Fall covet list.

My inspiration includes these from my style vita.

I saw a pair of metallic loafers in LYN (they've got some splendid shoes but their web interface really irks me big!), and I couldn't really sleep as well since then.  I'm thinking of a solid silver face - no embellishments, no sparkly sparkly, just pure clean surface with a metal finish.  Sheen so clear, you could see your own reflection kind.

Can't decide between that or this.

Loafers or pumps?  

Ties for our best of men.

I love doing up presents.  And love giving them away.  We both decided to personalise our bestmen gifts instead of the usual one-tie-for-all and got these fantastic colours last weekend.  They work so well together without everyone looking too uniform-ish.  I would definitely like to have the guys maintain their individual personality instead of blending into the decor!

I have them packed into each individual box, complete with different personalisation.  We even handwritten a note to be attached to the gift.  It was a really nice and warm thing to do.  While reading Fiance's note and writing mine, I could feel this warm fuzzy feeling stirring in me.  These are his best friends and I really hope they would continue to be for the rest of their lives.  Cause real friends, I'm sure we all know, are really hard to come by.

Well, all packed and ready to surprise!  I hope they enjoy receiving it as much as I did packing them :)

In September, we should...

This is gonna be a busy busy month!  Wow, packed with activities even though it's still at the tail-end of August -__-

In September, we'll have to:

1) Discuss and finalise with the Chef on our wedding menu and the cake
2) Meet up with the jeweller to design both our wedding bands
3) Catch up with friends - wedding pre-party, wedding, baby full moon party, house warming session, WOW.  Typing that alone is enough to zap my energy!
4) Applying for our wedding registration

But to take a break from all those 'scheduled' activities, I think we should:

1) Try a Mango beer
2) Go for some 'forking awesome steak' at a DIY BBQ joint while jiving to some live music at Poodoo at where else but Pudu.
3) Reward ourselves with some fine cuts at Shin Hinata
4) Celebrate Mooncake festival with both families on the 19th.  Need to think of a great place!
5) Search out some awesome mooncake gifts for our parents and grandparents.  Am thinking of Cake Sense freshly baked Suzhou mooncake :)~

How do you celebrate Mooncake festival?

Let's march forward, Malaysia!

Today we took part in DiGi's #confirmmalaysian campaign.  And I say, we did pretty well as a team.  No rehearsal, immediate composition, 1, 2, 3 snap!

Yea, we're funny like that.  Fun, I mean.  Fun.

Happy Merdeka y'all!

For things that truly matter.

Today I spoke to a colleague who just got back from the hospital.  His grandma was admitted two weeks ago and very unfortunately had since suffered 3 strokes.  The poor old lady has already got a heart and diabetic problem.  My heart truly truly truly goes out to them.

So while he was trying to juggle between work and family, we've decided for him to handover some of his jobs to a team mate in order to release some of his time to be spent by his grandma's side.  Not to be pessimistic but, we have a feeling that she might not have much time left.  And I guess the most important thing for now, is to make her feel comfortable, happy and loved during her last days.  He practically grew up with his grandma therefore I can imagine the attachment and sadness.

Thanks to the few good men (and women) who were very willing to rise up to the occasion, our boy can now spend more time in the hospital.  Bless them.  These are times when money can't do anything for you.  But a whole lot of humanity, can.

And I sincerely hope that whatever happens, peace, love and joy will be upon his family.

Today I'm vintage.

Today I'm wearing my mom's costume jewellery.  To be honest with you, it could be real pearls for all I know and I had none an inkling idea.  But I don't think so.

I love how the little pearls twist and turn to make sense out of each other.  I remember my mom had this in her costume jewellery pouch when I was young.  And now and then, I would take them out to wear them and pretend I was all grown up.  Well, I'm all grown up now and wish I could tell my younger self, seriously, no hurry, enjoy school!  You'll regret it!  Lol.

Here I am, decorated with my mom's fashionable touch.  I wore it with my precious monogram necklace.  The pearl piece is precious because it was my mom's.  The A monogram is precious because it was an anniversary gift from him.  Two very precious people in my life, here they are dangling on my neck.  And they look so well together!  Ha! :)

What is your most memorable piece of costume jewellery?

Also, I'm thinking of a restoration project for all my costume jewellery and accessories.  Anyone has any pointer or advise on how I should start?  Or wanna do it together? :)

My musical journey today starts with Debussy.

