Saturday, February 11, 2012

Miss Tayva Jewelry at My Baby Jo!

I'm VERY proud to announce that My Baby Jo is now a stockist of Miss Tayva Jewelry's confetti lucite! Please visit the link below, or if you are in Los Angeles, stop by their shop (located at 10418 1/2 National Blvd, Los Angeles, Calif. 90034, Tel: 310-558-9244)

New styles to be added to their site this week! 








Thursday, January 19, 2012

My Cal-Noir dresses are for sale!




I'm FINALLY parting with them!
VERY reasonable reserve. These are in great condition!
CLICK HERE TO VIEW ITEMS


xoxo,
Ttayva

"Like" my manicure!


I'm vying for a mega set of nail polish from TheBalm... they are sponsoring a contest in which I have entered. I need you to "LIKE" my photo (no comment necessary, don't have to 'like' their page, either). I need more nail polish like I need a hole in the head... haha, but I'd appreciate your votes.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE/LIKE

xoxoxo,
Tayva

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Confetti lucite jewelry!







GET IT HERE:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/misstayva

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Another Giveaway from Miss Tayva Jewelry



Monday, September 19, 2011

GIVEAWAY! Divine Droplets necklace by Miss Tayva Jewelry

I'm having a giveaway on Facebook for my Divine Droplets necklace!



Visit my page, LIKE it, and you'll see further instructions on how to enter!

Monday, August 29, 2011

A few new items on Etsy! + bike rally...

Thanks to those of you that came out and supported the bike rally AND myself and all of the other vendors! It was a great weekend!

Now that things are semi-back to normal...

I have a few new listings on Etsy. I will be having several new necklaces and hair accessories going up in the next few days. Feast your eyes on what I've just put up!



Etsy shop... HERE! 

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

PT's Rock'n 66 Motorcycle Rally!



Just a quick note... I will be vending my Miss Tayva Jewelry on Saturday, August 26 at the PT's Rock'n 66 Motorcycle Rally in Winslow, Arizona. 

Winslow is on I-40, just 45 miles east of Flagstaff.

For more info on the rally, visit the PT's Bar website



Also, here is the event page on Facebook.



Wednesday, August 10, 2011

I'm proud to announce...


I'm very proud to announce the addition of a new spokesmodel... the Nymphet of Burlesque, Lolita Haze! I've added 14 striking photos of Miss Haze to the photo section of my Facebook page. Make sure to check them out. Additionally, make sure to check out Lolita Haze's vintage blog! 


Additionally, the Etsy shop is back online and has been updated with new items and images. ! Thanks, everyone, for your patience!




Wednesday, August 3, 2011

FOLLOW MY NEW BLOG!

http://misstayvajewelry.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Yes, I'm ALIVE!

I haven't posted here in a bazillion years! I've just been busy with life, and the internet hasn't appealed to me one bit lately.

I spent my spring and summer coaching baseball, so that pretty much ate up most of my free time.

I also started my own jewelry company... which is most of the reason for this post!

Check it out!

Miss Tayva Jewelry

My inspiration? Vintage jewelry. Of course, it's NOT reproductions. Too much of that going around. A bit of this & that, from the 20s all the way to the 80s. I'm especially in love with the confetti lucite from the 1950s, so that is my emphasis. With a modern twist, of course.

I have an Etsy shop (here) but it's currently "on vacation" as I'm making way for some new and exciting changes! Make sure to check out the Facebook page, though. I take custom orders and can make pretty much anything you see on my page (again!) or anything that you think up!

:-)




Monday, November 22, 2010

Absence, First time working with latex, Halloween, blah.

I've not posted lately, as I've been busy with this, that and the other. It's sucked for the most part, but great in other aspects. 
Anyway, though it occurred nearly a month ago, I'm posting about Halloween. 
One, to flaunt my new cut and colour.
Two, because I can.
So here we go...
I had to get my Spawn ready on two separate occasions, being that school had Halloween on one day, and the actual day occurred two days later. Total pain in the ass, all of that face painting.
I sewed all the costumes with the exception of the Flamenco dancer outfit (that came from Spain) and the vintage Mexican skirt on the other kid. I did the makeup myself.
I also did makeup for my best pals, Delina and Justin:
Here's my man, looking all snazzy as a butler at work...
But here we are together, naughty maid and butler.
It took me some time to get my costume together, as I had to really modify an existing maid's costume, adding fabric and embellishments to it.
I had a bunch of scraps from rubber I had cut up, so I decided to give working with latex a go. All went very well!
I made my choker...
I also made little wristlets that I wore over my long, latex gloves:
and I made a latex boutonnière for my honey:
Yes, we even brought out the riding crop, and my latex stockings were a perfect touch.
I really wanted a rubber maid's uniform, but by the time I was able to cough up the money, there was not enough time for it to be made and shipped over from England. Ohhhh well.





