So the past Saturday, we did a photo shoot for our first collection. Well well.. Our first collection? Did I just say that? Okay I’ll just tell you. I partner with my friend (her name is duhita) starting up business of an online clothing shop, which will be launched this very near future. I can’t quite explain how magical it feels that we finally make it until this point. Our deal has taken place in mid 2011 but we went really slow due to the wedding preparation thingy. Therefore, I’m quite relieved that we’re now very close to the launch time. Despite having no ability to foresee the future as to where this business will lead to or how things will unfold, we’ll stay positive still. Because the truth is, we really enjoy every single step: picking the theme, creating mood board, shopping fabrics, taking to the tailor, working on the website, thinking hard on every details and bits of our business strategy, and the list goes. Doing all those stuff is really fascinating! Enjoying what we do is what exactly matters, isn’t it?

The past weekend we drove again to Bandung for a small gathering with the family from my mum in law’s side, particularly for Michael’s grandmother (which practically becomes my grandmother, too) birthday celebration. We went a bit up north of Bandung, to Ciater, precisely. It’s quite a shame that during my five year living in Bandung I hadn’t been to Ciater, not even once. haha. So I was glad to finally have the chance to visit this well-known place. It was a high land and I gasped quite often at the beautiful scenery along our journey. I can’t get enough of beautiful natural scenery. Tea plantation and pine trees lied on the right and left side of us, everything was in fresh green nuance and just beautiful! The gloomy weather even made a perfect addition to the laid back and relaxed moment we looked forward to.

I’m trying to convince Michael that we should go for a short escape to places of this kind more often (say once a month), also that we should get us a new lens for our camera (canon 24-70mm) or a decent new pocket camera (Fuji Film X100, yes pleaseee), but no luck! Haha. Ok, to my wish list they go! Anyway, this Saturday (tomorrow!!) will be covered a photo shoot for a little project I’ll tell you soon. So excited! Happy Friday, have a good weekend! x

I just added a couple of books into our mini library for me to read. Those are a few who are waiting in line to be read. Last year was a crazy packed one for me, I barely had my me-time to nurture my hobbies and enjoy myself. However, this year, I’ve set a goal or target to read more and more books (at least finishing those pile of books I bought last year). It’s that awesome feeling to flick through the pages, dream myself while reading, contented with the emotion in the story, engage with endless curiosity, and feel relieve at last as I arrive on the last page. Reading books really allow my imagination to go wild and explore things that matter to my mind.

Anyway, last week was quite a whirlwind. Hope this week ahead will be a happy happy one. Have a good Monday and wonderful week, readers! x

Thanks to the genius brains behind the creation of Pinterest that now I can always count on it whenever I’m in thirst of inspirations about almost everything. I can’t seem to get enough staring at my computer screen and scrolling down the mouse for more and more ideas. I love  Pinterest! I’ve had my own account and thus created my own boards after being invited to join the club, find me here. I’m particularly lusting over the storage and home decor inspirations.

As seen in above picture, are two of my picks on office ideas. My dream office would look exactly like those two! Clean white nuance and a bit of bright colour splashes, pictures on the mood board, retro vintage detail of interior. I would really love that kind of office, please! haha. Husband told me I’m free to change any room in the house into my own working space. I’m really going to consider that, husband! Love you lots. This dream office is sensed as a great way to spur creativity.

Have a good Monday, readers! Have a whole fun of week! x

My most favourite time of everyday is cooking for my husband! haha. Well, honestly I don’t cook three times a day. What an effort because it generally takes 1 hour for one cooking session (and we will likely finish the meal less than half an hour, haha). Husband doesn’t like big meal for breakfast. That’s good for me because I don’t have to cook in early morning, yay! So usually I cook twice a day (in the afternoon for my lunch and late afternoon for our dinner). Recently, we are up to healthy lifestyle. We assumed healthy eating would make a good start so vegetables dishes always top our kitchen menu. My favourite vegetables are pictured above, broccoli and carrot. I’m really into simple and easy cooking and what I usually do is sauteing them altogether with simple seasoning. Quick and easy! haha. Cooking for vegetables is easy yet tricky. I should make up my mind for vegetables dishes variation in order to make tummy happy, healthiness assured and kitchen lively. Anyway, happy Friday! Weekend is just around the corner, yay!

p.s. I’m writing again for my other blog macarons and cupcakes. x