Hi I’m Rize! (a.k.a. Shell)

I’m a mom to three amazing adults, a wife to the most wonderful husband, an artist, a creative instructor and now a blogger.

I’ve been in the fashion world since the 80’s and love anything creative, fun and unique. I love to travel but I’m a home body just the same.

I teach design, sketching & trend forecasting at a fashion school in downtown Los Angeles and love inspiring young minds. They keep me young at heart!

The person that inspires me the most…is my daughter, Cian. I may teach fashion, but she schools me! She has a great sense of style and has a nack for spotting trends. Perhaps the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree??? Even though we’re miles apart we sometimes find similar tastes in trends. We often joke about who copies who, so one day I said, “Hey let’s blog about it”.  So here we are! Who knows where this will go. With God’s grace, anything is possible! So here goes…