tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85234097623420012362011-12-17T09:08:11.580-05:00. : : Estella : : .......all about ESTELLA Couture...personal and business.!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.comBlogger1591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-52643470035907852992011-12-08T14:24:00.001-05:002011-12-08T14:32:51.021-05:00Happy Holidays to our clients and fans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The year is getting to an end....and we just want to say have a happy and safe holidays!<br /><br />In a couple days, we will be announcing our END OF YEAR SALES!<br /><br />Your chance to get a piece of Estella Couture!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N_vJ7uFQTO8/TuEQvbXfJrI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/o-tptI5_Ois/s1600/anihappyholidays.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N_vJ7uFQTO8/TuEQvbXfJrI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/o-tptI5_Ois/s1600/anihappyholidays.gif" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-5264347003590785299?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ms. Estellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939603810629559447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-61418362024195660792011-04-20T16:18:00.002-05:002011-04-20T16:18:27.011-05:00Nominated for BEST FASHION DESIGNER Award<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Estella Couture Nominated again as BEST FASHION DESIGNER. VOTE NOW! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><a href="http://www.npa-usa.com/#!award-categories" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span>http://www.npa-usa.com/#!award</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span>-categories</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Thanks</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-6141836202419566079?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-33987683507100611782011-03-05T08:29:00.000-05:002011-03-05T08:29:48.814-05:00The Finalists: Face Of Estella Couture 2011. VOTE Now!THE FINALISTS: Face of Estella Couture (Male, Female & Plus).<br />VOTE now @ <a href="http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/">http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/</a>. <br />We are counting on your votes to get our new Signature models!<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a4d7a4e5449324d44413d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to play this Smilebox collage" height="303" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a4d7a4e5449324d44413d0d0a.jpg" style="border: currentColor;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img alt="Create your own collage - Powered by Smilebox" height="46" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: currentColor;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Make a <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/collages.html" target="_blank">free picture collage</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3398768350710061178?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-50720037735959417782011-03-02T16:25:00.000-05:002011-03-02T16:25:00.489-05:00Voting for Faces of Estella Couture (Male, Female and Plus Models)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hello Friends,</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">I want to personally thank everyone that has supported the Face of Estella Couture model search from the beginning to this point of voting. And most importantly, I thank God for the success of this model search.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Estella Couture LLC is a fashion house with a different kind of style that caters for everyone, all across the globe. Our designs are not tied in time or season, but very classical and trendy.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">We are involved in lots of community projects, volunteering and rendering a helping hand to people in need across the globe.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Due to the incessant demands from models to be the Signature face of Estella Couture, we decided to make it an open call, and leave the outcome to the general public, our friends, families, fans, supporters and loved ones. So, the results of the votes would determine who becomes the signature Faces (male, female and plus) of Estella Couture. So, please vote, we are depending on you.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">In addition to creating this avenue of showcasing three models Internationally, we also have 10 sewing machines to give away to people who need them and would use them to pursue, improve and enjoy their sewing skills. After much search and somewhat lack of response by people to submit their names and photos for the FREE Sewing machines, our Jury and team decided to award the 10 free sewing machines to the following:</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">7 of the machines would be donated to West Potomac Academy, Fashion Designing Dept - Project Stitch Studio </span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">1 each would be given to Ms. Patrease Gibson, Sam Boye and Christal Wade.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Votes are coming in, and deadline for voting is March 31st, 2011. Results would be announced on April 8th, 2011. Please VOTE NOW! </span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">All finalists are listed here:</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/</span></a></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">We are using facebook polling Apps for this contest. Please feel free to share the link after you vote.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thanks again for all your support and we hope to see you at the Grande Finale event, where we would present our New Faces of Estella Couture and give out the sewing machines.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thank you.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Ms. Estella Ogbonna</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Estella Couture LLC</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.estellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">http://www.estellacouture.com/</span></a></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/</span></a></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Shop Online at </span><a href="http://www.myestellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">http://www.myestellacouture.com/</span></b></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HTf0_MbbOks/TW60MfMACII/AAAAAAAAAoM/vFeHJIJjB4A/s1600/results+-+Female.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img border="0" height="379" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HTf0_MbbOks/TW60MfMACII/AAAAAAAAAoM/vFeHJIJjB4A/s640/results+-+Female.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-5072003773595941778?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-45883571764995985332011-03-02T16:23:00.002-05:002011-03-02T16:23:19.870-05:00Voting for Faces of Estella Couture (Male, Female and Plus Models)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hello Friends,</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">I want to personally thank everyone that has supported the Face of Estella Couture model search from the beginning to this point of voting. And most importantly, I thank God for the success of this model search.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Estella Couture LLC is a fashion house with a different kind of style that caters for everyone, all across the globe. Our designs are not tied in time or season, but very classical and trendy.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">We are involved in lots of community projects, volunteering and rendering a helping hand to people in need across the globe.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Due to the incessant demands from models to be the Signature face of Estella Couture, we decided to make it an open call, and leave the outcome to the general public, our friends, families, fans, supporters and loved ones. So, the results of the votes would determine who becomes the signature Faces (male, female and plus) of Estella Couture. So, please vote, we are depending on you.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">In addition to creating this avenue of showcasing three models Internationally, we also have 10 sewing machines to give away to people who need them and would use them to pursue, improve and enjoy their sewing skills. After much search and somewhat lack of response by people to submit their names and photos for the FREE Sewing machines, our Jury and team decided to award the 10 free sewing machines to the following:</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">7 of the machines would be donated to West Potomac Academy, Fashion Designing Dept - Project Stitch Studio </span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">1 each would be given to Ms. Patrease Gibson, Sam Boye and Christal Wade.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Votes are coming in, and deadline for voting is March 31st, 2011. Results would be announced on April 8th, 2011. Please VOTE NOW! </span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">All finalists are listed here:</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/</span></a></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">We are using facebook polling Apps for this contest. Please feel free to share the link after you vote.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thanks again for all your support and we hope to see you at the Grande Finale event, where we would present our New Faces of Estella Couture and give out the sewing machines.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thank you.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Ms. Estella Ogbonna</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Estella Couture LLC</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.estellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">http://www.estellacouture.com/</span></a></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/</span></a></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Shop Online at <a href="http://www.myestellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.myestellacouture.com/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HTf0_MbbOks/TW60MfMACII/AAAAAAAAAoM/vFeHJIJjB4A/s1600/results+-+Female.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img border="0" height="379" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HTf0_MbbOks/TW60MfMACII/AAAAAAAAAoM/vFeHJIJjB4A/s640/results+-+Female.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-4588357176499598533?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-31866244217489742032011-03-02T16:22:00.000-05:002011-03-02T16:22:03.866-05:00Voting for Faces of Estella Couture (Male, Female and Plus Models)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Hello Friends,</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">I want to personally thank everyone that has supported the Face of Estella Couture model search from the beginning to this point of voting. And most importantly, I thank God for the success of this model search.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Estella Couture LLC is a fashion house with a different kind of style that caters for everyone, all across the globe. Our designs are not tied in time or season, but very classical and trendy.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">We are involved in lots of community projects, volunteering and rendering a helping hand to people in need across the globe.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Due to the incessant demands from models to be the Signature face of Estella Couture, we decided to make it an open call, and leave the outcome to the general public, our friends, families, fans, supporters and loved ones. So, the results of the votes would determine who becomes the signature Faces (male, female and plus) of Estella Couture. So, please vote, we are depending on you.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">In addition to creating this avenue of showcasing three models Internationally, we also have 10 sewing machines to give away to people who need them and would use them to pursue, improve and enjoy their sewing skills. After much search and somewhat lack of response by people to submit their names and photos for the FREE Sewing machines, our Jury and team decided to award the 10 free sewing machines to the following:</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">7 of the machines would be donated to West Potomac Academy, Fashion Designing Dept - Project Stitch Studio </span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">1 each would be given to Ms. Patrease Gibson, Sam Boye and Christal Wade.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Votes are coming in, and deadline for voting is March 31st, 2011. Results would be announced on April 8th, 2011. Please VOTE NOW! </span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">All finalists are listed here: <a href="http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">We are using facebook polling Apps for this contest. Please feel free to share the link after you vote.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thanks again for all your support and we hope to see you at the Grande Finale event, where we would present our New Faces of Estella Couture and give out the sewing machines.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thank you.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Ms. Estella Ogbonna</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Estella Couture LLC</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.estellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">http://www.estellacouture.com/</span></a></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/</span></a></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Shop Online at <a href="http://www.myestellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.myestellacouture.com/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HTf0_MbbOks/TW60MfMACII/AAAAAAAAAoM/vFeHJIJjB4A/s1600/results+-+Female.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img border="0" height="379" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HTf0_MbbOks/TW60MfMACII/AAAAAAAAAoM/vFeHJIJjB4A/s640/results+-+Female.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3186624421748974203?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-39245692404130162102011-03-02T16:21:00.000-05:002011-03-02T16:21:20.578-05:00Voting for Faces of Estella Couture (Male, Female and Plus Models)<div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Hello Friends,</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I want to personally thank everyone that has supported the Face of Estella Couture model search from the beginning to this point of voting. And most importantly, I thank God for the success of this model search.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Estella Couture LLC is a fashion house with a different kind of style that caters for everyone, all across the globe. Our designs are not tied in time or season, but very classical and trendy.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">We are involved in lots of community projects, volunteering and rendering a helping hand to people in need across the globe.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Due to the incessant demands from models to be the Signature face of Estella Couture, we decided to make it an open call, and leave the outcome to the general public, our friends, families, fans, supporters and loved ones. So, the results of the votes would determine who becomes the signature Faces (male, female and plus) of Estella Couture. So, please vote, we are depending on you.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">In addition to creating this avenue of showcasing three models Internationally, we also have 10 sewing machines to give away to people who need them and would use them to pursue, improve and enjoy their sewing skills. After much search and somewhat lack of response by people to submit their names and photos for the FREE Sewing machines, our Jury and team decided to award the 10 free sewing machines to the following:</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">7 of the machines would be donated to West Potomac Academy, Fashion Designing Dept - Project Stitch Studio </span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">1 each would be given to Ms. Patrease Gibson, Sam Boye and Christal Wade.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The Votes are coming in, and deadline for voting is March 31st, 2011. Results would be announced on April 8th, 2011. Please VOTE NOW! </span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">All finalists are listed here: <a href="http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/</a></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">We are using facebook polling Apps for this contest. Please feel free to share the link after you vote.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Thanks again for all your support and we hope to see you at the Grande Finale event, where we would present our New Faces of Estella Couture and give out the sewing machines.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Thank you.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Ms. Estella Ogbonna</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Estella Couture LLC</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.estellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.estellacouture.com/</a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/</a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Shop Online at <a href="http://www.myestellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.myestellacouture.com/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HTf0_MbbOks/TW60MfMACII/AAAAAAAAAoM/vFeHJIJjB4A/s1600/results+-+Female.png" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="379" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HTf0_MbbOks/TW60MfMACII/AAAAAAAAAoM/vFeHJIJjB4A/s640/results+-+Female.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3924569240413016210?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-29446213591777679102011-02-21T14:23:00.000-05:002011-02-21T14:23:27.956-05:00. : : Estella : : .: Face of Estella Couture registration ended 20th Fe...<a href="http://estellacouture.blogspot.com/2011/02/face-of-estella-couture-registration.html?spref=bl">. : : Estella : : .: Face of Estella Couture registration ended 20th Fe...</a>: "The Face of Estella Couture Model contest registration process ended yesterday, February 20th, 2011.The finalists would be uploaded for vot..."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-2944621359177767910?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-12996314759385172052011-02-21T14:17:00.004-05:002011-02-21T14:22:44.385-05:00Face of Estella Couture registration ended 20th February, 2011<div class="grid_12 omega" id="main" style="display: inline; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 700px;"><div class="entry" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.33em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The Face of Estella Couture Model contest registration process ended yesterday, February 20th, 2011.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.33em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The finalists would be uploaded for voting on the 28th of February, 2011. They would be selected by a</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">panel of judges, based on criteria that the models would have to meet. 10 finalists are expected to be </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">uploaded for voting, in each category (Male, Female and Plus sized), but at the discretion of the judges, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">this number may be more or less.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.33em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The Sewing Machine giveaway winners would also be uploaded for voting.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.33em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Here is the remaining schedule of activity to the completion of the 2011 Face of Estella Couture Model </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">search and Sewing machine giveaways.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.33em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">CONTEST SCHEDULE</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Submission period: October 30th 2010- February 20th, 2011</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Voting Period: February 28th – March 31st, 2011</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Winners announced: April 8th, 2011</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Grand Finale Show: April 23rd, 2011</span></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.33em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The finalists would be uploaded on this page: http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/finalists/</span></div></div></div><div id="respond" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-1299631475938517205?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-69588948711485495662011-02-09T23:02:00.000-05:002011-02-09T23:02:52.647-05:00ESTELLA Couture 2011 Mega Sales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/G8SAgzB4BUo/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G8SAgzB4BUo&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G8SAgzB4BUo&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Mega Sale.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">40 - 80% off</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">FREE Shipping on order above $200.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hLskhvpTLp8/TVNjGvkoIvI/AAAAAAAAAn0/4CGGcnAT2Zw/s1600/STore.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hLskhvpTLp8/TVNjGvkoIvI/AAAAAAAAAn0/4CGGcnAT2Zw/s320/STore.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-6958894871148549566?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-39771152436094624802010-12-31T10:35:00.000-05:002010-12-31T10:35:39.820-05:00HAPPY NEW YEAR from ESTELLA COUTUREIt is that time of the year again. And this time, we are entering a very unique year - 01.01.11.<br /><br />Happy New Year to you and yours and we at Estella Couture wish you all the best and pray your dreams come true in 2011.<br /><br />Thanks for all your support and we look forward to a more creative and successful year ahead.<br /><br />Shalom.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TR34H45LJXI/AAAAAAAAAns/w65fFqzjPnc/s1600/Happy-New-Year-2011_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TR34H45LJXI/AAAAAAAAAns/w65fFqzjPnc/s320/Happy-New-Year-2011_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">image courtesy holidayspot</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3977115243609462480?