I've been thinking a lot about my very own musical journey. I wonder if everyone has one. You have music fans, band fans, popstar fans, genre fans. I wonder what different journey says about each person and how did they discover their adventure and how do their tales unfold.

I'm generally a music fan. Something about every note being put together in an entirely harmonious yet unexpected way that swings in different moods and emotions. But if I were to have a favourite genre, then classical would really be it. Sounds like I'm a classical girl lost in an urban jungle. Unfortunately, not many of my peers appreciate classical music, making the trip to the local Philharmonic a little challenging unless I go solo. Oh well, maybe that's my musical journey.  Some parts I dance with others, some parts I dance solo.



So what's your musical journey?  Tell me that tale.

This is love made at work.

This is our 'Raya' open house, in conjunction with our Muslim friends' celebration Hari Raya, Eid al-Fitr or just 'Feast of Breaking the Fast'.  Wow, one year flew by so quickly.  Still remember our first 'open house' when we moved in to our new office.

Sometimes, I look at this team, I get sort of a bittersweet sour taste.  There are good times and there are bad times.  To expect no outburst in an ad agency for all working days in a year is like expecting perfection.  Sometimes the outburst is understandable and sometimes it's totally unjustifiable.  Like a child throwing a tantrum, I refuse to understand that.  Looking back at all these years of being in the advertising industry, I've came across so many types of people.  The fancy ones, the quiet ones, the emo ones, the straightforward ones, the working ones, and the 'tayang' ones.  Our industry compared to our clients, I must say, is truly colourful and multi-faceted.  I suppose you take some, you got to give some.  To expect excellence in commercial creativity does take a toll on people.

Just something that came up, earlier in my conversation with my boss.  There is only one type of people I'd like to hire.  The ones with Quality and Attitude.  Good quality but badass attitude will just trim off some living years for the rest of us.  Bad quality but a great eager beaver just doesn't seem to cut it either.

Our industry is quite notorious: Everyone has had a 'gangsta-flip-table' moment at least once in their advertising life, to get things done.  And after all those flying f-words, once calmed down, we patch things up.  To be honest, I hate to say this but what is the norm doesn't make it right.  Maybe it's age, maybe it's the amount of time I've spent working in this field - these kinda drama just don't cut it anymore.  I don't mind watching to pass time but I'm just fed up of babysitting and kissing unnecessary asses.  Let's just focus on the work and deliver the best quality we can to the people we serve - our clients, our community and our consumers.

Having said all that.  I'll just take a deep breath and flip the day over.  It's another brand new day.

p/s: Special mention: These two who supported me so much in my everyday work.  Sometimes some harshness is needed to be kind but anyhow, I'm thankful for both of them :)

Last weekend with grandma.

Last Saturday we had the most enjoyable time having morning brunch with our grandma.  Well, specifically his grandma, dad's side.  She's such a lovely joyous old lady and she never ceases to ask me about my work, life, etc.  And she loves to update us with the on-going family news that we always seem to be the last ones to catch on.  Somehow, she feels like my own grandma and it's strange cause I never had the chance to be this close to a grandparent before they passed on.

She sometimes is very forth-coming about her 'time' being up.  It saddens me but at the same time, the positive beam in her just radiates.  She would talk about how old she's getting and how much her physical self is deteriorating but she would say all that with a big smile and even laugh about it.  I'm not like extra keen on parenthood at this moment, but I really wish to be able to share her love with our baby.  I think she'll be a fantastic great-grandma :)

There we are, in the photo above doing a 'do re mi'.  And strange, I just realised what similar features we all have!  Well, here's to all grandmas in the world.  I hope you're loving and appreciating yours as much :) x

T-8 months.

So, the count down is on.  Before I announced my recent engagement (which is late 4 months), I sort of read through my previous posts.  And WOW, how time flew.  But perhaps it wasn't that time was seemingly on speed, it was just how soon things just happened.  From the time I said 'we're dating 5 months now' to 'I'm getting married in another 8'.

And this journey, I must say is by far the most challenging, happiest, tumble-rumblest, crazy journey I've ever been on.  Rightfully so, because I've never been married.  Yup.

Preparations are well under way; the wedding, the new house, the new family, etc.  I sometimes look at others and feel envious; new brides look as if they glide into this new role with so much ease, complete with good manicure and princess ball gown and all.  I on the other hand, to be very honest with you, am struggling.