None of us won any prizes for our costumes when we went out. There were plenty of cool costumes, but the ones that won were the lame "sexy" storebought crap. Oh, and some guys that dressed up as Mormon missionaries with their white shirts and bike helmets. *yawn*

Yes, I chopped a good bit of my hair off and went blonde. It took a couple of weeks to get it where I wanted it to be. Nevermind the black; it was the RED that was hard to remove. 
I now have white-blonde hair and love it.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

"Fleur" dress giveaway from Heyday!

Reproduction vintage clothing company Heyday are hosting a great giveaway on their blog!
Stop by for your chance to enter to win their "Fleur" dress by CLICKING HERE!



Yes, and that's Fleur, wearing her namesake dress.

Monday, October 4, 2010

New photos by Marco Patino!


My good ol' buddy Marco Patino rolled through town a few days ago. I haven't hung out with Marco in ten months, and having him on my turf was pretty cool. 
Had a great time; we checked out a cacklefest, burnout contest and car show, and I got to show him around my crappy little town. 
The following photos are of me and my hunny. 












 This weekend's car events were in memory of  an old friend, Ron Miller, who passed away on New Year's Eve, 2009. He was a member of the NHRA and was a big figure in Arizona drag racing. His spirit was definitely amongst everyone this weekend!


Loverman and MarkieMan!

Dress: Anatomic Bomb
Gloves: Maxime Avet
Shoes: Vivienne Westwood for Melissa
Blindfold: Agent Provocateur
Necklace: Tarina Tarantino
Hats/Fascinators: Taissa Lada

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Mike Sanchez - NEW ALBUM! Babes & Buicks... featuring me!

Not singing this time. This album was recorded in Sweden, in the winter... and there is no way in hell you will drag me up there at that time of year. 

But me, Frenchy La Femme and Rockin' Kitty are on the cover with a SICK mid-40s Buick. 
My good pal and favourite photographer, Marco Patino, shot most of the photos (I had some hand in it, too). I'm also the goon who did the layout/graphics. Nevermind the guidelines and general roughness of the images below... it's just an example, dammit.

Nevermind the killer graphics... ! The music is great, too.




From the people who brought you Women & Cadillacs...

In 2003 we gave you the highly-acclaimed Women & Cadillacs. Now in Summer 2010 comes the long-awaited follow up Babes & Buicks, featuring England's Mike Sanchez in tandem with Stockholm's finest, The Beat From Palookaville*.

Ladies and gentlemen - let's all motor in style!

*previously known as Knock Out Greg & Blue Weather



1. Hip Boots (Rogers) Michele Publishing Co
2. The Question/Whatcha Gonna Do (Wright) Universal/MCA Music Ltd
3. Babes And Buicks (Lewen)Copyright Control
4. Let's Be Friends (Broonzy) Universal/MCA Music Ltd
5. Driftwood (Cooley) - Forshay Music Inc
6. Isabella (Getz) - Milbee Music Inc/BMI
7. Found What I'm Looking For (Sanchez) Copyright Control
8. It's Time To Rock (Sanchez) Copyright Control
9. Everybody's Got a Buick (Sanchez) Copyright Control
10. I'm Wise - Slippin' & Slidin' (Bocage/Collins/Smith) Bess Music Co
11. Got You On My Mind (Biggs/Thomas) Angle Music/Shelby Singleton Music
12. Crawfish (Weisman) Gladys Music Co/Erica Publishing ASCAP
13. Shiver & Shake (Scott) Unichappel Music Inc
14. Pretty Legs (Sanchez) Copyright Control
15. Scream And Howl (Sanchez) Copyright Control
16. Party Time (Walker/Walker) BMI/Ulysses & Bagby Music

Buy it here:


My return to the stage (and this blog).



I'm too busy for blogging. Painting, funerals, performances, nose picking, this, that, the other... No time. Except for today :-)

Anyway, YES, I sing. Everyone keeps saying, "Why haven't you told me that you sing?" Because  it happens only once every leap year. Sorta.

