Untitled// Shop biznizz...

Greetings from the land of Zod! (I am pretty obsessed with this dude this week, for reasons unbeknown to me. Apologies.) 

Hope you're all okay, enjoying the transition from winter to spring? Well, I certainly am. Being cold and numb from the inside out is not my idea of a wonderful time. So glad I can get my legs out soon (definitely after I purchase some hair removal cream... Amen?)

Just shamelessly plugging the shop this dreary Friday afternoon. Haven't been able to make any new pieces to update the shop with, final year is a killer. Serious killer guys. *wipes sweat off forehead*

Okay, going to continue with the life of an almost pharmacist. Hope you have a lovely weekend, and Happy International Women's Day!

Traa!

xxx

Something other than jewellery this time// Current Brain thoughts...

 

 

Mawnin'. Lifted a couple of things off the tumblr this fine day to show you wonderful people where my mind is right now. 

1. Being inspired is the first step. But staying inspired is the hardest part of being a creative. Looking forward to finding out what exactly I want to do with my life (and the degree I am about to finish which I have no passion for whatsoever.. *welp*)

2. Travel. Travel. Travel. And travel some more. I envisage myself in a little European house such as that above. I'm a bit obsessed with quaintness, if you haven't figured that out already.

3. Not only do I wanna BE them, I just want to watch more 50s movies. And fashion myself as one of these radiant women. Oh, the life.

4. Just YES. More art, more life. YES.

5. Because I am the world's biggest, most obese time waster. 2013 is a year of change, my fellow citizens of Gotham.

6. *giggles* just for the darned cuteness of it all.

7. And, in conclusion, LIVE happy. THINK happy. BE HAPPY. #lifemantra2013

Ahhh... And I managed to post something other than jewellery! Yesss! Lol... 

Tootraa!

xxx

Shop induced hiatus... Oh, and university of course! *scratches head*

Oh haaii. I feel bad for neglecting this blog and making silly excuses like having uni work to tackle (like, since when did that get in the way of jibber jabbering?) to explain my shortcomings. Plus I'm tired of seeing the word 'apologise' and 'hiatus' on this blog. 

Aanyhoos, hope everyone is doing okay? Yes? No? Have the wonders of the world ceased to amuse you yet? Because they haven't me. I mean, Kim Kardashian is on her way to Nigeria, for reasons unbeknownst to me (and possibly herself), yet again in reference to Nigeria, they won a championship (African Cup of Nations) for the first time since Zod took over the-town-where-Superman-lived-in-on-earth, among other things! 

The world is still amazing, and amusing me in many respects. Thank God for that. 

In more adult news however, the shop is taking shape, thank God! I'm totally excited that I am able to express myself in such a creative manner, and i'm constantly trolling design and photography websites to see how I can improve the aesthetics of my products. 

New items (pictured above) are now up on the shop for grabs, woohoo! Customers get a 10% off code for every customer they recommend to shop on cre8ed, so tell a friend to tell a friend!

Be sure to visit the shop for more bits and bobs of vintage cuteness!

Here's to hoping for more posts and less infrequencies!

Traa for now!

xxx

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Life and... other drugs...

Well. I have outdone myself this time. Been gone for so long.

Miss me?

Since i'm not entirely sure if actual humans and not UFO inhabitants peruse this blog, I am not expecting an answer to the question above. But it's whatever! I still luu' you Obama blogsville! Hope you've been keeping well?


Okay. In my hiatus, I have actually been busy. With life, as aforementioned, no doubt, but also with exciting new projects!

Drumroll please?!?!

I started a JEWELLERY BUSINESS!!!!

Yes. Indeedy I did. I took the plunge, picked up my pliers, and off I went making... things! So, without further ado (and wordsmithing), I present to you, my latest baby on Etsy....

Totally excited/exhilarated/jumpy/scared/*insert other adjectives-adverbs-ad-somethings in here* about this new venture. The shop finally opened two weeks ago, despite my frustrations with technology and my own shortcomings, but it's alive now! Stocked with button earrings and other wacky ear bits!

 

So yeah. This, combined with university (finals), life, winter, CHRISTMAS, and... life, are what have prevented me from being on this here site. Apologies!

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Having a giveaway sometime soon, also, you know, because it's the most wonderful time of the year and all.

Happy Saturdayyyyyy!!!

xxx

To be continued...

AWOL is not even the word.
Hiatus? Not even close to describing my absence.


May, or may not be back.

Here's hoping for the former.

Xxx

Blue Suede Shoes...

 
I don't have anything to blog about, so I figured I may as well show you my most recent purchase (as well as my mother's bag I wish she would let me steal). Yeah. Cobalt blue fringed desert boots. Why not? Sticking to the status quo is just not appealing all the time. Indeed it is not.

