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Wednesday, 1 May 2013

The only pisces in the village!

Hi guys, here I am again apologizing for being MiA for a while :( April was such a busy month! I'm glad and thankful that I made it to May in one piece :) My girl Yinka celebrated her twenty somethinth birthday back in March. I have never met anyone so particular about their star sign as Yinka is, referencing almost every attitude/attribute/ability to it. e.g (in her american accent) "gurl I'm pisces, I can't eat meat! -_-" "boy I'm pisces, I love hard" "ooh she's preedy, she pisces" "nah boo boo, I'm pisces, I can't marry your light skin ass" lool ok I took it far but you get my point!

Yinka kept telling me that she wanted a white dress to go on holiday with for her birthday celebration. She didn't end up going away so we decided to have dinner instead in what I'd like to call 'Stratford city's best kept secret' - Dane's Yard Kitchen. This fairly new restaurant popped up during the Olympic season and going past the stunning scenery each time, we always desired to go there sometime. Her birthday was the perfect opportunity! I asked everyone invited to dress up in red & blue for the Americana and it was really impressive to see people make the effort on such short notice! :) It was a fun sunday evening, good food, great company, and a pretty happy birthday girl.

Yinka's dress - White fitted midi length dress with a lace standing collar detail.

I made myself a cute little dress too, lol yes I had to!

Here's a few more pics from the American themed evening:

Dami in a WF scarf

Lol he could actually sing.. he took it a bit too seriously

"hehe I'm Pisces, how you know I don't eat regular cake just cheesecake?!"

That's all folks! :) Anyone notice that Yinka has two different pairs of shoes on in different shots?! (long story) but what I'd like to know from you fashionistas is which do you prefer? :) Let me know, leave a comment ;)

Till Next Post

WuraF

Monday, 18 March 2013

Mad March

"Mad March" was the front page headline of one of the evening newspapers last week. Yes, weather wise, it has been extremely mad! Earlier in the month, it seemed like spring came early, beautiful sunlight + warmth for more than a day! lol... but then a few days later, heavy snow was upon us. I remember a day when there was sunlight + rain + hailstones + snow ALL in one day, just crayy... but then again it wouldn't be Britain if the weather was normal. So I'll just soldier it and endure till maybe... I relocate to a perfect weather city. Where will that be you ask; that's not for me to decide, ask my oga at the top! dazall (lool private joke with my fellow Nigerians, if you want in, just google "oga at the top"). So on one of the sunny sundays, I wore a wool stripy midi length dress that I made. I realised later that the dress would be more ideal for the colder days, with tights on of course. I'd like to take time to thank my sis who is EVER willing & patient enough to help take my pictures :D( lol ok maybe not always but hoping this helps :p) & my friend Tayo who lets me use his camera occasionally (P.S if you need to hire any photography/videography gear, he has some pretty cool stuff, just ask me :) )

Thanks for reading :)

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WuraF

Friday, 8 March 2013

For the love of womanity ♥

Hello lovely readers, gosh I'm so sorry I have been MIA yet again; not for lack of content but because I've had a huge workload. But hey, I'm not complaining, this is what I pray for :) Today is International Women's Day, woop! A day set aside to celebrate the most wholesome and amazing species yet! lol yes I'm obviously biased but I wouldn't call myself a feminist. We ARE pretty amazing creatures as varied as we are, instinctively juggling many things at a time and wearing many hats: friend, sister, mum, wife, student, business woman etc yet striving to stay virtuous, graceful & gentle. It gives me great joy to have the job of making women look beautiful. Hence no better day to share this post with you.

Sometime last month, a phenomenal woman named Bimpe, who heads the hospitality department at my church, saw a top I made for a friend and asked me to make something similar for the ladies in her department for the grand finale of our yearly conference. I was really excited and felt so honoured by how much interest she showed. I, in return offered to also do a shift dress for the grand opening and she bought the idea. I found a tweed/woolmix fabric and thought it will be ideal. I realised also that it's so on trend right now. The outcome was beautiful and well received. I must say, they really stood out and made a good first day impression lol... I love the little details i.e the zip, velvet trim and crystal stones.