VLBHCreations

12/12/2024

Josephine Baker. Dancer. Banana Skirt Originator🍌 Entertainer Extraordinaire. Mother to her Rainbow Tribe. Chanteuse. Expatriate. Pilot. Spy. Style Icon. Muse.

When set the theme for this year’s Editorial Styled Shoot Competition as “Style Icons Through Time,” my mind went in hundreds of different directions—-Diana Ross? Grace Jones? Janelle Monae? But I thought back to my childhood fascination with all things vintage, especially black and white photographs and with Josephine Baker. I borrowed dozens of books from the library, digging deep and reading all I could about this incredible woman. I hope you can find Josephine in just of the first few details I’ve chosen to showcase the formidable talent of a dozen phenomenal creatives who gave their time to bring this vision to life. I am forever grateful to these amazing people who made it all possible. Please stay tuned for more!

Planner/Team Captain-
Photographer-
Audio Description-
Baker/Desserts-
Beauty-
Bridal Attire-
Calligraphy & Stationery-
Content Creator/Videography/Cinematography-
Event Assistants- Jennifer B &
Florals-
Models- and .hawkins_successful
Officiant-
Rentals- .at.select, and the Maryland Assistive Technology Library
Venue-

09/10/2024

Love. It’s in the details. Let’s celebrate yours.

09/05/2024

Exciting news!!! Khalida & Rah’mad’s beautiful, accessible, Trinidadian and Buddhist ceremony have been featured in just ahead of their second wedding anniversary! Being able to relive the day with the incredible article written by .art and featuring the stunning photographs of has been a dream!

Thank you MunaLuchi for sharing their story of love, access, accommodations, engagement and faith and culture.

I’m eternally grateful to the couple for bringing me and the rest of their vendor team on board to bring their vision to life and create an unforgettable experience for everyone involved! Love 💕 you guys!

Happy Early Anniversary and Cheers to the Hawkins!

Please check out the article when you get a chance!
https://www.munaluchibridal.com/wedding-at-the-belvedere-hotel-in-baltimore-celebrates-trinidadian-culture-buddhist-faith/

08/14/2024

02/08/2024

Four brief weeks before a mystery virus that had yet to be named made landfall in the U.S. and upended the world as we knew it then, I was entrusted with ensuring that my friend made it down the aisle to become Mrs. Dorsett.

Months prior I had excitedly told her and other friends how the day before I had used the training we had all acquired over the years supporting lectures, meetings, community events, memorial services and even weddings, to support a family member who had gotten hitched. How I had wrangled, buttoned, fluffed, bustled, tucked and zhuzhed and it felt so natural—-I *LOVED* it. She responded by asking me to repeat all of that for she and Chase —-in Key West— February 2020.

I had never completely flown solo on a mission like that before but I thought…I’ve done this before…how hard could it be? Little did I know I’d be ducking roosters in the street and coaxing half-naked beachgoers out of the background of their wedding photos *during* their ceremony. 😵‍💫

By the end of the night when their sushi cupcakes, cocktail napkins, koozies, guest book and centerpieces had been boxed up and taken back to the wedding suite (only thanks to my shoten zenjin and that I crossed the finish line)—-I had underestimated what a marathon the day would be and that I couldn’t do it all solo. With a handful of hours before I had to drive back across the Keys for an impossibly early flight, I swore I’d only done it out of love for Savannah. I mean, who in their right mind did this knowingly, willingly over and over again for perfect strangers?!

Little did I know then…that the whispered threat crossing the sea to alter life as we knew it in few mere weeks would give me lots of time to realize how fortunate I had been to be entrusted with S & C’s beginning.

Since then, I’ve happily bustled, tucked, primped, buttoned, pinned, pulled, straightened, wrangled, zip tied and zhuzhed my way through more love stories. I don’t take any of that lightly. I am forever grateful to Savannah and Chase for helping me to realize my mission. Cheers to the Dorsetts! Happy Anniversary! 💕

01/02/2024

Cheers to a magnificent, colorful, value-creative, happy and healthy 2024 to all!