There is not an inch of doubt that this person is the (and one and only) love in my life.  My past, present and future - my all.  If I'm not marrying him then I rather not be married at all.  But these new roles and arrangements, can be traffic stopping and overwhelming.  From long discussions on starry romance to practical decisions that need to be made - the switch was quite abrupt.  Not to mention, it finally hit me that I'm leaving my family to be joined to his.  I sometimes wonder if I could live up being a 'proper' daughter-in-law.  Does not help with the fact that I have this 'over-achiever' syndrome at times.  When you put all with all, yup, the fact is I feel suffocated.

So how could this happen?  Here is the perfect person whom I love and would readily exchange my life for, and this is no exaggeration.  And there I am, at the door between two worlds which I'm finding it extra difficult to take the next stride.

We spoke yesterday whether we're both ready to get married.  He told me that he's ever so ready.  For it took him a long while to consider if he should pursue me, and when he finally made that decision, it was no longer a courtship of a simple date.  It was a decision that would change both his life and mine.  That this girl he was to date, will and must someday be his wife.

That bit right there.  I could write a book out of that.  Sniff :')

But what about me?  I don't know if this 'marrying mode' is on for me.  I wanna live in with him, cook for him, have crazy nights with him, have his babies, go on great adventures with him for the rest of his life and mine, but the idea of being a good wife, I suppose... is a daunting thought.  What is a good wife?  Am I able to live up to his and his family's expectations - that I should forego a part of my freedom and independence and sense of adventure (since he has less) in exchange for a mere title of a lawfully wedded wife?

So I googled.  I googled - how to be more positive.  And Wikihow suggests that for every situation that we automatically perceive negatively, find that silver lining and make that a habit.  That's what I will do.  I will keep practising till these feet of mine carry themselves gladly over to the other side where the grass is as green.

Deep breath now.  Wow, I'm getting married! :)

And for the record, the ring is perfect.

"Little Flight" bookmark.

Handmade this last night.  Got home early and had a spark of inspiration to create.  Helps that I promised someone I will be bravely creative this year less I lose the will to live.  I might be taking my pledge wayyyy too seriously but it really encourages my flow :)

Just so you know, if you're interested, you can purchase this from The Good Samaritan Shop.

The trouble with jealousy.

I'm about to post something personal.  A little too personal for the other more popular blog I have, because it feels almost like you're showing a vulnerable side of you and that's not a very good idea.  I feel safer hiding in here.

2012 wasn't a highly eventful year for me.  But there was an epic occasion that I'd remember for the rest of my life.  And that's getting together with a long time friend mid-year and things were never the same.  And boy, they say love is a roller coaster and hell yeah, this is by far one of the most exhilarating rides of my life.  We've been together for 5 months now, and I'm learning so much about him, myself even and about life.  He has taught me so much without even him realizing it.

Not all emotions feel like a bed of roses, some are really hard thorns.  Some I never even knew they existed.  Sometimes I'm overtly emotional over the silliest things.  And it's weird.  You feel a thorn in your heart, say for example 'jealousy', so what do you do about it?  Do you numb it?  Sweep it under the carpet and hope for it to go away?  Do you confront it?  Do you enforce some rules?  What do you do?

I.  Have.  Never.  Felt.  Jealous.  Before.  And I kid you not.  My previous relationships never brought that emotion out in me before.  I was 'the' cool girlfriend.  I was okay with them hanging out with whomever and whichever girl and I'd be okay.  But for the past 3 weeks, I've been experiencing this tumultuous sea of feelings and I was kinda shock myself, for this feeling is so alien to me.  Yet I could feel that it's consuming me little by little.  And for the past 3 weeks, I'm really thankful to him because he listens.  All the time, albeit agitated and frustrated, but he listens.  It's also his first encounter with someone who has such clear logic of her emotions.  It's the first for both of us.  And so I broke down last night.  He feels like a bad boyfriend.  I felt like a bad girlfriend.  He doesn't have a solution because they've been best friends for close to 2 decades.  I don't expect them to change.  But I'm still 'feeling' it.  It felt to me as though we're locked.    He wants to find a solution so that I can get rid of the feeling.  I feel like there's no solution to this because you can't get rid of this kind of feeling.  Wow, it was a total mess.  We both want this to work, we both don't want me to feel this, we both understand the significance of the status of a best friend, we both don't want that to change.  Funny.  Sounds like we're both on the same page.  Then how come we feel so bad?  And how do you rid of this feeling?  In a healthy, constructive, loving, win-win manner?

