" Fashion/Hair Show
Club Expose
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Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008
"Walk The Piazza"
Verve Lounge
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Sat., Jan 19, 2008
"Miss Georgia: A Perfect State of Mind" Album Release Party
Rays Ova Da Edge
ClustrMaps
True to Self
And that's freeing,
awe!somely so
KATRINA WILL NOT DEFEAT ME!
- I AM a Katrina....
SURVIVOR
ARRIVER
REVIVER
STRIVER
THRIVER!!
Ya better ~ High 5 ~ Her!!!!
you go girl!
I am my own Designated Driver!
"driven" by creativity
girl, you so crazy
what's new?
PASSIONATE!!!!!
ALBUM Stats. Brown Like ME
- Bubblin' Brown Sugar/FIBER-Licious NEVER tasted so good: PASS THE HOOK!BROWN Like ME! 3,705
ALBUM Stats. AMAZE ME!!!
- Gyrl, Your HOOK is HAUTE!AMAZE ME! 4,548 Ima~GINA~tive CROCHET on the RUNWAY!
ALBUM Stats. OriGINAlity
- I LOVE WHAT I DO AND WHO I AM!I'mPassioned! 14,080
ALBUM Stats. Hook/Shook ME!
- INSTRUMENT OF SPONTANEITY!AWED! GIRL 58,688
ALBUM Stats. ImaGINAtive Temerity
- Thou Shalt Dare To Be FABULOUS!Avant-Garde!! 12,776
ALBUM Stats. Freeform & Crochet Art
- ART~~rageous HookFreeform&Crochet Art! 3,105
ALBUM Stats. Engage ME!
- FOAMING AT THE HOOK!CROCHET MADNESS 23,915
Past HOOKtastic Events
- HOOKS GONE WILD! Don't Blink, You'll Miss It!
Friday, Oct. 27, 2007
Carver Bible College
"Celebrating Carver Homecoming"
3870 Cascade Rd SW
Atlanta, GA
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Tues., Oct. 23, 2007
Fulton County Federal Building
Employee Appreciation Day
141 Pryor St. SW
Atlanta, GA
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Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007
La Femme Africaine Inc.
2nd Annual PinkFest
"Reversing the Trend"
Dinner/Dance/Fashion Extravaganza
Attire: All Shades of PINK
Dorothy C. Benson Senior
Multipurpose Complex
6500 Vernon Woods Dr
Atlanta, GA 30328
6 pm - 11 pm
Tickets: $50 couples, $30 singles
www.lafemmeafricaine.org
678 488-4256
404 454-5266
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Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007
6:00 pm
LADIES OF NOW
Nigerian Outreach for Wellness
2nd Annual Gala
Honoring the 2007 Lady of Excellence
Mrs. Nkiruka Abbey
Dinner, Cultural Activities, Fundraiser
Location: Dorothy C. Benson Complex
6500 Vernon Woods Dr.
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
Tickets $20, $30/door
Info & tickets call 404 200-5633
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
3:00 pm
Miranda Burnette Ministries
Presents..."A Success Seminar"
The Christian Socialites Presents
A FASHION SHOW
Colier Community Center
2625 Joe Jerkins Blvd
Austell, GA 30106
Tickets are $10, $15/door
www.mirandaburnetteministries.com
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Friday, Aug. 17, 2007
DREAM KWEENS Premiere
Queens International Lounge
Norcross, GA
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Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007
DREAM KWEENS MOVIE PREMIERE GALA
Red Carpet/Champagne Reception
FASHION SHOW BY Movie Costume Designer GinaRenay
Elegance Restaurant VIP Lounge
Decatur, GA
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Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007
VIDEO SHOOT
Rap Artist KeVasia
"ROLL CALL"
Mozley Park, Atlanta
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
5th ANNUAL NIGHT UNDER THE STARS
Birthday Bash to Benefit Pac's Kids
@ The TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR CENTER
FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Carlos Coleman & Friends Celebrate w/All-White Affair
5616 Memorial Drive
Stone Mountain, GA
High Energy FASHION SHOW
Spoken Word, Hip Hop, Reggae & Caribbean
Red Carpet Begins at 6:30pm
6:30 - 1:00 am
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Sunday, July 29, 2007
FASHION FANTASY 2007
Poplar Grove Event Center
3010 Poplar Road
Sharpsburg, GA
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Tickets, call 678 423-4140
www.fashionfantasy07.com
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JULY to AUGUST 9th, 2007
SUMMER CAMP
Tuesdays & Thursdays
Northcreek Community Church
Norcross, GA
crochet instruction: ages 7 - 12
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Success in Learning Summer Camp
ages 9-12
Talk Presentation & Lesson
"Creative Loops: The Joy of the Foundation"
@Centerville Community Center
Snellville, GA
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
Event Info Name: 2007 Alpha Phi Alpha Fashion Show
Tagline: Music/Video Awards
Host: Tau Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Type: Causes - Fundraiser