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-23559472047027455212010-12-07T22:40:00.000-05:002010-12-07T22:40:28.683-05:00MERRY CHRISTMAS from ESTELLA COUTURE<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Zur-JrqcbTo?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-2355947204702745521?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-25269067920243260742010-12-04T21:23:00.002-05:002010-12-07T22:53:22.941-05:00About Estella Couture<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Design philosophy <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mass, generic dressing isn't very interesting and every woman really should be wearing dresses that flatter and complement their pluses and those that also help them hide their minuses. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Estella couture designs are rooted in timelessness, originality, not trend, and they exist in a world of their own, her designs and use of materials are things that have not been done before.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Estella couture uses fabrics that have not made it into the international fashion scene in forms that can be worn by all, irrespective of race or nationality and she is working tirelessly to get the world to see more of the exotic, ethnic and traditional fabrics that are locally made in developing countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The original vision for her clothing line was to create garments that combined great personal style with long lasting utility. Clean, modern shapes, a nod to the classics, and an element of surprise that most of the time nodded towards showing off the sensual curve of the feminine form, and these are the fundamental principles Estella Ogbonna's design philosophy. Major design considerations remain elegance, uniqueness, originality and enduring quality. And this same philosophy is being applied to the new lines Ms. Estella is launching: the jeans (Jeankara), the bridal/red carpet collection (Estella Alfá), and beauty products.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Inspiration<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mostly inspired by exotic, ethnic, cultural, native fabrics and accessories from all over the world. Especially the ones that are hand-woven and created by artisans or local people. Maintaining and sustaining local artistic and creative skills of weaving, painting and dyeing inspires Ms. Estella to create designs that would flatter a woman no matter the part of the world she lives in.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt;">Locations <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Worldwide<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Websites/Contact<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Main website:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.estellacouture.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">www.estellacouture.com</span></a> </span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">E-Store site:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.myestellacouture.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">www.myestellacouture.com</span></a> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(online boutique for everything made by Estella couture)</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Charity Website</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: <a href="http://www.fashionforthenations.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">www.fashionforthenations.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sewing Club website</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: <a href="http://www.sososewing.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">www.sososewing.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Personal website:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://www.estellaogbonna.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">www.estellaogbonna.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Blog website:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.estellacouture.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">www.estellacouture.blogspot.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-2526906792024326074?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-16891813174240678362010-12-04T21:14:00.000-05:002010-12-04T21:14:45.709-05:00Models in the Washington DC Metro area<div class="uiHeader uiHeaderBottomBorder mbm" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><div class="clearfix uiHeaderTop" style="display: block; zoom: 1;"><div><h2 class="uiHeaderTitle" style="color: #1c2a47; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: grey; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MsEstellaOgbonna" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Estella Ogbonna</a> (Article written for a newspaper)</span></h2></div></div><div class="clearfix" style="display: block; zoom: 1;"><div class="uiHeaderSubActions rfloat" style="float: right;"></div></div></div><div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix" style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding-right: 100px; word-wrap: break-word; zoom: 1;"><div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">When you think of the word 'model', what comes to the mind of so many people is stick thin girls running or rather, shall I say, strutting down the runway in dresses that rarely fit them. And even if the dresses do fit them, one wonders how many people in the audience are actually those models' sizes.</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Dress size 0. How about that? How many people in the population, with high spending power are that dress size?</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">This is a major concern that the Council of Fashion Designers in America (CFDA) is presently addressing - the issue of models' sizes. And this is a welcome development. Models are being advised to eat healthy and stay healthy and these days, designers are gearing towards employing models that are not thin, almost to the tone of anorexic.</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">And who is to be blamed for this must-be-thin habit in models? The media some say. The overload of the thin images in the media affects the average woman. The idea of the media's (and consequently, everybody else's) "ideal" woman often makes "normal" woman self-conscious -- even if they have nothing to be self-conscious about. The use of PhotoShop to tweak images into almost like a 'Barbie-doll' state also does not help matters.</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Also, the definite impact Hollywood role models have on younger viewers. For most teenagers, the ideal person they want to be usually is a famous model or actress - with emphasis on external appearance. Perhaps this is part of the reason that so many teenagers today are unhappy with their appearances, and going as far as starving themselves almost to death.</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">These are major concerns that everyone in the fashion industry should go out of their ways to address. And more reason seminars and workshops should be organized for models and aspiring models.</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Designers should also be applauded and encouraged to hire models who are not thin, as that would make more room for others in the not-so-thin ranges to develop more confidence in themselves.</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">These trend is already tickling into the Washington DC metro areas. As we see more of curvy models on runways now and we hope this continues. These fusion of the thin, not so thin, curvy and very curvy models - on the runway. After all, the shops sell dresses and garments of diverse sizes, so, the runways should reflect that too.</div></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-1689181317424067836?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-73546236819847493642010-12-01T14:17:00.001-05:002010-12-01T15:15:15.411-05:00Face of Estella Couture Model Search! And FREE Sewing machines!!<h1 style="clear: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Modeling with a Purpose, and giving away FREE Sewing machines - FACE OF ESTELLA COUTURE</span></h1><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">Hi All,</span><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Compliments of the seasons.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">We are having a model search - FACE OF ESTELLA COUTURE. (<a href="http://www.faceofestellacouture.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: none;">www.faceofestellacouture.com</a>). </div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Our goals are:</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ol style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TPaecOQDj-I/AAAAAAAAAnU/mfxJeP91i-A/s1600/transparent+SMALLER+black.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TPaecOQDj-I/AAAAAAAAAnU/mfxJeP91i-A/s200/transparent+SMALLER+black.png" width="200" /></a><li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Give models an opportunity to expand internationally.</li><li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Give them a chance to be Charity Ambassadors in all our community giving projects worldwide.</li><li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Show them that there is nothing wrong with modeling with a passion for giving back.</li><li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To showcase all sizes of models in Estella Couture garments</li></ol><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">And also ....</div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Give lucky winners an opportunity to win sewing machines that either can be used to:</li></ul><div style="font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ol style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Learn a new skill and enjoy being creative and/or</li><li style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Start a new business with the sewing machine to take care of themselves and their families.</li></ol></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Please visit our website to learn more and invite friends and loved ones to support this charity project.</div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">God Bless</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TPaeJp3lQWI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/yrUcLqxEc4A/s1600/FOEC+FLYER+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TPaeJp3lQWI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/yrUcLqxEc4A/s400/FOEC+FLYER+7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-7354623681984749364?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-31567487094581497342010-09-27T15:30:00.001-05:002010-09-27T15:32:17.170-05:00ESTELLA Couture: Nollywood Costumier/Actress<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">I have always loved the Television industry. And worked there for over 5 years as a TV Presenter and Producer. (someday, I will post past pics from my old shows as far back as 1996-2000) lol ...I looked very cute then, the camera loves me. lol)</span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">An opportunity came....a friend of mine Sam Onwuka (Movie Producer) called me to do the Costume of a new movie by Nigerian Movie veteran producer - Chief Andy Best. And I found out that the movie was going to be directed by well known Simi Opeoluwa...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Oh well, the rest is now history. The movie has been done....(now in post-production).... </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Movie title : 'Yori Yori babes',......about Lesbianism .....(I won't give the story away, wait for the movie ;-)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Yes, i played a role in the movie too....(a short one though ;-), BUT definitely NOT a waka passs!!...as Stella Dimoko-Korkus {Queen of Nigerian tabloid - Encomium magazine) wrote on her blog:<a href="http://dimokokorkusstella.blogspot.com/2010/09/estellacourturefashion-designer-turned.html"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>http://dimokokorkusstella.blogspot.com/2010/09/estellacourturefashion-designer-turned.html</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b> </b></span> lol.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Nico Colombant (Voice of America writer) was on set, and i just got the link to the article on VOA website:<a href="http://community.myvoa.com/_Nollywood-Comes-to-America/VIDEO/1359658/45137.html?widgetId=338282&widgetID=1001"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>http://community.myvoa.com/_Nollywood-Comes-to-America/VIDEO/1359658/45137.html?widgetId=338282&widgetID=1001</b></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://community.myvoa.com/_Nollywood-Comes-to-America/VIDEO/1359658/45137.html?widgetId=338282&widgetID=1001"></a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><div><object data="http://serve.a-widget.com/service/getWidgetSwf.kickAction" height="300" id="kickWidget_45137_301823" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></div><div><!-- Firefox uses the 'data' attribute above, IE/Safari uses the param below --></div><div> <param name="movie" value="http://serve.a-widget.com/service/getWidgetSwf.kickAction"></param></div><div> <param name="FlashVars" value="affiliateSiteId=45137&widgetId=301823&width=480&height=300&varsToAppendToLinks=widgetID%3D11111&playOnLoad=0&revision=178&autoPlay=0&mediaType_mediaID=video_1359658" ></param></div><div> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" ></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" ></param></div><div> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" ></param></div><div></object></div></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">What can I say? I simply thank God for all the talents HE has blessed me with, and I pray for talents daily to use all to make a change around me, anyway I can. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Moving on to the new movie Production: 'Crazy in love'.....and i am very excited about this.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">And i definitely will remain first and foremost - A Fashion Designer, Stella, I promise you that. Hugggsss</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">One love.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Xoxo</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2i24cPSfjA&feature=youtu.be&a">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2i24cPSfjA&feature=youtu.be&a</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3156748709458149734?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-37660227511106220342010-08-10T20:39:00.000-05:002010-08-10T20:39:49.201-05:00My Inner most thoughts: Uncensored! Arrrgh!!!Ok, they say blogs are where people say all their innermost thoughts, right? But, not really, and not these days. Because twitter and facebook has taught us to compress all our thoughts into 140 characters and we are doing pretty well.<br />But then, there are still a lot of things you want to write out in full, or expatiate on or vent on etc, 140 words DON'T cut it!<br /><br />For example. I was soooooooo angry today I could have bursted a vein! You know one of those days when things just happen to go all wrong!! And to make matters worse, my left eye was bugging me very much, and I went for my post-op follow up, and some idiot with a stethoscope around his neck and a 'Dr.' title on his badge thought, no rather had the audacity to assume he could tell me bullshit! Darn it! Even a little kid of 5 knows the difference between a tissue membrane and a mucous membrane! Fool let himself be fooled by my Nigerian accent! Which comes of really thick when I am angry or in pains! Damn! I don't even try to mask it or talk 'American'! Shoot! If I can get away with the communication gap, I would speak pidgin English or hausa language (with lots of expletives) to a white hazel-eyed doctor! he should go find a dictionary!<br /><br /><a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs144.ash2/40527_1551383872696_1478128338_31410837_3043908_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs144.ash2/40527_1551383872696_1478128338_31410837_3043908_n.jpg" width="200" /></a>The Chinese one was even more tolerable! Hiiiisssssssssss But she was still very annoying! And when she put the bandage over my eye again and I told her I needed it off as I had to go take pictures for my US passport, then her attitude changed! Wow! She started sounding more polite! Geez! She had bought into my thick naija accent and judged liek some do, she must be a Republican! I can bet! Hmph! Mugu! Liek her! I have equal rights with her in this US of A, and a yankee citizen! mtew!<br />Its amazing how pains and no make-up and no airs about one can make a diva look like a village belle and thus a target of shallow-minded people!<br /><br />Anyhoo, I drove around and then got stuck in I-495 slow traffic, and that was soooooo not anymore funny!!!<br /><br />I decided to divert to church for the midweek service and just to lay at the altar and say some prayers and just relax, but my dang Sprint GPS did that 'checking for traffic' announcement and told me straight up that 'congestion in 4.2 miles, press 0 to avoid" Ok, I pressed zero and it goes "no faster route found"! And that was it, I did a u-turn and came back home!<br />it is Monday, and .........heck, it is Tuesday! Shoot. NOT good.<br /><br />Now, I lie me down in bed and less angry now, because I remember what happened at exactly 9:00am today. While I was stuck in the I-395 exit traffic on I-95, going into Downtown Baltimore. I was furiously angry then that I was running late for my doctor's appointment inspite of the fact that I gave myself extra 30minutes driving time to beat the morning traffic (that morning traffic was one of the major reason I opted for self-employment! The days I used to be stuck in McLean - Germantown traffic for 2+hours just to go home drove me nuts! I can handle any stress, but, PLEASE DO NOT keep me in a slow traffic! I do not do well in them! sorry, I digress)<br />As I was saying, at 9am, while I was about to curse out and roll open my roof and just vent off a shout, my BB alert went off! I looked at it, and it was the 9am prayer points I'd set for myself. My mum begged me to make sure I prayed some prayers daily and being the crackberry, oops, I mean Blackberry addict that i am, I set the Prayer Alert on my phone, and the alert just started beeping when I was at the most angry point of my day!<br /><br />lol. I started praying and I was angry and I was like 'God, allow me finish with the anger first! hah! how can I pray when I am angry!!???" lol......need I say, I continued mumbling the prayer and the anger went down....and then I saw my fuel gauge slide down really low to 'E'! Ok, I meant to stop for gas, but figured diverting off my route would waste my time, and i figured a quarter tank would take me from potomac to Baltimore (and it would have, with no traffic!), after which I would fill my tank. yeah right! I forgot my anger and started praying for the gas to get me to the hospital first! Prayer Alert, totally forgotten! I used my GPS to search for closest gas stations, nope! All out of my way and you know baltimore downtown and 'one-way' roads! No way was I going off my route! And oh, yeah, my blackberry started blinking low battery (I forgot to charge it, and have not gotten around to changing my car charger into my BB 8530 pin, I still have the old BB 8330 car charger! What a day!<br /><br />Finally I saw a BP gas station at the turn to the hospital. And Oil spill or no oil spill, BP saved my butt this morning!<br />Anyhoo, I made it to the clinic and then, that silly doctor added the final icing to my day! Arrrrghhhh!!!!<br /><br />Ok, my phone is on silent, I don't even want any call to annoy me more now, i am gonna click 'submit' on this blog post before I change my mind! After all, this seems like TMI. its not that I care what anyone thinks about what I write, because I have more haters than REAL friends anyway and I can live with that! :-)<br /><br />My haters would be glad to know too, that my fashion business 'Estella Couture' is going on hiatus for health reasons. I am taking a break, and will get back on it again when I've taken real good care of myself. True 'real' friends and my parents tell me to rest a bit, I've done my little bit, and its best to work stronger than to work tired, so, REJOICE HATERS (briefly), ESTELLA COUTURE takes a bow. for a little moment. Like my fashion mentor Coco Chanel, I leave the fashion scene, but when I come back, I shall return with a bang!<br /><br />What I am going to be doing?....hmmmmmm....still figuring that out, maybe, now I get to use my IT degrees and all the other degrees I have in my academic basket ;-)<br /><br />Phew! I sure can type long posts!!!! lolololol.....good night.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3766022751110622034?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-19654272386378451342010-08-10T19:52:00.000-05:002010-08-10T19:52:06.281-05:00. : : Estella : : .: Giving..........DO you?<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="UIStory_Message">As 2010 THANKSGIVING DAY APPROACHES, DO GIVE TO OTHERS PLEASE!<br />This blog post is 3 years old, but the thoughts are still the same, GIVE!! Put a smile on the face of someone else on Thanksgiving Day!<br />Count your blessings, You WILL be SHOCKED!<br /><br />Shalom!</span></h3></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://estellacouture.blogspot.com/2007/11/givingdo-you.html?spref=bl">. : : Estella : : .: Giving..........DO you?</a>: "I remember as a kid my mum going through my closet and packing my clothes, as much as a full suitcase almost every other 3 months just to gi..."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-1965427238637845134?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-86706253435001768462010-08-10T19:51:00.000-05:002010-08-10T19:51:49.804-05:00VOTE FOR PEPSI REFRESH: Teach FREE Arts, Crafts & Sewing Classes: in Wash.DC Metro and Online<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtYC6Ub3I/AAAAAAAAAmc/J4CAcep3XHc/s1600/Pepsi+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtYC6Ub3I/AAAAAAAAAmc/J4CAcep3XHc/s200/Pepsi+2.jpg" width="168" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtUjXEePI/AAAAAAAAAmU/luwFLt9_TZQ/s1600/PEPSI+VOTE+FOR+EC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtUjXEePI/AAAAAAAAAmU/luwFLt9_TZQ/s200/PEPSI+VOTE+FOR+EC.