Mix and match

 Even no matter how busy I am, I have to eat... LOL So the other day while waiting for my take-away lunch from one of my favourite Korean restaurant (Darac), I snapped this photo. I thought it is so interesting the effect of mismatched chairs had and the sense of whimsy that it had added to the decor of this place.

It made me think, who said a table chair setting had to match anyway? Or even anything else in life? 

Love,

from me to u.

Vintage buttons

Like everything in my life at the moment, things get put on hold. I've been meaning to blog about these vintage buttons that I got last year and never got around it. I can blame the PhD or other parts of my life but really it is me. LOL And since the season of Lent is upon us and personal changes are encouraged, I'm trying to do things that I feel I should. Like blogging more often... after all, blogging is a form of reflection. 

Anyway, I got these beautiful vintage buttons at a vintage button sale last year. I got them so I could make jewellery out of them. However, as I was paying for them the lady at the shop told me a little about the history of some of the buttons I got. Apparently some are from the 1920's with distinctive features. Knowing that, it is simply impossible for me to cut or even apply glue to these lovely pieces to make into jewellery. I may have to think again about what I can do with them or even how I can still make jewellery but still preserving these beautiful buttons as best as I can...

Meanwhile, they are still a source of inspiration as they are. :)

Love,
from me to u.

A birthday...

I love birthdays and occasions because I get to make hand-made cards. I made this for a friend's daughter who turned 4. She loves pink and anything girly. I realised though little kids are hard to please. LOL she wasn't impressed with the card. But she's still cute nonetheless and I still love her to bits. ^^

What else am I loving this Monday?

Staying warm at home during a rainy day, earl grey tea, chocolate and loads of it. :)

Love,
from me to u.

This is part of Anna's Much Love Monday. What are you loving this Monday?

Making heart-shaped eggs

I've been trying to make this based on these instructions. This is my second attempt and finally a bit of success! I broke the first one because I pressed too hard. On top of cooking, I also love being able to catch up with my crafty activities.

What do you love on Mondays?

Love,
from me to u.

Part of Anna's Much Love Monday

Flower arrangement

Beautiful shadows

 .... all from a teacup and light.

Back to knitting

Finally got back to knitting after the summer season. Although, it wasn't much of a summer, it did take me a while to get back to knitting. Having friends who want to get back into it is certainly encouraging to finish old projects and start new ones. I had a blast inviting the girls over for a knitting morning tea. Above are images of my new green scarf (remember my green obsession?) knitted in diagonal checks. Will share the pattern when the scarf is complete.

Meanwhile, if you want to see more lovely images of the knitting session through Miss Anna's lenses, head over to Much Love. ^^

Double exposure effect

The beauty of taking photos with a manual camera is the ability to take photos using double exposure. This picture, on the other hand is captured using my blackberry camera. I love how this accidental capture turned out!

A Wedding Journey: 3. It's a Sign!

As you know, signage are very important in any function. In a wedding, it can be the very thing that ties the whole wedding theme together. As I mentioned before, I did not have a specific theme for my wedding but rather I was using colours to tie the whole wedding together. Using signage, I used not only the colours, but fonts and motifs to create a feel for my wedding. 

I opted for a different, albeit a well-used idea in weddings by using words for each of my table instead of numbers. I designed and created the signs with a variety of words linked to "love". Some of my friends who were guests in the wedding helped me to come up with some of the words such as "adore, "devotion", "faith" and so on.

The fonts, motifs and colours were carried across onto other signage in the room. 

I did not want to settle for a normal excel sheets for my guestlist and sitting chart. So I created these. Again, I had hoped that by doing so, the continuity of the theme of my wedding would be preserved. 

Using cupcake wraps with stickers that I had designed to match the other signage around the wedding, I've saved time in making sure that my bomboniere were ready by the wedding reception with minimal hassle. I'm a big fan of doing things simple, easy and effective. Here, I opted for a typewriter font instead of the flowy font I had used in my other signage. Why? The size of these particular signage were tiny. It is important when creating signage that the guests can actually read them. That being said, the same font was also used in the invites. So again, it carried the theme of the wedding through.

Details, details details! It is the little details that can make a wedding unforgettable. I created a signage for my cake table to tell the guests what cake they would be getting. I created this by op-shopping my frame and painting it white.

Perhaps I was being overly obsessive about my wedding signage... but I absolutely think it is crucial to have signage that reflects your personality. The fun thing about these signage is, it could be the creative (and DIY) aspect of your wedding as you can actually do them way before the wedding, hence less stress. It is a fantastic way to get the bridesmaids and even guests involved!

Valentine's Ideas - Love Coupons

What I love about love coupons is that you can actually personalise it for the recipient. ^^

I made these for Christmas as a present to my husband, but I think it is still a pretty neat and relevant idea for Valentine's Day too.

What are you giving this Valentine's Day to show your love for someone? ^^

Update 8th Feb 2012:
The free DIY template is now available via this post here.