Birdie

I went all mental 2 months into delivering the lil' guy. 

I decided that I was going to paint a huge tree on a wall of the lil' girl's bedroom. With leaves in different shades of green. Then I kopped out. I took the easy way out and just cut leaves out of green patterned scrapbook papers. Easy peasy.

10 months on and there's still no sight of the birds I originally planned to "plant" on the "tree".

These from Graphic Spaces are heirloom pieces in my opinion. And they go so well in the girl's bedroom.

 

(Images via Etsy)

Plush

I am slowly purging Nadine's collection of plush toys. Only because, she has never shown any inclination towards it. Give her building blocks, toy cars and she will play happily. 

Trawling etsy has its "dangers". I love these plush toys from Sleepy King . . . but I am afraid they will have to remain as visual treat for me:-

Menagerie

I am in love with this child's furniture set by Paloma's Nest available here:-

alphabet dreams

my boy and i went to shop for yarn on sat. to make a lacy blanket for his little sister. alas, all the colors were a little froufrou for me (pinks! purples!) and i gravitated toward browns and greys. apprehensive about my own drab choices, i wimped out and chose a wool-alpaca mix in cream. the little boy is recognizing alphabets now... what about a creamy pillow for fluffy dreams of abc-land?

{beauties from pilosale}

Dreams

Techni-colour dreams.

I am having them.

Dreams.

Of crimson red. Daffodil yellow. Azure Blue.

Colours will be abound in my baby's new room.

These from Freya will be perfect:

(Images courtesy of Freya Art & Design)

Happy 2010!

(Image courtesy of Two Pooch Paperie via here)

Jolly Jolly!

A few days before we left London, tube stations in the West End were closed and traffic was diverted for an entire day. All that for the annual Christmas Lights London.

We didn't see much of Oxford Street with the lightup but already then, overhead and seen at Caffe Nero and Costa were shopping bags filled with all Christmas goodies and whispers of what to give who.

It made me smile. Not sure why though.

But who wouldn't if you get one of these wreaths from Knock Knocking?

Bag Lady

Ok. I know. I know.

2 posts in a day. In about an hour.

Crazy.

You'd never believe I am married to a wonderful man with 2 fur-children and a 2-week old angel. All living with me in the same house. ;-P

I just about exploded the moment I laid eyes on these:

(Image courtesy of adVintagous via Etsy)

I.HAVE.TO.HAVE.THEM.

Hip

Why do I have a feeling that the statement on this onesie will resonate with Cookie when she has developed independent thought?

(Images courtesy of Hip Kid T-shirts)

Meeeoooowwww

Had a fabulous lunch at Straits Kitchen at the Grand Hyatt Singapore (note to self : bring first time out-of-town guests for introductory meal there) yesterday afternoon and found myself back in the office after trawling the silicon world.

For the animal lovers out there, rest-assured that M and I will still take turns devoting our time to our fur-children, Stairway and Empress.

At present Stairway loves to spread herself on the bathroom rug to sleep. Empress loves to lie on the headboard, her head hanging off the edge to look at my face. (I get cute views of them every time I wake up!) :-)

These pet beds are such an indulgence but too cute to resist.

(All images courtesy of Vintage Renaissance via here)

Quick get 'em at a 10% discount at their shop! Only this weekend (9th and 10th May - US time, people) . Quote "Quirky Weekend" in the message to seller at checkout.

Guys and Dolls

Cookie and I had a fabulous time rolling on the bed last night without having to worry about being squeezed.

Yeah, M is away in Kuala Lumpur as we speak but we will have him back in physical company tonight - yeay!

In the office, I have been trying to sort out my working schedule to accomodate my current state. Whilst my mind is still young and raring to go, I find myself constantly battling people to get anywhere and it's something I have no inclination to fight for (at the moment). So, I may cut down my hours drastically until Cookie decides to join us here. :-)

In the meantime, I have been admiring these plushy bunnies - they are soo adorable!

(Images courtesy of Palomino Morgan)

I want them for me as much as I am tempted to get one for Cookie.

Kick Arse!

(Image courtesy of PaperFunkPress via here)

I'm British educated thus a different lingo.

Still . . . language is universal - no? ;-P

Beauty of Love

M and I did nothing on a what started out as a beautiful sunny day back in Singapore, at home. Chilling. With Stairway and Empress.

It's raining now.

I love the smell of rain. The distant occasional sounds of thunder shattering the peace of the quiet afternoon with M napping and the cats sleeping.

A few weeks before I turned 34 - gosh, I can't believe how old I am right now! - I went through a self-evaluation phase.

And though it took me a long to see it then, I realise now that what I love, is what I do. Be it, my day-job, my side projects, etc.

The Persian poet Rumi reminds us to "let the beauty of what you love be what you do".

(Image courtesy of LookyLoo via etsy)

Mod Squad

M and I are in basking in the wonderful weather of Sydney, albeit it was rained down yesterday and looking a bit gloomy this early in the morning.

We're shopping for a land+house whilst here (thus our decision to give up our want to get a private property back in Singapore even with the plummeting private property prices there) and settling for a bigger quasi-"garment" (for the benefit of our non-Singaporean readers, there's a few Singaporeans who cannot pronounce government thus their localised pronunciation) apartment then (aka 4-bedroom flat).

It was an easy decision.

We're dreaming of the impending heartaches dealing with the council and contractors. Mulling over interiors etc. I think secretly, both M and I live in that sort of stress. A lil' bit masochistic, if you ask me.

Not sure yet what "look" we're after but these sold by Fabulousmess are lovely :

5eizen Inspiration

I was looking for inspiration.

These caught my eyes:-

(Images courtesy of 5eizen via Etsy)

Love is in the air

I have love brimming out of me this week.

And I am not quite sure why... :-)

(Images courtesy of dutch door press via etsy)

Think +

Positive thinking at its best :

(Pictures courtesy of Valentina Ramos via here)

Happy Ho ho ho-lly-days!

Happy Holidays!

(Pictures courtesy of Lexie Sullivan via etsy)

W.Ho Done It?

I have too many accessories and no proper (and pretty) place to store them.

These by Wendy Ho are such a sight for sore-eyes:

(Images courtesy of W.Ho Made It via Etsy)

Cuffing it Up

So what's a girl to do when she's got too much going on at work and no time to grab lunch?

A lil' distraction in the form of online "window-shopping" of course. :-P

O.M.G (!!) :

M would love these vinyl cufflinks I am sure.

And since I am having french cuffed shirts made for me tomorrow, these would definitely inject a bit of quirkiness in the boring drab colours I have to otherwise endure :

And I even found a pair for Exp and E - the math whizzes that they are :

Cute, aren't they? ~ Inspira

(All images courtesy of Automaton)