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>VOTE HERE: http://pep.si/avR356</b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>VOTE BY TEXTING 101536 to Pepsi (73774</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.8889px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"> </span></b></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px;"></span></div><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Overview</span></u></span></h3><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 524px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 'Teach FREE Arts, Crafts & Sewing Classes' project will teach people the age-long skills of arts, crafts and sewing. And at the same time bring out the best in our youths, while teaching them how to give back to others from an early age, irrespective of their own financial status. Moreso keeping them out of trouble. The mobile van also would get the project closer to those with no mobility in the DC Metro area. Live Streaming will increase the reach. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">TARGET: </span></u></b>Youths from low-income homes whose parents cannot afford regular camp fees. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">DELIVERABLES:</span></u></b> </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• 50 low-income youths trained in the Washington D.C. Metro, with at least 2000 live participants over the Internet via live Streaming. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Arts, crafts and fashion items created by attendees would be donated to sick kids in hospitals. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Replication of the items by Volunteers to be sold on the Online Estore to sustain project. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Nationwide replication of project and teaching more people learn new skills Online.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"></span></div><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Goals</span></span></u></h3><ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nurture interest in arts/crafts/sewing in young girls at an early age.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide the youths a chance to give back inspite of their finances.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a +ve selfless avenue for creative minds to reach out to others</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep them busy during school breaks doing a worthwhile project.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a good national cause via Internet that can be replicated</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"><div class="module copy" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 35px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 763px;"><thead style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #333333; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;"><table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 763px;"><tbody style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">How will the <span id="monetary-tier" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">50K</span> be Used?</h3></span></td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span><br /><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr></thead><tbody style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;">$ 10,500</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: normal;">$ 6,000</span></td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Website. Online Live Web Streaming</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> Administrative and Artisitc staff</span></td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">$ 10,000<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: normal;">$ 6,000</span></td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Transportation: Van for Mobile Classes.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Arts, Crafts and Sewing supplies and tools</span></td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">$ 11,000<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: normal;">$ 6,500</span></td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rent and utilities<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Marketing and Promotions</span></td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; 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Why not help promote this idea?</span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Please vote for this idea, so many youths and even adults stand to gain from the implementation of this project.</span></div></div></div></span></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-8670625343500176846?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-81807136054033358202010-08-10T19:37:00.000-05:002010-08-10T19:37:27.846-05:00VOTE FOR PEPSI REFRESH: Teach FREE Arts, Crafts & Sewing Classes: in Wash.DC Metro and Online<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtYC6Ub3I/AAAAAAAAAmc/J4CAcep3XHc/s1600/Pepsi+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtYC6Ub3I/AAAAAAAAAmc/J4CAcep3XHc/s200/Pepsi+2.jpg" width="168" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtUjXEePI/AAAAAAAAAmU/luwFLt9_TZQ/s1600/PEPSI+VOTE+FOR+EC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtUjXEePI/AAAAAAAAAmU/luwFLt9_TZQ/s200/PEPSI+VOTE+FOR+EC.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>VOTE HERE: http://pep.si/avR356</b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>VOTE BY TEXTING 101536 to Pepsi (73774</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.8889px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"> </span></b></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px;"></span></div><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Overview</span></u></span></h3><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 524px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 'Teach FREE Arts, Crafts & Sewing Classes' project will teach people the age-long skills of arts, crafts and sewing. And at the same time bring out the best in our youths, while teaching them how to give back to others from an early age, irrespective of their own financial status. Moreso keeping them out of trouble. The mobile van also would get the project closer to those with no mobility in the DC Metro area. Live Streaming will increase the reach. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">TARGET: </span></u></b>Youths from low-income homes whose parents cannot afford regular camp fees. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">DELIVERABLES:</span></u></b> </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• 50 low-income youths trained in the Washington D.C. Metro, with at least 2000 live participants over the Internet via live Streaming. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Arts, crafts and fashion items created by attendees would be donated to sick kids in hospitals. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Replication of the items by Volunteers to be sold on the Online Estore to sustain project. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Nationwide replication of project and teaching more people learn new skills Online.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"></span></div><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Goals</span></span></u></h3><ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nurture interest in arts/crafts/sewing in young girls at an early age.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide the youths a chance to give back inspite of their finances.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a +ve selfless avenue for creative minds to reach out to others</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep them busy during school breaks doing a worthwhile project.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a good national cause via Internet that can be replicated</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"><div class="module copy" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 35px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; 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border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How will the <span id="monetary-tier" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">50K</span> be Used?</h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #333333; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;"><table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 763px;"><tbody style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">$ 10,500</div></td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Website. Online Live Web Streaming</div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr></thead><tbody style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: normal;">$ 6,000</span></td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> Administrative and Artisitc staff</span></td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">$ 10,000<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: normal;">$ 6,000</span></td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Transportation: Van for Mobile Classes.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Arts, Crafts and Sewing supplies and tools</span></td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">$ 11,000<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: normal;">$ 6,500</span></td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rent and utilities<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Marketing and Promotions</span></td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; 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outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Thank you for voting! Why not help promote this idea?</span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Please vote for this idea, so many youths and even adults stand to gain from the implementation of this project.</span></div></div></div></span></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-8180713605403335820?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-60829754231068460892010-08-10T19:33:00.000-05:002010-08-10T19:33:10.623-05:00VOTE FOR PEPSI REFRESH: Teach FREE Arts, Crafts & Sewing Classes: in Wash.DC Metro and Online<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtYC6Ub3I/AAAAAAAAAmc/J4CAcep3XHc/s1600/Pepsi+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtYC6Ub3I/AAAAAAAAAmc/J4CAcep3XHc/s200/Pepsi+2.jpg" width="168" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtUjXEePI/AAAAAAAAAmU/luwFLt9_TZQ/s1600/PEPSI+VOTE+FOR+EC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TGHtUjXEePI/AAAAAAAAAmU/luwFLt9_TZQ/s200/PEPSI+VOTE+FOR+EC.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>VOTE HERE: http://pep.si/avR356</b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>VOTE BY TEXTING 101536 to Pepsi (73774</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.8889px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"> </span></b></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px;"></span></div><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Overview</span></u></span></h3><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 524px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 'Teach FREE Arts, Crafts & Sewing Classes' project will teach people the age-long skills of arts, crafts and sewing. And at the same time bring out the best in our youths, while teaching them how to give back to others from an early age, irrespective of their own financial status. Moreso keeping them out of trouble. The mobile van also would get the project closer to those with no mobility in the DC Metro area. Live Streaming will increase the reach. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">TARGET: </span></u></b>Youths from low-income homes whose parents cannot afford regular camp fees. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">DELIVERABLES:</span></u></b> </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• 50 low-income youths trained in the Washington D.C. Metro, with at least 2000 live participants over the Internet via live Streaming. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Arts, crafts and fashion items created by attendees would be donated to sick kids in hospitals. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Replication of the items by Volunteers to be sold on the Online Estore to sustain project. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• Nationwide replication of project and teaching more people learn new skills Online.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"></span></div><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Goals</span></span></u></h3><ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nurture interest in arts/crafts/sewing in young girls at an early age.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide the youths a chance to give back inspite of their finances.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a +ve selfless avenue for creative minds to reach out to others</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep them busy during school breaks doing a worthwhile project.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a good national cause via Internet that can be replicated</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"><div class="module copy" style="background-attachment: initial; 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border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How will the <span id="monetary-tier" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">50K</span> be Used?</h3></td></tr></thead><tbody style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">$ 10,500</td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Website. Online Live Web Streaming</td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">$ 6,000</td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Administrative and Artisitc staff</td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">$ 10,000</td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Transportation: Van for Mobile Classes.</td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">$ 6,000</td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Arts, Crafts and Sewing supplies and tools</td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="even amount" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">$ 11,000</td><td class="even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eceff5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rent and utilities</td></tr><tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">$ 6,500</td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 214, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Marketing and Promotions</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="module idea-enabled" id="vote-main" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 35px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="thanks" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; 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outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Thank you for voting! Why not help promote this idea?</span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Please vote for this idea, so many youths and even adults stand to gain from the implementation of this project.</span></div></div></div></span></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-6082975423106846089?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-31708295812021925952010-06-29T12:31:00.002-05:002010-06-29T12:33:50.027-05:00ESTELLA's Audtion on OPRAH's OWN TV - Vote for ME!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;">Y'all know I'm never one to give up even to d last second! lol. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;">So, I found out OPRAH NETWORK auditions had a FASHION category, & I used to be a TV presenter/producer so, last minute, we recorded a clip and I submitted exactly @ the 11:59pm deadline, and it was accepted! :-) </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;">Now, I NEED your VOTES! VOTE for me! For FASHION RENDEZVOUS! Link here:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/9d0zP1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>http://bit.ly/9d0zP1</b></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>. </b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b><br /></b></span> </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;"><a href="http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=22781&promo_id=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=22781&promo_id=1</b></span></a></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TCot3EgD2CI/AAAAAAAAAmM/r09r3MyFbg8/s1600/FashionRendezvous2_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/TCot3EgD2CI/AAAAAAAAAmM/r09r3MyFbg8/s320/FashionRendezvous2_0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;">Thankies. Xoxo</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3170829581202192595?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-10924051093331657852010-06-14T15:06:00.000-05:002010-06-14T15:06:34.024-05:00Estella Couture on Studio 53 (MNET Africa)<object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/uIVtuz7TGhQ/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uIVtuz7TGhQ&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uIVtuz7TGhQ&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-1092405109333165785?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-20637911959006339052010-05-16T05:54:00.000-05:002010-05-16T05:54:21.757-05:00Countdown....6 Days to go - FASHION FOR JOS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S-_OxVtjPkI/AAAAAAAAAmE/4OHLy-7TIAY/s1600/000++ffj1+FIXED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S-_OxVtjPkI/AAAAAAAAAmE/4OHLy-7TIAY/s640/000++ffj1+FIXED.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-2063791195900633905?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-84835801286465968992010-05-08T23:01:00.001-05:002010-05-08T23:02:07.595-05:00FASHION FOR JOS<span xmlns=''><p><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>Press Release<br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'><span style='text-decoration:underline'>For Immediate Release</span><br/><br/><br /> </span></p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold'><span style='font-size:14pt'><br/>FASHION FOR JOS</span><span style='font-size:10pt'><em><br/>"Nigerians at home and in the diaspora use fashion as tool to raise funds for victims of the violent crisis in Jos, Plateau State - Nigeria</em>"<br/><br/>May 3, 2010 - Landover, MD – The fundraising event organized by concerned Nigerians, led by Estella Ogbonna, CEO of Estella Couture Fashions to be held at "The Palace," 1015 Brightseat Road, Landover, Maryland on May 22, 2010 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. is one poised to turn a listening ear to the cry of innocent victims of violence in Jos, Nigeria.<br/><br/>Fashion for Jos will accomplish the following objectives:<br/><br/>- Raise funds for the Jos victims, especially women and children. <br/>- Create more awareness about the genocide in Jos and Nigeria as a whole as a means vehicle to invoke an action towards change. <br/>- Garner support from Nigerians in Diaspora and International Humanitarian Groups on how such incidents can be avoided. <br/><br/>Funds raised will be given to Nylah Group, Justice Development and Peace / Caritas (JDPC) Jos and the Nigerian Red Cross Society to support victims. The event marks the coming together of Nigerians in efforts to create a change in the lives of the men, women and children in Jos who are still crying in the aftermath of devastation. <br/><br/>Citizens are encouraged to visit the website at <a href='http://www.fashionforthenations.org'>www.fashionforthenations.org</a>. and participate by donating their talents, skills, time and resources to make "Fashion For Jos" a great event. Some volunteers on board include Nkem Egede, Exquisit Affairs, Lshandi, Regina Askia, Ladybrille Nigeria, Trendy Africa, Jem Publicity Inc., Tribe X Entertainment, Nemeze, Studio Dmaxsi and AID productions, Beautiful Creations Entertainment and many more. However, more volunteers and help are still needed. Volunteers need not be Nigerians or African to participate. Fashion for Jos magazine will be created to highlight and recognize all the sponsors, models, designers, clothes, promoters and volunteers who sacrificed time and effort to ensure the success of the event. It will also serve as a keepsake.<br/><br/>For more information, contact:<br /></span></span></p><p><br /> </p><div><table border='0' style='border-collapse:collapse'><colgroup><col style='width:264px'/><col style='width:570px'/></colgroup><tbody valign='top'><tr><td style='padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px'><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>Bisi Fagbohun <br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>Executive Coordinator<br /></span></p><p><a href='mailto:bisi@fashionforthenations.org'><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>bisi@fashionforthenations.org</span></a><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'><br /> </span></p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>www.fashionforthenations.org<br/><br/></span></p></td><td style='padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px'><p><span style='color:black; font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>Estella Ogbonna Jem Publicity Inc <br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold'><span style='color:black'><span style='font-size:10pt'>jos@fashionforthenations.org</span><span style='font-size:12pt'><br /> </span><span style='font-size:10pt'>info@jempublicityinc.com</span><span style='font-size:12pt'><br/><a target='_blank' href='http://www.fashionforthenations.org'/></span></span><span style='font-size:10pt'>http://www.fashionforthenations.org<span style='color:black'>. <span style='text-decoration:underline'>www.jempublicityinc.com</span><br /> </span></span><span style='font-size:12pt'><br /> </span></span></p><p><span style='color:black; font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'><br /> </span> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'><span style='text-decoration:underline'>About:</span> Fashion For Jos is charity event under Fashion For the Nations - a Not-for-Profit Organization set up in 2010 to assist cities, towns, and villages in nations around the world through organizing fashion fundraising events.</span></p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-8483580128646596899?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-63503606002179768962010-05-08T22:59:00.001-05:002010-05-08T23:12:48.474-05:00FASHION FOR JOS<span xmlns=''><p><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>Press Release<br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'><span style='text-decoration:underline'>For Immediate Release</span><br/><br/><br /> </span></p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold'><span style='font-size:14pt'><br/>FASHION FOR JOS</span><span style='font-size:10pt'><em><br/>"Nigerians at home and in the diaspora use fashion as tool to raise funds for victims of the violent crisis in Jos, Plateau State - Nigeria</em>"<br/><br/>May 3, 2010 - Landover, MD – The fundraising event organized by concerned Nigerians, led by Estella Ogbonna, CEO of Estella Couture Fashions to be held at "The Palace," 1015 Brightseat Road, Landover, Maryland on May 22, 2010 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. is one poised to turn a listening ear to the cry of innocent victims of violence in Jos, Nigeria.