Ninna Lu

A Photo Retrospective: Summer Beginnings

 

   As our summer 2021 slowly begins, I reminisced a bit from last year's Fourth of July here.   

(As I begin with a summer cocktail pic below.)

 

Cooking that sheet pan full of seafood boil last 4th of July was fun!

It's just funny and a bit sad, because a year has gone by, and what a difference of how much non-cooking I do these days!!! 

 

 

This year 4th of July is simply at home. 

We may just grill some hotdogs and call it a day!

 

 

Ninna Lu does have a couple of events in the books this month & August!

 

July 17th, Saturday from 11am to 2pm

 

July 17th, Saturday at 5pm to 9pm

 

July 28th, Wednesday from 6pm to 7pm

Crystals 101: How To Decorate Your Home With Crystals

 

A Special Virtual Event

August 1st, Sunday at 3pm - 4pm PDT

 

Hope to see you in person at one of these events!

For August 1st, see you virtually!

Thank you so much for visiting.

~ marissa

Self Love By Knowing Your Worth

   

   It is so easy to feel low and unworthy for so many reasons. But honing in to a personal experience of mine. As a bereaved mother, I felt this so strongly about myself because of the obvious physical lack of presence of our daughter Trinity in both my and my husband's life. I make sure to call myself a bereaved mother, for my own personal reasons and because I gave birth. I say, you don't have to have the physical presence because her spirit is within me as I carried her for six months. 

I'd like to personally invite you to our virtual summer solstice event in where I speak about my struggle and my story in how I turned my setback into an ultimate comeback. In celebration of the summer solstice, I'd like to explain how a struggle became a bittersweet journey to knowing my worth as a Mother. 

 

   

   

   Without the Women Of The World Network I don't know where my confidence as a woman would end up. I joined the Sacramento Chapter pre-pandemic and have been a learning member ever since. The network provides engaging topics to boost your business, professional or personal development. As I felt isolated even before the pandemic, the network gave me not only a social learning outlet, but I have met the most amazing, high-achieving women throughout the year since becoming a member. 

Below are tomorrow's line up of hosts and speakers along with a short bio.

Here is the link to REGISTER to save your spot!

 

 

   Freya is a Visibility and Confidence Coach and Consultant as well as a speaker, entrepreneur, leader and mentor. She helps women in business increase their visibility, expand their network, and become more confident in the process. Born and raised in the Philippines, Freya moved to Sacramento in 1997 to pursue her Bachelors in Computer Science and has since considered California to be her new home. She has 15 years experience as a successful hybrid entrepreneur and has been a top seller and leader in the Direct Sales industry for over 6 years. Freya is also the Sacramento Chapter Leader for Women of the World Network and founder of the newly formed Chasing Happy Mondays community. Freya enjoys travel, hiking, cooking and art. She currently resides in Pleasanton, CA. Freya is passionate about living a well-balanced life, advocating small businesses and empowering women.

 

   Marissa is an avid crafter, a blogger and a certified Crystal Healer. She turned her passion for creativity into a fulfilling side-hustle and founded her brand Ninna Lu in 2011. Marissa began creating her healing stone wreaths in 2019 to help in her own healing journey after a personal tragedy. She has since been sharing this gift of creative therapy through her workshops and private events.

 

   Marissa currently resides in El Dorado Hills, California with her husband and two cherished miniature dachshunds. When she's not busy working on her creative projects and collaborating with other makers, she enjoys spending quality time with family and friends.

 

 

 

   Nafsheen was born and raised in Kenya. She moved to California when she was 18 and is the youngest, naughtiest and most mischievous one out of 4 girls. She quit her corporate job as a graphic artist after being diagnosed with uterine cancer to follow her passion of making a difference and creating transformation with art and photography.

Nafsheen believes that everything that she has suffered through in her life has been an incredible powerful gift. And she had to endure all that pain to be able to use it to help others heal through her experiences. She has overcome molestation, obesity, body shaming and cancer.

Nafsheen is a transformational speaker, coach and artist. She currently does Reiki healing, personal coaching and teaches art and meditation.. Her mission is to help people connect with their soul and find their light through their wounding in order to create transformation, healing and the acceptance of pain in a whole new light!

 

   For almost a decade, Tracie has been serving and supporting clients around the country to SET and to GET their goals in health, in life, and in business. With the founding of Gather in 2019 and its expansion in 2020, she took her own goal-getting advice and created a community of like minded women who are growing and thriving together. Tracie serves women aroundthe US in her group programs and in the Gather community to expand their thoughts and dreams to live their BOLD life!