Time: 3:00pm - 10:00pm
Clayton State University
UC Commons Area
2000 Clayton State Blvd.
Morrow, GA
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
VISUAL ERECTIONS
Fashion, Art, Spoken Word
All in one sensual night!
9 pm
Complimentary martinis until 11pm
$10 in advance, $15/door
Tickets: www.legacyapparel.org
VIP Studios
4818 Fulton Ind. Blvd.
Atlanta, GA
Sunday, April 22, 2007
MILKY WAY 2007 Competition
SHAKE-N-GO Hair Style Fashion
@ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, LA
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Wed., April 18, 2007
L-WEEK Fashion Show
Lawson State Community College
Arthur Shores Auditorium
Birmingham, AL
2nd Annual "RIP THE RUNWAY"
Show starts at 7pm
Hosted by the Student Gov't Assoc.
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April 7, 2007
SUBLIMINAL Spring Fashion Show
Georgia State Ballroom
Show starts at 8pm
Hosted by J-Nicks of Hot 107.9
Music by DJ Ill Will
DJ Knowital of the Untouchable DJ's
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March 17, 2007
Lace, Beads & Glimmer
presented by the 100 Designing Women of Atlanta
at Big Bethel AME Village
Atlanta, GA
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February 28, 2007
African Cultural Show
Gordon College, Gainesville, GA
AND again on the SAME DAY!!!
February 28, 2007
Gifa Imoudu presents
at The Aquarium Night Club
Stone Mountain, GA
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February 11, 2007
Kinky in the 'Ham
Jazz Hall, Birmingham, AL
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January 28, 2007
Visual Erections
Atlanta, GA
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January 9, 2007
Lipstikk Inc. Presents
Eye Candy Fashion Show
Sutra Lounge, Atlanta, GA
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January 6, 2007
Dream Kweens PhotoShoot
StudioPlex
Atlanta, GA
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December 31, 2006
Filming Runway Scene of
The Dream Kweens
Paradise Studios
Stone Mountain, GA
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December 30, 2006
The Office SportsBar
presents 2nd Annual Pajama Party
Norcross, GA
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December 16, 2006
Greater Missionary Baptist Church
Christmas Party/Fashion Show
"True Beauty"
Decatur, GA
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December 5, 2006
Initial Tuesday presents
Fashion Explosion
Cafe Vaca, Duluth, GA
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November 16, 2006
Zeta Phi Beta Society
presents FASHION!
Dave & Busters
Marietta, GA
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November 12, 2006
BET Hip Hop Music Awards
DJ Stereotype, CEO, SubuUrban
Underground TV interviews celebrities
on the Black Carpet
wearing a GINA RENAY original
collaboration
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October 27, 2006
Fashion Show/TV Tapingat The StudioPlex, Atlanta
"Celebrating Fashion"
guest panelist, designer
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September 16, 2006
Suwanee Day Festival
Suwanee, GA
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August 2006
Mary Kay Open House
Buford, GA
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August 2006
EXPO 2006
Pickneyville Community Center
Norcross, GA
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August 3-October 25, 2006
Teacher Show
Pickneyville Community Center
Norcross, GA
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July 2006>
Old Time Summer in Historic Buford
Buford, GA
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June 2006
United Ebony Society
Juneteenth Celebration
Lawrenceville, GA
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June 2006
Artist Demonstration
Suwanee Arts in the Park Festival
Suwanee, GA
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March 11, 2006
FIRST SHOW SINCE ARRIVING
(I am a MS KATRINA Survivor!!)
