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March 30, 2011

FIVE Things That I Am Grateful For TODAY and YESTERDAY

i havent posted anything for awhile. been stumped with familial commitments... and moreover, with the lack of inspiration to write when i have to wrestle with my young son on laptop time.


because i rather let him use it, because hey, i'm the Adult here. :P


anyways, just to share the 'meme' which was passed between us four sisters, and posted in our respective FB last week.


here it is, have a read:

this 'count your blessings' write up was initiated by my younger sister Dikya earlier this week at which i jokily asked whether it was a tag, more because i havent written much recently, so it would give me a good excuse. :)so it became a tag between us sisters and now that Ta, my twin has written hers, i should get cracking. (and pass the baton to Kak long, my elder sister)

i wanted to write yesterday but between the news of my already ailing grandmother suffering from a mild stroke and visiting her later; and going through the motions of (my kids') weekend schedule, i was worn to write. so here are my 5:

1. I am grateful for my two animated and boisterous boys who mean the world to me, who lift me up and love me unconditionally as i do them.

2. I am grateful that i have a job because i have an income to afford stuff for my boys and not feel (that) guilty for buying my own stuff. :P

3. I am grateful that despite being meatier and *cough* older now, i am (now) relatively healthy with able limbs and sound mind.

4. I am grateful that i have a spouse who supports me (and my idiosyncrasies) even when he sometimes does not understand me (and this goes both ways).

5. I am grateful that even though we dont see eye to eye all the time, there is dinner on the table, my maid is rightly supervised and my boys are a lot happier. and as a result i am meatier. :D

so, there. to surmise, do count your blessings. which i think should be on daily basis.and if you want to share them here, i'll be ever so grateful to read them. ;)

Kaklong, your turn now. :)


March 14, 2011

Crepe de Chine

i am always fascinated by this fabric's loveliness and luxuriness ( or perhaps more so that it has 'de Chine' at the back ) so i decided to check it out today.

so here is a summarised definition, which i got from here :

crepe de Chine, also spelled Crêpe De Chine,  (French: “crepe of China”), light and fine plainwoven dress fabric produced either with all-silk warp and weft or else with a silk warp and hard-spun worsted weft. A crepe de Chine texture has a slightly crepe character, a feature produced by the use of weft, or filling, yarns spun with the twist running in reverse directions and known as right-hand and left-hand twist, respectively. During weaving, the picks of filling are inserted in the order of “two-and-two” (i.e., with two picks of weft with a right-hand twist and two picks with a left-hand twist).

and here is the visual image :



and this a lovely crepe de chine creation by Emilio Pucci



as well as my favourite designer at the moment - Chloe.

Chloé Chloé Chloé Chloé 

with the exception of the last picture - which is a confection made of cotton and crepe de chine - all featured piece of clothing are made from crepe de chine.

arent they divinely gorgeous? but outrageously expensive for my pay scale. the designer brand, i mean. :P

now, do these make you want to go out and get a piece of crepe de chine and create something similarly or even more beautiful?

:)

PS: not in the mood for words today, so i am looking for visuals to stimulate my ache for creativity.


picture credits are from (in order of arrangement) :
http://www.voguefabricsstore.com/
www.fashionfuss.com
www.net-a-porter.com

March 11, 2011

Shawling Part 1

Style 1

Style 2

PICTURES do speak louder than words - apparently - and since the pictures (and shawl... oooookay, AS WELL AS model are beautiful and engaging), one would like to try the style as depicted above.

one must remember the importance of advertisement in marketing one's products.

the two different styles do not differ much but they still impose a sizeable challenge to me, as i am all thumbs!

today, i'm trying out Style 2. hopefully, it does not look like i'm wearing a beehive on top of my head. :P

(pictures are shamelessly taken from http://www.sugarscarfbyriqa.com/ - they do have lovely shawls and hijabs at amazingly affordable prices, but unfortunately in limited quantity, so better be 'kiasu' and try to make an advance booking *wink*)