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Before I started the process on how to make bags, I had a business plan of how I was going to build an empire, in fact my starting cost was so huge that Temi told me I wasn't serious....IMAGINE.

Over the years I have learnt that nothing comes easy. With all the glamor that comes with fashion one will think that its as easy as ABC: well that's not true.

According to Tiffany Amber: the fashion industry is hard work, harder than you think, you've got to have the passion to stay there no matter what

I loooove fashion accessories and I love making them.... I may not be perfect but I am getting there. With this I present to you: Ami Clutch

This clutch bag is uniquely dyed and hand crafted from start to finish.

The first time I tried dyeing, it was a disaster, I considered giving up, but like everything you get better with practice.

I hope you like it.

For orders call 08094440178 or send me an email: tmkamson@gmail.com


Take care of yourself and have a good night's rest.

Ciao.

P.S. Yosola is 7 months today can you believe it?

IT WILL COME IN DUE TIME

Good morning everyone I just want to share some words of encouragement.. I know that sometimes we are in this place where we ask if we will ever be successful in life or just remain failures in the eyes of everyone else. I have learnt that everything will eventually come in due time, just hang in there.


Check out this lady I stumbled upon Joanna Quaas....she is the world's oldest gymnast.....You really don't want to know how old she is...


Check out this blog please I beg of you Myne whiteman's especially her yesterday's post on infertility www.romancemeetslife:When-Are-You-Having-Children.... I am trying to get the link but I cannot, I believe if you type this it will be okay. It was posted on the 15th of April..... the comments that follow moved me to tears and laughter.. I must say: I think Nigerians are very insensitive...


Strictly for laughs....uploading picture now...LOL

I am the one in the middle my sister is by my left and a friend whom i am sure if she sees this picture she would skin me alive... can you imagine i actually thought this skirt suit was hott...


I leave you with this website... so dear to my heart...http://www.simivisitsgrandma.com
This has made me feel on top of the world although I would have liked that they used Ibifiri Kamson not Tamunoibifiri Mobolaji-Kamson.... Anyways all is well..

Take care and yes I have a winner for the giveaway....

Ciao

STILL GIVEAWAY MONTH

Hi all thank you for the comments and emails and facebook messages love it.. I am still in the giveaway mood so will soon pick the winner very soon...P.S. its random....


I have a bag that I am not sure I like the design and I will like your opinions.. I loved the color and the blend and it looked so nice in my head but when it came to work I think it was a little dull. I am not sure why... but let me allow you guys to be the judge..

So this is the design. I don't know why I am not feeling it, although I have gotten a client who loves this bag. Let me know what you think and do check out this new website.. I love the write up.... www.marketwomanlagos.com.....maybe cos it has my products in them....lol


Tips on starting a new business..

1. It's not as easy as you see it. Now one thinks that when you are into fashion its very glamorous and all, but under that glamor it is hard work... I can't even imagine... I have restricted funds, meaning I have to make sure my products sell... anyways will feed you all as the months go by.

Do take care of yourself and have a lovely weekend.....

And please spread the word...

Ciao

Happy New Month/Special Giveaway Month

Hello everyone I hope we all enjoyed the Easter holidays for me I did. I went to Bonny my home town where there is 24/7 electricity and I had fun. I ate like a pregnant woman all the food I had been craving for a long time. I ate bole and fish (Roasted Plantain and fish).
I can remember the first time I saw them selling bole and groundnut in Lagos, I was confused as to how they could eat things so dry and together for that matter, but in Port Harcourt, Rivers state we have the bole with fish with some salivating sauce. Now I ate this till I could eat no more because I don't know when next I will be in Port Harcourt again.

I also ate what we call Peum Peum: now this is periwinkle cooked still in its shells, mixed with cow tail, and what you would call assorted meat. You suck on the peum peum which is deliciously garnished with a peppery sauce. Lastly I ate fresh fish soup....Mehn I am still salivating right now.


Anyways I am back to Lagos and I am back to my diet. Eating only unripe plantain porridge and beans.. Very boring right, but hey what can man do..lol


Now I had promised you all a while ago that I will post Ularee products which is my brand name on this blog and hope that I get customers, comments and suggestions as well. My first collection is out... I hope you like it.

This earrings where crocheted with yarn, it can come with crochet thread as well.
Design mine, pattern mine. these earrings are very affordable and can be used for whatever occasion. they are very simple and glams up your style as well. And did I forget to say they can be washed/cleaned if need be...nice one right..

This bag is my first collection and I will like to call it the "Toru" bag as the first customer to buy it is called Ibitoru or Toru. They can be made in different colors. I tried to take a professional picture but I don't have a good camera for now and since you can spot my daughter trying to play with the bag you must know that its not easy working and looking after her at the same time. The bag is a mixture of real leather which is white, and Ankara fabric. I love the detailing and the mixture. I love the size as well and the way it seats carefully. This bag can be used for all occasion, in fact this is my to go bag for now.