Eclectic Expressions
4th Annual Fashion & Talent Show
College Park, GA
Soul Flow
- GENTLE NUDGINGSAnd the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.--Anais Nin
Proverbs
- I am Me!'I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it...I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By doing so, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that I do not know ...but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound, whatever I say and do and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which Idiscarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me and I am Okay.' --Virginia Satir
- ~~~Tell IT!~~~"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
- (~~GOOD CHARACTER~~)Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece--by thought, choice, courage, and determination.--J. Luther
- (~~IN A STILL, SMALL VOICE~~)Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates. ************************
- (~~MAKE THIS DAY COUNT!~~)If one advances confidently in the direction of her dreams and endeavors to live the life she has imaGINA'd, she will meet with success unexpected in common hours. (Thoreau)
VICTORIAN CROCHET
Woven Labels
E-spiration
Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile
Courageous
shameless
doing me--blameless
tameless
aim--bless
yarn tress
happiness
sculptured quest
invited guest
a-Museyes,
yes,
yes!
Art-Rageous Gina Renay © 2005
Fun, Fun, Fun!
- Blog Trashed by Mandarin
Hook & Yarn Roll Call
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- Anniki
- Marvie's Crochet Corner
- Cinnamon Purls
- BlackPurls
- Camura
- Saturday Night Sheep
- Ava's Crochet Castle
- Bound by my Hook
- Kelly's Kronicles
- Eboni in a Pear Tree
- Kim Guzman
- Sutty
- Divah-Kare Origi-nalz
- Karla's Korner
- Lakele & Micaela
- Yarn Over Easy
- Schaduw/Belgium
- Kari Holtz
- Loops
- Princsstrish's Palace
- Yarnicopia
Motivate Me! Day
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Add this to your site- To Be!! Lived DailyThe fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. Maya A. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you have confidence, you can have fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.--Joe Namath
Girl! You Better Tell It!
- This above all: to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day; Thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare
to thy own style be true
~~GinaRenay, AWED Hook Style-preneur
- "Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement." ~ Foster C. Mcclellan
"The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing.
You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else."
~ Geoffrey Gaberinohooking unto a life of enthusiasm
wielding my spontaneous weapon of choice:
joyfully & accurately
bull's eye:
a created masterpiece
Awed GinaRenay
Never Forget
My Rotating Pursenality
crochet exotic oriGINAtions: passionate threads....
imaGINAtion at play!
A Pet
- More fiber pleeze!!!--wait, that's a web!
Doin' Face!
Crochet BLUSH!
- "CROCHET IN THE EXPANDED FIELD"
(2/06 article)
http://supernaturale.com/articles.
html?id=166
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- ~Mandarin Design~
You go girl! Love it. You make Crochet look good.
Is that you in the photo to the left on the main screen? You are the Crochet Queen.
I love the way you use large type, colors, bold text, and happy chics and movin' pics.
Linkin' n winkin' from the quilt at Mandarin (it's stored at http://www.mandarindesign.com/2005_12_01_archive.html and posted every now and then).
It's fun to see you having fun, and your entire place looks like a crochet fun house.
Later,
meg
Feb. 7, 2006
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- NEXSTITCH Summer 2005 Edition
Blogger: Gina Renay
Updates: Every Other Day
Pics: A Ton Style, and a whole lot of it. You've never seen anything quite like this before.
Gina is the mastermind behind the fashion-tabulous, poetic blog called, "Awed." Her photo album displays an array of original, creative collections which are sure to provide inspiration and motivation.
She ardently tests the boundaries of crochet with a conglomerate of updated generational styles, from early 1910's-esque high waistline, decorative boutique dresses to 1950's matching secretarial jacket and skirt combinations to modern reconstructed, abstract apparel. Interspliced amongst those are several designs featuring bold, afro-centric patterns. All of her designs showcase an attention to detail.
With a flaire for the unorthodox, Gina's styles are haute, haute, haute!
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May 16, 2008
May 08, 2008
Da Hook ProFRESHional: "Diva Loops"
Your creations are gorgeous.."~God's Answer
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Luv ur stuff!"~M.B.
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Time to blossom
"The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations."
....and express our deep authentic nature.
"For all those years you’ve protected the seed. It’s time to become the beautiful flower."
-- Stephen C. Paul 
May 07, 2008
Check out my FIRST VOICE Post--now, you can put a Voice To Da Sassy Loop(H)er
wooohoooo, go get 'em Hook(H)er!
Today, I did quite a bit of business calls--setting up Da Hook: I really hope They're appreciative!!!!, my imaGINAry chillen, Hookie & Yarnie.
