On friday afternoon i went to Sandton City to view an exhibition Neosho119 has showing at the CDC (Craft Design Center) I took my brother along to 'sight-see' as he is visiting from Cape Town for a few weeks. Sandton, as always, was a hive of activity- with people from all over the world..and all over Joburg, feeling the vibe in Joburgs center for the rich and famous..supposedly.
The exhibition was awesome, it has no end date so you can still catch it!
Our group of crafters representing the 5 regions of Gauteng, did us proud! The makarapas and vuvuzelas on display looked great in their very African bright colors and designs, definitely something someone would purchase as a souvenir, and-of course- its all for a good cause! The alleviation of poverty in our country being a huge factor in Neosho119's projects...

All in all the exhibition is well presented, stylishly modern, while keeping its definitely African roots, all packaged to deliver a beautifully made range of gifts tying in to the FIFA madness that has been South Africa for the past few weeks!
Definitely worth the trip!

After a busy weekend i was in Springs today, taking pictures of one of the business groups from Lepharo. My latest assignment is taking photos of the guttering team for a magazine advertisement! Pretty cool hey! It was easier than i first thought it would be, the guys pretty much did their own thing while i snapped away a few shots.
Lepharos' 'Dummy' website should be up and accessible to the public by this Friday...
Otherwise, it's gonna be a busy week...

"The week hasn't even begun, and we are almost at the mountain top to reap the joys of success... What seemed to be Mission Impossible has now become more manageable. The Lepharo Website is starting to look great!
And believe me, learning new software is NOT easy, especially with deadlines, but finally we are conquering the evil programme, and now slowly but surely beginning to appreciate it for the versatility and flexibility in what the software really can do.

I am looking forward to seeing the final product, and can't wait for the public to see it!" - Lana Botha (Graphic Designer - Neosho 119)

Lana and myself have been checking out the new software that we received from Stefan Janse Van Rensburg recently.
Progress has been much slower than what we had initially hoped.. But we've managed to get the basics down so far, with the help of an endless amount (seemingly) of on line video tutorials.
Tomorrow Lana and myself are meeting to go over the final few tutorials (bleh!) and jump in with the Lepharo website, as the deadline for that to be up and running is drawing closer..quickly.

Today myself and Hanolet went through to Heidelberg to visit previous intakes into the Vuka Programe from Ratanda. It was freezing cold, my 'bad weather tolerance' levels are literally non existant though, so it might have just been..cold! I met with Tebogo Masemola, owner of TM Electronics in Ratanda and currently a student in the Vuka Mentorship Programe. I will be using his business profile and some extra info in our first newsletter, he was pretty excited with the idea and getting him to give me something to write was easy!
Once back in Edenvale I posted the new intakes from Boiphatong on the Neosho119 site, Check them out at www.neosho119.com.

And if you're inteerested, have a look at www.Bugerine.com Lana re-vamped the site and it's looking awesome!

Until later!