Our 10th years anniversary - March 2012

yesterday, 29th March 2012 is our 10th years anniversary. hubby came back from work with a bouquet of flowers {purple roses} and another petite bouquet of 3 roses. he said, "the big one is for you and the little one is for my little darling", he smiled.

 this one is for me

this one is for miza { our daughter }

we came a long way together. we knew each other since 1988 all the way until today. we started out as a penfriend for quite sometimes. while i was in NYC and he was in Brunei we did write letters to each other, on and off we kept in touch to each other by letters or phone sometimes. and all came into a happy ending when i finally moved in to Singapore in 2000 to work here as an accountant. he was the one who helped me settle down here and being there for me through thick and thin of my social adjustment in Singapore.

we finally got married in 2002 and have our only daughter in 2004. Life has been wonderful for us, we never forget to thank GOD for that. as what hubby said, we might not be happy all the time, but what is IMPORTANT is we are very CONTENTED with what we have. It might not be an extraordinary life after all but we cherish every moment of it. our experience together to manage our family and working together to groom our daughter.

 Have a pleasant Friday everyone! cheers!

Blog I Love - SignePling

Source: signepling.blogspot.fr via refinehere on Pinterest

hi i would like to start a feature post where i blog about the blogger that i really like. i found them through my browsing in the internet. usually my criteria are pretty blog, pretty pictures inside it, nice content and wonderful tips sharing. The area of blog content varies from DIY project, fashion and style, foods, photography, digital resources or travel. I even found a lot of nice FREEBIES blog that i will share as well.

SignePling is writtena and curated by Katten, she is from Holland. The blog is in dutch, and unfortunately, there is no auto translation for me, so i can just guessing :).

What I like the most about this blog, is her attention to detail. She put wonderful effort to her blog. the pictures composition are amazing, the colors tone she is maintaining in the blog is very consistent. It makes the browsing a wonderful experience for me. I pinned quite numbers of pictures from her blog as my photography inspiration on pinterest.

let me show you some of her amazing work here :

Source: signepling.blogspot.fr via refinehere on Pinterest

do check out her blog and you will be amazed by the details she had put into her blog. Amazing works! She is one of my blogging inspiration. Cheers everyone! Happy Thursday!

The Color of Spring 2012 - Cockatoo Blue

Source: su.pr via The Perfect Palette on Pinterest

they said these are the colors for Spring 2012. I thought these are the colors for the YEAR! i love these colors. they are soft, warm and still bring out the solid colors. I love the composition of this colors. It is easily to spot them around now a days.

However it is not easy to find them in daily LIFE, unless your eyes are sensitive to those colors. therefore I want to have this sensibility. So ... i talk about it, i see them a lot and i share them a lot.

Hope you enjoy it!

Source: theperfectpalette.com via The Perfect Palette on Pinterest

SOME OTHER PICTURES with the same colors tone.

Source: 100layercake.com via refinehere on Pinterest

Blue Holiday! - Polyvore

Those Blue is killing Me! by refinehere featuring high heel shoes

Decor in a Day - Easy Decorating Project

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today based on my schedule i suppose to blog about DIY anything crafty or DO it Yourself project. I have not done anything myself, but I never stop gathering inspiration and ideas from many sources on the internet.

so today, i would like to share some of my finding - things that you can do it yourself easily at home to help change the mood of your home decor instantly.CLICK on each picture to get to the original post where you can read the instruction HOW to do IT! Hope you like my sharing ... cheers:

Instant Medicine Cabinet

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Organize your office at home

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Dressing up the dining room

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If you click on the link provided on each picture, you will see many more amazing ideas that you can follow through.

On top of that you can visit my pinboard on pinterest about HOME ORGANIZING, DIY PROJECT and WORKSPACE inspiration.

Happy Thursday ALL! Love always .....

Macaroons - what is all about it?

Source: flickr.com via Refine on Pinterest

if you are following the life style photography, you will notice macaroons are one of the favorite object for photography. They are everywhere. You can find bunch of this object picture collections here and here .

i have few i found very pretty from my Flickr contact

Source: flickr.com via Refine on Pinterest

Source: flickr.com via Refine on Pinterest

and this is the video HOW TO MAKE IT!



enjoy!!!

Music : Settle Down - Kimbra

found this youtube video from Laughing with Broken Eyes - Blog

when i see this video, it is kind of unique touch! 

there is a vintage touch of it which i always LOVE

the presentation of the video is interesting

but it is kind of creepy ... LOL

it reminds me of a LOST childhood

which most of the kids are facing today

BUT maybe to us it is LOST because they are no longer

living the same childhood as we were last time

who KNOWS! they can only answer us ONE day!

i hope ... you.. can ... e n j o y ... the video

cheers!

my Polyvore Art! - Those days are spoken to me nonstop!

Those days are spoken to me nonstop by refinehere featuring a luggage

our Home on the Road

this camper van is our HOME in New Zealand we sleep, dine, bath and enjoying the scenic view from here we never forget this experience everyday we chose the wallpaper we want to have for our window today we sleep on the beach tomorrow we sleep by the lake the other day we have lunch in the mountain everyday is a new experience

and we did and we enjoyed every moment of itthey said when you travel in New Zealand do it the Kiwi ways

this is the info for our camper van spec and the company where we get it from.click here!, they are reliable and very professional,  recommended! 

we are back in Singapore but the memory stays! and HERE is a nice 360 degree of our camper van

All about Bokeh!

i do love bokeh, i love it a lot in fact. i have been doing it. i did some real bokeh, meaning i shot it direct from my camera just like the picture you see above. and i had created bokeh using applications on my iphone a lot too. see picture below.

i had shared some tips how to create bokeh on iphone application here, you can follow through my steps and download all the applications recomended if you want to.

i had also posted few weeks ago how i do a bokeh collage on my iphone. it was originally a simple shot on my bedroom. i then blur the picture and add the boken using lenslight. afterwards i play with recoloring the picture again and again and finally i made the collage. see below for the picture.

and finally to end this post, check out the tutorial video how to make bokeh using point and shot camera. isn't it life amazing! you can do amazing things with only few simple steps. Enjoy! and Happy Monday everyone.

my Polyvore - i paint the sky pink!

i paint the sky pink by refinehere featuring cotton scarves