Please feel free to place your orders and yes free delivery within Lagos.
tmkamson@gmail.com. 08094440178 my contact. let me know what you think.


I got to run as I am working on a product for a client. I promise to get better pictures of my products.

Yes a give away is coming soon. Anybody that can tell me what particular Ankara fabric I used will get this bag in their preferred color and the earrings. Spread the word guys I am waiting.


Ciao.

PS. sorry about the pictures being uploaded more than once...hmmm I should learn to be more Internet savvy don't you think...LOL

Rivers State/ Tribe Ijaw

Good morning every body so this week we continue our different tribes in Nigeria... Its time for my tribe. I will also try not to be to partial and try not to be to hard because this is so dear to my heart..


The Rivers State people especially the Riverine areas (villages and towns surrounded by water, sea, etc) are very clean. I know it is a taboo in my place to use the bowl/bucket used in the toilets in the kitchen as well. In fact it is not allowed into the kitchen.

 They are very English in their ways if you know what I mean (this is attributed to their early interaction with the white)

They are rich...(water is a source of wealth, easy access to internationally trade)...

 The men make sure they are properly dressed, the women as well. There is a certain pride in them when they know they are properly dressed.

We are very rich in culture, women save their wealth in gold, corals and wrappers.

There is this saying that a lot of the men who relocate to Port Harcourt end up marrying Port Harcourt girls..(note Temi is a victim of this...lol) Why? I guess maybe it has to do with our delicacies.. We have a lot of beautiful, delicious, expensive dishes that when served to a man, he most certainly will forget his own name.

We are one of the best swimmers in the world, wish our government would realize that and work towards getting us to represent Nigeria in the Olympics.

I hear fertility is very high amongst males and females and it has been attributed to the sea food that we eat almost on a daily basis....


Down side


Our pride/ego is so big especially with the men that it hinders them from learning anything...when you can't learn you can't grow, when you can't grow you can't make money.

Promiscuity is very hard. I find it annoying that I should have kids for different men...why should I even have a kid for a man when he can't even take care of himself. What is going to happen to my unborn child? I wish the women will learn a lot from the Igbo women who will make sure they squeeze enough out of the men to be able to take care of themselves and their family.

Down side of oil being discovered: everybody's focus is on it, and this goes to the whole of Nigeria. Now there are a lot more things that can come out from the islands other than oil.... Bonny Island can have one of the largest paper manufacturing company in the world...because of the pulp leaves which just lie fallow in the creeks.


Above all I love my tribe and my people, I have a lot of great plans for them and I hope I can accomplish them before I died.

Wish you all a wonderful week and make sure you achieve something great this week.

P.S. will like to say thank you to all those that read "Kemka's story... thank you for your comments, emails, whatsapp messages, Facebook messages, text messages and phone calls. Kemka's mother is really grateful. 

Kemka's hero, His Mother

With the permission of my friend I will re post this for everyone. I feel this will give people hope, help in situations, encourage families and who knows even help in donations... so I have decided not to post about the next Nigeria tribe.. doesn't mean I have forgotten it, getting back to it after this post...


My Son Kemka

The first and only note I have ever written on facebook was about my son Kemka on the 20th of May 2011 when he turned 1, and here I am again writing about Kemka, my beautiful, unique, awesome son.
Kemka was 15 months when I realized he wasn't answering to his name. This discovery started my journey down a long, painful yet worthwhile journey. I watched him for a while, then voiced my concerns to family and close friends. Everyone thought: "Nyema, you are over thinking it". He has met all his milestones, he babbles and even has quite a few words, he counts 1-3 when walking down the stairs, he is a happy kid! maybe he just doesn't like the name kemka, became the joke of the day.

But as a mother I worried, I was afraid. Slowly I started to notice he didn't play with his peers, wouldn't say bye when I left him to work, wouldn't make eye contact even if you had your face up in his, would rather play on his own and he slowly started to loose the few words he had, and slowly stopped following simple commands. I saw my son disappear from my home and I just had a stranger walking around in his body. By the time Kemka was 19 months I needed nobody to tell me something was wrong. I decided to see the GP with him during my maternity leave in the UK. I did and after seeing Kemka she referred us to a psychologist when Kemka was 22 months and after about 2 hours he came up with a report which was inconclusive as Kemka's hearing test came back fine and didn't quiet fit the requirement for a developmental defect. The doctor recommended that we have a repeat eval when Kemka turned 3. By this time kemka had completely stopped eating, stopped all forms of communication with us expert pulling your hand and taking it to what he wanted, and had stopped following any directives or commands at all, wouldn't respond to his name even if you yelled. This was frustrating and scary. I cried so much I wished I was dead. The more people told me nothing was wrong with him the more I was going insane because I felt everyone thought I was mad. I waited another month then opted to see a pediatrician for a milestone eval. When I told the pedriatrican what I knew to be the history, he conducted anN evaluation for Autism and other related illness on Kemka as well. 1day postpartum............that was a lot to take in.........