I don't know.  But what I know is we woke up feeling loving.  I guess there's no strategic plan to this sort of thing.  It's to live through it one day at a time, and embrace the challenge, one day at a time.

So far, what has worked for me is, to acknowledge this feeling (because I tried numbing it and trust me, that doesn't work because damn those tears, they will find their way out).  Experience it and then, talk it out (you'll have to experience some defensiveness and frustration but that's okay, it's all part of the ride).  But I realized that it takes an equal partner to do this mind-fumbling cha cha with you.  And I thank God, he's a really good partner in solving conflicts with me.  It never turn into an argument, an intense tearful debate, yes.  But never an argument.

What worked for you?  How do you overcome the challenge of 'jealousy'?  We're all learning.  Personally I hope I've overcame this cause it's really not a pleasant feeling.  The frustrated part from our discussion last night was him doesn't understand why I'm feeling as such.  I then realized that men think women can switch their feelings on and off, which ahem, WE CAN'T, DAMNIT!  If I had a choice, I don't want to feel it too... But I've learned that I can't.  So I better figure a better way to deal with it.  Cause I don't want nothing to separate us.  That's how important he is to me.

ABC soup with pork ribs.

Sorry no pix!  Last weekend, a loved one fell sick - feverish, cough, headache, sore throat, the whole works.  I felt so sorry for him that I thought a big bowl of broth would cheer him up.  Due to time constrain, I decided to cook the classic 'ABC soup'.  I wonder what ABC stands for too but never really got an answer.  But anyway, the classic ABC soup has diced potatoes, carrots, onions and tomatoes (celery, corn, etc are optional).  I accidentally bought chicken and then I recalled that he's having a cough, so I swapped it with pork ribs.  Everybody love ribs right?

So here's what you need:
2 carrots - diced (to whatever shape you like but remember the larger chunk, the longer you have to cook it)
2 potatoes - diced
2 small white onion - I used one but because onion dissolves into the soup once it's soft, I suggest you use two instead
4 small tomatoes - I used 2 cause I was kinda worried that the pot won't fit and there're too much veg to every spoon of soup but they dissolve as well so 4 should be good
Pork ribs - I used about 10 pieces
Salt and pepper to taste

Here's what you need to do:
You could be very lazy - wash and throw everything into the pot, but I'd like my soup to look clear so I blanched and boiled the pork ribs in boiling water with a bit of salt to get all the impurities and excess oil out. Remove from pot, wash (the pot) and fill it up with any amount of water you like.  Put the pork ribs and potatoes in first cause these are the hardest to cook.  After 10 minutes, put everything else except for the tomatoes, which go in after another 10 minutes.  Once everything is in, bring to boil.  Once it's boiling, lower down the fire to a simmer and let it slow cook for about another half an hour to 40 minutes so that everything is soft including the pork ribs.  Add salt and pepper to taste, 10 minutes before serving.

And at the end, you get a big appreciative smile from a sick patient whom you just cheered up with a bowl of awesome :)

If you need something more filling, serve with white rice.  Mix soup into white rice and eat while hot.  When I was young, my mother used to serve me that when I was ill.  Always made me feel better :)

Loh Hon Kor herbal tea.

My first time attempting a herbal tea and to my great embarrassment, I've mixed up one of the ingredients by name.  I always thought it was a fig but turns out, it's a honey date.  Oops.

But anyway, this tea is great for dispelling heat and cooling down your body, avoid heat stroke, acute or chronic throat inflammation, and chronic cough.

What you need is:
1) 2 Loh Hon Kor (Buddha Fruit) - crushed
2) 8 dried Chinese honey dates (which I thought were figs!) - I added 6 only and had to add additional cane sugar to taste.  I kinda figured that if I were to add 8 to 10, together with the natural sweetness of Loh Hon Kor and the dried longans, I could probably skip sugar altogether :)
3) A small handful of dried longans
4) 3 litres of water - which will be boiled down to 1.5 litres

Loh Hon Kor (Buddha Fruit).

Dried Chinese honey dates.

Dried Longan.

What you need to do is:
1) Wash everything.
2) Crush the Loh Hon Kor or just crack it into half so that you can 'break into' the taste.
3) Put everything into a big pot that can hold 3 litres of water.
4) Start boiling on slow fire for one hour.

