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South Florida Bike Expo

8/14/2014

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Bringing awareness of RMHC at a local trade show with other great volunteers!
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Left to Right: Andrew, Me, John, Carol
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Public Storyteller

8/14/2014

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I was honored to be hosted on Public Storyteller/ WLRN MPR Radio with Caren Nelie and Michael Stock 91.3 FM. So grateful for all of the support!

Audio: http://www.thepublicstoryteller.org/folkandacousticmusic/Segments/Entries/2014/8/11_Lexi_Masciarella_-_Tabz4charity.html
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Meeting Chris Colfer

8/5/2014

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Dreams really do come true. The amazingly talented Chris Colfer, or most famously known as Kurt Hummel on the hit show Glee, wore one of my bracelets at a book signing for his new book The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning. Chris Colfer has been one of my idols for a long time and meeting him was surreal.


My family and I woke up extra early and drove down to Books and Books in Coral Gables, Florida. We waited five hours in line, but it was totally worth it because I was one of the first to meet him. I remember when everyone first saw him, everyone screamed the loudest scream you can imagine. All of a sudden it hit me that I was actually going to meet him.



When I met him he said that he thought my bracelets were gorgeous and he loved it! He said it was so amazing that I did all of that work for charity! I was completely starstruck. Whenever I checked social media, pictures of him wearing my bracelet showed up and I was extremely ecstatic!  He was a really sweet guy and I am so happy to have met him!
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Bracelet of the Week: Blue Checkers

8/5/2014

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This week's Bracelet of the Week is called the Blue Checkers. It is a bracelet made with blue checkered lace and blue tabs. The look is casual and can be worn with anything black or blue (except a bruise). This bracelet is most worn by men, but I think it would look just as lovely on a woman as well.


 I have paired it with The Fault in Our Stars actor, Ansel Elgort. In his recent GQ Fall Fashion Preview Shoot, we see him wear a retro checked suit by Etro and a blue turtleneck by Gucci, the outfit is also paired with a blue checked Louis Vuitton bag. Leave it to good ole Augustus Waters to make a checked suit and blue turtleneck look sexy. This bracelet is a perfect accessory embracing the checkered design and the blue color.

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Bracelet of the Week: The Bracelet that Love Built

8/5/2014

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The bracelet that I am highlighting this week is, "The Bracelet That Love Built." See what I did there? If you don't, it is the a play on words of "The House That Love Built." I call this bracelet "The Bracelet That Love Built" because of the heart button I have woven into the tabs. It adds the perfect amount of flair to the simple black lace and silver tabs.


I remember that this was the first time I ever started using buttons for my bracelets. I was actually printing out pictures, laminating them, and then cutting them out to make my charms. It was extremely time consuming and it didn't give my bracelets the sophisticated look I was going for. Frustrated, I went on a mission to find some charms in our craft drawer. I came across a heart and VOILA, I created the first 'real' charm bracelet.



There are many variations of this bracelet. I always use the black lace, but I sometimes switch the silver tabs to the black tabs. I also use pink hearts, red hearts, and silver hearts with designs. I also love to switch things up a bit, fashion can become boring if you keep doing the same things.


Anyway, this bracelet is very adorable. It is one of my personal favorites. This bracelet can be worn as an everyday, casual look, or worn with a simple black dress to add some flair for a night out on the town. I would definitely pair this bracelet with Rafael Lopez's lace and feather dress with cape. We see Emma Watson wear this look to the premiere of The Deathly Hallows Part 1. This bracelet would be such a statement piece if she wore it.

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What is our mission?

8/5/2014

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I have always been my brother's little sister. The little girl who had some HUGE shoes to fill. Little did anyone know, I am someone who can make a huge difference in this world with some string and some tin tabs. A simple idea that shaped the person I am today and the way I view those who are less fortunate than I am. This is how my simple idea boomed into an organization that has raised over $5,000 dollars for charity in three years.
When I was in fifth grade at my school, North Broward Preparatory School, I was in charge of collecting tin tabs for the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). I have been collecting for the charity since the third grade, so I wanted to involve our school in the charitable fun. RMHC would collect the tabs off of the soda cans and take them to a scrap metal place to melt them down and then receive money for them. I wanted to start off the collection with a bang, so I donated a 50 gallon drum full of the tabs. Later, I was to be disappointed to learn that the house would only receive 80 dollars. I remember telling my mother, "There must be something more we can do. There has to be a more effective way to raise money."
The charity was very important to me for many reasons. The number one reason was because of a young boy I met named Raheim at the Ft. Lauderdale House back in the third grade. He was sweet as pie and would make your heart melt with every word that came out of his mouth. The only difference with Raheim was that he wasn't as healthy as other children. He would be in and out of hospitals, and sometimes even in death's reach. This little boy was a trooper. He fully recovered and returned back to his home in the Caicos Islands in 2012.
Anyway, I knew that I had to do something for Raheim and all of the other children who were less fortunate then him. Like any other teenager would do, I automatically went on the computer and typed "tin tabs" in the search bar. Millions of hits came up, but my eyes zoned in on "tin tab bracelets" and I clicked. I watched a video of some girl trying to teach the world how to make these trendy bracelets. The only problem was that they were scratchy, uncomfortable, and broke easily. With all of these problems in the way, I persisted through to fix all of them and create the first ever tabz4charity bracelet. Little did I know, that bracelet was the start of a journey. I later debuted a few of my bracelets at my sixth grade Charity Fair. They ALL sold out in an hour. Parents, students, and teachers were amazed at the effort I put into these bracelets and how cute they turned out. I was even asked back to sell more of the bracelets at a school concert. I was shocked, thinking that this was a one time deal and then I would probably be lucky if one sold. That was when I realized that I had something.
Developing and improving my brand has been a long and tedious process. For the past two years, I have been working my butt off to make these bracelets unlike what anyone has ever seen. My bracelets have been sold from Christmas Fairs to the annual Ronald McDonald House's Home for the Holidays Events. I have so far raised over 5,000 dollars for the charity and I will continue this for the rest of my life. Also, I am currently creating a website where I can sell my bracelets, unfortunately it is under construction. But I have a dream much bigger than to be in a few newspapers or magazines. I want the world to know and have my bracelets. I want big celebrities like Naya Rivera, Katy Perry, and Justin Timberlake wearing them and supporting my organization. I want other students to become inspired and do something good for our world because I think we already have enough bad. I want the world to know that a young girl can make a charitable difference in the world in a unique way. In a nut shell, tabz4charity is an organization I created where I make and sell fashionable tin tab bracelets and give the proceeds to charity.
In this blog, I will be posting pictures of my bracelets, events, and other important things that are going on with my organization. All of my bracelets are made out of RECYCLED materials, the proceeds go to CHARITY, and they are all made with LOVE. What do you think about my dream? Any kind of feedback is greatly appreciated!
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