<br/><br/>Fashion for Jos will accomplish the following objectives:<br/><br/>- Raise funds for the Jos victims, especially women and children. <br/>- Create more awareness about the genocide in Jos and Nigeria as a whole as a means vehicle to invoke an action towards change. <br/>- Garner support from Nigerians in Diaspora and International Humanitarian Groups on how such incidents can be avoided. <br/><br/>Funds raised will be given to Nylah Group, Justice Development and Peace / Caritas (JDPC) Jos and the Nigerian Red Cross Society to support victims. The event marks the coming together of Nigerians in efforts to create a change in the lives of the men, women and children in Jos who are still crying in the aftermath of devastation. <br/><br/>Citizens are encouraged to visit the website at <a href='http://www.fashionforthenations.org'>www.fashionforthenations.org</a>. and participate by donating their talents, skills, time and resources to make "Fashion For Jos" a great event. Some volunteers on board include Nkem Egede, Exquisit Affairs, Lshandi, Regina Askia, Ladybrille Nigeria, Trendy Africa, Jem Publicity Inc., Tribe X Entertainment, Nemeze, Studio Dmaxsi and AID productions, Beautiful Creations Entertainment and many more. However, more volunteers and help are still needed. Volunteers need not be Nigerians or African to participate. Fashion for Jos magazine will be created to highlight and recognize all the sponsors, models, designers, clothes, promoters and volunteers who sacrificed time and effort to ensure the success of the event. It will also serve as a keepsake.<br/><br/>For more information, contact:<br /></span></span></p><p><br /> </p><div><table border='0' style='border-collapse:collapse'><colgroup><col style='width:264px'/><col style='width:570px'/></colgroup><tbody valign='top'><tr><td style='padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px'><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>Bisi Fagbohun <br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>Executive Coordinator<br /></span></p><p><a href='mailto:bisi@fashionforthenations.org'><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>bisi@fashionforthenations.org</span></a><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'><br /> </span></p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>www.fashionforthenations.org<br/><br/></span></p></td><td style='padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px'><p><span style='color:black; font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'>Estella Ogbonna Jem Publicity Inc <br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold'><span style='color:black'><span style='font-size:10pt'>jos@fashionforthenations.org</span><span style='font-size:12pt'><br /> </span><span style='font-size:10pt'>info@jempublicityinc.com</span><span style='font-size:12pt'><br/><a target='_blank' href='http://www.fashionforthenations.org'/></span></span><span style='font-size:10pt'>http://www.fashionforthenations.org<span style='color:black'>. <span style='text-decoration:underline'>www.jempublicityinc.com</span><br /> </span></span><span style='font-size:12pt'><br /> </span></span></p><p><span style='color:black; font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'><br /> </span> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size:10pt'><span style='text-decoration:underline'>About:</span> Fashion For Jos is charity event under Fashion For the Nations - a Not-for-Profit Organization set up in 2010 to assist cities, towns, and villages in nations around the world through organizing fashion fundraising events.</span></p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-6350360600217976896?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-67098537984920144602010-05-08T20:53:00.001-05:002010-05-08T21:20:07.717-05:00FASHION FOR JOS 2010Please Support FASHION FOR JOS.<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dPnyZO-Cmrc&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dPnyZO-Cmrc&hl=en_US&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Fashion For Jos; a fundraising event organized by concerned Nigerians (and Friends of Nigeria) led by Estella Ogbonna, CEO of Estella Couture Fashions to be held at The Palace, 1015 Brightseat Road, Landover, Maryland on May 22, 2010 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. is one poised to turn a listening ear to the cry of innocent victims of violence in Jos, Nigeria suffering from a tragedy which resulted in loss of many lives and property, All proceed goes to: Nylah Group, Justice Development and Peace / Caritas (JDPC) Jos and the Nigerian Red Cross Society <br /><br />Please support Victims of the Massacre in JOS by donating $2 (Two Dollars) or more. Please visit <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1214152394">www.fashionforthenations.o</a><a href="http://www.fashionforthenations.org/"><span class="word_break"></span>rg</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S-YbxRs1_PI/AAAAAAAAAls/5DakcPXj-tI/s1600/FFJ+FLYER+with+TICKETS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S-YbxRs1_PI/AAAAAAAAAls/5DakcPXj-tI/s640/FFJ+FLYER+with+TICKETS.jpg" width="449" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-6709853798492014460?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-9534973917618753372010-03-09T13:03:00.002-05:002010-03-09T13:06:59.840-05:00JEANkara by Estella CoutureAt last! JEANKara is here for you!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S5aNDO2fBII/AAAAAAAAAlM/8cwKF1W_zr4/s1600-h/JEANKARA+by+EC+Logo+BIG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S5aNDO2fBII/AAAAAAAAAlM/8cwKF1W_zr4/s400/JEANKARA+by+EC+Logo+BIG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">just my twist on ethnic fabrics and denim, orders being taken now for suppliers.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">some images of the jean.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S5aNWwkMiCI/AAAAAAAAAlU/0Kf-wGfNdTo/s1600-h/jean+guy+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S5aNWwkMiCI/AAAAAAAAAlU/0Kf-wGfNdTo/s640/jean+guy+1.jpg" width="427" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S5aNcle9RCI/AAAAAAAAAlc/wBy29yvNZRU/s1600-h/jean+girls1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S5aNcle9RCI/AAAAAAAAAlc/wBy29yvNZRU/s640/jean+girls1.jpg" width="428" /></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S5aN5OKmN-I/AAAAAAAAAlk/BcoPXW_R0-4/s1600-h/288604934_5f58r-X3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S5aN5OKmN-I/AAAAAAAAAlk/BcoPXW_R0-4/s400/288604934_5f58r-X3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-953497391761875337?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-37827816962147454462010-02-02T14:20:00.002-05:002010-02-02T14:20:47.548-05:00FACEs OF ESTELLA COUTURE - Coming soonLooking for Male, Female and Plus-sized FACES OF ESTELLA Couture for all Ads and Campaigns worldwide!<br /><br />More info coming soon..<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S2h67irCiyI/AAAAAAAAAlE/HaifDQP2324/s1600-h/MAIN+FOEC+Logo+Black+.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S2h67irCiyI/AAAAAAAAAlE/HaifDQP2324/s400/MAIN+FOEC+Logo+Black+.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3782781696214745446?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-30761340190411403192010-01-17T19:17:00.000-05:002010-01-17T19:17:02.675-05:00. : : Estella : : .: Our Prayers to Haitians!<a href="http://estellacouture.blogspot.com/2010/01/our-prayers-to-haitians.html">. : : Estella : : .: Our Prayers to Haitians!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3076134019041140319?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-55847872421955084842010-01-17T19:16:00.006-05:002010-01-18T17:50:28.130-05:00Our Prayers to Haitians!It is indeed a very sad period.<br /><br />We are praying for the Haitians and for God's strength and love as they go through this dark period,<br /><br />Sadly, this can happen to anyone, any nation. So, we should lend a helping hand to them in anyway we can.<br /><br />Donate money, donate your time and also, donate your talents.<br /><br />I am starting this group, for everyone and anyone who can sew. Please sign up, let us come together and be a blessing to Haiti at a time they need everyone of us! Wherever you are, distance should not be a hindrance!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S1SizbYsqoI/AAAAAAAAAks/wBLNrSZUu2I/s1600-h/EC+Sew4Haiti+Logo2+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/S1SizbYsqoI/AAAAAAAAAks/wBLNrSZUu2I/s320/EC+Sew4Haiti+Logo2+.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />Join the SEW FOR HAITI Project!<a href="http://sewforhaiti.eventbrite.com/">http://sewforhaiti.eventbrite.com/</a><br />All we need from you is that:<br /><ul><li>You make something with your hands and leave note of encouragement or prayer on it. </li><li>Could be:<b> pillow, wrap skirt, a T-shirt, tote bag, scarves etc....just easy crafts and projects.</b></li></ul><br /><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b><br /> </b><br /><b>NOW YOU CAN DO SOMETHING!!!</b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>SIGN UP HERE! To use your talent to bless others!</b></span><br /><br /><a href="http://sewforhaiti.eventbrite.com/">http://sewforhaiti.eventbrite.com/</a><br /><br /><b>One life you touch is a big blessing, looking from God's eyes.</b><br /><b> <br /></b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-5584787242195508484?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-27618834474470405252009-10-29T08:59:00.004-05:002009-10-29T09:09:01.313-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SumhWTV48QI/AAAAAAAAAkY/-fFxKCz2qQ4/s1600-h/Zaafa+LOGO+4+Transparent+with+boitique+EC.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 411px; height: 313px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SumhWTV48QI/AAAAAAAAAkY/-fFxKCz2qQ4/s400/Zaafa+LOGO+4+Transparent+with+boitique+EC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398023032901529858" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Watch this space!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.zaafa.com/</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-2761883447447040525?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-7937095281781172792009-08-10T01:31:00.003-05:002009-08-14T20:46:36.523-05:00The Meet Up So So Sewing GroupThere have been some changes to this coming up meeting:<br />Saturday, August 15 is 2:00 p.m. (same location), not 10:00 a.m as was previously posted earlier this week on the meetup site.<br /><br />So the time has been changed and also, please keep in mind to check into the website to stay posted on all you meeting times and schedules and locations. Also due to the great turn out of the meet up's you will have a special guest coming to the next meet up:<br /><br /><strong>A representative of a great organization will be coming to our next meeting! To share about benefits and how we can go higher in our pursuit.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Find all this information and more and even sign up to join this great Meet up @<br />Email :<a href="mailto:So-So-Sewing-Club-list@meetup.com">So-So-Sewing-Club-list@meetup.com</a> or <a href="http://www.meetup.com/So-So-Sewing-Group/">http://www.meetup.com/So-So-Sewing-Group/</a> the direct website just sign up to free emails updating you on all meetings and times.<br /><br /><br />By: Geneva Relf<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-793709528178117279?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MISS NEVAnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-55956771328918536582009-08-02T08:03:00.001-05:002009-08-02T08:04:26.849-05:00Just love yourself!...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; "><div class="smallfont" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "></div><div id="post_message_695687">A male hater who was itching from being my rejecting him emailed me that I am not pretty or beautiful....not comparable to the girl he later hitched.......and i sat down and searched out her picture and really looked at our pictures..... Like what would make a guy that mean to voice such rubbish! I know his so-called girlfriend is my age mate, if not older than me! And I really looked at both of our pictures.... I shook my head and wondered more...<br /><br />Now, the other day, I met them at an event, and I looked and relooked at her again.....I could see the drooping arms, the fat belly, the stretched, taut facial skin (packed full with layers and layers of make-up), the sorry dress she wore that was not in any way flattering neither did it help her hide all the extra disproportionate layers on her sides and thighs....... and I sighed!<br /><br />I almost wanted to slap myself! Because I know that before I stepped out of the house that evening, I was looking very svelte and my toned arms were looking good in my halter neck dress, which the guys were all ogling at.....even the younger boys - thinking I am their age mate <img src="http://www.naijarules.com/vb/images/smilies/wink.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Wink" class="inlineimg" style="vertical-align: middle; " /><br /><br />And the very possessive way my boo held me, with pride and affection and a little bit of meanness for other guys to stay away.....and I smiled!<img src="http://www.naijarules.com/vb/images/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Smilie" class="inlineimg" style="vertical-align: middle; " /><br /><br />I smiled because I have great confidence in my self, I smiled because words dont hurt me - not anymore! Not since I allowed other kids to call me 'four eyes', back in primary school because I started wearing eye glasses at 7 years. Looking like a nerd and being pampered and petted by all teachers, and being smart and always coming tops of the class made me the little girl to be picked on always! Other kids hated me! Like it was my fault I had to wear glasses or that I was always my teacher's favorite! When they played I was reading cos I didnt have friends then...I was shy and timid like that! Just me and my books!<br /><br />Words dont hurt me no more, not after I started growing curves in the right places and had bought my first St. Michael's 32a bra and all the other girls started calling me 'water water yansh', or 'Super Ikebe', because I had big arse back then! (Thank God for Jlo and Beyonce for making big bum, the bomb, cos I swore to do reduction someday!) or the guys on campus singing '17, 18, 19, kpondo' , when I passed them.<br /><br />yeah, in 2nd year, when the micro mini craze started on campus, and I started wearing them and started getting compliments that I have lovely legs, oh la la .....I over flaunted the legs!! Alas! Something to distract from my big bum! And the male attention?!! Whooopsieee!<br /><br />Thank God for good home training, so, NO, I didnt lose my head! I didnt start clubbing or messing around! My white Cathechism Rev Fathers from childhood made sure that I grew up and lived a very (as much as I could) Holy life! No messing around with boys!! And Oh! My dad was a Biafran Soldier! Check out Igbo man with Only daughter and she being first born....can someone spell D I S C I P L I N A R I A N?<br /><br />My own female friends back then (I finally realised much too late, that it was just envy and hatred) would taunt and call me all kinds of names....<i>big arse</i>, <i>square forehead</i>, <i>have igbo women arse</i>, <i>look like a boy without earrings</i> etc Oh MY WORD!<br /><br />But what used to puzzle me back then (I really was naive or just had over dented self-esteem from all the bullying and name callings) was why I was the one that guys would come toasting and asking out for dates, and NOT my so-called 'pretty' friends....<br /><br />Anyhoo, campus life gave me back my confidence! I learnt to walk through that long walk from the bus stop to my class at the other side of the campus with my head held high, shoulder squared, eyes dimmed, tummy tucked in, and one cute leg after the other like a super model! And yeah, I started modelling in shows and events in school then. Even contested for Ms. Vogue, and had the overall high score to clinch the crown when frat boys threw tear gas and ended the show cos their guy's girlfriend was obviously not gonna win it! Sad loss!<br /><br />After that contest, words STOPPED hurting me! So, I got me self-confidence and a CAN DO attitude, NO MATTER what anyone around me says or thinks or believe! IF I TELL MYSELF I CAN DO IT, then, I REALLY CAN and I WILL, by God's Grace!<br /><br />back to the dude who said his girl is more beautiful than me, I sighed again, because I know beauty is just not external, it is also internal! And I am beautiful from inside! And I am beautiful outside too! I know it and I see it, and I hear it always from good souls as well.<br /><br />And why I sighed at them both is that if I really stand next to her, you would think she is 12 years older than me! She looks far older than her age, and I know I look far more younger than my age! I got good genes! If I knew how to lie, I would claim 10 years younger than my age and no one would bat an eyelid! Did I tell you guys of the dude who is 9 years younger than me tumbling all over to marry me? And wont go away!? Lol! I had to show him my ID to believe he should be calling me Aunty! lol...Nice kid he is, but I aint dating anyone that young! Nope!<br /><br />I got to run off to my sewing class now, but in conclusion, I would rather look younger, pretty, and be doing great things for people around me and be remembered as a good person, than look older, mean, have bad reputation and claim I am beautiful!<br /><br />Give me younger looking, natural beauty any day to older looking, cosmetics-forced beauty!<br /><br />oh, this is my 15 cents!<br /><br />Till next post! Toodles and have a lovely, pretty weekend and love yourself Yo!!! No one else would! You owe U that!</div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-5595677132891853658?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-32153469809173641442009-07-26T08:58:00.009-05:002009-07-26T09:31:56.375-05:00So So Sewing Club - ..using our talents to bless others...Phew! I spent my whole day working on my websites! (Yeah, my Techie part reared up this weekend, and its so much fun to fiddle with programs and codes again!....thank God for my IT degree)<br /><br />Anyhoo, working on couple of my websites, I got one finished! Phew! <b>www.sososewing.com</b> is finally up!<div> <div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SmxjoPvdlnI/AAAAAAAAAj4/tsQchdg49Ic/s400/Logo+1.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 134px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362770799362938482" /><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>So So Sewing Club</b> is a group I set up to get people to channel their creative juices and energy into creating</div><div> garments and gift items that we would give away to sick children in hospitals and also kids in shelters.<br /><br />We are also giving back to the community by teaching people who have passion for sewing how to sew at no cost to them.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So far, we have had classes and we are working on our creations now. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Support us, join us, even if you dont live in the MD/VA/DC area. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can support us by praying for us for one, and donating fabrics (especially those that have cartoons and figures and characters children love e.g. Sponge bob square pants, Power puff girls, Dora the explorer, Superman etc). </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div>Or if you are creative too, do something and send to us and we can give to the kids for you. Attach your name and information to your item.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can join us on <b><url="http://www.facebook.com/pages/so-so-sewing-club/95731258930?ref=ts"><color="blue"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/So-So-Sewing-Club/95731258930?ref=ts">facebook</a></color="blue"></url="http://www.facebook.com/pages/so-so-sewing-club/95731258930?ref=ts"></b><br />And on <b><color="blue"><url="http://www.meetup.com/so-so-sewing-group/"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/So-So-Sewing-Group">meetup.com</a></url="http://www.meetup.com/so-so-sewing-group/"></color="blue"></b><br /><br />This is movement! We hope you come on board! :) Join Us! <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SmxhoKz7LSI/AAAAAAAAAjw/HAz_YjqkV78/s400/small+Logo+1.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 30px; height: 32px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362768599016221986" />:)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Email: info@sososewing.com</div><div>Tel: 1 301 915 5927</div><div>website: www.sososewing.com</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-1869a2c24345614e" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v18.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1869a2c24345614e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330277889%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4DA20CAA0B2FF326D1F1DEBA9CD347CDF562E1A5.6C152B4611C58EB15C27E5E1094E6D3A037DAF8C%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1869a2c24345614e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DUCSJqc-JvJnQdo3uXbSlkFJcIWo&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v18.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1869a2c24345614e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330277889%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4DA20CAA0B2FF326D1F1DEBA9CD347CDF562E1A5.6C152B4611C58EB15C27E5E1094E6D3A037DAF8C%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1869a2c24345614e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DUCSJqc-JvJnQdo3uXbSlkFJcIWo&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div>Sharman instructing a beginners' sewing class</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3215346980917364144?