Pre-Halloween Party

Well, I sure had fun today Downtown in Fayetteville NC. It's was gruelsomely fun to watch a bunch  of people all dressed up for the 'Thriller' by Micheal Jackon.

Here was the sane me going for a cup of coffee...

  I sat down, ordered, got up to leave.... 

Then I met....Hatter and I couldn't resist having a picture of it....Ah! but the pictures didn't turn out as clear as I wanted it, anyway....nice Hatter.

Have fun y'all and have a safe Halloween this coming Monday....

Adepeju

The Little Things.

A lot can be taken for granted in this fast paced schedules we all run. We have to make ends meet. Most often little things around runs fades. The little things that reflects time and season. That indicates to us that everything is but for a short while. I nearly missed all that until this little flowers spoke to me in a language that transcends words. Then I pause and snap at the little ones found in odd places. Their names? I have no clue. But I bask in the glory and experience their tranquility as I move on.....

Have a safe night.... Adepeju

Peek-2-Win Eparty

Hi Winners,

Over the week I came to the conclusion of having an e-party on my Avon Online Shop to celebrate my sixth month of blogging and to thank you with these amazing freebies.

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Thanks for being a part of me for the past 6 month

Ankara Fabric Bow Hairpiece

Hi everyone,

I hope you've got great plans for this beautiful day because the sun is shinning and the weather is cool.
Enjoy this little Bow of mine as a token for the day. Click Here for instructions.

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Instructions Here

Have a pleasant day.

My ecstatically bored adventure!!!

Hey, here I am enjoyably stuck for the next 9 months in Fayetteville, far away from the things I'm familiar with; my family, food, clothes, cold or the unexpected change in weather around here. 

Everybody I met has being great really but then I couldn't help comparing them from what I have back home. And yes I am from Nigeria, in fact, I am a typical Yoruba babe born and bred in Lagos somewhere in the mainland. For you nosy folks...Mushin Olosha!

Yes! I know! And yes again its true. So you can imagine me coming to America when I'm supposed to be on the lookout for male possibilities in my life and settling down as one of the faithful. But time and tide they say...

Back to my ecstatically bored existence in Fayetteville like I was on to earlier on, I am without a sewing machine and a glue gun and this makes my artistic tendencies float. I must confess that got me depressed. I have being meaning to but one of each but feel rather embarrassed about carrying a sew machine all the way from ...to Murchison. So I'm stuck! 

What am I doing at FSU: teaching Yoruba language to fellow Americans who have a flair of living in the Diaspora or is it just a case of easy grades?! My students really are great and have all picked a Yoruba name for themselves. Isn't that just great! Anyway I'm thinking of floating the idea of we have a dress party wearing the Yoruba attires. Let's hope it all gels with them!

By the way folks, no one seems to be making any comments on the give-away I'm hosting! Ha! Guys help out....

See ya! 

MY MEMORIES SUITE GIVE-AWAY

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This is my very first attempt at doing a give-away on my blog and to this effect here it goes......

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Here's my first trial and I must say that it is very user friendly. The free templates are endless and you can get even more. There are just tons and tons of amazing kits That You Can Use ....and I believe you can do it even better :)

This is my first attempt and once you download your Digital Scrapbook Software you will discover just like I did that it is easy and fun to use. You just cannot beat the offer.
It allows you even to come up with your own personalized idea like I did just here. Am I just good or is it My Memories Suite that allows for this ingenuity?! *winks*

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There are videos that helped in adjusting me quickly on how to use the digital scrapbook software and here is one of my favorites

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Become a follower of Peekadot Here and if you are already "lucky you, me and us"!

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Ankara 2 in 1 Brooch and Hair pin!

Happy Birthday Ms Hoy!!!
August has being a month filled with travelling and relocating from on point to another and its being such fun all the way. So sorry I have being M.I.A for the past 3 weeks or more. Today, I had to make a birthday gift to a wonderful woman Ms. Hoy and I have nothing but scraps of fabric to help me out, which is why this lovely Ankara 2 in 1 flower brooch or hair pin came up.

Book for the Day: The Help
Here is what I'm reading up this week which is really great for this period and enlightening.
You can pick up a copy by simply clicking on the image.
Must haves!


Here is how to make your special Ankara 2 in 1 flower brooch or hair pin.

Step 1-4:

Materials: Fabric, scissors, brooch pin, hair pin, glue, glitter glue, acrylic stone,
artificial leaves and petals.
Cut out a long stripe of fabric.
Fold the fabric over each other to form a triangle to give you a perfect square or just cut out the size of square you want.
Cut out five equal squares.

Step 5-8:
Fold each of the squares just as in the picture below until you have a little right-angled triangle

Step 9-12

Using a zig-zag scissors, cut out an arc from your triangle and you can as well make a contour to give the petals more allure.
Open each of the petal up and lay over each other to know which is bigger.
Then using a needle and thread, neatly tack the folded triangle into place one after the other over each other.
After this, open it up gently.

