First EVER Pair Of Earrings!

Ever since I tapped into the little accessories designer in me, I had all consuming thoughts of making a pair of earrings especially after making this necklace. I thought it would look good with a pair of earrings but my creative adviser suggested a bracelet. So, that is on the back burner but not the earrings making bit. No.
A couple of days ago; inspiration struck, all the creative thoughts and ideas came together and I finally got round to making a pair of earrings. Earlier, I had edited a pair of peacock danglers that were too long and kept the little red connectors, found the double chains laying around and hooks to pull it together. With accessories especially jewellery, it is imperative to keep the pieces you think you might need at a later date after editing a piece.

In my opinion it all came together perfectly. I doubled the chain on each pair to make it a little thicker and shorter instead of one slender long chain (I don’t like long chain danglers), connected to the red pieces and added the hooks. The only kink in this entire picture is the silver hooks unlike the rest of the pieces which are kind of bronze. Aside from those of you who read this, few would know.

How they would look like long

Whenever I do something creative-wise, I seek the opinion of four people. My mother (sometimes), Creative Advisers's Em or Ama (invaluable girls), and my brother. Since this is entirely of a feminine nature and because I haven't touched base with the creative advisers, I sought mum's. Told her I made a pair of earrings aka danglers and proceeded to show her. She does like them, said they look not hand made. I took that as a compliment.

It’s Not Yours To Give!

I find quite a lot of things annoying but nothing gets my blood boiling like someone giving away stuff that's not theirs to give. When you give away someone else’s property, it shows a total disregard, lack of courtesy and respect to the person and their property especially to one who loaned it out of kindness.
This takes me back to my school days when I’d loan friends of mine some of my stuff only to discover the next day they had in turn loaned them out to their friends, friends I didn't even talk to. Since then, I try as much as possible not to fall into the ‘lend me’ or ‘help me with…’ trap. After such treatment, what else can a person expect? Certainly not deferential treatment! Now, I either give away entirely - cutting all ties or make up an excuse. Who wants to lose their property in such a disrespectful manner?
Funny thing is; people who don’t respect other people’s property expect you to respect what’s theirs. Give the owner the courtesy of making the decision to either let go or take back what’s theirs once you’re over the sticky situation instead of you giving it away to someone you don’t talk to as well.
Let it be known that you have no right to give away what's not yours to give. If you feel the urge, pay the owner the courtesy of seeking their permission before you do the annoying act of giving away what does not belong to you!

Are you INTERESTING or BORING?!

I came across this article on elite daily and it colored me intrigued. We all want to know whether we’re boring or interesting to our friends and family so naturally, I checked it out. I try to think of myself as interesting though there are times when I can’t help feel boring. So, let’s find out. I have used a different color for wherever I fall.

Quotes 6.0

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” – Dr Seuss.

• Sometimes fighting the good fight beats the hell out of you. – Beauty And The Beast
• A man who has nightmares every night of his life is in pain. – (Yukio) The Wolverine
• There is nothing like a good man to keep a woman distracted. – Fedora
• I try not to make plans. God  always laughs at your plans. I’m going to keep the door open, and keep the page blank, and see what gets painted upon it. – Tom Hiddleston
• You weigh your kind words as if they were gold, and dispense them with great stinginess. – Christina Dodd
• Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth. – Rumi
• Every day of our lives is it’s own performance. – Grey’s Anatomy
• The most foolish man is one who brags about his wisdom.- Sungkyunkwan Scandal (Korean drama)
• Love is a little selfish or else it’s not love. – Aurora
• It’s better to be loved and betrayed than never truly love. – Seize The Day
• A woman never forgets her first love, no matter how badly it ended. – The Vampire Diaries
• The life ahead of you comes from the life you’ve had so far. – The Fugitive: Plan B (Korean drama)
• I’m drunk in love and steaming with desire for you. – Wild Heart
• The hunting dog is killed after catching the rabbit. – The Fugitive: Plan B
• A woman’s taste in men changes over time. – The Fugitive: Plan B
• Jealousy doesn’t understand reason. – Corona De Lagrimas
• The one that falls in love later falls in love madly. – Corona De Lagrimas
• There is no reality in dreams.” – The Fugitive: Plan B

Thinking Out Loud.

