Ultimate Dream - Walk-In Closet

Every girl or woman dreams of having a walk-in wardrobe in her house. But in our times, where money and space is the BIGGEST problem, not everyone is fortunate enough to have one. I'm also one of the girls, secretly wishing and hoping. If I can convince my darling husband to delicate a part of our bedroom, it may just happen :)

Unexpected Vintage Finds!!!

My mother in law is in the midst of shifting into her new place and we popped in yesterday evening to see what we can savage. And I'm was ecstatic with the stuff I dug out! First I discovered this set of English tea cups with blue roses and saucers, so shabby chic. Then I found a full set of these cute little retro glasses with matching saucers., and the best part she told me I can have anything I find. She passed me a box of jewellery on my way out and I had the time of my life when I went home and opened the box. There are 2 gorgeous gold leaf necklace in tip top condition and plenty of vintage earrings, there are too many to take, so I only capture some of them. She gave me an old Lanvin sunshades.

Just one word to describe, AWESOME!!!

Inspiration Board - Shabby Chic

I have not even sold my house, no harm starting to plan what I want to do with the new place. I created a mini mood board to show what I love - shabby chic, I will probably inject some of it into the new place. I love the vintage part of it, but I wont be having too many pieces around. Vintage to my husband means dead people's stuff, so I must abit sensitive towards his feelings.

I brought Meya out shopping today and most of the malls are having post Christmas sale. I bought the Brabantia dustbins for my new home! So happy!

Bedroom Ideas
* Dark purple walls (see picture below)* Chandelier (I will do a separate entry on that later) * Quilted headrest for the bed (havent decided on white , grey or brown)* Dark brown parquet flooring (In fact the whole house except kitchen) * Bedroom doors with have the classic look with gold curvy or maybe glass door knobs * Dressing Table - to have or not to have?

Meya's Pink Bedroom
She told me her bedroom must be pink, the condition is she must sleep alone without me.
* Painted sky ceiling (I hoping daddy will do it for his granddaughter) * Pink walls (not too pink or it wont match the ceiling) * white bed with pink bed sheets (obviously) * pink wall paper (I will probably do up one wall like the picture below)

Kitchen
* Raw floor (see 1st picture below)
* White cabinets with dark brown counter top * Kitchen cabinets with vintage knobs and vintage look alike doors.

Living Room
* Definitely gonna get a french chair for the living room :)

Glass Door Knobs
I must get these for the bedroom doors, whether Its crystal or glass, I want to get those with the brass or gold plates behind, so vintage!


Bathroom Ideas

Balcony

Christmas - Love it & Hate it

Seriously, I love Christmas, I love the shop decor, the music, the food (especially the roast beef), the ornaments, the tree, and even the soapy Christmas movies. But I simply hate the hassle of wrapping the presents and stressing my brain cells for gift ideas. And I absolutely hate giving gifts whose fate would end up in some dusty storeroom or worse re-gifted!!! It feels so warm when my recipients used the gifts I gave them, its like receiving a pat on my pack.
Every year, I keep telling myself, its ok, just chill and relax. If the person doesn't like it, so be it, it's really not the end of the world, and seriously must I make so much effort even thinking of the gift wrapping too! I really must let go of the details. Will I succeed this year :(

Today I started sorting the gifts that I have been 'accumulating' for the past months, I cant remember which month I started my Xmas shopping but I'm not known for my super efficiency character for nothing. I decided not to do any theme wrapping this year, just used up the current wrappers and ribbons I had. Since I will be moving house in a few months time, I didn't want to have too many craft supplies lying around. Only managed to wrapped 5 presents in one morning, too lazy to continue.

I found a fabulous website for free Christmas tags download, the resolution is good and the tags turned out great.

http://orangeyoulucky.blogspot.com/2009/12/holiday-labels.html

Audrey Hepburn's Necklace

I needed a necklace for Audrey's role in Breakfast at Tiffany's, and I 'm getting a bit desparate cause I cant seem to be able to find it in any of the shops. I had a window of 3 hrs before going to Mandy's party. I managed to put together a necklace with some parts and an old vintage brooch. Very pleased with the end result, looks like a Cartier doesn't it?

I even squeezed in some time to wrap Mandy's gift, I finally used my Suzy's tags, so cute!!!

Kanzashi Flowers

We are having a movie theme night for the office year end party, and Nat wanted to be a geisha, I was curious what sort of hair accessories they wear, so I did a bit of googling and I found Kanzashi Flowers. They are absolutely gorgeous and I cant wait to start making. I spent more than 5 hrs experimenting this afternoon and I'm not satisfied with my hair pin. Need to be more patient and meticulous like the Japanese in order to make the perfect Kanzashi flower, I failed miserably :(



My Tsumami Kanzashi Creation
I used pink floral fabric to create the flower petals and finished it with a pearl button. Instead of using the same fabric to create the 'flowy' petals, I used ivory organza and complete it with a dangling pearl. I wanted to do one more strand of petals, but the thought of cutting and folding 10 more petals, I decided to just leave it as it is.

More than 7 hrs on this, definitely not something I want to sell.



I changed my mind after seeing my photos, added one more strand, makes a lot of difference. Slightly better :)