Step 13-16:

You should have something like what we have below here.
Cut out a little piece from your fabric and glue on your artificial leaves.
Place each leaf diagonally over the other.

Step 17-20:

Now glue on the fabric gently over the leaves.
Then, glue on one large and small artificial petal on the fabric.
Finish it off with another little fabric cut out in the shape of a petal using your zig-zag scissors.

Step 21-24:

Open up the centre of the flower and glue on your acrylic stone.
Cover the edges of the stone with your glitter glue to give it a shimmering effect.
Allow to stand for a while to dry.
When dry, turn upside and glue on your brooch pin and the hair pin. Remember to cover up the hair pin by simply cutting a little fabric and placing it over the side of the hair pin you have glued down for support.
Now you can wear it as you like and take photos .

Step 25-28:

Show Off!!!!!

 

The faith of our fathers

The faith of our fathers

By Titilayo Olurin

August 14, 2011 05:05PM
To learn more about the Yoruba Traditional Belief system and the need to help bring it out of going into extinction....more...

DA TREND

Welcome to this weeks "CREATING SUCCESS AROUND THE WORLD TOUR"

 

You can follow all the hosts to support them and keep up to date with the fabulous posts they will share every week.  Then if you are inspired to join, just link up your own blog to make some new international friends. Remember to leave us a comment when you follow us so we can follow you back! And of course we'd love if you added our button to your site to help spread the word!   Here are your hosts: Make sure you visit them all to see the inspiration and creative people every continent has to add to our community.







 Ausralasia - Jill@Creating my way to success    Europe -  Yaga@ The Shiny Bubble
The Americas -Suzy's@ Suzy's Arsty Craftsy Sitcom  Asia - Janelle@ Of Pinks and Fairy Tales

This week I will be introducing you to Tolulope Ilori an undergraduate of Ladoke University, Ogbomoso.

Tolulope Ilori: DA TREND

What do you create? I design and make African and Western wears for women.

What inspires you when you create? Quietness and I get inspired when I see a design because each design that catches my glance act as a template to creating other designs.

Do you sell your creations? If so, how, and is it profitable?                            

Yes, I do sell my creations and yes it is profitable but you know DA TREND is getting there because at first it’s not about profit making but about gaining a good relationship and trust from your target market.

What mistakes have you made or lessons you have learned?

I learned to always put my best in every design because you can't be sure where it might get to

What to you is success? Have you reached it yet, or are you on your way towards success?

I haven't gotten to a quarter of my aspirations, trusting my God to take me there because I can't lean on my own understanding and strength. Also to be 

So, what's next? 

The next thing is too put my whole strength, time and ideas to make DA TREND a success because juggling between trying to study for Bio-technician is not really easy but I have learnt to program my time so that one does not affect the other.

What's your advice to women, entrepreneurship and self development? My advice to women is that we should believe ourselves because I'm also a woman. We should try and make impact wherever we find ourselves and put our best in whatever passion we carry. As an entrepreneur, we should not be afraid to take risk because it might be your open door to your success. We should always develop and update ourselves everyday on how things are being done.

Well here is our guest out partying the Yoruba way :0

You can still link up to the others by clicking the links below:

 Ausralasia - Jill@Creating my way to success    Europe -  Yaga@ The Shiny Bubble
The Americas -Suzy's@ Suzy's Arsty Craftsy Sitcom  Asia - Janelle@ Of Pinks and Fairy Tales

Please link up your blog here:   

BUCKLED BRACLET

Are you all dressed up tight in jeans all belted up with that lovely top you specially bought for that visit or to wow your friends and foes alike? Only for you to step out of the house, get to your bus stop and drop your purse or something that requires you having to bend a little to pick it up and voila your belt gives up on you and you have a divided Jordan to contend with?!

Well it did happen to a lovely friend of mine

and you know what, she or whomever such happens to can only go back and pick up another belt even when you are late for an appointment.



What then happens to the damaged belt? Should she or you give up on it and throw away? Well my beautiful friend Amara did just that. Coming over to my house and asking that I give it to the trash. Just as I was about to an idea struck me that since the buckle was all gold plated and still looking all very new, I could re-construct it into a bracelet and boy! did it come out looking great?! Well see for ya self...;)

Reconstructing a damaged belts into a bracelet is about the easiest thing to do. Mine is a little chipped while punching but  I know you can do it  even better.

So let's go for a ride :

Materials:

Damaged Belt
Tape Measure
Eyelet Punch
Scissors
Your Wrist ;)

Instruction on making this

OH! that scratch :(
Measure your wrist and cut out the length of it from the belt. Then you take an eyelet punch and punch in a hole where it would fit into.
Well, that all there is to it. Quite easy to make and you don't have to throw away that belt.

 

 

 Do have a swell time reconstructing your belts into something cool.
See you all some time soon.