Homemade Presents

Yay! Managed to restock these darling little mason jars for my Brown Sugar Body Scrub. The ingredients for this batch has been refined & I made different tags to go with it. Recognise the tags? They're actually my business cards that I cut up. Thought they'd look cute as tags too.

This batch was made to be given out to my aunties for Christmas. We as a family don't really celebrate (I'm Muslim) but one of my aunties on my mother's side is Christian so we all gather at her house during Christmas to stuff ourselves silly in a big family style potluck dinner party. This year I just thought it'd be nice to have my aunties pamper themselves a little.

I packed all the little mason jars in organza bags & placed them all in a wicker basket for safe transportation. Brown sugar + oil + car seat = not good.

My "contribution" to the potluck dinner party. Dark chocolate & peanut butter cups plus candied orange peel. I made them all from scratch using whatever I had at home. It was a very last minute decision you see... heheee. I think I may have wrapped it up all too prettily though as they didn't end up being eaten during the party. That, or my family has simply no confidence in my cooking skills! -_-

Blanching the orange peels. Proof that I made it all by myself! :P

Psst!

It's the last day of the Mimpi Xmas Sale. Grab the available Necklaces, Earrings, Bracelets & More quick!

WoOhooOooooo

Check it out! KLue did a survey amongst its readers & Bijou Bazaar came out tops as KL's favorite fashion bazaar!


All that hardwork, kindness & integrity shows! I'm so very, very happy for the folks of Bijou Bazaar as they're seriously one of the nicest people around & I highly recommend anyone who wants to try out opening a stall to make your first foray with them... although don't just show up on the day of the bazaar without registering & receiving confirmation first like some people have done in the past. So muka tebal wan.

Anyways: WoOhooOooooo Bijou Bazaar!

My Wishlist

Here's my relatively short list of what I want for Christmas (or anytime of the year come to think of it):

+ a complete set of dive gear in PINK! I'm such a girl :P
+ I'll settle for a Pink Oxycheq BCD if a complete dive gear is out of the question.
+ a sewing machine
+ a new camera
+ a custom made display table for Mimpi
+ a new set of professional pliers
+ like the rest of the world, I'd like this lap top please!
+ an iPod Touch with custom engraving. Too cute!
+ an all expense paid trip to either Turkey, India, Morocco or Mexico
+ another me so that I can be at two places or do two things at the same time!

What's on your wish list?

Season's Greetings!

Before some of you take off for your Christmas & New Year break I'd like to take this opportunity to...

Fleur De Lis

I had a BLAST at the Fleur De Lis Bazaar last Friday & Saturday! Thanks for all the lovin' & the support folks! It truly means the world to me :)

Here are some pictures of my table set up on both Friday & Saturday. I just wish that I has more time to take pictures of the mobs of people at the bazaar & other vendor's table but as I was all on my lonesome self I had to stay glued to my table.

Friday evening. I spent a total of TWO HOURS stuck in traffic trying to get to Bangsar in time. Needless to say, I was late. The picture above is my table set up before the onslaught of fellow dreamers who wiped me clean! But I'm not complaining ;)

Friday night. I finally get to use my custom made Block On! light by Syamly! I got heaps of compliments but really, credit should go to Syamly who's not only talented but a really nice guy to boot!

Saturday afternoon. I got to the bazaar late (again!) as I had to make new pieces of jewelry lest my table ends up looking sadly pathetic. Brought along an extra lamp too just in case ligthing turned out sadly pathetic too.

Saturday evening. Stephanie, me & Yien Yee of A Shopaholic's Den. I think they did a good job overall. Stephanie who was part of the Shopaholic's Den team & Yien Yee who is the head honcho were extremely helpful by helping me out with every little request (including minding my table while I went to the loo!). A+ for effor & integrity!

Saturday evening. I love how cozy this set up looks. I think I'll include the lamps again the next time I do a bazaar. Luckily they're uber lightweight & tres chic. Get yours at IKEA folks, my home away from home!

'Tis The Season To PARTY!

If you're like me, then you'd love a well stocked bar at a party (good company optional as with the right amount of alcohol even the most boring party-goer will became the life of the party!).

This being the season to be merry, I thought I'd share the post I found on Hostess with the Mostess regarding stocking a bar at home. Go read up!

Questions

Sorry, no time to post anything much today darlings. I'm busy with last minute preparations for Fleur De Lis tonight (so much for being quite relaxed this week :P)! Do drop by, say hey ya & pick up one or two pieces of Mimpi jewelry k? I've got some brand spankin' new jewelry designs to unveil... Come & see for yourself ;)

Oh hey, here's a quickie before I go! If you're in the market for some unique, top-notch t-shirts made right here in KL to give out this Christmas, check out Question The Brand tees. They have a limited edition Question Santa tee (only 80 in circulation) & are having a promo! Their high-quality tees usually retails at RM89 but for a limited time only the Question Santa tees are going for RM69! But wait, it gets better folks! If you enter the code QuestionMimpi they'll knock off another RM10! That's RM59!! Check out their controversial design... pretty neat eh?

Hmmm... since you put it that way! I'll never look at Santa the same way again 0_o

Go grab it before they're gone by emailing questionthebrand@gmail.com & don't forget to tell them that Murni sent ya! (Enter the code QuestionMimpi to get a further reduction of RM10)

Mimpi Body Scrub

In an attempt to be eco conscious & creative yet fabulous this year, I decided to make a batch of Brown Sugar Body Scrubs to give out as Christmas cum thank you pressies this year.

The body scrub is pretty simple to make & smells absolutely delicious especially since I added Coffee scented fragrance oil to the mix! Heaven. It leaves a lovely scent on the skin which is not overpowering & with the Vitamin E oil added it's really moisturising too.

I scored these adorable mini glass mason jars from Peddlars in Great Eastern Mall & I must have cleaned them out 'cos I can't find them there anymore! Let me know if you see them anywhere ya?

The tags were simply made with some scraps of Japanese cotton fabric I have lying around & I hand wrote each little label with the list of ingredients at the back. I left the tags pretty much as is as I think the frayed edges adds a little shabby chic charm. Then I topped it all off with a little bow & there you have it, Mimpi Body Scrub.

I personally use it before shaving my legs as the scrub exfoliates (well, duh!) & when I lightly rinse it off the oil residue on my skin is just perfect to make shaving super smooth! Good bye expensive shaving creams! I also find scrubbing very relaxing & the sort of sugar I used has very fine granules so it doesn't hurt my skin like some other scrubs I've used in the past.

I will continue to refine my recipe & will share it with you some day soon. Stay tuned now!

Life Besides Mimpi

Hello. That's me wearing a copy of Samarinda that I just HAD to make for myself too!

How has your week been so far? Surprisingly I've been having quite a relaxing week hence the overload of blog posts!

Anyways, thought I'd share some pictures with you from my life besides jewelry making. Shocking isn't it that I have a life outside of Mimpi? Hehehe

Click on the links below for a peek into my life in the last month or so...

PPKM Dinner at Mandrin Oriental

White Water Rafting at Kuala Kubu Baru

Rick & Trish's Wedding Reception

This picture never fails to crack me up because AJ on the left was totally oblivious! Hehehehe.
Josselyn & Mail's BBQ Anniversary Dinner.