You can eat the Longan and discard everything else.  Of which you'll achieve a dark liquid consistency and a lovely aroma.  Remember to let it cool before bottling (if plastic) and if you are feeling 'heaty', remember DO NOT drink while it's hot.  According to the herbal shop lady, it may have a reverse effect.  Always drink herbal tea when it's cooled either at room temperature or cold if you're heaty :)

And tada!  Love bottled!

Hami Melon sweet soup.

I normally post things for sale but last weekend, I attempted a Chinese sweet dessert soup and reckon I have to post it somewhere so that I won't forget the recipe/how-to.  And then I remember this blog, which was also meant to share with you guys some really 'kick-ass' homemade stuff.  Because stuff made at home is stuff made with love :)

I actually got the recipe from a book but I did a slightly different variation which I think turned out all right.

What you need is:

• 3/4 Hami melon cut into bigger pieces (palm size is good, by the way I have a small palm, so you judge) because once you cook it, it will shrink and melt into the soup.  I cut it into slightly bigger than bite size and kinda regretted because the longer you simmer the soup, the more the melon will melt away.  
• White fungus which you need to strip to smaller pieces and cut away the yellow hard stems.  You need to cook this a lot longer if you like it soft.  Note: A handful will do!  I was greedy and chucked in two handfuls and boy, do they grow when you soak em' in water! :Pp
• Lotus seeds - now this is the tricky one.  I threw a handful into a bowl of water to be soaked and was able to use only half of what's left.  After soaking, I decided to blanch them for 10 minutes, and it really helps getting all the dirt and skin and impurities out.  Now, the icky part is... you've got to be careful because inside these seeds, there are a lot of bugs :S So even after you de-seed it (the green colour core is bitter), you have to remove the bugs painstakingly one by one.  This is the most time consuming part of the cooking.  If you chuck em' all in without picking carefully, your loved ones will get extra nutrients in their soup ;) nice Halloween trick tho'.
• Lily bulbs - soak a handful in water to remove the impurities.  Lily bulbs are very hard when they are dry but when they get cooked, they become really delicate.  So it's really important for you to put it last before the melon, otherwise they'll disintegrate and make your soup really chalky and cloudy.
• Yellow cane sugar

What you need to do is:

• Cut melon and set aside
• Soak all the other ingredients but blanch the lotus seeds, de-seed and worm out all bugs (eeyuck!) and set aside
• Bowl water in the pot - how much is really up to you - my rough gauge was the ingredients should take up about 1/3 space of the pot.
• Once the water is boiling, throw in the white fungus and yellow cane sugar.  I only used one 5cm diameter size cane rock sugar because I wanted the ingredients to absorb some sweetness but not have the entire pot to taste diabetic.  
• Boil for half hour then add in the lotus seeds and continue on medium heat for another 40 minutes.
• Then add in the lily bulb for 10 minutes and then add in the Hami melon and bring to simmer for another 10 minutes on low heat.  Avoid stirring so that the melon doesn't disintegrate.  At this point, you can add in more cane sugar, depending on how sweet you want it to be.  The Hami melon which I got was really sweet and yummy so I kept it light.
• Then tada!  Good to go!  Personally I think this makes a really light and refreshing cold drink even though you can have it hot.  It's up to you :)

What health benefits you get?

• Hami melon: Vitamin A and C
• White fungus: Improve blood circulation, and strengthen respiratory system. It is also said to have cancer fighting and anti-aging properties.
• Lotus seeds: Good source of protein, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus with cooling properties with calming effect and reduce blood pressure.
• Lily bulbs: It can soothe a dry throat, relieve a cough and aid with heart palpitations. Good for dispelling body heat. Awesome for someone who's recovering from a cold :)

That's all folks!  Make it and make it with love :) x

Strawberry Jam Monday.

Because everyone complains about the blues on the first day of the week, I've decided to combat it with something cheerful and sweet.  So here goes:

First you need some strawberries, a lemon, some gelatine and sugar.  I wish I bought 'riper' sort of strawberries which are also more reddish than these ones.  Cause it really does give a better colour to your jam.  If your strawberries look like these, your jam will turn out to be more pinkish than red.  And in case if you don't already know, red (or the same family) is the colour that makes all food look more delicious (hence, most food brand logos have some kind of red).  So, ya try to find 'redder' strawberries if you know what I mean :)

And then you squeeze a lemon into a bowl.  You probably only need to use 1 or 2 tablespoons of lemon, depending on your personal taste.  I used 2 tablespoons to a mountainful bowl of sliced strawberries, but I would have taken it a notch down still.  Maybe 1 and half would have been sufficient.  Don't forget that strawberries have their natural sweetness and sourness too!