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-31038842952456939112009-07-22T11:59:00.003-05:002009-07-22T12:39:31.080-05:00Estella Couture is more then just FashionWe often don't hear when someone does great things now a days. The news is filled with negativity, but you rarely hear about the people who give back to their communities and that bring something positive out of there gifts and talents. Estella is no different she has a So So Sewing Group that gives back to the community. For those that love fashion and have a passion to learn can meet up with this group and learn the trade for the designer herself. this meet up was created on April 26, 2009 and has been open to those who share the passion since. So far with 79 SS sewers this meet up is growing fast and with the small cost of just $2.00 which is due the 15Th of every month is a small price to pay for all the insight you receive. However it's not just fashion and garments but also a chance to meet other people in your community. To discuss things like home decor, crafts, the fashion industry, and even other designers. It's so easy to sign up on the website and to see when the next meet up will be, and not only that but keep informed of the event to follow. A chance to meet new people and trade ideas and help each other out here is a quote for a new member “<span style="font-family:courier new;">looking forward to learning the basics of sewing and being apart of a great group with a great purpose</span>” <a href="http://www.meetup.com/So-So-Sewing-Group/members/10021812/">Shirell Murray</a>. She is just one of many who feel this way about this group. The next meet up is in August and they still have opening so you don't want to miss out on this class. However there is a deadline to get in this class which is July 31, 2009 so please don't procrastinate and RSVP now to ensure you seat in the group. This meet up will be Date: August 1st, 2009. Time: 2-4pm. Venue: STUDIO Gemini .10800 Rhode Island Ave, Suite E. Beltsville, MD 20705. (In the Sunrise Plaza). the two organizers of this meet up are Estella herself and her assistant is Sharman and together they are doing something amazing. Even with everything else she has on her plate sh has time to give back to her community and do good for the people who live in it. So check it out and you never know you might learn something new or be a great help to someone else the website is <a href="http://www.meetup.com/So-So-Sewing-Group/">http://www.meetup.com/So-So-Sewing-Group/</a> and also don't forget to watch out for the launching her her untitled new line. you can find all of this at her website <a href="http://www.estellacouture.com/">http://www.estellacouture.com/</a>. So please support this group and sign up ans come out to experience the best design has to offer.<br /><br />By: Geneva Relf<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3103884295245693911?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MISS NEVAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-83958446340972638032009-07-13T20:48:00.004-05:002009-07-13T21:01:10.381-05:00Untitled Collection Coming SoonThe very anticipated fashion line by Estella Couture is almost here so please keep your eyes open for this innovative line. Also newsletters and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">catalogue</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">subscriptions</span> are coming soon too so you'll be able to order this line that way and stay posted on what is new.<br /><br />Also keep your Eyes open to see Estella and Fashions @ the following Events:<br /><br />2009 (Events are subject to change, more to be listed...)<br />African Singles/Easter Charity Show - MD, USA<br />The VOGUE Project - Atlanta, GA<br />Nigeria Entertainment Film Festival and Awards (NEFFA)- May 2009, Nigeria<br />DC Fashion Week, USA<br />VERIZON Hispanic Support Organizatiion, New York.<br />Just Eve - Reality TV Show, London. July 2009<br /><a href="http://www.councilcommunications.com/delta.html">Miss Intercultural - Washington DC - July 2009</a><br />Miss Cultural Heritage - Namibia, Africa. August 2009<br /><br />Also check out the Fusion Color line these are the colors of the summer and give back passion to fashion. Don't forget to follow on Twitter and stay posted as the updates come in @ <a href="http://twitter.com/EstellaCouture">http://twitter.com/EstellaCouture</a> also don't forget to check out the facebook page as well.<br /><br /><br /><br />By: Geneva Relf<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-8395844634097263803?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MISS NEVAnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-31519075224412183232009-06-30T07:03:00.003-05:002009-06-30T07:15:44.095-05:00FREE Sewing Classes in MD/DC/VA....<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hi All,</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I have a new sewing Club - SO SO SEWING CLUB.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For those of you who live in the DC Metro areas, come join us.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 11px; "><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sewing classes are free, all we ask of you is that you create at least, one project (shirt, skirt, blouse, dress, doll, etc) that would be donated to a sick child in a hospital, a woman in need, an elderly etc.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Use your talent and creativity to bless someone else! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We are here on facebook: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/So-So-Sewing-Club/95731258930?ref=ts" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "2af9de023133a4e02ee014e1f8891019", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.facebook.com/pa</span></span></a></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><wbr></span><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span><span><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/So-So-Sewing-Club/95731258930?ref=ts" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "2af9de023133a4e02ee014e1f8891019", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; ">ges/So-So-Sewing-Club/9573</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/So-So-Sewing-Club/95731258930?ref=ts" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "2af9de023133a4e02ee014e1f8891019", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1258930?ref=ts</span></a></span></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Or</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can join us on meetup.com - </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/So-So-Sewing-Group/" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "2af9de023133a4e02ee014e1f8891019", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; ">http://www.meetup.com/So-S</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><a href="http://www.meetup.com/So-So-Sewing-Group/" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "2af9de023133a4e02ee014e1f8891019", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">o-Sewing-Group/</span></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Our website: www.sososewing.com is secured and ready to be created. (Web designer needed)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Let us sew and soar into blessing othe</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">rs!</span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SkoBIv53YUI/AAAAAAAAAjg/PT5O8l6QbLE/s400/DSC00256.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353092356893008194" /></span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3151907522441218323?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-31961824686000020222009-06-17T00:54:00.001-05:002009-06-17T00:54:01.302-05:00Top Ten Weirdest Dresses - Threads<a href=http://shar.es/rBRh>Top Ten Weirdest Dresses - Threads</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3196182468600002022?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-46334050760252830672009-06-04T16:34:00.000-05:002009-06-04T16:35:29.355-05:00Caring Is ImportantThe NR Awards are here and Estella Couture are up for an award. In the category for Fashion Designer of the year. I can see why she has been nominated and why she deserves to win as well. Estella Couture is the picture perfect line and I feel that it represents the Nigerian African culture. This is a huge honor so make your vote count please register on the website and vote for Estella. Here new line for 2009 is untitled but that's because words can't compare to how great this line is. How Amazing these colors are and how blessed of a gift she has for fashion. The Awards are in Houston and please help out the worthy cause that is associated with these awards.This is an organization that is helping to end the poverty in Nigeria, and promote awareness on the health conditions of the Nigerian people.<br /><br /><br />This organization helps do just that by shedding light and recognizing those of great talent. There are many categories but we want to focus on Fashion Designer Of The Year. This again is a great honor and Estella is very proud and we should be of her too. So vote and please donate this is something we should all be concerned with and now is the time to show how much we really care. They have a goal set for the money they would like to raise to help support their cause but we can pass that goal. However we have to do it together and so let's pull together.<br /><br /><br />I know your thinking how is this my problem and why should I care. Just think about your children and the future that could be changed for them. What if you didn't have money to feed them and clothing to cover them? What if you couldn't work and your health was beyond failure wouldn't you want someone to care? Now imagine a country that is consumed with these problems everyday. Where food is low and health is a major concern and the children who are the future of this country need a chance and we can give them that. So care and give and remember that anything can change in this country and that nothing is to far from our front door.<br /><br />By: Geneva Relf<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nigerianreunion.com/">http://www.nigerianreunion.com/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-4633405076025283067?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MISS NEVAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-82066565700542847182009-06-04T16:03:00.004-05:002009-06-04T16:33:36.337-05:00The NR AwardsThe NR Awards are here and Estella Couture are up for an award. In the category for Fashion Designer of the year. I can see why she has been nominated and why she deserves to win as well. Estella Couture is the picture perfect line and I feel that it represents the Nigerian African culture. This is a huge honor so make your vote count please register on the website and vote for Estella. Here new line for 2009 is untitled but that's because words can't compare to how great this line is. How <span style="color:#000000;">Amazing</span> these colors are and how blessed of a gift she has for fashion. The Awards are in Houston and please help out the worthy cause that is associated with these awards.<br /><br />This is an organization that is helping to end the poverty in Nigeria, and promote awareness on the health conditions of the Nigerian people. This organization helps do just that by shedding light and recognizing those of great talent. There are many categories but we want to focus on Fashion Designer Of The Year. This again is a great honor and Estella is very proud and we should be of her too. So vote and please donate this is something we should all be concerned with and now is the time to show how much we really care. They have a goal set for the money they would like to raise to help support their cause but we can pass that goal. However we have to do it together and so let's pull together.<br /><br /><br />I know your thinking how is this my problem and why should I care. Just think about your children and the future that could be changed for them. What if you didn't have money to feed them and clothing to cover them? What if you couldn't work and your health was beyond failure wouldn't you want someone to care? Now imagine a country that is consumed with these problems everyday. Where food is low and health is a major concern and the children who are the future of this country need a chance and we can give them that. So care and give and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">remember</span> that anything can change in this country and that nothing is to far from our front door.<br /><br />By: Geneva Relf<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nigerianreunion.com/">http://www.nigerianreunion.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nigerianreunion.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=6">http://www.nigerianreunion.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=6</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-8206656570054284718?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MISS NEVAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-26443509048410265332009-06-01T13:34:00.000-05:002009-06-01T13:36:26.248-05:002009 fashion must<a href="http://fashionbyestella.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-summer-trends.html">This Summer Trends</a><br />No matter where you live summer is the time to flaunt your stuff. It's swimsuit season and light fabric wearing time. This summer your best friend is sunblock no matter what race you are you must wear sunblock and protect your skin. You also want to keep water with you at all times to stay hydrated. No point in looking great if you just look tired and dehydrated. Also find the swimsuit that fit your body type and style don't go for trends but comfort and fit your the one that has to wear it so make it flattering to the shape you have. Also a must this summer are sunglasses and hats. Wearing your best shades to keep the sun out of your eyes and to keep you looking cool all summer long. Also handbags are a must ladies you want you bag to have many uses this summer not just for storing your things but you want it to make a fashion statement as well and stand out too.<br /><br /><br />Also keep it fresh this summer with body mist sprays and deodorant being in the hot sun can make you sticky and sweaty so keep baby wipes. They'll keep you cool and refreshed. Also no harm in taking it light with the makeup this summer you would hate to ruin it, and have it running down your face. So use long-lasting makeup you'll have fewer touch ups and less mess on your hands. Also keep the hair simple ladies you want to keep it simple and flexible pending on the plans you make occur during the day.Sandals are making a comeback just in time because you'll want something light on your feet while running your errands. There are many styles to fit your needs and personality so take advantage of the sales going on this summer.<br /><br />Also that means pedicures ladies if your going to have the toes exposed your going to need to keep them looking nice and clean. Jewelery is a must this summer on bold piece instead of many. A bracelet or a necklace will set the tone for any outfit. Remember less is more and this summer you don't want to be weighed down so keep it light, and keep it safe. Drink plenty of water and use that sunblock. Also don't forget to get that perfect outfit from Estella Couture this summer. Have anything customized to make you stand out this summer and be the talk of the city.<br /><br />By: Geneva Relf<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-2644350904841026533?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MISS NEVAnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-42965716527509783312009-05-20T22:07:00.002-05:002009-05-20T22:35:59.856-05:00How Estella Couture Is differentLaunching her 2009 collection this line is by far is the best of yet to come. She is really using color and pattern to give her fashion life and inspiration. She a many different types of styles for all your needs. from that ethnic bride to that fashionista that just want to flaunt her flare. Estella Couture has it all and you don't want to miss this 2009 untitled collection. However keep your eye out for future fashion shows work of Estella. She has been recognized for her work and has received award for her accomplishments. You don't want to miss the sale going on now with 25% off this seasons deal, and you'll be beyond satisfied with you fashion choices. Yes you can shop online and yes you will love what you see. Don't worry if you need that special outfit customized don't hesitate to make an appointment to do so. And you can have your own custom made dress, suite, gown whatever your needs. Don't worry there is also a form online for you to fill out and put your measurements in and tell Estella what you really want. With plenty to look out for you can't miss her or this line. Upcoming Events to look out for:<br /><br /><br />African Singles Events - Vienna, VA - April 11th, 2009<br />Compassion For Fashion - Fashion Show, Baltimore, MD - April 5th, 2009<br />The VOGUE Project - Atlanta, GA - April 2009 (date will be posted soon)<br />Nigeria Entertainment Film Festival and Awards - May 2009<br />International Style Week, Nigeria, Africa - July 3rd 2009<br /><a href="http://www.councilcommunications.com/delta.html">Miss Intercultural - Washington DC - July 18th 2009</a><br />Miss Cultural Heritage - Namibia, Africa. August 2009<br />(all events subject to change)<br /><br /><br />But you need to keep your eyes out for the launch of the new 2009 collection and don't forget to check out the website. <a href="http://www.estellacouture.com/site.html">http://www.estellacouture.com/site.html</a><br /><br /><br /><br />By: Geneva Relf<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-4296571652750978331?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MISS NEVAnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-90001743824952563132009-04-08T08:31:00.007-05:002009-04-08T09:14:23.940-05:00Designers DIssing Michelle Obama! WHY?!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/Sdypb2PEqOI/AAAAAAAAAjI/UhopW196mVw/s1600-h/Essence.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/Sdypb2PEqOI/AAAAAAAAAjI/UhopW196mVw/s400/Essence.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322315155525380322" /></a>I have asked myself several times what the fuss is about what our lovely First Lady, Michelle Obama is wearing and I still dont get it!<div><br /></div><div>Ok, no one is talking about her underwears as well? </div><div>is it Victoria Secret or made by an unknown designer?</div><div><br /></div><div>Why are they picking on this Harvard graduate who is Beauty, Brain and Brawn! Rather, it is the size and color of her bow that the press is going gaga over!<br /><div><br /></div><div>She wore a Talbot Dress on ESSENCE cover is also a headline! So what?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">We are in recession and she WALKING THE WALK, and NOT JUST TALKING THE TALk! Because even before she became a First lady, she was very rich already. So, she can very well afford all the bling bling, big designer names!</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> She is setting a good example that people should be economical to survive this economic turbulence. If a First lady can be 'inexpensively' glamorous', what excuse does the clerk that earns $200) a month have for charging a $1000 dress to her credit card? huh?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'lucida grande';"><img src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/1322/slide_1322_19446_large.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I particularly think the bow on her dress is unique and cute, why people are frotting at the mouth because of this smells simply of 'hatorade'! Simple.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-weight: bold; ">Can people get over what colors her shows are or how big her bows are etc? Why are people so critical of everything she wears? if Beyonce or Sarah Jessica Parker wore same, would she be subjected to all these scrutiny? I am a fashion designer/Fashion consultant and I can authoritatively say that Michelle Obama dresses well. Like Coco Chanel said, Fashion recycles, nothing is new in fashion....that is why we have clothes we call 'vintage', 'classic' etc, and all fashion is a cut off from something in the past. Please, folks, give this lady a break! There is more to her than what she wears daily!</span><br /></div><div><br /><img src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/1322/slide_1322_19449_large.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Why have they reduced our elegant First lady to another contestant on American Next Top Model -World Stage?</span></span><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And why is Oscar dela Renta making all the fuss? Who made him god of Fashion? \hasnt his label made enough money?</div><div><br /></div><div>So, he doesnt want the Jason Wus and the ESTELLA Coutures to have a chance of making it too? PLEASE!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, anyone who knows the contact/link to send a dress to Elegant First lady Michelle Obama, should please call me: 1 301 915 5927. Or email me: estella@estellacouture.com ...I will like to dress Mrs Obama. I am from Africa, and so far, she has not worn an African Designer's wear....checl my collection out, I dress for figures like hers and I WILL give them something to talk about when Mrs Obama steps out in an ESTELLA Couture design. Yay.</div><div><br /></div><div>All already faamous designer should please massage their egos and give us a chance. besides, the sky is big enough for all birds to fly without clipping their wings!</div><div><br /></div><div>Besides, they still got Hollywood celebrities wearing them on the Red Carpets!</div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, I have a dress for Mrs Michelle Obama. ;)</div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SdyvlO8oCxI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/VtA837echwM/s400/Dress+LOGO+Layers+BIG+-+NO+HANGER.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 215px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322321913847483154" /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-9000174382495256313?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-14594119671760062912009-03-26T11:58:00.003-05:002009-03-26T13:58:36.641-05:00'My Brand New Man'.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'My Brand New Man'..... you wanna hear about 'him'? </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hol' up!!!! I didn't say this, a friend said it! She said she can ONLY marry a 'Brand New man'! And when I asked her what she meant, hear her: "Her Brand New Man has to have these qualities: </span></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Never been married </span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Has no 'baby mama' drama </span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">No girl-friend or Ex still hanging on" </span></span></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ok, every babe wants all those, but my take on this is that when a babe crosses age 30, come on, ya shopping list for a man got to drop some qualities! Haba! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Given, as a teenager, Barbara Cartland and Mills & Boons told us that Mr Right was ALWAYS perfect! {Chiseled muscular body, tall, handsome, always clean shaven, smells musky all the time, dark, with hairy chest, gentlemanly with a baritone husky, sexy voice to match!