It’s valentine again! It’s the season were the heart finds its comforter, where trust is revived by genuine expressions of love among lovers, friends and families.

It’s a season of loving and giving, of trusting and embracing the good things that love brings forth.

What have you in mind as a surprise for that special someone? The tradition though has no particular set of gifts as the main contents of your parcel…

In the spirit of this season, which is just four days away, Oaken events more than anything, wishes that you offer the right gifts to your loved one(s).

Imagine the craftiest fruits as present! And did you know that Strawberry is the fruit of love?

In other to ease your decisions as the much awaited day approaches, our featured guest for today Stephanie Olopade, “The Fruit Designer” is just all you need to realize that dream of a memorable Valentine, she is here to guide you through your preparations of love for February 14.

Stephanie Olopade, the Artistic Director of Concepteur de Fruitée is a multitalented lady with interest in fashion, Arts, Interior decoration and Food.  Her passion for all things creative and beautiful gave birth to Concepteur de Fruitée, where her creative mind does the most amazing things with fresh fruits.

See our brief interview with The Lady and her amazing craft…

• Please tell me how you developed the name “concepteur de fruitee”? Concepteur-de-fruitee is a French word and it means “The Concept of Fruits”

• Where and how did you gain your experience? I am self-taught and the passion for all things beautiful and unique fueled it.

• Where does your inspiration / love for fruits come from? For me, fruits are the representation of the beauty and ingenuity of God…what is not to love? The colors, the shapes, the taste, the health benefits, the list is endless.

• For how long have you been doing this? For about a year now.

• How do I explain what you do to people who are new to your craft? Just call me “The Fruit designer”

• From your website and at various high class events your services are always sort after, what would you say is your secret? To be honest, it’s the favour of God.

• Which fruit would you describe as all-purpose? Watermelon is the most versatile fruit for my business.  It’s got the largest surface to carve on and allows for the use of 3 different colors, the green, the white and the reddish colors. Then it works well in juices, smoothies, and platters.

• What two fruits do you suggest lovers have on Valentines Day? The Strawberry is the fruit of love no doubt about that. The heart shape and the red color definitely place it above every other fruit. The other fruit is the cherry, which is also very lovely. Apparently both fruits go very well with champagne.

• Since your fruitee concept is unique how do you propose to catch lovers this valentine’s season to patronize your services? Firstly this medium is fantastic and highly appreciated. We are also using other means like the bb multibroadcast, word of mouth, Facebook, Twitter and our website.

• Lastly can you tell me about your valentine package, and what they all signify (with relevance to valentine’s day) and how Concepteur de Fruitee can make Valentines Day more Exotic? We have very interesting and unique offers for Valentine’s. We have the heart shaped strawberry basket called “My Red Valentine” then there is the ‘multi-chocoberry” which is a bouquet of Chocolate coated strawberry, We also have the Box of Chocomix which is Strawberry coated in different colours of chocolate and covered in different toppings, (coconut, sprinklers and almonds) then we have the “Pineapple daisy bouquet” which has all the fruits made into flowers and lastly we have “glow in the dark sex dices”. All these fruit packages come with a balloon, a teddy bear, carved scented soap in a heart shaped case and a helium inflated heart shaped balloon. Everything is in keeping with the season of Love.

 To book; reference Oaken Events through Email: info@concepteur-de-fruitee.com and Mobile: 08029999947.

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Thank you for taking time out to read this. Have a Fruitee Valentine!!!