Dear Pennies & Pens, This past April, my agency, 8515 planned and hosted an anniversary event, #MP3 to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of my book, #MakeUrPenLoud: How To Be A Lifestyle Blogger. I can’t believe we were able to make…
Dear Pennies & Pens, This past February, my agency, 8515 hosted Pen’s Flicks: Black Panther. Pen’s Flicks is a collection of movie meetups, film screenings, and panel discussions curated by 8515. Inspired by the film section of de la Pen,…
Dear Pennies & Pens, So here’s the deal…I recently realized that I know some BAD Pennies. Chicks who are so dope, it’ll make your head spin. They have businesses, blogs, brands, kids, full time jobs, etc. These women do more…
Dear Pennies & Pens, OMG, I just came up with the dopest name for de la Pen’s event recaps aka Pencaps! Isn’t that lit?! So anywho, whenever you see “Pencap” at the beginning of the post that the post will…
Dear Pennies & Pens, Last year, I attended several different shows at the AT&T Performing Arts Center here in Dallas. As far as the shows I attended, they were Alvin Ailey, Into the Woods, and The King & I. I…
Dear Pennies and Pens, As you all know, a picture is worth a thousand words. So we’ll let the photos do the talking. With no further adieu, we present 1000 Words: All Pen Everything. And there it is. de la…
Dear Pennies & Pens, Sometimes you set off with the best intentions but things just don’t go according to plan. Take my latest shoot, All Pen Everything, for example. In so many ways, this shoot didn’t go according to plan.…
Dear Pennies & Pens, So I’m finally introducing an “Editor’s Letter” for de la Pen. Since de la Pen has grown into a lifestyle magazine, we publish it that way. Meaning we produce an issue of the magazine that has…
Dear Pennies & Pens, So idk about y’all but I am beyond excited about the soon to be released film, Black Panther. This movie is about to sooooo dope, epic, and life changing!!! Like a movie about a Black superhero…
Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s ya girl LoudPen here to offer you some good news and some bad news. The good news is my agency, 8515, just produced our most successful event. The bad news is we didn’t have the…
