2 year old's princess necklace

I handmade this necklace for my most favorite 2 1/2 yr old in the whole wide world. She is not my own but I think everyone who knows her wishes she was theirs...she's just that adorable. My husband and I both love her very much...since she lives very close to us..within 1 minute, there is not a day where we don't want to go and visit, just to give her big hugs and receive a million kisses from her.

So I made this for her since she loves necklaces (as well as Dora, Hi 5, drawing on walls, dancing and just telling us her adventures.. which we dont understand). I think the life span of the necklace was 10hrs. She had tied it around her ankle (need to find out the whole story from her mum..my friend) and it broke...

Guess i will have to make a stack of these to give her over a period of time...

The tutorial where i got this DIY, a blog called to be charmed. I substituted the pearls for faux crystal beads

i want mora!

I'm sooooo in love with these antique Swedish Mora clocks (18th century). They are feminine, lean, tall... and beautiful! I need it one my house now!

I've been seeing these clocks in many french country interior design photos. A lot are in the U.S of A and U.K/Europe. The Mora is making more of a comeback than before!

I'm searching to see where i can find a nice pretty one that can sit in my beach house in Sri Lanka. I just hope the sea-mist doesnt rust the inside mechanism of the clocks.

snap: one

it's wednesday already...hope ure having a good week!

[photo: rae.c]

tickled pink

...hope my husband is reading...

PRADA

LOUIS VUITTON

diy: instyle cupboard

The past week or so, I have been quietly revamping our old, ugly and cheap looking cupboard. It's gone a little lop-sided/bent from the heavy-usage its been through over the years and because it's cheap... I couldnt do any sanding, re-painting cos it's originally laminated.

Since I didnt take an initial picture of the cupboard before starting the work, I had to cheat and do some photoshopping magic. The doors and drawers are pasted with articles from Instyle magazine and then protected with transparent contact. I finished the rest of the cupboard with black contact paper which had a wood grain effect.

It was an easy job, just required a bit of patience. Now it looks as good as new.

east meets middle-east

Recently, I came across these divine Iznik ceramics from Yurdan. In Turkey, Iznik pottery began in the 14th century and the trend reached a high in the late 16th century. The beautiful colours and delicately handpainted floral, abstract details with Chinese influences.

back from the pottery barn

So straight after I posted my slight obsession with pottery barn, my husband and I went to the Avenues for some shopping. I must say we kinda went crazy in PB...ok ok...it was me that went kinda crazy. There was upto 75% sale on selected items and boy (!!!) was it cheap!! I initially wanted to go back to get a serving tray, but luckily, we have great friends who surprise gifted us that tray. Today, I wanted only to go to check out a candle lantern.

Who would have known, I would go and almost bought everything I saw! Unfortunately, I don't have money growing trees on my balcony which I can leisurely pluck when needed. I did get some excellent buys. The Kuwait PB prices are slightly more than the US PB, probably KD1 increase give or take....could be more on bigger items like sofas.

Damage done:

2 floral yellow pillows: orig KD9.500, sale KD2.600

1 bristol lantern (large): orig KD25, sale KD12.500

1 metal cuff vase: orig KD9.500, sale KD 2.350

3 natural shells vase filler: orig KD 5.250ea , sale KD1.300ea

1 scored citrus vase filler: orig KD 5.250, sale KD1.300

1 eclectic yellow bowl: orig KD9.500, KD2.350

Original total: KD 84

Sale total: KD27.600

Savings total: KD56.400 (almost USD$200)

Now, I can decorate my house near the beach in Sri Lanka. This stuff was sooooo worth it!

This is the beautiful 'aged country' serving tray which our friends gifted us, also from pb.

p.s. we are thinking of going back there to get more lanterns *sigh*...sale is ending in another coupla days

getting a bit obsessed

I have a confession..I need help!! I can't stop going through the Pottery Barn website, my daily ritual of one visit has become 2-3. I think I've saved most of the products onto my computer, I think of going to the Avenues everyday just to go to PB. I even started dreaming about decorating my house with all their stuff...

Oh I love the rustic-ness of the cake mold pendant, copper pots and lanterns. How cute are the glass pedestal stands with dome tops?

I need these accents, they are just absolutely adorable!!! ........

in love with indian linen

Les Indiennes and Bungalow have the most beautiful indian textiles and crafts with traditional yet modern designs. Clean, fresh and contemporary. So pretty.... *sigh*

bracelet by chanel

80s in the 10

A sight for sore eyes. This is nothing compared to the previous shop, which had a whole wall dedicated to neon shoes...whatever shoe you were looking for...they had it!

american country

I've been wanting to visit Pottery Barn since February - when I first saw the construction boards covering the old Top Shop/Top Man in the Avenues. Finally, I got to do so... twice.

Adore the country feel of the 2 stores (pottery barn and pottery barn kids)...PBKids has the cutest stuff ever!!

The staff are super duper uber friendly: smiling, patient and playful....don't get that in many stores here in kuwait. Unfortunately, the prices are a bit ridiculously expensive.

Here's a short story. It was 11.20pm, PB closed at 11pm but the staff were just doing their thing and said to take our time cos they don't leave until 12 midnight anyways...Is PB the best or what?!?

There's a sale on at the moment (yay!! 50% off selected items), I'm dying to go back and get something I saw which was just toooooo cheap to pass.

something wrong...

I couldn't help but notice how oddly strange this girl is in the ad, kinda like a woman stuck with a young girls body or some kind of grotesque horror accident has happened to her neckd down... Maybe her butt has been twisted to the front of her body, her waist is something like an 18"? Her facial expression doesnt seem like she's too happy either.

Oh, nice shalwar kameez though.

indian fantasy

I'm in L.O.V.E.

This beautiful pair of Indian 19th century 22K gold, diamonds and rubies bangles are worth USD$30,000 available from Sue Olleman's Oriental Art.

*sigh* ( T _ T ")

spot on!