Butterflies

These butterflies are actually hand crocheted from alpaca wool & made in Bolivia. Have a look here for more designs.

Recycled Gift Wrap

I think I nearly busted a gut when I saw this Chilly Dog Recycled Gift Wrap! I just love how the dachshund pups are wearing reindeer antlers and seemingly totally focused on the snow covered fire hydrant. Too cute! And so perfect for Christmas which is only ONE MONTH from today people!

More recycled gift wrap loveliness over at Radiant Ideas where they specialise in world friendly gifts.

ARTrage Lab

Mimpi will be taking part in Bijou Bazaar's latest instalment: ARTrage Lab at Soho KL in conjunction with its Grand Launch. Do come by for some Christmas shopping as there will be lots of art, clothes & crafts for sale. Also don't forget to stick around & check out the latest indie band performances lined up.

Dates: 29 & 30 November 2008
Venue: North Atrium, 1st Floor, Soho KL, Solaris Mont'Kiara, 2 Jalan Solaris, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
Operating Hours: 2.08pm - 9.08pm

Mimpi will only be there on Saturday (29 Nov) as I have a special birthday treat for a special someone planned for Sunday so I hope to see you lovelies at ARTrage on Saturday!

Click on the map above for a better view

Oh yeah, and before I forget, there will also be Malaysia's first Toys + Collectibles Market under Joujou + Shugi happening at the same time! You're never too old for action figures I say.

More info here

The Fashionette

Mimpi has been featured at The Fashionette! Thanks to Dee, the dedicated mastermind behind Threadszoo & The Fahsionette for the lovely writeup & great pictures from UoX! Every ounce of Dee exudes goodness, enthusiasm & talent so I'm tickled pink (not to mention honoured) that she likes my work.

More pictures of UoX from Dee here.

Gmail Themes

Imagine my excitement when I opened my Gmail today & discovered I now have an option of themes to decorate my oh so bland & boring inbox! Just check out just some of the 30 themes available... not bad huh? Thanks Google for making my life just a little bit more colorful :)

With Christmas Coming Soon....

Thought it'd be nice to decorate my table with some DIY Christmas ornaments for some upcoming events so I did some sleuthing at all my favorite blogs & found this simple yet awesome tutorial for Stacking Christmas Trees over at The Small Object. They're originally made with fabric & interfacing but I think they'd be great made with scrap paper too & spruced up with some sequins & ribbons. I can so imagine these trees gracing someone's table for Christmas dinner. Happy crafting!

Ann Wood's Birds

How adorable are these handmade bride & groom bird cake toppers? I'll tell you how adorable: GOSH DARN ADORABLE that's how! Oh, and look! A little Country Girl bird too! Ann Wood is the crafty maven behind these adorable birdies & I'm in lust, I swear (with the birds not her lah!). Check out her blog too as that's where she unveils her new designs before she puts it up for sale. I'm going to go stalk it now.

My Weekend

Saturday was spent at UoX where I had a blast! Thanks to those that came by & tried to pronounce the magic word. Good try people! Now, go watch Mary Poppins! I'm shocked so many of you haven't seen it or remember it. Tsk!

My new table set up. At least now you can see yourself with the mirror set at eye level!

The new cross stitch sign I made the night before. I think I better point out that the flowers are actually earrings lest anyone out there thinks I have mad cross stitching skills! (Which I don't)

Kudos to Dee of Threadszoo for flawlessly planning everything. She even sent the traders checklists, maps, layouts, the works! I truly appreciate all the info... the more, the better I say when it comes to these sort of events. Needless to say, I was well-prepared for the on-slaught of people that came to CapSquare to party & shop. Event though I had to cut my time at UoX short, I was dead on my feet & only too happy to crash into bed that night.

Ah, but then.... Sunday, glorious Sunday!

I was up at the crack of dawn with the bf & his buddies for this view. Believe it or not but this is in Ampang!!

Small possibilities. I love this little boy's bright yellow shorts & enthusiasm to match! His constant excited chatter scared off the fishes though but he wasn't too dissapointed as far as I could tell. Boy, isn't it great being a kid?

Boys & their toys (well, ok some kids never quite grow up!). The bf is in the middle flanked by his buds.

Last shot of the morning. The mist was starting to clear up & the sun was just about ready to peek out from under those clouds.

And no expedition no matter how short is complete without trying out a new place to makan and thanks to Shazli who was the one leading us the entire way, we had the best nasi lemak EVER. I judge nasi lemak based on the rice & this nasi was the lemak-est I've every had, hand's down!. I didn't manage to take a snap shot of the nasi lemak though. We were hungry. Enough said.

With our bellies full, the bf & I then spent the rest of the morning & afternoon at the dive pool operated by Kembara Dive Centre in Bandar Tun Razak where we got to mess around & play shark under the pretense of practising our buoyancy for scuba diving. I worked on evening out my tan too to no avail. I now have dive sock tan lines. Sheesh!

This shot was taken a week before our Tioman trip last month. I was wearing a wet suit cos the water in the pool was freezing! Can you see how blue my lips are?!?

Later that night we went to our friend's little do at The Lodge to celebrate their anniversary & the wife's birthday. They're one of the sweetest couple I know, all goodness & sincerity. Happy Anniversary Jocelyn & Mail + Happy Birthday Jocelyn! The pictures from the party will be up as soon as I can smuggle the camera back from the bf. It's pretty hilarious what people will do when they're in need of a little entertainment. Pictures soon!

After a pretty exhausting 2 days, I capped it off with finally picking up the sequel to Twilight which I blogged about obsessing here. Although I was really really pooped, I was up till about 3am reading New Moon! The things people do for their addiction.

So, how was your weekend?

Beautiful Morning

Just had to take a picture of the beautiful morning we're having here in KL... so far. It seems that it's been raining all day, every day lately doesn't it? Hopefully this peek of clear blue skies & greenery will cheer someone up especially those stuck in the office.

Oh yeah, and don't forget to come to the UoX Blockparty happening tomorrow at CapSquare from 1pm onwards! Mimpi will be there with 20% discount for all XPax users & what if you're not an XPax user? Just say the magic word SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALODOCIOUS & you'll get the discount too (applies only at the Blockparty)! Now go practice your pronounciation ;)

More info on the Blockparty at KLue.

The Little Happy Shop

Found this lovely Little Girl Mug designed by Shinzi Katoh on The Little Happyshop which is a great online shop based in neighboring Singapore that carries all sorts of cuteness, from kitchen ware to bags. Anyways, I love the little girls in the red cloak & hood. Reminds me of a certain fairy tale...