Audrey & Pippin

Audrey Hepburn is my ultimate style icon. She’s classy yet eccentric & when I read that she had a pet dear she named Pippin, or Ip for short, I just fell in love with her a whole lot more.

Via Yes Please.

Golden

 

If you’ve noticed my blog posts are somewhat bleh this week as I’ve been busy with some issues concerning my home, which is a condominium run by a shoddy (& shady) management company with a megalomaniac as its chairman. So please excuse me for a little while k?

 

Anyways, these pictures by Sarah Smiley look so ethereal & golden-lovely, I just had to share it with you today despite whatever worries I may have. Hope you’re having a great day so far.

 

Via The Drifter & The Gypsy.

Fortune Favors The Brave

If you’ve been following my tweets, you’ll know I’m in need of bucking up. This lovely illustration is by Lilco Letterpress.

Via Design Is Mine.

DIY Milled Soap

Ever since I switched to using as much natural body products as I can get away with, I’ve amounted quite a large collection of handmade soaps made with natural ingredients, no preservatives & no animal testing or animal by-products. So I was very intrigued when I came across this tutorial of how to make your own milled soap. I might just give it a go one day.

Via CRAFT.

Your Secret

Your secret from Jean-Sebastien Monzani on Vimeo.


The following was taken off Jean-Sebastien Monzani’s Vimeo description of the video above: ”"Your Secret" is a movie about you.Something quite different as compared to my other works, this short movie evokes a complicity between the spectator and the narrator. Something cheerful, something mysterious, something simple, something that hopefully maybe brightens your day. Hope you'll like it.”

I liked it, indeed.

It’s such a beautiful & inspiring gem of a video. After watching this, I feel so inspired to make something new, just for myself. How about you?

Via See Hear Say.

Mimpi Murni ♥ Chic Pop (always & forever)

Wheeeee! Are you excited about the wonderful Chic Pop Street Market yet? It’s undoubtedly one of my favorite Market/Bazaar to be a part of because of the latest & the best fashion picks in KL. I kid you not. In fact, here are some really awesome reasons you should make a stop at Chic Pop this Saturday (not to mention that Mimpi Murni will be there with all new designs & a few surprises up my sleeve).

Pencil this in folks:
Date: 9th October 2010
Time: 12 - 6pm
Venue: TTDI Plaza (map)
Don't forget to RSVP at the Facebook event page!

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who took the time out to drop by my little ol' booth! It means a lot to me to get to meet my blog readers & tweet followers... you guys give me the push I need to keep reaching for the moon & stars. Big hugs all around!

Anyways, one of my fave bloggers, Shelby, did a write up about Chic Pop so head on over & give her some bisous while you're at it!

Elle

It’s no secret that I love papercut art & 19 year old Elle from the Philippines has stolen my heart with her adorably quirky papercuttings. She has a rad little blog too that I’m currently going through. Have a looksee.

Via Happiness Is.

Guiness Cake

My man loves to have a pint of Guiness at the end of the work day. So much so that I’m actually contemplating trying to bake this Guiness cake by Irish-born and Sydney-based food photographer/food stylist Katie Quinn Davies. Good intentions aside, I have to admit I can’t cook to save my life so I’m secretly hoping some of you bakers out there can bake this for me (I’ll pay you to!). Please email me if you’re up for it ;P

Via Design*Sponge.

Ice Cream

I’ve always loved Sarah McLachlan & this video of her performing live with her then-hubby, drummer Ashwin Sood a simple love song just made me love her even more. Enjoy!

Your love is better than ice cream
Better than anything else that I’ve tried
And your love is better than ice cream
Everyone here know how to fight

And it’s a long way down
It’s a long way down
It’s a long way down to the place
Where we started from

Your love is better than chocolate
Better than anything else that I’ve tried
Oh love is better than chocolate
Everyone here knows how to cry

It’s a long way down
It’s a long way down
It’s a long way down to the place
Where we started from...

I’m An Advanced Diver!

OMG, I had the BEST EVER dives over the weekend! Visibility underwater was clear for at least 20 – 30 meters at all the dive sites around Tioman which is almost unheard of & I’m so happy to see that coral bleaching which was so widespread a few months back is now under control. Getting my Advanced certification was surprisingly easy even though I thought I was going to royally screw up Underwater Navigation (I had never held a compass prior to last weekend) & freak out during the Night Dive, but man, it was all a breeze! Of course, it helps that I had such an awesome instructor (also known as my fiancé) & the guys that I did my certification with were so much fun to be around that I felt no pressure whatsoever.

I can’t wait for our next dive trip but that will have to wait till after our wedding in April next year. Till then, I’ll be dreaming of clear blue waters, colorful coral reefs, marine life big & small…