Adios!

Summertime, and the livin' is easy...

... But of course we took pictures! I am pleased to introduce Ope as the latest member of the natural crew!!!! Isn't her haircut just awesome? Trying to get her not to grow the hair at all and just become the next Amber Rose (bar the slutty job).

Erm... yeah. So like I said, I should be doing work. But something about the serotonin released from the sun has got me way too happy to think about things as CRUCIAL as work. Oh goodness.

This post does not warrant a title. It's just fabulous in itself...

... Except... Urm... The video still doesn't do all our fabulousness justice. Oh dearie...

The only explanation for this video is the fact that the sun is out today, thereby making us do/act crazy. Do bear with us!

Sunday Kind of Love...

Etta James is exceptional. And I was listening to this song whilst battling one of my many courseworks, and, don't you know, it happens to also be a Sunday today. Isn't that just dandy? I seem to think it is!

Please do enjoy this beauty of a musical procession! Her voice, ohhhh may her voice live on!

Happy Sunday!

The Procraspiration...

Alas, 'tis the weekend. I am typing away in my friend's room, because, in an act to try and get something substantial done during our weekend of birthday fun, I have brought my 'work' with me so I can laze about watching episodes of The Good Wife do some catching up. But no, I'm rounding pictures that I like up to show you lovely people of blogsville. Times like these, school work loses all appeal, and... yeah...

1.) Living a dream is the only way to live. Really. 2) School kids prancing about the neighbourhood. I just love it. Plus I'm obsessing over black and white photographs these days... 3) possibly the best list ever made. nom nom. 4) I love how she looks like a modern day Zelda Fitzgerald. I want to become a flapper so bad, it hurts my intestines. 5) Need I explain? 6) Why yes, that is indeed me looking like... I don't know. You can decide.

Chillin' out maxxin'...Saturday jazzin'

It's no news that I love my jazz like no other. I remember Saturday mornings when I was younger. I lived in Nigeria back then, and the weekends were (severe) cleaning days. Wiping windows, dusting carpets, cleaning furniture, or anything my mother saw fit to include as our chores. On the television, or the stereo set, would be the soft, easy processions of jazz. My father is a jazz connoisseur you see - so there were records upon records, upon records in the house growing up. But at that age, such music did not appeal to me, I guess.
My obsession with nostalgia, I guess you could say, was what ignited my love for jazz and the blues. The music carries this oldness with it; a serene feeling of... calm. I could listen to this all day and forget there was work to go to, or people to see, or just generally life to witness.

Yes. My love for the blues runs that deep. It's alright to call me weird, my siblings do that already.

Northerners in the South// A day in the life...

So it was the best friend's birthday last week. Seeing as we are pharmacy students with workload amounting to... (oh goodness knows, but think big, like, biiiig) 

... She was unable to go birthday shopping, which has been our tradition since we were wee teenagers. So we decided to go today, spend money, and just have a jolly time. Except I was just meant to go along and not make any purchases, because a) my birthday has long gone, b) I shouldn't really be buying things because I am learning the concept of frugality and c) well... there is no c, but I couldn't very well stop at b now, could I?

  

The lipstick stain is faint, but it was her first one ever, so we're commemorating the occurrence!

Anyhowzzz, we both got cameras from the parents as birthday presents (they got us the same cameras, incidentally... LOL. Even our parents have decided to continue with the cloning...), and have proceeded to have fun with them ever since.I'm rather camera happy as this is my first camera EVER, so i'm just a lowly amateur. Do bear with me.

But ohhh we had fun. and alas, I could not stop myself from making two cheeky purchases. Life, oh life.
Happy Friday!

When Editorials make you swoon// Longing for yesteryears...

I cannot say I have been blown away by editorials since the last one I mentioned about Alannah's wedding dress somewhere down in the archives. I think it was last October's Vogue, but I may be wrong. Either way, I'm completely consumed (eee, alliteration) by this here editorial. Penny Pickard shot by Steven Chee for the New Zealand magazine, Fashion Quarterly and styled by Marina Didovich. Suffice it to say that I will be dressing in this Jackie - O/ Betty Draper - esque manner that these editorials are giving me right now *smacks lips and clicks fingers in emulation of Miss Jay from ANTM* 

I'm loving the glasses, the serenity of the model's stances, the housewife-charity ball attending- dinner party planning - pie baking lady of the manor expressions, and just genuinely the all round ease presented through their locations and the styling.

Now, i'm going to be needing my kitty kat glasses and my gold rimmed wire to arrive sooner (YES, I AM GETTING cat - eye prescription glasses, because I have taken my 50s obsession up a notch). In anticipation mode!!!

P.S: Pictures obtained from the lovely fashiongonerogue.com. Yes, I made my fash-rounds today. Extremely happy I did though!