I feel by writing this, it will benefit your understanding of who i am and what i do, and also it will help with finding my identity again, that seems to get lost when stress and illness overtake my world and by letting it all out, is beneficial for me. It runs in my family- we dont handle stress that is targetted wrongly, especially when people attack me forth right and centre - spreading rumours that are as ridiculous as they have been are beyond a joke- its done damage to me internally- i dont care business wise- because firstly i am a person secondly i own a business, so i come first to myself and fibromyalgia is a bitch! I still consider myself young- i have just had alot of life experience and alot of crap happen to me as have most people- but when people start attacking my family saying that i have had everything handed to me on a silver platter and i couldnt possibly of gained success from working hard- is so far from the truth- that i really dont care what you think- because if you really cared for how i got started and my families influence on what i do then you wouldn’t of said anything before finding out the truth, because remember there is always 2 sides to a story, and the person who has such a cruel heart to attack someone publicly obviously needs to defend themself for a reason. right? maybe a guilty conscience. I will defend myself if its blatant lies.
Im Kate-Leigh Creasey, or to my family ‘Katie’ i will always keep my last name as i am proud of my heritage and some of the well known figures that run through our blood line have purely changed the world in one way or another, one being John Creasey. Im 21 in September, i freaked out when i turned 20, but i was excited when i turned 18 so i could get into gigs. I collect vintage stuff, i like getting dressed up, i love classic cars, im a typical rockabilly girl- but thats not purely what i listen to and i dont pretend i live in the 50’s i just admire it and dress it.
I have owned ‘My Little Rockabilly’ since i was 15. Before this i had a business that was registered at age 12- to my parents name it was called ‘Kate Creasey Designs’ i was too young to sign the legal documents to say i was a sole owner so my guardians did so. Have i done this through my entire teenage years? No. I have been a kids singing teacher for 4 years- passing on the knowledge i learnt through intensive Jazz training by someone i am honored to know Dianne Horder Young- who changed my life and gave me confidence to never be scared to show my voice and show who i am i was a very shy timid little girl until i started lessons with her.
i think teaching kids was the most rewarding thing i have ever done in my life, i became more like a sisterly figure, i helped them deal with things they were going through at school, talked to them about building confidence and i was basically just someone for them to come to if ever they were upset or in trouble a shoulder to cry on- i felt i was helping them i felt wanted for once in my life. i prevented all of my teenage students from self harm and suicide and the day i left byron to move to QLD all 12 of my students came and stood at my parents driveway and cried that i was leaving- i would have to say that was the hardest thing ive ever had to do- i knew i was leaving to grow as a person myself and work towards my career and it was so hard leaving them all behind- but i also knew that i was leaving such sweet caring kids that i helped and sometimes i took there hurt to heart- the letters of thanks from parents i received changed my life- isnt living life also about helping others? if so i have already lived my life very young and very successfully. I thought how am i ever going to get that warm feeling of helping people by starting my own fashion label? I felt a tad selfish for solely thinking of myself. The day i received a letter from a girl that said she was caught 7 times for attempted suicide had read my story on myspace and realised she can get through any hurt that is happening and it is possible to heal ones self. she read my story about having Chronic Fatigue from age 15-18 and still reaching as many heights as i could and not letting the supposedly uncontrollable- unmanageable- untreatable illness control my life- and everything is controlled by your frame of mind on how to handle things. As i started pin up modelling letters flowed from all types of people saying i was an inspiration to them..i thought really? me? maybe im a big sook for tearing up everytime i receive a letter from people who admire what i do. but i really cant just ignore the feeling someone else has put into writing such a letter- especially ones that say i have helped them in some way. Most of the letters are so heartfelt and at the end its something like ‘gosh i feel silly writing this to you, or please dont think im a creepy stalker’ My response is always the same! if i have helped you, inspired you in some way. i will continue to be blown away and never take it the wrong way i am completely humbled I guess it will never become normal to receive such messages because im just Kat, Kate, Katie daugter of 2 cool parents and i like cars and vintage things haha. The thanks grew more and more after i studied Makeup and started teaching, and started doing makeup for photographers and filling the girls with confidence in the somewhat daunting world of pin up modelling for the first time. As girls saw themselves all dolled up in the mirror and turning to me with tears in there eyes i realised this is exactly the thing i should be doing at this time in my life.I work better by myself and i can honestly say, this is why no collaborations, and no business collabs have worked, i see myself distancing myself away from people who are in it for the money and not the love of the culture, this is my personal choice and i have learn alot of lessons through trusting people. I think alot of people in business who also have their face to their business name could agree that you have to be extra careful what you say, to who, how you say and and where you say it. Having 10,000 people watching your every word, and an extra 2,500 on your blog is intense. I have haters, i dont care, psshh.. ive heard it all, im ugly, im fat, my face looks demented, there is more positive than negative and it out rules it, think what you want!
Its all going to get worse when our band releases its first song, its like throwing ourselves in a snake pit of 12,500 followers/people- to be honest we dont care.
So i say this to you. In any obstacles your run into in your life. you need to remind yourself who you are and where you come from and what you are doing & where you are going, where do you see yourself, because if you dont know yourself then you may just let fantastic opportunities pass you by, do what makes you happy and for the right reasons- im going to keep doing what i am, with or without support and encouragement from you.
