Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!!!!!

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1 year wiser....or so i think

Hi my lovely readers,

 i hope you are keeping safe.

 Now that Christmas is around the corner, 

this is an indicator that the year is almost over.

mmmmh being a sigh of both relief and some disappointment.

I will not go through the details of all that 

God the Almighty 

has done for me,

 its alot believe me you.

With the new year i have a chance of doing things much better bearing in mind i am 1year wiser and not to mention one year older. 

I have learnt alot from the 

mistakes that i have made,

the opportunities that i missed 

and the things i did right or i thought i did right .

 I am hopeful that 2013 is an year of Grace and that the lord will guide us through it.

Now to crocheting

I have been doing a little bit of crocheting here and there.

Here is a sneak peak of a blanket i am working on

(black and red granny squares)

so what are you working on????please share......

Crochet Earrings Frenzy

hi y'all hope you are well.

a while back ago i got these beautiful earrings-crochet made

from bessy bugo.

In this photo cant realy tell what

i was looking at but i hope

you notice the earrings and not the

weird look.

 she pretty talented and does amazing work

check out her fb page

did i say they are my favourite.

But i cant rock them with office wear

but they go

really well with casual.

on that note here are some inspirations from the web

pretty earrings

i must say

from here

from here i must say

these realy are inspiring

from here

 

from here

i must say i had done almost similar

earrings an year back

check out that post

here

 

Do you have a pair of crocheted earrings?

If yes let me know how best you wear them

 

 

have an inspired weekend all

xoxo

 

Nail Polish Embellished Jeans Wallet

hi, every one,

i hope that you are pretty okay.

i am great today,

woke up with some great mood,(i like)

just heard this jam on the radio...

this jam just lifts up my spirit

no looking back -Damita

anyway enough about my good mood

 and

on to my crafting

sewing...

i have not done this in a while

i have to confess that i had a pretty worn out wallet that is before saturday

 and i thot i could make one.

so i googled "how to make a fabric wallet" and i got one that seemed easy to make

but i had to use loads of starch for it to stay stiff

you can find the pattern here

i used

• left over jeans fabric
• thread n needle
• starch
• ironbox
• butterfly to decorate (optional)
• nail polish to decorate (optional)

 so this is what i came up with

i added some more nail polish

the nail polish i used

have a lovely furahi day
and
an awesome weekend everyone

xoxo

dyverse

in the mind of a working kenyan

yaani am like super late on making these blog updates,
so mid this week
OBAMA won
so who doesnt know that obama  is Kenyan 'lol' okay he is not kenyan but his roots
can be traced back to Kenya...Kogello...in the mind of a kenyan he is sooooo kenyan.
the craze in kenya was so enormous
Kenyans were way more excited than they way they normally get when one of our political leaders
gets elected in Kenya
if you guys who live abroad(abroad herein meant to say anyone not living in Kenya)
think it was a joke check this youtube video of the mock elections at Kogello...people in this village left what they were doing to go vote

kwanza those guys who were leading the elections made my day with their attire....the Kenyan flag pants....eeeh these guys.....
so let me give you an update about Kogello,
Kogello is a small town in kisumu where Obama's father was from.so" everyone in that town is an obama's supporter".The old know who obama is, and the young ones' in my thinking are born and when they learn to utter their first words thats the first thing they are taught.....#thinking outloud#
if you still dont believe this story here is another one for you.A mother from the same region who gave birth to twins on that day named them Obama and Mitt...That should tell you that Obama is Kenyan...read that storyhere

The most thing that dissapointed me with Obama winning is that i was so longing of that kapublic holiday that i thot President Kibaki would announce after Obama wins....and he never did.i know all kenyans were waiting for that ..like in 2008 where it was made a holiday...aaaai you should have seen my sad face on Thursday..when the polls were reassuring i had even started planning for that free day on the corner.
Anyway..the family looked so awesome..when i grow up i want to dress like Michelle Obama..these lady got style like you cant believe

Although i was sad we didnt get a kaholiday to celebrate Obama's victory
i am happy he did get back to office


Still in the mind of a working kenyan i think Kenyans deserved that kaholiday..........
 

Take Heart

Hi yall hope all is well with you.

This moment i take to encourage all those

who were hit by

storm sandy

though late...better late than never.

Put your trust in the lord and he will give you rest

I leave you with this verse from psalms

Psalm 91

¹ Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty

Random Post -creativity

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
― Scott Adams


you see the thing about creativity is that its not measurable. you get some that people are more creative than others. explainig the reason behind it is tough.in the recent times we have seen creativity become a career something that was not the norm in the past.as i walk in the streets of Nairobi i see creativity everywhere, especially on young people. all these potraiyed in the mode of dressing, doing their hair, starting innovative businesses


here are interesting quotes on creativity

Pablo Picasso

“Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up” – Pablo Picasso

Vincent Van Gogh

“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced” – Vincent Van Gogh

in my case " if you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot crochet,’ then by all means crochet, and that voice will be silenced"

Salvador Dali

“Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it” – Salvador Dali

Leo Burnett

“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people” – Leo Burnett

Jack London

“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club” – Jack London

George Bernard Shaw

“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will” – George Bernard Shaw

Dr. Seuss

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try” – Dr. Seuss

Charles Mingus

“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that’s easy. What’s hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity” – Charles Mingus

Voltaire

“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation” – Voltaire

Donatella Versace

“Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas” – Donatella Versace

Ray Bradbury

“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things” – Ray Bradbury

Steve Jobs

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, the just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while” – Steve Jobs

Cecil B. DeMille

“Creativity is a drug I cannot live without” – Cecil B. DeMille

George Bernard Shaw

“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not’?” – George Bernard Shaw

Albert Einstein

“Creativity is contagious, pass it on” – Albert Einstein
 

I hope i passed on some creativity muse to you guys
thanks for dropping by,
it makes my heart smile......:)


have a very lovely weekend
laters!!!!
xoxo
dyverse




 

Some Hippo Hat

'You don't take a photograph, you make it'
Ansel Adams

 

 

Hi fellow bloggers, i hope you are doing well

I caught this bad cold that has really brought me down :(

but am psyking myself up

recently i finished

testing a pattern for

my blogger friend

SusanD

it was a hippo hat

and i think it turned out great

it

makes

a lovely

present

for a newborn

 

 

 

 

 

'The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.'
Paul Getty
 

lovely day

xoxo

 

 

 



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