 

Looking to forward to seeing you there!

Thank you so much for reading!

~ marissa

Dearly Beloved

   

   Today marks fifteen years of when my husband and I became one. Mother's Day 2021 is also fast approaching, and it falls on a Sunday this year, May 9th to be exact. Even after four years, it's moments like these that makes us remember our beloved Trinity Marie. Her spirit is present within both of us and she keeps us together stronger than ever.

 

 

On a side note, when googling the meaning or representation of fifteen years of marriage, the word crystal is the traditional gift. I thought that to be a major coincidence being just becoming a certified crystal healer who creates crystal dreamcatchers. Other than that odd coincidence, fifteen years of marriage is considered a milestone. 

   I may sound like a broken record but losing a child is never forgotten. The memory surfaces intermittently, more often when certain occasions arise such as our wedding anniversary and especially with Mother's Day. All that can be said and done is that I hope that Trinity is looking down upon us from heaven in hopes that she is learning with good example from her bereaved parents. We talk about you as if you live and your presence surrounds us each and everyday.

 

 

 

We have you in our hearts sweetheart.

May you rest in peace 

and 

take care of your Grandpa.

~ marissa

 

 

n i n n a l u i n s p i r e d: Textiles Inspiration

 

   Ever since March 2019, I've been attending the LA Textile Show. Visit my post from that show here.

With my first in person show, being pre-pandemic of course. 

   As just last year in 2020, this year was also a virtual show. It's an awesome free event for upcoming and seasoned textile designers and creators. My overall takeaway for Spring & Summer 2022, the trend will pretty much evolve around spirituality. I also got inspired by these beautiful tulle and lace fabrics from a global brand called Solstiss. Headquarters are in France. I especially fell head over heels with all their two toned lace textiles.

 

Another webinar offered were about the offerings of laces, trims and buttons from 

Maria Francis, LLC.

 

But what I looked forward to the most, was Peclers Paris' high-level presentation on upcoming trends.

Thank you so much for reading!

~ marissa

 

Ninna Lu Milestone: Ten Years In The Making

 

a mother earth trinity wreath

   

Available at Wolf Home Decor

815 Sutter Street Folsom CA

 

   I guess the pandemic has changed my long-time dream of one day owning a brick and mortar shop a bit. Since 2011, the year Ninna Lu began. It started as a personal mission to provide a bold pocket-friendly solution for fashionistas which was to provide designer goods at a unbelievable affordable price. Walking the streets of the Los Angeles Fashion District back then was so fashionably inspiring for me. I loved fashion. Then started offering vintage wares, then handmade fabric goods, the blog also came to fruition. The traveling boutique then started in the year of 2013. Online selling platforms were my friends. Now these days there are so many to choose from, it's insane, everyone is selling clothing. After a unfortunate tragic event that year in 2017 happened, with Trinity, Ninna Lu evolved to an art make and take experience, even making these Trinity dreamcatchers and named it n i n n a l u i n s p i r e d. 

  I can't believe I've reached this milestone of ten years with Ninna Lu. March 2021 to be exact will be Ninna Lu's tenth year in the making. Life makes you tumble at times, other higher priorities needed to be handled, family obligations, a full-time job, but my side hustle was always there. Ninna Lu always served as a creative outlet for me. One day thinking that I would be a stay at home mother, needing a way to make an income while at home. I got it ready within those early years just in case. After Trinity's passing in 2017, I was surprised to find a reason to continue. Now looking forward to the LA Textile 2021 Virtual Show next week, I so look forward to learning about the upcoming trend for the season, remember, fashion tends to think ahead, so this is for 2022. My love for working with textiles continues. I can't wait to create an ombre wreath with a colorful array of tulle and healing stones.

 

A Femme Luxe Collaboration:

Shop this black knitted loungewear set

Femme Luxe Co UK

 

    Ninna Lu gives me so many side projects that I love the work. It keeps evolving to something new or enhancing an existing side hustle. Here is Ninna Lu's Bio Link. Now introducing crystal healing aspects to the creation of every Trinity wreath or dreamcatcher.

 

  Working from home after my full-time teleworking job allows me to be able to enjoy working my ten year side hustle. It allows me to be home with the pups too, which my husband loves. We'd hate to leave them at home for long hours!

 

A Femme Luxe Collaboration:

Shop this oversized graphic couture lip tee and cargo loungewear pants

Femme Luxe Co UK

 

 

A Femme Luxe Collaboration:

Shop this loungewear wine track suit

Femme Luxe Co UK

 

Happy ten years to my side hustle baby!!!

Thank you so much for reading.

~ marissa