Furniture Shopping~~

I finally downloaded the pictures from day out with my sister in law.. She has a great taste.. of course living in over 100 years old English mansion(smile), having a size of our bedroom as her closet!. She took me one of her favorite Furniture store in Richmond, called Momu. Their theme is " Blend Asian antique with French baroque ".

Here is my sis in law, dreaming of having white couch..

She is still thinking...

such a simple piece of sofa with fabric screen..

Very white lounge setting..

many of the sofas were covered with Belgian Linen !

I am in love wih Belgian Linen...

Very interesting Desk made with leather.

"Style may be individual but taste and refinement are eternal"

by Momu..

We are having a lot of rain lately, which is just perfect.. my garden is becoming green again..

xx

Julie.

27 Ways to Go Out of Your Mind

I subscribe Depak Chopra's news letter time to time I find an interesting article. Things always happening for a reason... Time for me to get back to my meditation ritual which have forgotten for a while..

Below is from the Newsletter.. Enjoy and have a great Weekend!!

Pause for a moment, close your eyes, and become aware of what’s happening in your mind. You’ll notice that you are engaged in a perpetual internal dialogue, interpreting and evaluating what has happened, is happening, or might happen to you.

The mind has an astonishing capacity to hop from one idea to the next, and most people have an average of 60,000 thoughts each day. About 59,000 of these thoughts, however, are the same ones we had yesterday. We think and do things repeatedly, and then we wonder why it’s so difficult to create something new in our lives.

What is the alternative? Become intimate with the silent spaces between your thoughts. Beneath the mind’s noisy surface lies the domain of consciousness that gives rise to the judgments in your mind and the molecules in your body. We experience this field of pure awareness when we meditate, see a rainbow, hear an awe-inspiring piece of music, feel ecstatic love, taste a delicious food, or breathe in a beautiful scent. Whenever we have an experience beyond words –whenever we go out of our minds – we touch the unlimited dimension of our being and open ourselves to new and creative possibilities.

27 Ways to Go Out of Your Mind

1. Invite someone new out to lunch.
2. Take a break from TV and radio news for at least a week, detaching from the mass consciousness of fear.
3. Find inspiration. Visit http://www.darynkagan.com/ for stories about the good things that are happening in the world.
4. Make a list of everything you would try if you weren’t afraid – and then do one thing on that list.
5. Try Nadi Shodhana or channel clearing breathing. Learn how here.
6. Take an improvisational acting class.
7. Practice chakra tuning.
8. Explore your sense of touch. Dig your toes into the earth. Luxuriate in a hot shower. Caress your loved ones.
9. Close your eyes and say to yourself, I wonder what my next thought will be – and notice what happens.
10. Keep a gratitude journal, writing down everything you’re grateful for at the end or beginning of each day.
11. Wear your watch on the other wrist – or don’t wear one at all.
12. Eat a meal in complete silence – notice what happens when you’re not distracted by conversations, TV, reading, or other diversions.
13. Listen to a guided meditation on opening to change.
14. Lie on your back and watch the clouds.
15. Put on your favorite music and dance.
16. Write a letter to yourself in your non-dominant hand.
17. Follow a bird.
18. Call a friend you haven’t spoken to in years.
19. Tickle somebody.
20. Take a walk a really notice what’s around you. Pretend you’re an artist and notice the colors and textures you’d include in your painting.
21. Eat something you’ve never tried before or try combining foods in new ways.
22. Watch old Marx Brothers movies.
23. Plant new flowers in your garden.
24. Read a magazine on a topic you’ve never explored.
25. Spend time with children, who are naturally playful and open. Let yourself be silly and play.
26. Wear new colors.
27. Change your opinion about something or someone.

Have a great day!

xx

Julie

Ophir Collection is Online

The company where I currently took the consulting project, Ophir Collection is Online. You will find many beautiful product lines and the company can accomodate custom design for any of the product lines. I am so luck to be part of this exciting new company..
Be sure to check out the website..

http://www.ophircollection.com/

xx
Julie

My Talented Friend..Pure Hokum

I have a friend in California. Kathleen and I met at local craft market many moons ago. We just click..(smile) She is an amazing friend. I miss her and her little princess a lot. She is an artist and what she can do is amazing. Her specialty is custom design.

Looking for a special gift??? Can't find anything??

She can do portrait of house, animal, people, you name it. she can do it. Please take a look at some of her works on dinner plates, functional Art. You know what I meant..

Be sure to visit her blog..http://purehokum.blogspot.com/ if you have a question regarding her work Please email Kathleen at purehokum@hotmail.com
I am so proud to be your friend Kathleen.

xx

Julie

A few of my favorite things..

I love many things in my life. No complain Here, wonderful supported DH, Darling Princess and messy craftroom.. etc.. etc.. I am composing this post to remind myself how luck I am..(smile) Here are some of the pictures of my favorite things..

My Princess in the middle..(Pink girl.)

Oh.. yes. Girls dresses.. I make them whenever I have time..

Design process..

Fabrics.. and more fabric.. please.

Flowers.. Pink Roses

My Victoria magazine collections..

French Chair, I so love french chairs.

and my old vintage dress form.. she is just beautiful..

I remember ophra is writing a gratitude journal. I shall start mine today..Life never meant to be easy but never meant to be hard either..

Happy Day!

xx

Julie

Another Upholstery Project..for Who??

I am so into my upholstery class these days, Its so nice to see the transformation of the old chair to new look. My next projext is my DH's old arm chair. I don't know why he likes his old so called " Thinking chair" yes, it look like the one from the blue's clues.

This is the upside down picture of the chair.

Front look like this..

This pic is after the arm's been taken off from the chair

Process of redoing the Arms.

to be continued...

Julie xx

Corners of my house..

It's been almost 9 months since we moved to this property. but I can't believe myself still unpacking stuff.(grrrrr..) I found a few pictures of our house(not home yet..) to show our friends and families overseas..

drive way to the house..

Side Entrance

View from the right of the house

View to the street level from the houseTennis Court(Tennis Anyone??..)

I made duvet cover and Joy's pillow. Beautiful princess dress pillow was made by a very talented lady from http://ourshabbycottage.blogspot.com/.

Thank you Kathlyn.Corner of Joy's bedroom

My messy craftroom
Still messy fabric stash...

Patio on the side of the house(no more flowers now)

Kitchen and meal area.

From kitchen over looking my sitting area. (Fire place in the meal area will be replaced with Pot belly wood stove.)

My sitting area (very girly..huh?, This room will soon have a makeover.)

My DH's sitting area

Bedroom drawers..

My bedroom.(couldn't go girly except the ottoman., thanks to my DH)

Corner of DH's home office..

I am still doing the guest room, formal dining room, two bathroom remodeling, and of course the Kitchen makeover..... too many things to do.. not enough time.. Sometimes I wonder, it will be easy to move to a place where everything is renovated.. We didn't particulary like the house that much but the area.. Hopefully one day all will be finished..

xx

Julie

Little Artist..

My little princess, who is 8 years new, is an Artist. She loves to draw Manga(Japanese comic). I learned Japanese to just read Manga when I was in secondary College. My little princess wants to learn Japanese so she can read more manga hon(comic book). She drew this picture with color pencils this weekend. I am a proud mum so I had to show to the world..

by Joy 2009

Julie xx