} </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ooops! Did I forget that he has to be able to fly you both to a romantic remote island for seafood diner? Or be able to take the yatch out on the weekend while you cruise and sip wine and look dreamily into each other's eyes ......awwwwwwww. BOING!!!!!!!!!!!! WAKE UP!!! STOP DROOLING!!! Those were fictions!!! Ok, on rare occasion, such men may exist 1 out of 1,000,000! ? Right? </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">REALITY CHECK!! </span></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When you meet a guy that is tall and handsome, [not necessarily dark], chances are, he is full of himself and believes he is all that and will have a nasty attitude and be a playa!! Hello! </span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When you meet one that is gentlemanly and nice and smells husky, blah blah blah, he may just be gay! Or bi-sexual! Eeewww! </span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When you meet one that is clean-shaven, well dressed, handsome blah blah blah, he may just be a lazy azz looking for a babe to leech unto!! </span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And oh, you meet one that is not married, they just may have 6 kids from 4 different women!! Spread across 3 continents! And you wonder what ever happened to abstinence, or if you must, safe sex, like condom!!!!!! </span></span></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And oh! They are the ones that would take offense if they meet a responsible gurl that insists they take an AIDS test before dating them! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Where was I? Oh! About the Brand New Man, right? Yeah! So, I just wondered why a gurl of over 30 years would be looking for a brand new man!! Chances are that if a babe is in her mid or late 30s, guys that are older than her would most likely have been married or been involved in a relationship before etc....and could have a child(ren)......and why would a man be up to say....40 years and NEVER been married?!!!! With all the single fine sisters out there? Was he living a playa life?! ?? ? ? something must be wrong somewhere! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sure, there are single, never-been-hooked guys out there, hey! I am looking for those too! But in the same vein, I will not sit put and say that a man has to be BRAND NEW! Nope! A lot of people made mistakes in their choices of relationships in their pasts and should not be made to die lonely cos of that. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Everyone deserves a second chance! And its worse for people who live in the Diaspora who have had to marry who they just see or i some extreme cases, for what we call 'kpali' marriage, they are a myriad of, more especially, the number of immigrants of same nationality and race is limited in any particular geographic region. So, a married couple of today </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">may not actually be married to their Mr/Ms Right! </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Because lots of people have gotten married for the 'wrongest' reasons!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A friend of mine from back in Jos just called me this past weekend to say she is divorced! I was aghast! First off, she was the last person I expected to have married at 22 years!! Straight out of school!!!! They won the Visa lottery, came to USA, now five years later, and 2 kids later, they are divorced!!! Thus ended a 10-year marriage!!! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Another friend is on the verge of filing a divorce, and just barely holding on, and I tell him to stay in it! At least for their children's sake! Makes me ask, what is it with marriages formed in Nigeria packing up here so fast?! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ok, so, now, why would there not be second-hand men and women out there in droves?! So, for the sister looking for a Brand New Man, isnt she just reducing her own list of potentials?! Hmmmmmmmm........................ </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">By the way, what qualifies a gurl to say she is "brand New"? Just because she has never been married? And has no kid? How about those that had abortions, if those kids had not been killed before they saw life, then such gurls would be single parents too! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What I am saying is this: Ladies, please reduce the restrictions you put on yourselves! Give a man with a child(ren) a chance! Sure, every woman would want to share their first child-birth experience with a man who has had no other child before, that would be a lovely shared process as first-timers, but consider the children of a man with a child already who also needs someone to nurture, love and make them feel happy and alive. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We all know that the children are usually the more hurt victims from divorces or separation or even death of a parent! Thus, such a child(ren) would do better in life with a mother-figure as well. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And look at it like you are getting a ready-made family.....husband and children! DONT see the man's children as a hindrance or 'baggage'!!!! Children are gifts from above! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As for me, I have no qualms with being a Step mother! Dang! I was almost one</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> a little while back</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, but it didnt work out! I had already started to feel like a mother with two lovely kids already! And would I still want to be a step mother? Yes!!! But I can do without a baby mama drama for real!!!! Am I crazy to want to do this? No! I love children and I will still adopt kids and set up a motherless babies home someday as God blesses me!. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wouldnt I want to have a Brand New Man as well? You bet! I would, but will not restrict myself either! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">By the way, did I mention that my friend who said she wanted a 'brand New man' happens to be 34, and looks like she is 45, and does that have that 'wow' figure or looks. I am sorry, I am not dissing her, just that she looks like Plain Jane, and she dares to say ONLY a 'Brand New Man' would be fit to take her to the altar.... </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ok, please correct me if I am wrong here: I believe in Asking God specifically and getting our wishes, but, are we supposed to restrict our 'asking' for a man to just a 'Single-never-been-married' man? How about if he is just the so-called, elusive 'Mr. Right' who God is reconnecting the lady to, because she truly asked? So, what if he is a widower, a divorcee, single parent, etc? </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Choose well ladies, at the end of the day, what matters is your happiness, and if the man is the only one assigned to make you happy in life, then, carve extra love for the kids as well and LIVE HAPPY!!!!! Yippppeeeeeeeeee! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GOOD NEWS: There are exceptions to the rules though! A God-fearing man!! God fearing man I said!! One that TRULY and honestly fears God! Which explains why some girls have been accused of running to the church when they are too old and almost given up on hope looking for a born-again man. But to that I say, the babe better be born-again for real, and then we can all say Halleluyah that a man brought her to the Kingdom of God! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Those that run to church pretending to be holy just to ensnare an unsuspecting brother end up being exposed anyway! Same applies to men as well who run to church to catch born-again wives (I will talk about that someday) getting back to the topic at hand, why do women think that because a brother is holy and born again means they have to turn Jezebels in the house and run their mouths like razor, and want to drag a holy brother down?! Why? (topic for another day too). But I will say "SHAME ON YOU" that go to church just to hook a man! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Seek God for real and a man would be added to you if that is what you ask God for. And when God gives a woman a husband, everyone that looks at her would see a very happy woman!!! But when a woman ensnares, tricks, traps or seduces a man to herself without seeking God's face first, then you hear of woes and they make you see marriage like its hell, when it should actually be a happy union. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> And to all the babes looking for Brand New Man, with all the Mr. Right qualities, please can you you give me the 1 -800 number of the factory where such men are manufactured because I have a long list I want custom-made into a man, as my husband. Hee hee hee</span></span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-1459411967176006291?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-83437169354770893332009-03-20T22:22:00.001-05:002009-03-20T22:24:10.850-05:00What is LOVE?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; ">The ONLY true love I know is Romeo and Juliet, and they died! So there fore, love is dangerous, foolish and stupid! {sue Me! :<img src="http://www.naijarules.com/vb/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Big Grin" class="inlineimg" style="vertical-align: middle; " />}<br /><br />So, I rather follow my head than my heart o! Cos when you follow ya head, you can be rational and not be a 'Fool in love'. Romeo and Juliet are dead!<br /><br />I prefer the love that grows, when the woman has developed extra skin for waist, wrinkles at the eyes, the man's waist has turned from 6-pack to Keg! And they can look at each other and see each other's souls and know that their hearts beat alike. They have gone through thick and thin and survived it all. They have reached the point of "Woman, who would marry you with all ya sagging breast?" and "Man, which other woman on this earth would have my kinda patience to manage you all these years?" - now, that is love! It has gone beyond she has good arse and he has muscles to, I just love her, wrinkles, menopause and all.......<br /><br /><br />Ok, how do people get to that point? Listen: It is first and foremost, by not deceiving themselves that they are IN LOVE! (which is lust most times anyway).....and MOST IMPORTANTLY, simply by two people coming together and deciding that each brings something to the table and that they are going to try all their possible best to make their marriage work! They would both never stay angry at the same time! They both know that the contract says 'till death do us part'...and they will keep it because they both see SOMETHING IN THE OTHER they want to keep!<br /><br />Maybe, the man is fine! Good character or has money or fame! And the woman may have good manners, has potential to make a good home, can cook, has a career, and maybe fine (so the guy can brag to his pals)...so, no matter what, they both see ''something' in the other, and not claim 'love'..<br /><br />what is love, by the way? <img src="http://www.naijarules.com/vb/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)" class="inlineimg" style="vertical-align: middle; " /><br /><br />And yes, I am still getting married in a Chapel in Las Vegas, doing tha thing before I change my mind - again! And yes again, marriage should be treated like a contract! Cos most people work a contract and adhere to the terms than they adhere to their marriage vows! So, one business marriage contract coming up! <img src="http://www.naijarules.com/vb/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Big Grin" class="inlineimg" style="vertical-align: middle; " /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-8343716935477089333?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-43657298465955944342009-03-20T07:40:00.001-05:002009-03-25T13:50:54.742-05:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;"><div class="smallfont" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have a Mega Crush on...</span></strong></div><hr size="1" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div id="post_message_672199"><img src="http://www.naijarules.com/vb/images/smilies/sign0095.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Sign0095" class="inlineimg" style="vertical-align: middle; " /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">YOU REALLY think I would say his name here?!!<br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://www.naijarules.com/vb/images/smilies/mumbles.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Mumbles" class="inlineimg" style="vertical-align: middle; " /> (as if I be mumu)<br /><br /><br />No worry, na part of my plan for ma next trip to naija! If I no drag this Nollywood handsome, cute dude down the Aisle, my name no be Estella! Damn!!! The bobo just dey!!! gentleman to the core! But.....I have not told him I am crazy about him like dat sha O! I have allowed him to be doing the toastings.....while I act like I no really care (you know how women do </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://www.naijarules.com/vb/images/smilies/wink.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Wink" class="inlineimg" style="vertical-align: middle; " />)....<br /><br />but the yawa now be say him get one babe wey just attach like superglue to MY bobo....shuo! na scandal I dey go rock for naija O!!! I WANT THAT GUY!!! He is just FINE!! <br />Woh! I see a scandal coming up! get your popcorns out!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://www.naijarules.com/vb/images/smilies/sign0004.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Sign0004" class="inlineimg" style="vertical-align: middle; " /> Yes, I said it: I am going to scatter that their fake relationship and take over! nah! She ain't got nothing on me </span><hee><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">....so? She is younger than me, so what? Real men prefer more matured women these days anyway. Abegi!<br /><br />Make una cheer me up keh! Where my people eh! Estella is finally in 'Love', and will get her man BY FORCE! Scandal or no scandal, LOVE RULES!<br /><br />PICTURE THIS: Estella Walking down the Aisle in her EC designed wedding gown with the much celebrated Nollywood, Handsome, muscular, fine, rich actor by her side......haba, the picture go fine keh! Wetin una think!?<br /><br />All is fair in love and war abi? OK, na WAR I dey pursue now! Operation, Catch ma Celeb Hubby! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://www.naijarules.com/vb/images/smilies/460.gif" border="0" alt="" title="460" class="inlineimg" style="vertical-align: middle; " /> Dat way too, una no go get nothing to yab my wedding pictures about! hee hee hee<br /><br />Where all ma prayer warriors at?</span></hee></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-4365729846595594434?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-48179844247894706162009-03-19T09:27:00.009-05:002009-03-25T13:51:44.214-05:00About time I take my blogging serious, huh?<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">How dy? Everyone.....</span></span></span></span><blockquote></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">I will start blogging more seriously next week! </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Stay tuned. ;-)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-4817984424789470616?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-90458325808055986602009-03-16T13:43:00.002-05:002009-03-16T13:48:09.825-05:00I want to be a household name –Estella Couture boss<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap; ">By Ijeoma Ogwuegbu </span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Estella Ogbonna is creative director of Estella Couture LLC, a US-based fashion house with a Nigerian slant to its designs. Since 2005, when the company started officially sending out runway collections, it has been growing from strength to strength. The Nigerian slant to its designs is not far fetched, as the name behind the business suggests it is owned by a Nigerian. But it was a dream that almost did not happen. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“I have been designing since I was about 6 years old,” Ogbonna, company’s CEO said recently in a chat with Daily Sun. “I still remember the tiny little skirt I made back then with needle and thread and subsequently, all the papers I doodled designs and styles on over the years. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But it was a talent I never developed, because I was chasing the academic world and bagging degrees and diplomas all over the place because of the family expectation to be ‘educated’.” Eventually, the talent would not be ignored and she started ESTELLA Couture (EC) as a business in 2005. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“That was actually when I started sewing with a sewing machine, and cutting styles. I have lost count of the number of runways shows I’ve been on since I started. I used to keep a record of it, but it became overwhelming, so, I stopped counting. But runways shows have taken me across continents.” </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Like any new business, Estella says her business has faced many challenges. But she believes she has a special relationship that has helped her. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“I did not plan to start EC, I quit my regular job on a cool Wednesday lunchtime because I knew I just had to, I knew it was time to channel a new course for my life, and with Total Faith in God, I stepped out and have not looked back since then. And God sees me through all my challenges.” Despite the challenges, she says she is very happy at having left the corporate world to go with her dreams. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Confucius said “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” I am doing a job I love, and I am simply having fun everyday. Apart from the satisfaction of making people look good in my designs, I am on track for my life’s goal, which is creating an avenue to be a blessing to widows through economic Empowerment, teaching them sewing skills and using the benefit to sustain their children.” </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The next step for her, she says, is to bring her brand to Nigeria. “I was in Nigeria for most of 2008, to survey the industry and how I can be part of it, seeing that I started my business in USA. It is quite different there. And I am now very ready to return back there and launch my designs at home. The future for me can be put in just one sentence. Become a household name.” </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are many things, she says, which keep her going and one of them is the effect her clothes have on wearers. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“To me, it is knowing that wearing my clothes can change the mood of a woman. Transforming a woman with low confidence into a very confident, elegant woman is very satisfying. And knowing and appreciating God for blessing me with the ability to convert a fabric into a gown, using my creativity gives a good feeling. And of course, the glamour that comes with it is not bad. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I will definitely say my inspiration comes from God because I have had times I made dresses without even sketching a style. Just cutting and sewing straight from the heart and looking at the finished dress later and wondering where it came from. Nice patterns on fabrics get my creative juices flowing. I also look at my environment and create from it.” Link: </span><a href="http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/fashionbeauty/2009/mar/13/fashion-13-03-2009-003.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sun News</span></a></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-9045832580805598660?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-74738109589244738362009-03-16T13:34:00.005-05:002009-03-16T13:40:49.857-05:00Facebook Chat 'Toasting'...<blockquote></blockquote>Some men actually wake up at very odd hours sometimes to 'toast' on facebook!<br /><br />I have seen all kinds of toasting chats and at a point, I had started answering them rudely (which is bad sha), and almost lost a potential contact one day because she sent me a fb chat asking me 'are you going to be at ** fashion week? See you there', and I replied back? 'What for?'...... only for me to get there and this lady kept boning at me, and when I eventually went and said Hello, she reminded me that I had asked her 'what for?' rudely two days back! Wow! But, like I told her, she did not introduce herself or use her real name in her chat...<br /><br />So, how can one avoid not being irritated and annoyed by some of these chats sometimes?<br /><br />People think that just because you are Online in the Chat corner, they should say 'Hi' and expect a chat response! Even those that DONT know youm but for some reason have ended up on your 'Friend's list"...<br /><br />See a chat that just popped up this morning, meanwhile its that time of the month for me, so, I am not in a good mood......but I am supposed to be 'social' and polite, huh?<br /><br /><div><br /><blockquote>7:59am Joseph :hello<br />7:59am Estella: .Hello.<br />7:59am Joseph :Goodmorning<br />7:59am Estella : U leave me texts/chat all the time. How are you? what can I do for you?<br />8:00am Joseph: pls can i know u?<br />8:00am Estella: how?<br />8:01am Joseph: ie , asl<br />8:01am Estella: ???<br />8:01am Joseph: age, location and etc<br />8:01am Estella: why?<br />8:02am Joseph: want s to be friend ie two of ue<br />8:03am Estella: sorry, am not interested. am here on facebook for business.....not to make 'friends' like that.<br />8:03am Joseph: ok. what type of business are u looking 4<br />8:04am Estella: maybe, you should have read my profile first before chatting me up!<br />U just chatting a name you know nothing about?<br />8:06am Joseph: maybe from no were, to some were</blockquote><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; ">And how can I be in facebok and be OFFLINE all the time, when that is my easiest and fastest way of communicating with my contacts outside USA (saves on phone cards/bills).... ;)<br /><br />There are people who just somehow end of up as my 'friends' and I have no idea who the heck they are, but because my facebook is set up for business, I confirm people a lot, as per any could be potential business....but when you have like 130 people Online and like 20 of them are sending you 'Hi's and 'Hello's at the same time, what do you do?! Some have graduated to sending emails, and my facebook emails are configured to pop up as texts on my cell phone (thank God I have Unlimited Texts plan).....u just see texts on my cell phone and half are from people just writing absolutely nothing!