Ever been on a concentration high that suddenly took you back to a few memories or something that happened before? Recently, I was in the grip of a creative process that made my mind and thoughts roam over to a few things that went on in 2013. I found myself reflecting on what had happened and how hard a year it had been for someone close to me.
This person had a really trying 2013 that made me wonder if she’d be able to get through it all as she thought. There is so much I would like to talk about but can’t because it is not mine to tell. What I learnt from this person then is: never lose your optimism if you are the eternal optimist. Sometimes it is all you need to make the pessimists around you have faith in you and your beliefs. Seeing this person keep her optimism made me have a bit of faith albeit with a truck load of niggling doubts. So, believe in your rainbow at the end of a hard storm however long it takes.
And to the little soldiers with faux bravado like myself, cry! Cry when you’re seeing something you worked hard for fall apart. I am a firm believer in crying because to me, it means whatever it is meant quite a lot. If you lose it all and don’t cry over the loss, then it wasn’t worth much. And it is said that we cry over the things and people that mean a lot to us. Even if they say crying doesn’t solve anything, having a tear cleanse makes all the sorrow and anger flow out of the body. And things always look much better and easier to deal with after a good thunderstorm in your eyes.
Sometimes, we tend to think we might not make it out of particularly hard situations when we’re going through them but life and God is surprising like that. Now, it all seems like a distant memory and is a little easier for this person. It is too early to tell how the year might play out but I pray for smooth sailing. I am quite the critic on her but I never want to see her go through hard times like last year. Not when I am incapable of helping her.

Frightful Nights!

Aside from the times where I fall really sick and feel as if at death’s door, I have had quite the couple of frightful nights that have to do with a burglar or two.
In my room, there are two large windows I leave open whenever going to bed at night. I leave a partition of both windows open due to the unbearable heat we’re experiencing of late. I never draw the other half of the curtains too just the net and that’s it. So, there I was in the wee hours of 1/03/2014 turning around in my mosquito netted bed with the thought to close the windows because it had turned quite chilly. On turning, who do I notice AGAIN not only peeping into my room but actually pulling the window netting aside to take a hard look? A Burglar!
You won’t believe how I actually sat up in bed and asked the guy to get the hell away if he knew what’s good for him. Despite this dose of bravado, I was really frightened to the extent of being cold all over with a seriously pounding heart. I gave myself a few moments to calm down, crept slowly out of bed, drew the curtains – without closing the windows then proceeded to go to my parents’ room and wake my dad up. I’m so glad he is a light sleeper because he didn’t waste anytime and went straight for his firearm.
As I was busy telling them what had happened, my mum kept talking in this really loud volume yet me and dad were whispering. I kept thinking, ‘what the hell is wrong with her?’ When my dad left to patrol the house, I decided to leave mum by herself. I couldn’t understand what she was on with the loud talk.
After my dad’s patrol of the entire house, I asked him to come into my room and stand by while I closed the windows because I was quite frightened. He was of the notion that it’s OK to leave them open and the burglar probably wanted to take his car apart and had left, but after the scare I had? I wasn’t having none of that! All this happened around 3am!
The first time this happened, my windows were open then too and that time, I only gave a scream from my bed and the parents came running.
Our neighbors surprise me sometimes. They know my dad is armed and dangerous yet there is still someone out there who loves to take the risk? Granted, the fence on the side of my room is a little lower which is temptation but, for what? Why are you risking your life for a few measly things? I say neighbors because burglars never come from far. It is always someone from the neighborhood never from afar.
I should really stop the habit of leaving the windows open when going to bed too. What if the burglar shoots me dead and proceeds to go about his business the next time? God forbid!!!!