The loss of a Pin Up Legend

On December 11th, 2008 our beloved Queen of Pin-Up, Bettie Page passed away at age 85 after suffering a heart attack which lead to the rapid downfall of her health.
Bettie Page was adored by many, including myself - due to her legendary influence in the popularity of fetish and pin-up. She was the first woman of her kind and the leader in a new sexual mindset for all women. Bettie was the first model to bare all in bondage gear and cheesecake pin-up images for photography and camera clubs in the good 'ol US of A during the 1950's. She was a sex kitten in a time where wearing a skirt higher than knee length was taboo. By 1955 the curvaceous Bettie was declared Playboy's Miss January. Bravo! Even after her "disappearance" from the public eye, fame continued on as Bettie's iconic image continued to tease the masses by appearing on t-shirts, trading cards, calendars, journals, cigarette cases, ... you name it. Our Pin-Up Queen will never leave our memories or sights.

Thank you, Bettie for liberating women and creating a world in which sexuality is something to be celebrated. The end of Bettie WILL NOT be the end of an era where women are free to flaunt their curves... may we all take inspiration from the curvy raven haired beauty.

You will be missed... 4/22/1923 - 12/11/2008

Wraping Up This Sin-filled Year

With December speeding along, I figured I should share some updates (professional and personal).

*** New Domain name is up and running! My website is going through a revamp, but in the meanwhile we've switched the domain name to the super cute: www.sindee.me

-The Lola's Rags Fashion show at BLVD on 11/29 went very very well! :) It was tons of fun. I was the first little one to strut my stuff and when someone didn't show, I was asked to walk again! Yahoo! I've always love Raquel's stuff, but my little flapper outfit was soooooooo cute this time! I was really feeling that roaring 20's vibe.

-The NY Pin Up Photography Meetup Group is begining to plan our second Big Tease party. :) Last year's was such a success, I can't wait to see what this year will be like. So far we've got the date and place picked - January 24th at Fontana's. Yippee!

-My hubby Jeff is coming to town to visit soon. I'm super excited to see him again. I haven't seen him since October! It's been way to long. Luckily he'll be staying at my place while he's here.

-The day of Sin's birth is coming. Teehee. My birthday is January 17th and I can't wait! I've got many festivies planed which I will share once January is here. In the meanwhile check out my Amazon wish list. Hahahhaah.

Well, That's all for now. Hugs and Punks always, Sin Dee

$pread 'em!

Check out my photo in the Fashion section of this month's $pread Magazine!
Thanks to LuLu of Art-i-ficial photography.

Come see Sin Dee strut her stuff!

On the catwalk! On the catwalk!

I will be modeling in Lola's Rag's next fashion show on November 29th for a charity event. Check out the invites below. I hope you can make it! I had so much fun at last year's Spring Fling fashion show.

Click here for the MySpace Invite

Click here for the E-vite

The Toxicity!

As a little side project/business I have been creating custom cake toppers for wedding and birthdays. Of course it's not the usual bride and groom dolls on top of a cake! The cake toppers are as original as you are! From creepy and gothic to super colorful and quirky.

I will be opening an Etsy shop and Ebay shop very very soon. So please stay tuned for links to both. I will post ready-made toppers for sale here.

In the meanwhile I am excepting requests for custom orders. So, if you have wedding, big birthday (21st, 1st, 60th, whatever!), baby shower, bridal shower, etc etc coming up and you want to add your own special touch to your cake. I can help you out! :) Please keep in mind requests should be sent about 2 months prior to your event date.

As of right now custom toppers range anywhere from $40 - $100 depending on how ellaborate your design (plus shipping if needed). Just send me a message here or email me at sin_dee@earthlink.net and we'll work something out. I will send you pictures of my previous work and will be posting them on MySpace soon.

All cake toppers are made from foam, lace, ribbon, plastic, and paint.
But of course, the sky's the limit, so let's get creative!

******If you have already received one of my cake toppers - please send me pictures!!! I'd love to feature cake top on my sites.

