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Florence Bett
154 stories written for Craft It.
Conversation WithConversation With: Jazeera of Say It With ChocolateBY FLORENCE BETT-KINYATTI “What drives you, Jazeera?” “I’m afraid of being poor. I’m always afraid that I won’t have money in my…2018Urban GuideUrban GuideCraft It at Six MonthsBY FLORENCE BETT-KINYATTI I’m stressed. I didn’t know how stressed I was until last week Wednesday, when BAKE (Bloggers Association of Kenya)…
Made By HandCharity of Knotty ThingsBY FLORENCE BETT-KINYATTI “It was about 2014 when I started crocheting again,” says Charity. “Mum was unwell and I wanted to make…
MotherhoodMuna turned twoBY FLORENCE BETT-KINYATTI Muna has horrible morning breath. OK, I’m being dramatic. It’s not horrible, really, but it no longer has the…
Made By HandJoseph of Manje LeatherBY FLORENCE BETT-KINYATTI Help me out here, will you? I want to describe how Manje’s store of preserved hides and skins smells…
Made By HandFlorah of Trio Crafts & RugsBY FLORENCE BETT-KINYATTI In the six years “Tell me, Florah, in the six years of running your business here at Trio Crafts,…2018Made By HandMade By HandCraft It takes it to YouTubeBY FLORENCE BETT-KINYATTI I got married early this month. On 3rd February. It was a Saturday, a gorgeous Saturday in this gorgeous…
MotherhoodSocks and SinnersBY FLORENCE BETT Muna is fearless when she’s around me. I love how that reads so I’ll go ahead and write it…
MotherhoodThief in the NightBY FLORENCE BETT I’ve had two miscarriages. Today, I’ll tell you about the first one. It happened in late March 2010. I…2017Craft ItCraft ItCraft It ChristmasBY FLORENCE BETT I got up at 4AM this morning. 4.22AM to be exact. It was more of freaky startle than a…2017Craft ItCraft ItMother-in-LawBY FLORENCE BETT The first time my mother-in-law started to call me every day was when I was two days past my…
MotherhoodHeartbreakBY FLORENCE BETT I suspect that Muna doesn’t like me very much now. It’s absurd, I know. But she’s refused to refer…
Urban GuideNola DarlingBY FLORENCE BETT Film has been a major bust this year. Honestly, it has. It’s November already and I haven’t watched any…
Urban GuideBoda bodaBY FLORENCE BETT The boda guy whose bike I’m riding imagines we’re two lovers skipping town. He isn’t my regular guy, Steve,…2017Craft ItCraft ItJohn, the phone guyBY FLORENCE BETT I have the last Nokia E63 left in Nairobi. I don’t know whether I should be appalled or comforted…2017Urban GuideUrban GuideFive big screen movies from 2017 that left me asking, WTF was that?BY FLORENCE BETT #1. The Mountain Between Us This movie starred Idris Elba’s very full and soft-looking beard, and Kate Winslet’s stubbornness.…2017Conversation WithConversation WithConversation with: Lucy of Toto Care BoxBY FLORENCE BETT It’s November. In a month’s time, 39 new babies born in Kenya would have died; that’s, 39 newborns out…2017Urban GuideUrban GuideFive oddities that defined (the repeat presidential) Election week for meBY FLORENCE BETT #1. That Jingle There’s this jingle Citizen plays when it’s broadcasting the results. You know it? GB turned on…2017MotherhoodMotherhoodBand night at JsBY FLORENCE BETT After what feels like house arrest since the State of Emergency, you finally hit the nightclub. Your baby is…2017Conversation WithConversation WithConversation with: Chef Ken of Lemon Grass Fun Cooking ClassBY FLORENCE BETT March ‘17 I find him waiting at the dining table. He’s doing something on his laptop, maybe sending an…2017Urban GuideUrban GuideFive books to read as you kill time waiting for your pal that never keeps timeBY FLORENCE BETT #1. The Understudy by David Nichols A street purchase I was embarrassed about then later stopped being embarrassed about.…
Craft ItMugethi and Mugzie’s NaturalsBY FLORENCE BETT “So your name is Mugethi Gitau?” “Yes.” “Spell that for me, please.” “M-U-G-E-T-H-I G-I-T-A-U.” Great! And your brand is…?…
MotherhoodExes and TextsBY FLORENCE BETT My nanny split. Two weeks into the New Year, on a Sunday evening, around the time she should have…
Made By HandNyambura and FunPatch ShoesBY FLORENCE BETT I thought about Nyambura Thuo for several moments of several days before we met. About why she chose to…