My last stint was in the studio with Mike Sanchez... in 2008? Yeah, something like that. It was fun... I think my voice is well suited for the rhythm and blues stuff. That's all I like, anyway. I HATE the twang of a female voice singing country, and especially rockabilly (better suited for the menfolk).


I got booked on a two day festival in my hometown in Arizona. It's an event that has been going on for ten years. Do NOT ask me what gave me the idea to send them my recordings. Anyway, I did, they loved me, and I got booked. Somehow I got stuck in a headliner's slot... the main "AZ Blues Hall Of Fame" guy was opening up for me (and I think he was rather sore about it).

Most musicians are flakes... at least in these parts. I couldn't find anyone competent enough to book me. The good ones were already booked. I had a band back out.  Some were too stoned to call me back.
However, I did get my baritone and tenor players from within AZ... an old schoolmate of mine, and his wife. 
This guy was an excellent sax player in high school and I knew he could cut it. 

I looked to California and even Texas for musicians, but they couldn't make it, either. Then a light bulb turned on over my head...

My friend Chris, aka Lucky La Rocka, and my best mate Ricky McCann do a club every month in Hollywood called The Fish Fry. I turned up in December of last year to hang out, spin records, get sauced. They had hired this band called The Rip 'Em Ups to play. I didn't know what to expect. I thought it was the typical L.A. Rockabilly band. Newp. Apparently they were similar to Ricky's old band from England, The Playboys. Right on. 

I recognized the guys from then I was doing shows before (as I did a few in L.A.). 

They were ROCKIN'. Holy crap. They played so many of the songs I love, and very well, too. They went mad on stage! Nasty Rock N' Roll. 

I chatted with the bass player, Edgar, and frontman/guitarist, Javier, after their set, regarding the records I was spinning. Super cool guys... 

Anyway, fast forward to a few months back. I got the bright idea to contact them to see if they wanted to be my backing band, and it all worked out. 

So, they rehearsed in L.A. The sax players rehearsed at home... and we came together the DAY OF THE GIG and had a five hour rehearsal!

I started coming down with some crud the night before. I slept plenty, but came to so I could eat some broiled salmon that my baby made me, as well as sample some pork he was cooking (we took bean, cheese and red chile burritos to rehearsal). 

Rehearsal went GREAT. I even impressed myself. I credit my awesomeness to the Jagermeister that was being consumed the entire time (no, really, it does help... stopped my cough and soothed my throat). But after that, the voice went bye-bye, and I had to load in/sound check in three hours.

Thankfully, medicating myself helped, as did the one hour nap I took. Voice was back.
I squirmed my fat ass into my rubber and headed over to the gig.

The preceding act was just finishing up when I arrived. Once his set was over, people started pouring in. Sounds big-headed, but many came to see ME. Usually this festival books the same ol' acts. I was fresh meat... Plus a lot of people know me, and I think they came to kill their curiosity.

I reckon there were 2000-3000 that turned up, but it could have been more.  There were a hell of a lot of people there!

The sound engineers were a bunch of donuts and I was quite irritated that my mic sounded like I was singing into a tin can, and that my monitors kept cutting out, and they kept turning me up and down. Oh, and you really couldn't hear the saxes... but I don't think any of that mattered to the audience. I was VERY well-received. the people loved my band. And yes, they were pretty damn incredible. We played so well together for having only one rehearsal. 

Four days later, I still have people coming up to me to tell me how great it was. So many people have thanked me for keeping the music from that particular era alive (1950s/60s). THAT is what stood out to me the most... ! 

The Rip 'Em Ups just got back from Spain before my gig and were very well-received there... people loved them here, too. They want us back next year! They were a fun bunch of blokes to work with, and hang out with, too. I hope to do it again soon!

Okay, I'll shut the hell up now... Here are some photos!

Rehearsal photos:

 Bari player Ryan Bledsoe and Tenor player Julian Peterson. 




Gig photos:


Load-in/sound check; Me, Javier and Edgar

Taissa Lada made my hat.


 Right before I went on stage.





 


 The Rip 'Em Ups: Javier, Edgar, Santos


 Yeah, that's my fine, fine man.









Thanks to PT's Bar in Winslow for letting us take over the place with our rehearsal.

Thanks to Winslow, AZ for having us!

Dress custom made by Anatomic Bomb in London, England

Hat made by Taissa Lada

Gloves made by Maxime Avet of France