Archive for June, 2011

Honeysuckle- color of the year 2011
Flower Inspirations / Interior Styling

Honeysuckle- color of the year 2011

Read on the PANTONE, honeysuckle is the color of this year. The reddish and pinkish color is very vibrant. It shines through our blue days and gives us more confidence to walk through difficult challenges. The color is very vivid and when you see it, you will never forget about […]

Cute textile finds
Interior Styling

Cute textile finds

Hi everyone, I hope you all enjoyed the first day of the week, and enjoy reading my Monday recipe on the blog. Today is the day for design and crafts. Before I start the blog, I will tell a story of my own. My grandpa used to own a textile […]

Tips for organizing your own tea party
Interior Styling

Tips for organizing your own tea party

In 2005, I was invited by John’s family to visit his family in Cape Town. It was my first time in South Africa. There were so many nice memories, but the afternoon tea at the Mount Nelson Hotel always come up to my mind when I have tea with my […]

A feeling of a tropical paradise at home – color of turquoise
Interior Styling

A feeling of a tropical paradise at home – color of turquoise

When I think of the color turquoise, it reminds me of the feeling of a tropical paradise, beach and relax holiday. Many people would like to have this kind of feeling at home. How will it work? 1) feeling of dreamy. You can try to apply some nature material, organic […]

Love pink
Flower Inspirations / Interior Styling

Love pink

When I was a little girl, I grew up with my grandma, I did not have pink or bright color in my room. Most of my clothes are grey, black, white, and blue. Occasionally I have red for the New Year’s celebration. In the past few years, When I did […]

Creative card making ideas
Design

Creative card making ideas

In the past a few months, I made quite some cards and invitations for family and friends. It is such a great fun to make your own cards. Creating some unique cards is such a rewarding way of telling your family an friends how much you care about them. How […]

A little flower girl
Flower Inspirations

A little flower girl

My childhood was great, I spent most of time in the countryside where I could breath the fresh air and watch the rice field. We were living in a little village in the city of Yu Yao, China. I always tried to locate where my village is on the map […]

Asian Flavoured Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Food

Asian Flavoured Pumpkin Soup Recipe

A friend of mine gave me a pumpkin during yesterday’s workshop. He asked me if I can make a pumpkin recipe next time. I thought maybe I should wait till weekend to make it, because Monday is always my busiest day of the week. My father always tells me not […]

Joy to the world of home fragrance
Fragrance / Interior Styling

Joy to the world of home fragrance

Today I would like to talk about how to use scent for our room. I am not suggesting any specific notes in today’s blog, but a few lines of thoughts; which could help you to optimize the joy of nice ambient. Sometimes I heard people complaining about the scent at […]

Five ideas for a good weekend treat
Flower Inspirations / Interior Styling

Five ideas for a good weekend treat

What a great idea to have a good treat in the weekend. Do not say: “I am too busy to clean up my home”, “I need to do grocery shopping, and I don’t have time to think about a good treat”. I think a good treat does not take too […]

Love eco friendly designed wallpaper
Interior Styling

Love eco friendly designed wallpaper

When come to the wall, I prefer less is more. I will keep most of my wall white, then it will give me more space to choose color for accessories. When I come across these eco friendly designed wallpaper, I could not stop thinking of applying some tips for your […]

Four ways to green your home
Interior Styling

Four ways to green your home

Spring is the time when most of us feel like to have more greens in the house; we feel like to open our chest to breath freely. The sunny weather is getting prettier every time, and we feel like to grow something green in our space in the city dwelling. […]