Saturday, July 12, 2014

PAPLERAYN & CANDLE-IT LAUNCH

This has been a long time in coming but it makes up for it by being picture heavy. Boy is it picture heavy! I can't even promise to caption them all! Lets start by setting the mood;

Me gallivanting all over the place in between stints of working the Candle-It station. My outfit is a crop top and skirt combo from Warehouse (originally a dress but I felt it veered a little twee for the occasion so I took scissors to it and got a good tailor and voila!)


This picture was when I realized I need to switch to a matte foundation. I'm all shine instead of glow.

I'm pretty certain the long face here was due to noticing how shiny I was in the pic above.

First look at the entire outfit. These shoes are the most comfortable heels in my closet right now and feature in nearly 50% of my outfit combinations. Available to order from www.paplerayn.com

Back to the candle station. I had to be here else people were going to take a bite outta them thinking they were real cupcakes. *True story*


THE DECOR


 


The event was held at Bodaboda Garden City Rooftop and was a Red Carpet affair.

Candle-It supplied the decor and as night fell, candles in mason jars outline the mini-runway.


Couldn't resist taking a pic of this beautiful light fixture that cast such amazing geometric shadows

But enough of that, you want to see the fashion, right? Let's dive in then. All outfits showcased are available to order from the Paple Rayn website


WOMENSWEAR





Great stuff for corporates and the best part is its delivered right at your door!

These here are some of the male models that night. This is at the press line before Paple Rayn worked its magic.




MENSWEAR








Quite the transformation, no?


CANDLE- IT TABLE




ESTEEMED GUESTS

Guest of Honor and noted sharp dresser the Honourable Mike Mukula

The lady of the evening (centre)








Bet you wanted a close up of those shoes - also available at www.paplerayn.com

UBC's famed lifestyle and fashion presenter was in attendance.



The Emcees for the night - outfits by Paple Rayn






Cocktails and Food were on the house

About to launch the website - peep me in the background hurrying to my vantage point :)

GOING...

GONE!!! 
And we're live!


It was such a fun filled night and a great culmination to months of hard work. Now show a sister some support and check out Uganda's first online shopping and home delivery website!

Friday, July 4, 2014

TAKING STOCK 04/07/14

My outfit last Saturday at a friend's surprise birthday dinner. Dress from Warehouse modified into a skirt and crop top.

So this is the Taking Stock post ( template from Meet me at Mike's) I promised to rewrite. Except of course a few things are different than what I had filled in in the first draft. No prizes for guessing what catastrophe befell me in the past hour.

Making : Sunburst mirrors. These are the first off a line of Interior Decor products I plan on making. No point in dreaming small, right?

Excuse the mess. I was making them from my office after hours but will move the makeshift workshop home this weekend.
I have never been prouder to announce to the universe that I made this. If you've ever been subjected to any meals prepared by yours truly you know why this is a very big deal.
 Cooking : Oven roast whole herb chicken. Got a new gas oven a couple of months back and I'm putting it to good use. No more 3 minute noodles for this girl.
Drinking : Water. Not nearly enough though. Need to do something about this.
Reading: The Passage by Justin Cronin. Was recommended by the bae because I'm all about the paranormal and books with kids as protagonists. Loved the first half, cant read the second half after the sun goes down or if in the house alone. What can I say, I spook easily.
Wanting: To work from home. Or at least convince these guys flexi-time is a better deal for me.
Looking: Out my office window to the Friday flea market along Kira road.
Playing: Dumb Ways to Die. Silliest game ever.
Wasting: Time. Always. Procrastination is top of the list of my vices.
Sewing: A new sequined bottom to a dress. This should in fact be its own blog post.
Wishing:That I had backed up that C Drive before they upgraded my office PC. No one told me desktop was saved on the C drive. So when I tried copying and it told me 2675 minutes left I just gave up. Afterall the program files can be reinstalled, right? Right. Except not the desktop. Now I'm sans most of my projects since April.
Enjoying: This respite from thinking about the C drive mess until I have to explain it to my boss. Which I hope is never.
Waiting: For the weekend. This is going to be one long afternoon!
Liking: How awesome the Paple Rayn/Candle It launch was.
Wondering: Has no one really invented a time machine yet?
Loving: My bae.
Hoping: That my boss understands this honest mistake. (Hmmm, this post is really turning out to just be about that damn lost work!)
Marvelling: At technology. Where does deleted stuff really go? No, honestly think about it, there has to be someplace all this stuff ends up.
Needing: A vacation.
Smelling: Nothing. I'm currently battling a bad cold
Wearing: Thrifted pencil skirt.
Following:The cast of Orange Is The New Black on Instagram. I'm obsessed with this show, obsessed I tell you.
Noticing: How slow time goes when you can't wait to leave the office.
Knowing: That I have to be more consistent and hardworking with the blog and my other projects than I was in the first half of the year.
Thinking: About my other products in the Home Decor range.
Feeling: Antsy.
Bookmarking: Design blogs
Opening: Multiple tabs in my browser of various blogs I follow.
Giggling: As I scroll down the iwastesomuchtime.com page

So what have you been up to guys? Any 2014 resolutions to fullfil before the close of the next 6 months? Also if anyone has a time machine that I can use to go back in time and back up my work, I'd be forever grateful.

CandleIt cupcake and star scented candles. Giveaway coming soon.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Blogger for Android App sucks

Happy 2nd half of 2014!!! This was supposed to be my grand return about being MIA for so long. I had a post drafted out and everything! Basically recapping whative been up to these past few months and culminating into the Paple Rayn Launch! This this genius app deleted instead of publishing!

I have never felt so let down by technology since I lost my final essay I'd worked on all semester on the morning of submission! It was all I could do not to smash my laptop and tear out my hair and run naked for thehills. This is a close second.

Anyhow I'll probably rewrite it and post it up but I had to post something today -  this year has flown by on Concorde level speed! Blink and we'll be in 2015! Have a great last 6 months of 2014 and if you know how to activate the autosave before publish option on Blogger for Android app please clue me in.

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