Upcoming NYC Pin Up Group - Shoot and Meeting

Just a heads up to all the pin-up enthusiasts I know. ;)

I will be modeling (99% sure - considering I still need a ride) at the NYC Pin Up Photography's photo shoot this Sunday, October 12th at the American Airpower Museum. I'm pretty psyched about this shoot. I will finally live out the true pin-up model life. I will be modeling with a few other pretty faces with real WWII aircrafts and trucks. What can be more exciting?!

Then, the following Tuesday, October 14th is the group's usual Monthly meeting at Otto's Shrunken Head. This is where new models and photographers looking to join the group can come in and meet the existing member. We mingle for a while, have a few drinks, share pictures, and network. Then we spend the rest of the night discussing "group business". This usually includes ideas for our next photo shoot and brainstorming for our next Big Tease fundraising event.

Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions about the group. I am assistant organizer after all. ;)

However, I must say - although I am assistant organizer and we are always looking for models, I can not say that I can automatically get you a gig, just because you're my friend. :( Business is business and Sin is not that powerful yet. Hahah!

Link to the group!

Hugs and Punks always, Sin Dee
Keep the support coming!

When friends reveal foes

I've had a quite interesting time evaluating my life lately. I've decided to take a step back and really look at the way I have been living my life - from the outside, in. Unfortunately, I came to the realization that a lot of the negativity is not negativity I bring upon myself. It is actually the people I surround myself with. After a few unfortunate events (in a row) concerning friends, friendships, and new acquaintances. I realized one of the most important decisions you make in your life is deciding who you let into your life.

There are a few sayings that come to mind "You are only as smart as the people you surround yourself with", "You are as fat as your friends", "The strength of the whole is only as strong as the weakest member".

If I continue to surround myself with immature, irrational, reckless people; I will only continue to be miserable, unhealthy, and most of all emotionally exhausted. Although I have always been careful when "choosing" friends, I have decided to be more careful with EVERYONE I let into my life.

I am not saying I'm better than anyone. This is not an ego trip. I must defend myself before those of you reading this roll their pretty little eyes into the back of their heads. I am merely sharing my recent revelation - the people that you surround yourself with actually make up the person that you are.

This sinful world

When opportunity knocks, you answer right? Well, hell, I'm gonna invite him in for dinner! It may seem cliche but my goal before I die: Travel the world! I know I know, everyone says the same thing. But damn it! I'm gonna do it. So far I've been hitting up the good 'ol US of A - The east coast of course, Florida, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Chicago, Las Vegas. I decided some time ago it was time to venture out a bit further and I invested in a handy little Passport. I was about to go on a family trip to Canada but when my beloved up and moved to Florida, I had to choose between visiting him or Canada - I chose him. :)

Now, I've just decided on my next two trips and they are quite exciting. First off, most of you may or may not have guess that I am a full blooded Hispanic lady - Puerto Rican to be exact. So, this coming February I will be headed to Ponce, Puerto Rico with my mother for the very first time to get a look at my home land. We are going to go during Carnival season, so it should be tons of fun! Yipee. Then...

My dear friend from college has asked me to go on a very special trip with her. Next July I will be taking an outdoor adventure with her in..... ALASKA! Holy cow, right? And get this, the trip will include mountain biking, hiking, and kayaking - 6 days and 5 nights. Not your ordinary vacation, but I love it. I actually love extreme sports, so this is just so very exciting for me. I've always been fond of rock climbing, mountain biking, white water rafting. Such fun!

The only downfall - No more impulsive purchases :( No more Betsey Johnson purses, thrift shop dresses, and unnecessary dinners out. No more booze! Oh boy! Hahaha. I am going to be a tight wad this year and I'm going to save every penny I can. This is the opportunity to live my dream. What a blog that will make.

All that Jazz

If there's one thing not many people know about me, it's my love of Jazz music, particularly old Jazz. Ella Fitzgerald would be my favorite female singer. The songs are always full of emotion and warmth. They're classic and relaxing. There's nothing more enjoyable than playing one of my vintage Ella Fitzgerald records in my room while painting or cleaning.