We saw the speech therapist and her eval showed Kemkas communication level at the stage of 6 months and by this time he was 24 months. Again a suspicion of Autism but cannot be diagnosed until he is three years old. By this time google had told me all I needed to know about Autism and more, and I woke up in hell every morning  after then. I became afraid of the future what it will hold for my beautiful boy, I prayed many prayers, I cried many tears, I felt completely helpless, wanted to spin my magic wand and make my son OK, make it all go away lil miss fix it just wanted to fix it. My greatest fear came when we will walk into a public place and Kemka will walk away and just keep walking away not looking back to find mummy or anyone else, not even if you screamed his name, I feared that my son didn't know me any more, would just keep walking if I didn't physically stop him and he would walk away and disappear forever, that thought visited my dreams every night. We came back home and I started a search for therapist in Nigeria specialized in autism and I found Blazing Heart Autism Center. Kemka started his therapy with Blazing Heart and they were doing a good job, managed to slowly bring back his eye contact if you stood up in his face. I continued my research with dear google and then I read about early intensive intervention therapy for children 18-36months with remarkable results of possibly a full recovery from autism. I discussed with my husband and we decided that we should try this option with Kemka. We had to take the decision for me to take a leave of absence from work for a year to enable me spend time with Kemka as he goes through therapy.

Kemka is soooooooooooooooooo much better now, he is 34 months now, he has amazing eye contact, seeks you out to play, he understands simple commands, when we go out to a public place, he turns around to look for his mummy's hands holds on firm and would never let go....And I am reassured my boy isn't going anywhere. He isn't fully there yet, but I know he is fighting his way through. I see my son coming back to the happy playful kid he used to be, I see him filing my world with love, joy and laughter. Its been a rough journey, still so much more to be achieved, still some hurdles to cross, some challenges to overcome, more victories to be won. I still cry quiet a few tears but some of them are now tears of joy.


"I cried as I read this and I am so happy that Kemka has the best mum ever.

Ciao

The Yorubas

Hello guys today I am talking about the Yoruba tribe, I am married to a Yoruba man but I will try not to be partial. lol

Anyways I loved the comment, emails and face book messages I got from the last post about the Igbo tribe.. Nice one keep them coming guys cos its very encouraging.

The Yoruba's are known to be scholars. I find it so funny that I will go to a friend's house and see a picture of their grandfather or mother graduating from a university in the UK, in 1914 which was very rear at that time. (If you know what i mean)

Secondly I think they are one tribe that has the highest set of British Nigerians as a lot of them where born in the UK before the law was changed.

I find them also very enterprising as in that the Balogun Alhajas seat down on pots of gold if you know what I mean. They may not know how to speak English, in fact a lot of them just stick to the Yoruba that they know, but the business of making money they understand. Like I said in my last post money doesn't care what language you understand provided you understand it's principles.

I find both their men and women to be very hardworking and enterprising, I like to think that they work hard and party harder.

When I lived in Port Harcourt, my dream in life was to go to school, graduate, do a 9 to 5, marry, have kids, retire at most build one or two houses for retirement benefits and then grow old and finally die... all these changed when I got to Lagos and I saw what a lot of my mates even girls younger than I was working it..hustling... struggling to see their business work and grow. I watched friends start from nothing to something... Lagos put me on my feet. My Yoruba friends put me on my feet. I still had the dreams of marrying and having kids, but the 9 to 5 changed I realised that I loved being my own boss ( in my head if Jumoke could do it then I could). So instead of wanting just one or two houses I would love a lot more, strictly for business purposes.

They are not to particular about having male children... even though you still find some that wont change.


The down sides of the Yoruba's


They are very clueless as to the other tribes in Nigeria. I find it annoying when they refer me and all the other tribes as Igbo... are they for real..don't they know that there is Niger delta, there are states like Rivers State, Cross Rivers state etc...

They can be tribalistic, although I  think a lot of that is changing as you know I am married to a Yoruba guy...(lol I am sure you will say this lady is just rubbing it in...sorry can't help it).

Now I get to their culture I just don't understand why I have to prostrate as a sign of respect. I can show my respect by just being polite... I think they should be open to other people's culture.

This is what I find very amusing: Yoruba's are the most unserious Moslem's I have ever come across. I can never forget the day i went for a Yoruba Muslim's wedding after the Muslim rights and wedding, a pastor suddenly materialized and started praying in GOD the father, GOD the son and GOD the Holy Ghost I was as shocked as can be.


I think I will stop here... please let me know what you think and if there is anything I have missed just feel free to send them in.

P.S. "this is not in anyway intended to insult anybody or tribe.

Do take care and have a lovely day...

Ciao