<br /><br />One sends me a text one day, actually a female: 'I want to model for you'.....I was in a good mood that day....so, I write her back...."maybe salutation could have started your email, followed by who you are and your size and stuff like that. Seeing you are just writing for just writing sake, I am sorry we have no room for you'....she writes back that she is sorry, blah blah blah....<br /><br />M-e-n, I dey see things for facebook O! Especially the chat section! </span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span></div>Someone HELP!!!<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-7473810958924473836?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-69426782705138461942009-03-12T18:58:00.002-05:002009-03-16T10:08:35.099-05:00Princess Estella....my hidden Title...<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Someone called me 'Princess' the other day and I told him not to ever call me that again, but stick to my govt name - Estella. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He didnt understand........and I was not in the mood to explain why I do not like being called 'Adaeze' or 'Princess'.... </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Maybe I am wrong, but I see that title as one that would take away from who I am as E. I dont want anyone relating to me because of what my father is: (His Royal Highness (HRH) Eze ** Ogbonna)(equivalent to the KING of my place, though my tribe - (Igbos) do not officially use 'king' as title, but use 'Eze'</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.....I am simply, Daddy's daughter. Besides, considering the crazy folks who are eying his throne there, I would rather have him simply as daddy, and not HRH! Ok, his role in the State govt level by virtue of his position does open doors I confess....but, I rather be Estella. because then, too much attention is put on me as 'Princess'.... And that is when I keep hearing from people stuff like...'Adaeze cannot do this!, Adaeze cannot do that! blah blah blah! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> I remember my ex-fiance sweating when I told him that the cost of my traditional marriage was not going to be the 'norm' per se :lol (Nah, that is not why we packed it up!:D) I deliberately scared him sha....cos he was all mouth....too much money shacking his Igbo big head! I told him how all the HRHs would be given invitation cards, how the govt house people would also be in attendance, and how even the women (Umu Ada or whatever they are called) from both my mum's village and my dad's place would expect BIG parties for Adaeze (Princess), how lots of dignitaries would attend not because of me, but because of my father's position...and coupled with the fact that I am the first child and only daughter, who has been running away from marriage all these while, that they would want to really celebrate! happy to send me away from home!! lol...As I know that the village would be agog for days! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Those people look for any reason to come to the palace to sit and eat!!! Dang! My immediate younger brother's wedding was a festival! lasted for 3 days of eating, cooking, dancing, and of course, the youths getting drunk! When we calculated the estimate of what it would cost for my traditional wedding alone, he muttered silently...that he would beg my dad to intervene and allow us do something small and quiet. OK, daddy? Igbo man! His one and ONLY daughter getting married and in a quiet way? Hmmm...I told ex that he should not worry, daddy would spend his own money to meet up to the 'standard'... </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So, that is one of the reasons I dont say I am a Princess! And moreso, if I start using that title publicly, and mentioning it in interviews, then, I would have to say what my father's name is, and where I am from and all that.....- which would ultimately lead to exposing my family, my private life etc. NO! I dont want to do that to my family- Invade their privacy. Being the reason why no one would see me linking my parents, siblings picture anywhere near my name or business! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sure, sometimes, I want to show off my dad's picture to some of my friends and colleagues here in his full Royal Regalia, but I hold myself back! Daddy is a handsome man, I must say, and only place I got his picture is on my table, in private. Only place I got mum's is on my wall and on my hard drive. Only place I got my brother's pic with his wife and his cute daughter who everyone swore looked like me when she was born is on my hard drive! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And dang! That little girl looks like me! I put her picture at 4 months side-by-side with mine when I was 4 months old too, and the only thing that differentiated us was that my picture paper is old and frayed at the edges! My brother told me that when they handed him the girl, he was like, 'hah, this is Ijeoma </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(my middle name)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> here!'....and I asked my mum if that was said with happiness or annoyance....no one told me! (I guess, I will never know rolleye:)...Like, is bro T happy he got a daughter that is fine :D like me, or sad that another 'trouble' (me) has entered his house?! LOL...who cares? That is his beeswax lol.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But m-e-n, that little girl - K, started doing everything 4 months before she should...(that's ma girl!!) I took a pic with her and she looks like my daughter! (Awwww....made me so much want to have a daughter ASAP!!!) I told her mum that I will take her back to US with me as per the similarity is too much. Blood no dey lie! But why does she look like me, T (my brother) and I dont look alike! - Not to me sha O! I went to the hair salon with her and her mum in Lagos and the peeps there tot she is my daughter and that her mum is my friend 'escorting us' lol! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sometimes, I wanna blog and post pictures of my family, but i dont know why in as much as I love to talk about everything else, this is actually the first time I am talking about my family....About Ugo Eze, Lolo (My dear mommy), the Princes (T and C), and the little Princess - K, and the The King Himself - Daddy! Funny it is, when sometimes if I walked into a meeting in the Palace lounge, I had to greet my Dad as 'Eze', and not as daddy.... (especially if I was wearing one of my 'American garbs - like tank top and shorts! or dresses for heat...LOL)...before they say 'Eze pickin spoil from America! lol) not minding that it was dang hot there! Anyhoo.....I am Estella, and I dont like to be called Adaeze or Princess.....</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I have worked for my own identity and will keep it that way. And in future too, I shall protect the one I marry from public view. because being in the public eyes, opens you up for lots of crap! And it shall remain that way. let me shoulder and handle the craps that comes with the terrain - alone! Thinking about it, I wonder if I would even post my wedding pictures in public.....I think not. I may post just pictures with just me, no groom, no family...nothing. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My profession demands being social and in the public's eyes, but my personality demands cuddling up by the fireplace, watching a movie or simply resting or playing a computer game with a slow Christian song playing in the background....living a simple, quiet life. Or out somewhere helping someone in need. In as little thing as helping with washing dishes, to cleaning, shopping, or just being a shoulder to lean on. That is really me - Estella....the one that no one knows. The one that is hidden behind my bravadoes and my 'tough chick' external demeanor, the one I thrive so hard not to let people see....just only a few people!....That is Estella....not a princess, just a regular Jane.</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-6942678270513846194?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-15132323045735874092009-03-07T18:45:00.004-05:002009-03-07T18:54:56.417-05:00My facebook Fashion/Picture time line and mannequins and constructions and....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SbMI4dYmKZI/AAAAAAAAAhY/H1lmgIjD1MA/s1600-h/100_1352.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SbMI4dYmKZI/AAAAAAAAAhY/H1lmgIjD1MA/s400/100_1352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310598151653435794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SbMI3-6uGUI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/MMoErjTSj_c/s1600-h/DSC00096.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SbMI3-6uGUI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/MMoErjTSj_c/s400/DSC00096.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310598143475063106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SbMI3XO8CfI/AAAAAAAAAhI/TtMFZM_-ARQ/s1600-h/DSC00095.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SbMI3XO8CfI/AAAAAAAAAhI/TtMFZM_-ARQ/s400/DSC00095.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310598132822444530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SbMI3AqhoPI/AAAAAAAAAhA/sXANV0edydU/s1600-h/little+girl.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SbMI3AqhoPI/AAAAAAAAAhA/sXANV0edydU/s400/little+girl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310598126764138738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SbMI2i8M26I/AAAAAAAAAg4/dn_E-NZvAR4/s1600-h/100_1124.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SbMI2i8M26I/AAAAAAAAAg4/dn_E-NZvAR4/s400/100_1124.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310598118785211298" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Just pictures of clothes I am making.....while under construction....from start to finish....<br /><br />On mannequins, on the table, at the sewing machine...and on clients when they come to pick up....<br /><br />For privacy reasons, I will show some of the dresses that clients are wearing without their identity showing, unless they give me permission to do so..... and sometimes, when they come to pick-up, they may not have make-up on ;)....so, you gat to understand that!!! lol<br /><br />before a cute model wears it on the runway or photo shoot and give it that final 'THE LOOK!' ;)<br /><br />Enjoy</span></div><div class="location" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="location_label" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Location:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> Work Zones!</span></div><div class="location" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2016041&id=1478128338&l=87d40">More pictures here:</a></div><div class="location" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Just enjoy the pictures here. ;)<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2016041&id=1478128338&l=87d40">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2016041&id=1478128338&l=87d40</a></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:48px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:48px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:48px;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-1513232304573587409?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-42507124582745772009-03-03T20:42:00.004-05:002009-03-03T21:01:00.791-05:00Just Sewing.....Part II get asked, "How can I sew?", "Would you teach me?" etc....so, I have compiled (thanks to Youtube).<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fQU8obSK_Nw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fQU8obSK_Nw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Sewing Machine Magic</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bAhmYzmkvcY&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bAhmYzmkvcY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Stitching the Sewing Patterns</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:Arial;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nHomENpgN8s&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nHomENpgN8s&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Start Sewing- Marking and Cutting the Fabric</span></span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sm0_gLqFy3k&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sm0_gLqFy3k&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">How to sew on a Button -- Basic Sewing Skills</span></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7466OI_0QF4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7466OI_0QF4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">more links here:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 48px; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; "><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; ">How to Sew : Basic Sewing Patterns<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNeJD1_e16k" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNeJD1_e16k">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNeJD1_e16k</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: normal; "></span></span></span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: normal; ">How to Make a Dress : How to Sew a Dress Together <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLShoX6vWR0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLShoX6vWR0</a></span></span></span></span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; white-space: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">I will be posting more later......have a great sewing time! ;)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:Arial;">-Estella</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-4250712458274577?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-26571287679141253182009-02-16T01:28:00.008-05:002009-02-16T02:49:36.053-05:00New York Fashion Week: Academy of Arts University Show<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SZkXNp5GtyI/AAAAAAAAAgA/6FdeWtBEIlw/s1600-h/DSC00030.JPG"></a></span><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SZkWGu-FOlI/AAAAAAAAAfw/W_Y4Kc_6Hj0/s400/Photo_021309_003.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303294341148916306" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I won the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ticket to the Academy of Art University Fashion Show at New York<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Fashion Week, courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.ladybrilleblogazine.com/2009/02/an%20d-winner-of-1-free-ticket-to-new-york.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ladybrille</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">I arrived at NY just as the show was about to start...(there was crazy traffic that Friday)....<br /></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></div><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SZkXNhkU9CI/AAAAAAAAAgI/ZVTAlqLgzfY/s400/DSC00036.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303295557321946146" /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Just Me, at the Tent.</span></span></div><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><br /></div><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SZkXNf6UjFI/AAAAAAAAAf4/kBf25KBXOCs/s400/DSC00027.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303295556877323346" /></span></div><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><br />Anyway, I got there, had an awesome time for real. Sitting 2nd row at the largest tent in Bryant park is FUN! (note the capitalization!).....</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></div><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><br /></div><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SZkXNygteAI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/Y7iMLAyv4KM/s400/DSC00037.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303295561870178306" /></span></div><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ms. J (of American Next Top Model) and I.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I had wanted to pop into the African Arise Collection, but, first, I was kinda late for that one, and when I looked up at the monitor and saw one designer's collection coming down the runway, I was hugely disappointed! because I expected more! (Don't ask me who!)</span></div><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, I just went back to the Academy of Arts University show to have me a good time and I sure did!</span></div><div class="description" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />Just some pics at the event.<br /><br />What intrigued me most was just the way all the paparrazzis would all raise their hands at the same time as soon as the model started on the catwalk and the way they would all click at the same time and drop their cameras at the same time, that was a lovely sight to behold and the sounds of the clicks were music to my ears...<br />OK, enuff talk, just see the pics and videos...I will discuss more about this trip on my blog -http://www.couturestelle.blogspot.com<br />Am Blessed. Yes, 4 Real!<br />XOXO</span></div><div class="location" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="location_label" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Location:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Bryant Park, NY</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SZkXNp5GtyI/AAAAAAAAAgA/6FdeWtBEIlw/s400/DSC00030.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303295559556577058" /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SZkXN0G1vJI/AAAAAAAAAgY/LxtgbvWHrow/s400/DSC00034.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303295562298539154" /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; "><div class="location" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My most fun part, = watching the camera men clicking in unison as the models came down the catwalk.</span></div><div class="location" style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; width: 500px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">See video:</span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-af6f8d4e037d0645" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Daf6f8d4e037d0645%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330277889%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DFE0BF917670D5914B614E7D8B39C7CD915EC14.3C0F86093C539ACEA4ECA8E0322B3B9B2C9AC1F4%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Daf6f8d4e037d0645%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D07IXVoD7o4AfI1dMFO4PHXHswcY&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Daf6f8d4e037d0645%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330277889%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DFE0BF917670D5914B614E7D8B39C7CD915EC14.3C0F86093C539ACEA4ECA8E0322B3B9B2C9AC1F4%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Daf6f8d4e037d0645%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D07IXVoD7o4AfI1dMFO4PHXHswcY&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-2657128767914125318?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-42601373418813368552009-01-16T19:04:00.001-05:002009-01-16T19:07:05.062-05:002009: My Year of Silence!Oh Yes,......I said I was not going to make any New Year's Resolution, but the other day, while just asking God to help me in deciding on something, I know HE just told me to be Silent......<br /><br />So, while having my evening devotion to end my fast that day (members of Jesus House DC are doing our yearly fasting and prayer session for the month of January,to start off the year. It is well, this is Day 16....15 more to go! 6am to 6pm daily. And I have not really lost weight, and dont even feel hungry in the day! Thank God o!) Anyway, I digress....<br /><br />Thing is: I have decided to be SILENT all through this year! So, help me God! Silent sha, not stupid O! Dont mean I would not be wise in dealing with people!<br /><br />And I have already practiced it and it definitely helped me and I found a sense of Peace and fulfilment! I know the person thought I was stupid, but there was this good feeling within me from knowing I could have taken it 'drama north' and made my point and be seen as 'wise and smart'.....but relaxing and just watching the person wallow in their 'false sense of bravado' - thinking I was out-smarted brought a smile to me! And I wondered, is this how people really feel? Does it mean so much to some people to be seen as 'right and smart'? Even when they obviously are dumb and stupid? It definitely pays to be silent MOST times, because people will reveal more foolishness around you!<br /><br />So, I take my Silent vow this year.<br /><br />I shall be silent in EVERYTHING!<br />I shall even be silent when people are lying to me and I know they are lying, I shall not confront them!<br /><br />I shall be silent when anyone says anything evil/bad against me! I shall smile and walk away (perfect opportunity to flash my cute dimples!<br /><br />I shall be silent when people I am dealing with in business get 'funny'.<br /><br />I shall be silent as I make huge life-changing decisions this year.<br /><br />I shall be silent as I implement and complete projects I started off in the past recent years that were aborted due to things beyond my control...this year, I shall silently complete them! By the Grace of God and no one really need to know about them....because it aint nobody's business! All destinies are different.<br /><br />I shall be silent even as I simple browse my social-networking sites in Read-Mode only and just laugh at some people's wisdom and others foolishness. Afterall, isnt that what makes web browsing fun? Another way to cool the head down and take the mind off work a little bit?<br /><br />Oh yes, I shall silently sketch and draw and do ma thang and ma thang shall be the noisy one, not moi anymore because this is my year of silence! .<br />It's gonna be tough and a hard decision to make, but I am going to grant zero interview this year!<br />In my business, let the artist in me speak through my medium.... It can be done....because God is on my side! And 2009 is a blessed year for me! In Jesus name! And I shall SILENTLY RECEIVE ALL THAT THE LOCUST AND CANKERWORMS TOOK Before now!<br /><br /><br /><br />Shhhhh........it's quiet up in here!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hmmmm...Can Estella really be Silent in 2009?! YES, SHE CAN! With God's Grace! Amen!<br /><br />Final Noise from me! Hee hee Hee! Eat your heart out!! I can do it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />back to silent mode!<br /><br />Shhhhhh<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-4260137341881336855?