Add strawberries, lemon juice and sugar (I used half a small bowl - which is already too sweet for me!) into a pot or saucepan and cook em' strawberries, mash em' strawberries, stir em' strawberries till they are mushy and gooey like the picture below.  Keep stirring cause you don't want it to burn.  Best result using non-stick pot/pan otherwise good luck in your aftermath.  While you have one hand stirring the pot, you need to use the other hand to prepare the gelatin mixture.  Pour 1 tablespoon of gelatin into a bowl, add cold water, mix em' and let stand still for about 1 minute before adding into the pot, stirring constantly.  Oh yea, pretty much like a kitchen circus - two hands motion.  Reminds me of Karate Kid - wax on, wax off, wax on, wax off.  Hehe.

When everything is well-mixed, bring to boil and turn off the gas.  Let the jam sit for about 5 minutes and scoop away the foam on the top.  Once it's cooled down a little, you can fill em' into little jars :)

MMM MMM MMM :)~

See, I bet if I used riper or more reddish fruits, it'd look even more enticing.

My jars didn't have a cover.  So what I did was to wrap once with cling wrap and secure with a rubber band.  Then used some pretty origami paper (cut to perfect size) as a cover.  If it's homemade, it cannot not have a cottony sort of ribbon right?  

TADA!  できたよ！

Once the jars cooled down, you can then put them in your fridge and the gelatin will harden and you'll have a jelly texture!  If you prefer compote sort, then forget about the gelatin.

I tried.  It tastes like... strawberry jam.  Hehe.  Sweet and sourish.  It's my first time so, to be honest, I don't know how well I fared.  I made peach jam before when I lived in Japan and that was absolutely yummy!  Well, I only have two jars, so if you want one just let me know.

The entire procedure took me 2 hours which trust me, I spent MORE time decorating the jars than really cooking it.  So be encouraged, it's really not that difficult and can actually be really fun.  And nothing beats the satisfaction of looking at your end product :)

Though I have to say, a jar of jam outside costs less than 5 bucks and I think I spent 30 plus on the ingredients.  Economically speaking, it may not be the best viable option if you treat strawberry jam as a commodity.  But for your family to eat healthier (no preservatives) *ting*, to enjoy creating something out of love *ting*, to de-stress yourself from work (or any other stress inducing situation) *ting* and to be able to share this with others *ting* - now that's definitely worth more than RM5 ;)

Have fun boys and girls, have a jammy one!  x

Homemade 'chunky cashewnut butter with honey' ♥

Homemade stuff is really a joy - both the process and the outcome.  Finally got the chance to work on #thepeanutbutterproject and here's to share with you :)

First you start by making sure you have all the right ingredients.  Roasted cashews (you can use peanuts, or whatever nuts you prefer), some salt, butter and honey.

 First, blend some cashews into small chunks and then set them aside.  I later added them back into the blend to keep em' chunky :)

Then blend the rest of the cashews.

Till fine.

Add butter, honey and a tiny pinch of salt (cause roasted nuts usually are salted already).  I won't say how much but I just kept adding, and tasting, and checking the consistency of the texture.  And keep blending.

Till you get like a paste like this and it's about done!  Add back the chunky bits and hit the processor one more time.

Then spread it on~ nyams.  It's a little dry because I didn't add any oil.  I thought it'll make the whole paste oily instead of smooth like Skippy.

And last but not least... TADA! できた！

Homemade is good.  While the texture and flavour might not be something familiar (like Skippy) but imagine minus-ing all those unnecessary additives from your daily diet, one small step at a time?  Spend some quality time this weekend with quality produce :)  Enjoy your own cashewnut butter today! ♥

Recycle your reed diffuser.

Since time slowed down a little, I tried to pay more attention to the little things that make living a little more creative :)

It came like the above but I made it mine like the bottom:

That was to replace the long-gone-smell reed diffuser that I have.  I got the 'Edgar Allan Poe' replacement from Sundays that smells absolutely sweet and lovely :) I recycled the one that I have, removing the out-dated stickies and glue-y stuff (you can get a bottle of Glue Remover from Homefix), and renewed its look with dainty lace.  Just add fragrance and a few reeds and viola!  Good as new :)

I'm on leave today.  That's why.  Ahuh ;)

Have an awesome Labour Day tomorrow! x