cheers to us

Happy 2nd wedding anniversary. I heart you. XOXO

eye spy

...with my little eye, something beginning with C. Give up already? It's Crazy Cool Chairs. Old chairs to be exact. Old chairs abandoned in the porch of my in laws neighbors house. Oh, they're so retro-ish but in awful condition. I'm hoping just the fabric, though. Hmm... yes, I think they need to be rescued. Now, I just have to get the courage to ask if they're for sale, if I can have them, and then if I can stack them at my in laws house :) I couldn't find the exact picture of what they look like, but they are a combination of the chairs below.

this beach-chair look here

some chairs over at  Apartment Therapy

It's the chair on the right I blogged about here. I think it's the most closest of what I can remember of them. I spy on them, remember? It definitely has the wood piece above the legs, and the legs are identical. 

new wall pockets

Here's Little Farmer wall pockets sold at Duta Harapan Bazar today for IDR 35.000 each. 

fabian's circus party

He turned one. And my dream to throw a circus party finally came true. We threw him his party on the exact date he was born. How time flies!  But due to copywriting and translation projects I agreed to work on some time before the party made me miss a few things that I wish I had more effort in making them complete the party. Oh well, no use in regreting. Here's some of the party props and the pics on how the party went. Enjoy!

I made sure the fonts for the invitations were circus themed. I used the Circus, Carnivalee Freakshow, and JFRingmaster Font I downloaded here.

I attached self made coupons on each invitation. Like being at a carnival, the kids were free to swap a coupon with snack and goodies. There were pink and white candy floss (Gula gula), strawberry and chocolate ice cream (es krim) and goodie bags filled with food, milk, and a drawing book with coloring pencils for the kids to take home. 

I ordered the clown cake from my sister. The face is covered with white chocolate and everything on and surround it are sweet treats. Isn't it just perfect?!

 

My mom made the clown suit. She did a great job! Now, I should learn from her how to make such cute outfits in just so little time.

 

I printed these and the had them enlarged at the photocopies. Then I decorated them with crepe paper. These were stuck near to where the children could swap their coupons. 

The entertainment. I hired two of these "odong-odong" for the kids to freely take turns in riding. It was a big hit. The queue was quite long :) I actually had a carrousel in mind, but that was quite impossible :P

The Party

At the end of the day, what was left was one tired baby, and two happy parents :) 

toast, anyone?

A perfect breakfast would be on a nice sunny Sunday morning with tea and bread, strawberry jam, Skippy peanut butter, and these coasters. 'Toast It' coasters designed by Patricia Naves for Design Studio OITI are so cute! Don't you think they look like the real thing? This picture: the perfect breakfast - including that nice water jug too :)

old suitcases

... that I wish were mine. I'm heading to Bengkulu this weekend for a wedding. This will be my first time to Sumatera so I'm extra excited. What's not exciting is that I only can bring one suitcase and it's already dominated by the baby's stuff. Really, I need that suitcase!

Image: Fatty Tuna

my vintage chair

Here's another find at the garage sale. I didn't mean to buy anything when I went there, just wanted to browse around. But then this fella kind of caught me. It took me around 15 minutes to browse, ask a few things to the shop keeper, make my decision, purchase it, have it cleaned, and take a photo of it. Quick shopping I say. I can see how lovely it will look after a good fix. It has so much character. Imagine it painted white with a choice of bright vintage printed fabric for the seat. Oh likey...

Meanwhile I dream,  here are a few ideas for the chair seat I found that I like and would also make a good match.

A project done by audreymarie via design*sponge

lucindasymons via desire to inspire