I thought Jazz like this was dead, until I woke up in my dizzy hung-over state this morning to the Today Show. On the Concert Series stage was Frank Sinatra reincarnated! What a voice. What charm. What Jazz. His version of "That's Life" had me hooked. I am not one to follow pop music or anything popular for that matter, so I had no idea who this fantastic young man was that the crowd of blondes were swooning over.

Meet Michael Buble! : http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3041478/
What a wonderful discovery. http://www.michaelbuble.com/splash/

I am just bubbling with excitement. I will be downloading his album tonight.

Rockabilly Woes :(

This weekend was the Rockabilly Festival at Coney Island and boy did I miss out. :( Bummer. Brandon (from the NY Pin Up Photography Group) and I were supposed to go together, but I had to bail. Unfortunately, my boss forgot to sign my timesheet this pay period, which meant I got paid a base pay but none of my over time - I'll get it added on to my next check, but base pay minus all my bills = zero dollars! So, I was left with no spending money. Boo hoo! So.... that means no going out for fun times with Sin Dee until my next paycheck. I would have made it to today's festivities at Coney Island since they were free, but I spent the night at Marilyn and my brother Zoth's house and didn't get home until late. All the fun was scheduled to begin at 2pm and Brandon and I didn't figure things out until 5pm-ish. No time at all for Sin Dee to get all purrty and bombshell like for a Rockabilly appearance.

I sure hope my gal Kita had fun though! Kita's a member of the NY Pin Up Photography Group as well and she was competeing in the Pin Up contest. I sure hope she represented the group and had some fun doing it! :) Brandon and I (as organizer and assistant organizer of the group) really wish we could have been there to show her our support. ... and Raquel of Lola's Rags (http://www.lolasrags.com/) was showing some of her fantastic vintage inspired clothing! Raquel's styled many of the NY Pin Up Photography Group's shoots and the pictures always came out fab! - Especially the Film Noir shoot, that was one of my favs (and I wasn't even modeling in it, ha!).

Anywho, a super bummer of a weekend, but I'm sure everyone else had a blast. I had a nice time at Zoth and Marilyn's anyway. :)

The next NY Pin Up Photography Group meeting is on September 9th at Otto's Shrunken Head in NYC. Check out the Meet Up group site if you'd like to RSVP and stop by: http://photo.meetup.com/482/. I won't be able to attend this meeting -it's my Mommy's birthday - but you should stop by if you're a model or photographer who's interested!

Hugs and Punks, Sin Dee

Welcome to the world of Sin

A bit about me if you haven't yet met or heard of Sin Dee. I'm an average 20-something. Full-time corporate rat with two degrees in Marketing (focusing in Fashion), but above all I'm a part-time model, some-time musician, occasional crafty gal (oh yeah! and Digital/Graphic Design student). I love modeling and that's probably what led you to my blog. I'm that tiny, curvy gal who's gone through too many hair colors to count. I usually model pin-up or soft-fetish, but I'm basically an edgy, tat-ed, pierced, all around fun gal to work with - so basically, I'm up for any type of photo shoot (no nudes, sorry!).



Other than that I spend a lot of time with my mother who I love dearly. My boyfriend (very soon to be fiance - well, you might as well call him that!) just moved to Florida, so I've been flying down there every few weeks to spend some time with the love of my life. We just celebrated our four year anniversary! Can you believe it? If you knew us you would actually be nodding your head saying "Yeah, I can. No big deal". We're that cute. Hahaha!

Anywho, otherwise, I've done a few interviews you should read if you'd really like to get into my head. You can find links to all of them on my myspace blog. My myspace is http://www.myspace.com/ladymisfit. They vary from my love of the un-dead, to my modeling career, to my fav horror movie, and even my opinion on birth control. Check 'em out.

I'm also starting up Toxic Toppers which is an edgy/goth alternative to Wedding cake and Birthday cake toppers. I've done a few already and can send you pics if you're interested. I'm working on an ebay store and a gallery on my website (http://www.sin-dee.net/). So, stay tuned!

Other than that. I hope you plan on checking in and seeing what I'm all about. I promise you won't be disappointed. Because after all, Life's Better with Sin... Sin Dee that is.