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-32757397288762552802009-01-05T09:43:00.008-05:002009-01-07T12:53:30.842-05:00Estella Couture ONLINE FUND RAISING SALE for WIDOWS' SKILLS CENTERHi,<br />Happy New Year. I an having an Online Widows' Skills Center Fundraising Sale going on now. All proceeds would go towards this Sewing and Craft Center in Abia State, Nigeria. More information about the Center available at your request.<br /><br />Please support by making a purchase from my EStore <a href="http://estellacouture.com/2008Sales//catalog/">http://estellacouture.com/2008Sales//catalog/</a> for yourself, sister, wife and friends.<br /><br />All items are sold at very low prices, just for this cause. Imagine all ESTELLA Couture Runway Dresses going for $99.99 each!!! You can't beat that!<br /><br />YES, WE CAN! We can make a change in the lives of women that do not have hope in life to take care of their children with no fathers!<br /><br />You heard right!! $99.99 for all items! Changes would be made to the current prices tonight and more exquisite, original, trendy, exotic styles of ESTELLA Couture would be added! Take your pick! make a change!<br /><br /><blockquote>A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world- James 1:27<br /><br /></blockquote><br />Yeah, I tell myself, They are only clothes! Not life! But it is still tough to let go of my designs. Though I have prayed to God to NEVER let me hold ANYTHING too tight to my heart not to give them up to bless others!. And I look at them, I am proud of what I have done and achieved (Thanks be to God)...but, there is more blessing in giving!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I was going through all my designs in their specially packed wardrobe boxes yesterday and the number of clothes there still amazes me! I kinda bought into a lady's advice back in the day for me to always save all my original designs. Never to give them out as I can auction them some day for sale when I am very big and successful as per "My first designs"....but hey, God giveth and HE gives me more ideas daily! I dont have to hold onto my original designs even though I have personal attachment them. It kinda is tough to make this decision to let them all go at such very low price of $99 each. Trust me, IT IS HARD!! Ask any designer, they will tell you! My couture designs too....But, hey, It is a blessing to give and even the Holy Book said not to give anything that costs us nothing. </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">My prayer is that someday, someone would my design(s) on eBay as Estella Couture Vintage...at a very valuable price too ;) . AMEN.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Do make a purchase because you are sowing in the lives of a women that need help. And you will be my partner for life and join me when we launch the Skills Center, by April. YES, WE CAN!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">-Estella</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">P.S. If you want to donate sewing notions, tools etc, please feel free to, and your name would be written on the items in the Center. A container will be loading to ship more items to Abia State mid February...<photo></photo></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SWIf-BRaETI/AAAAAAAAAfY/jVobZKPXkvg/s1600-h/2009+Site+web.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SWIf-BRaETI/AAAAAAAAAfY/jVobZKPXkvg/s400/2009+Site+web.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287824062840181042" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3275739728876255280?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-59417068845542823332008-11-24T14:02:00.003-05:002008-11-24T14:07:34.448-05:00Thanksgiving! 2008I just got a text that my article was published. In the best and most glamorous Nigerian Magazine!<br /><br />yay!<br /><br />With all the bad things that happened last week, (my Uncle being assassinated, and losing a Fashion Designer friend) this sure changed things for me!<br /><br />Unfortunately, I used my Pen name, so, nobody would know its me (for now), when the time is right, I would reveal myself as the Pen Name.<br /><br />Lol...I was tempted to use [I]Angelsty [/I]or [I]Staresty [/I]as my pen name, but I know some people would just know I am the one! So, I used a name that would be used for my forthcoming book, and that is the name I would be known as in the Writing world!<br /><br />Yeah! About time I out my writing skills to work too....make some money from it in some places and in others....just contribute and say my piece!<br /><br />Would some of my writings be controversial? YOU KNOW the answer already!!! :roll ....wahala follows my writings...abi?<br /><br />But No! I am writing to an elite and educated audience, so, the lady in me has to be in the fore front. And I have to consider my other passion (fashion), so I dont hurt it with what my writing passion puts out there..<br /><br /><br />I am soooo happy!<br /><br />This is my NO FASHION week! Enuff of the travels already! Its Thanksgiving Week! I ain't traveling NO WHERE!!!<br /><br />I am going to sit my cute butt at home!<br />Go to church and volunteer to share food at the shelter we are catering to this year! I have found out that it is a better and more fulfilling way to celebrate my Thanksgiving Day!! - I GIVE BACK TO OTHERS! I have learnt to turn down all Thanksgiving Invitations and just go feed the hungry!<br /><br />Instead of stuffing myself with dead turkeys all day, I'ld rather be at a shelter to distribute food, and later in the day, spend the day making clothes I would give out!<br /><br />[I]"Give, and it would come back to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over!"[/I]- Luke 6:38...<br /><br />Last year though, I went late for the Thanksgiving at[URL="http://couturestelle.blogspot.com/2007/11/turkeys-are-gone.html"] my Foster Mom's house.[/URL] -(where I usually spend my Thanksgiving Day). I really didnt want to drive all the way to Potomac that day, but am glad I did. At least, I still met some food (I sure came after everyone had eaten)...but they understood cos I had spent my day dishing out food for the homeless, and she loves to help the less privileged too. Unfortunately, I met Granny (her Mother) for the last time that day! because when i left US, I got a phone call that Granny had died (In Feb '08).<br /><br />Granny was from Slovenia. Met Granpy (Who had died a couple of years earlier)....and she told me wonderful stories of how they met during the World War 1. (M-e-n...those people were very romantic back in the day!) even amidst the bombs and bullets going off! What endeared me more to her was her passion for fashion! WOW!! And WOW again!!<br /><br />My foster mum was clearing granny's room just last month (before she left for Europe)....she told me to come take granny's sewing things! Wow!! And I am talking about mannequins, sewing tools, etc....things that were used with love and passions, things she used to create master pieces! I just took them to my storage space, untouched! It really means so much to me to have Granny's sewing things! And the fabrics?!! WOW!! very expensive fabrics! Very delicate, well picked etc.... (I am too scared to even finish the cut fabrics she never had time to complete) I just finished up a Green dress yesterday (I tweaked the style from what granny had originally cut it), and WOW again! The dress is spectacular! And sure looks VERY expensive! I love it!!! Its green with gold silk dress and gold embroideries etc...cut into a short dress, I turned it into a ruffled balled hemline...and made it tighter and more sensual....and I GOT PLANS FOR IT!<br /><br />Definitely what I WILL wear to my next Red carpet event! Cool!! I already got some cute green italian snake skin shoes to match.....Hmmm.... The Future Awards in 2009 is Green themed.....I guess I will wear it then...(both, I'ld be showing off too much legs sha...) hey! Am allowed to show it if I got it! [I](I got legs....I think......but,.....I used to be a hotlegs when I was in University of Jos.....)[/I]...Oh, Ok. I no send! I shall wear it! And the fashion reviews will let me know if I still got IT! Hee hee hee... Make nobody throw me rotten tomatoes sha O! :D<br /><br />But, a fashion designer is allowed to wear 'crazy stuff'...no be so?<br /><br />O jare....let me get outta here and go take care of things.....<br /><br />Its another Thanksgiving Week. And I really have a lot to Thanks God for.<br /><br />THANK YOU GOD! FOR EVERYTHING!!!<br />For the good times this 2008!<br />For the times I thought were bad, but were your 'Fix-her' times!<br />For tears I cried...(some were in frustrations, but more of happiness and joy!)<br />For being here!<br />For breathing!<br />For expectations I over-exceeded without even trying!<br />And most importantly, For loving me ANYHOWLY!<br /><br />For being my God and keeping me in the hollow of your hands, away from the eyes of evil ones, away from things that could have killed me this year....away from set-ups you revealed and created escape routes for me!<br /><br />THANK YOU. :worshippy<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-5941706884554282333?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-36973781623769411322008-11-05T11:42:00.007-05:002008-11-05T12:49:51.021-05:00OBAMA 2008 - NO! I WONT WRITE ABOUT HIM!No! I wont write about Obama.....<br /><br />all blogs and sites and papers and media and people are talking about this historic event. And WE WILL talk about it more for years and generations to come!<br /><br />Tears came to my eyes watching his speech!! I lived to see this day!!<br /><br />I did not see the slave period, I did not see Martin Luther King marching in DC, I did not witness the era of Rosa Parks, BUT, I SAW A BLACK MAN FROM KENYA, VOTED AS THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!! I witnessed this!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SRHciQmIROI/AAAAAAAAAZI/xSHOogTb9oM/s1600-h/FIRST+FAMILY.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 477px; height: 586px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SRHciQmIROI/AAAAAAAAAZI/xSHOogTb9oM/s400/FIRST+FAMILY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265231920501376226" border="0" /></a><br />God Bless America!!! Only in America would this happen!!!<br /><br />YES, WE CAN!!!! Now, no one has any reason not to live their dream in America!!! Obama came out from no where less than two years ago and today he is the President!<br /><br />I only wished his Grandma had lived to see today!<br /><br />And I give kudos to McCain....his speech was great too! And I commend him too for having the American Soldier spirit and fighting to the end, even when he knew that George Bush's messed up 8 years was like a huge ball and chain on his neck!<br /><br />Ok, now, some black faces in the White House!!<br /><br />And more importantly, A BLACK FIRST LADY IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!<br /><br />Whoo hoooo!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-3697378162376941132?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-66589716593887212962008-11-05T11:42:00.002-05:002008-11-05T11:42:28.148-05:00BHF Magazine..........A new Fashion Concept!Geoffery Olisa is a name known in Photography and Unique Graphics and Websites. And one guy I am ready to leave all scissors and threads at the studio to go have Geoffrey transform my designs into digital images!<br />His pictures are one in a Million! He is any Fashion Designer's friend!<br />My best picture that most of my friends now call my "Trade Mark Design" or "The Burgundy Dress" was taken by none other that Geoff!! I doubt you dont know this dress because most people know EC by this dress. In fact, I have it on display in my boutique now! lol. It has outlived its life on the runway....Maybe someday, I will redo it again!<br /><br />Ladies and Gentlemen, Introducing ......... "<span style="font-weight: bold;">THE BURGUNDY DRESS</span>", Photo by Geoffrey Olisa!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SRHKeddzHWI/AAAAAAAAAYw/LzQFnxqql5Q/s1600-h/i.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 452px; height: 683px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SRHKeddzHWI/AAAAAAAAAYw/LzQFnxqql5Q/s400/i.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265212064027319650" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >"The Burgundy Dress"</span><br /></div><br />If you think that is spectacular, see what Geoff did to a simple African cotton outfit, and the Model is none other than Karen Koukou (An African Queen by all Standard [Beauty, Brain and Braun] in one package).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SRHLDT4wy-I/AAAAAAAAAY4/5F9L8T2yxp0/s1600-h/Karen+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 456px; height: 532px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SRHLDT4wy-I/AAAAAAAAAY4/5F9L8T2yxp0/s400/Karen+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265212697111219170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BHF Magazine's Summer Promo with Estella Couture Design</span><br /><br /></span></span>You think you have seen enough? Nope! Hold on!! Wait till you see the pictures from a 'grueling' (to me!!) 5 hours photo shoot with one of the best female Nigerian Models in the USA. The few pics I have seen are awesome! And I guarantee you they would be awesome! Oh well, if you really wanna see the rest before I post them, then, <a href="http://bhfmagazine.com/">subscribe to BHF Magazine</a> and get your copy!!!<br /><br />He didn't ask me to do this, I am sure he may not even see this post, I am writing and dedicating this to him because I just believe in giving respect to anyone that deserves it! Geoffrey is talented and I duff my scarf to him and I will blow his horn for him anytime, any day, any where! Because great talents like that are hard to come by! Kapish!<br /><br />As a last line, let me leave you with this picture Geoff took of me unprepared..... I have been told that I look like a Regal African Queen in it! lol.<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img style="width: 88px; height: 28px;" src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/25/25_10_42.gif" /></span></span>.... you think so? Oh Well, I am a Princess, so, maybe, I should blow up this picture and have my dad hang it in his palace ....hee hee hee<br /><br />Enjoy the picture of Princess Estella, a Proud African Royalty!!!!<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;"> dodging the rotten eggs and tomatoes coming my way! </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_1_104.gif" /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SRHL9zsJjmI/AAAAAAAAAZA/O0eG1Dmte6Q/s1600-h/_DSC0020.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 411px; height: 617px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SRHL9zsJjmI/AAAAAAAAAZA/O0eG1Dmte6Q/s400/_DSC0020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265213702080663138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v66/132/118/824320474/n824320474_227748_9249.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v66/132/118/824320474/n824320474_227748_9249.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Oops!! Ok, not the real TIME Magazine, but I am getting there by God's Grace (I inserted into the TIME Cover frame myself...<wink>).......Just look at the picture........and say a prayer for me to get past TIME Magazine too....AMEN.<br /><br />Enjoy Geoff's work.... I will post more of his pictures as I get them.....<br />Give it up for Geoffrey Olisa! And don't forget to get your own copy of BHF Magazine because a lot of my designs would be showing up in there........<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span></span></wink><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/Rs0EAjune4I/AAAAAAAAAC8/XQ8RdaOuTSg/s1600-h/estella_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 512px; height: 348px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/Rs0EAjune4I/AAAAAAAAAC8/XQ8RdaOuTSg/s400/estella_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101738360517917570" border="0" /></a>My First Post Card When I was still deciding between my clothing line being <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >COUTURE D' ESTELLA</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >ESTELLA COUTURE</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >......</span><wink><br /></wink></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8523409762342001236-6658971659388721296?l=estellacouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>!!Estella!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16828471696016750016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523409762342001236.post-38457960343297143832008-10-21T06:49:00.003-05:002008-10-21T06:58:09.707-05:00THE BIGGEST SECRET FORUM<span style="font-style: italic;">I chanced on this site and decided to share it with you all.....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shocking!!! Most of the pictures and things......brace yourselves!!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Just a snippet here....</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ccffff;"><br />Just a coincidence or a design for the long term?</span><br /><br /><br /> 1. Take a $20 bill and fold it in two through its length....<br /><br /> <img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/20$+911_1.jpg" alt="911 on $20 bill" border="0" width="394" height="106" /><br /><br /><br /> 2. Fold it again as shown below...<br />(Fold it exactly in this way)<br /><br /> <img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/20$+911_3.jpg" alt="911 on $20 bill" border="0" width="320" height="200" /><br /><br /><br /> 3. Fold the other side similarly to the previous step...<br />And... voilà! see the PENTAGON in flames!! (red circle)<br /><br /> <img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/20$+911_4.jpg" alt="911 on $20 bill" border="0" width="527" height="251" /><br /><br /><br /> 4. Now... very simple... turn it around.....<br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">And see the WTC smoking....</span><br /><br /> <img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/20$+911_5.jpg" alt="911 on $20 bill" border="0" width="399" height="232" /><br /><br /><br /> What a coincidence... This incredible disaster, predicted on every $20 bill !!!!!!!<br /><br /> Actually, if you fold the $5, $10, $50, and $100 bills the same way as shown here for the $20, they all portray the 9/11 attack in the order that it happened, from the WTC towers standing correct in the $5, to smoke in the $100.<br /><br /></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size:180%;">Handsignals</span><br /> </b><table summary="" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="10" width="800" height="200"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center"><a href="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/horned_god.jpg" target="view"><img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/horned_god_tn.gif" alt="The horned god and his hand sign." border="0" width="170" height="110" /><br /><b>The horned god and his hand sign.</b></a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/bushdevilhand_tv.jpg" target="view"><img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/bushdevilhand_tv_tn.gif" alt="Bush makes the horned sign" border="0" width="107" height="132" /><br /><b>Bush makes the horned sign.</b></a><br />On a live TV show. </td> <td align="center"><a href="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/bushdevilhandcampaign.jpg" target="view"><img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/bushdevilhandcampaign_tn.gif" alt="Bush makes the horned sign" border="0" width="114" height="159" /><br /><b>Bush makes the horned sign.</b></a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/horns-george_bush.jpg" target="view"><img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/horns-george_bush_tn.gif" alt="Bush makes the horned sign" border="0" width="101" height="72" /><br /><b>Bush makes the horned sign.</b></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/clintondevilsign.jpg" target="view"><img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/clintondevilsign_tn.gif" alt="Clinton makes the devil sign" border="0" width="128" height="111" /><br /><b>Clinton makes the devil sign.</b></a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/margdevilhand.jpg" target="view"><img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/margdevilhand_tn.gif" alt="Princes Margaret makes the devil sign" border="0" width="98" height="120" /><br /><b>Princes Margaret makes the devil sign.</b></a><br />For a bigger zoom in <a href="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/margdevilhandzm.jpg" target="view">click here</a>. </td> <td align="center"><a href="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/prwilhorns.jpg" target="view"><img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/prwilhorns_tn.gif" alt="Prince William makes the devil sign." border="0" width="102" height="166" /><br /><b>Prince William makes the devil sign.</b></a> </td> <td align="center"><img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/ASL_I_love_youB.gif" alt=""I love you" sign." border="0" width="150" height="110" /><br /><b>Sign language for "I love you".</b><br />Deaf folks use the devil sign to say "I love you". How cynical... </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/bush3fing.gif" alt="Bush 3 fingers" border="0" width="118" height="162" /><br /><b>Bush signing with three fingers.</b> </td> <td align="center"><a href="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/saddam3fing.jpg" target="view"><img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/saddam3fing_tn.gif" alt="Saddam 3 fingers." border="0" width="129" height="108" /><br /><b>Saddam signing with three fingers.</b></a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/benediction_malediction3.jpg" target="view"> <img src="http://thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr/nwo/benediction_malediction3_tn.gif" alt="Sign of Excommunication" border="0" width="89" height="125" /><br /><b>Sign of Excommunication</b></a><br />This sign is used by several people, including the pope. It signifies <b><i>ex-</i></b>communication, in other words cursing the people to whom the sign is made. </td> <td><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SP3CTO7cv7I/AAAAAAAAAYo/EceyxAAT2L8/s1600-h/gulf_war_poster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SP3CTO7cv7I/AAAAAAAAAYo/EceyxAAT2L8/s400/gulf_war_poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259573575519354802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SP3CSftIgAI/AAAAAAAAAYY/oNc-mAD1axc/s1600-h/bush_family.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SP3CSftIgAI/AAAAAAAAAYY/oNc-mAD1axc/s400/bush_family.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259573562842841090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SP3CSm9cxjI/AAAAAAAAAYg/cIoq3mQZNvQ/s1600-h/bush_oil.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m4KzfcNy4LM/SP3CSm9cxjI/AAAAAAAAAYg/cIoq3mQZNvQ/s400/bush_oil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259573564790326834" border="0" /></a>&