25
Jan 2012

big girl toys + links

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    • The teeny teapots (and pitchers?) finally joined their life-sized sisters on the shelves.
    • These are the two newest additions to my teapot collection. They’re pin cushions! De. Light. Ful.
    • Thanks for these, boyfriend.
    • Our new place is very near a wet market. For you non-Filipinos, that’s like a farmer’s market, but not as pretty. The market near us has one stall that sells fresh flowers. However, I wasn’t able to buy a bunch until a few days ago. Take note that we moved in late November. For almost two months, I kept wondering if some sort of magical edict that didn’t allow me to buy flowers was passed. That was the only explanation I could find for always finding the flower stall empty every time I passed by the market. Thankfully, a few days ago, said magical edict was lifted.
    • Staying true to our cozy cafe/kitschy-artsy theme, I displayed a part of my collection of secondhand children’s books near our dining table. I sewed short curtains for the house so the books somehow complete the dining area. Bonus: the covers are fun to look at while eating or having coffee.
    • Egg, the cat with the big ideas. Egg, the cat who is always up to something. Egg, the cat with the twirly tail. Egg, the cat who runs to me when she’s got no other furry creature to play with. Egg, the silliest in this house of silly cats.
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    • My blog stats plugin was broken for several weeks. I was just about to give up obsessing about my page views when it healed itself. The first thing I noticed was THIS shoutout over at College Fashion. Color me flattered.
    • Recent genius DIY find: these tea light candle covers. I will be making these soon-ish.
    • Hair envy.
    • Drooled over Burberry Prorsum SS2012 runway photos I found over at Pop Culture, Fashion, & Magic. Also found the inspiration for my next tutorial: tabbed skirt!
    • THIS. How wonderful! I can taste the colors!
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22
Jan 2012

maxed out

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Were I to make a poll of the number of valued voices in our house that love maxi dresses, I’d come up with mine and those of our 4 cats. I love them because they’re fun to wear; the cats do, too, because they see maxi dresses as walking curtains.

After this project, methinks the boyfriend has seen just how fun maxi dresses can be as well. Of course, there is the possibility that he only admitted that he liked this dress because he got tired of me barging on his office to ask him what he thought of it. But let’s go with him finally liking maxi dresses genuinely. It’s more fun that way.

What my sewing machine and I came up with:


…after I checked out SS2012 runway photos and found this:

more…

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20
Jan 2012

a blogging paradox

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Life. Life is what happens while you’re busy saving drafts for future blog posts.

That moment of profundity is brought to you by my second cup of coffee for the day. I will tell you the brand but this is not that kind of blog. Harhar.

You may have noticed a steady decline of blog posts on these here parts. This time, I actually have reasons other than general laziness for this lack of updates. Off the top of my head, I can cite “playing house,” actual sewing time, reading, BBC’s Sherlock, deadlines, and watching the cats act silly. Then there’s the incredibly amazing “going out, spending time with the boyfriend, and enjoying it without taking photos for the blog” reason. How very pre-internet of me but holy macaroni, it’s fun.

Now “playing house” is the second most enjoyable of these reasons. Apparently, a bigger house means bigger playground for good, old Meream. Yes, emphasis on the “old” but I will discuss that another time. So far, my favorite playthings are picture frames.

doesn't this vignette beautifully represent everything that my boyfriend and i love? that is a print of an illustration he did, by the way. and that sewing machine music box was one of his Christmas gifts for me.

old frame + treasured Norman Rockwell print

miniature project + a scene from My Neighbor Totoro

giant playing cards silently judging me in the shower

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14
Jan 2012

at the risk of jinxing things

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…it’s looking like I will be getting out of my cave more this year.

Last Friday, the boyfriend and I attended the opening of an art exhibit presented by local contemporary artists. A couple of hours of seeing old faces, saying “how’ve you beens” and smiling at strangers are not fatal, it turns out.

the boyfriend's piece, "Problem Child"

CRAFTED: bag, rings, necklaces / THRIFTED: tuxedo blazer, lace shorts / GIFTED: watch

Bigger photo of the boyfriend’s piece HERE.

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