Row with the ribbons

Oh sod it. Tying these ribbons are soooooo troublesome and taxing. In fact, I am having a huge row with them! Yikkeess!

The knots always turned out unflattering: either slant 45 degrees or the long ends tend to flip on the wrong direction. God.. they are so.. wonky!


And Ibu is telling me to stop and go order some pre-made ones. Hassle-free. "You can keep them for some other occassions." -.- She starts digging her handbag for namecards.........

While Papi remarks, "You have spent money on these. Just continue doing them. Don't give up."

Bintang makes sure she voices out her opinion too:

Bintang: "Bibik, just keep doing. I'm helping you. When I'm big, I wanna do the same like you. But I will do them ALL myself."
Me: "All by yourself? You sure?"
Bintang: "Yes, coz I will not buy so much... like you." *cheeky smile*

Arghhh. I'm stopping. Gonna google for some pre-made ribbons. With adhesive attached.

Hearts & Hugs
R 

Let's Fold!

Boring Sunday.

Aha! Rather than letting the day floats by to waste, I lugged the plastic bag full of unfolded favor boxes and ribbons to the living room. Time for me to get cracking!

For my engagement, I decided to get those diy favor boxes. But of course, I make sure that mine will be different - shape-wise. So in our quest to search for THE box, Kak Dewi & I searched high and low at Arab Street on Saturday.... and we found it in a little wicked shop! A pyramid! (will show you how it looks like as you keep on reading).

In order to make these boxes, here are the things which I require:

Satin dark chocolate brown ribbons. Each approx. 11" long.

 Satin gold ribbons. Each approx. 11" long.

 And the pyramid boxes!



I like the fact that the boxes have textured motifs imprinted on them, so it doesn't look too plain and boring.

Oh look! Look who was there to offer her sincere help to assist me in folding the boxes?

Yes! Bintang! And boy, could she fold them really neatly! So as you can see above, that's how the boxes looked like once they are folded. Macam hantu kan? Hehehe. Actually those two holes allow me to tie a ribbon on the box.  Like this:

Tadaaaa!

Ok now i gotta go back and these ribbons now. Bintang's folding so quickly!

Hearts & Hugs

R

Purifying Facial

When my therapist, Ivy, went for her maternity leave last July, I stopped going for my facial as I thought there wasn't any other therapists who were as good as her (imo, of course). It's been a year now, and I finally called up the spa at Raffles City, only to find out that Ivy has been posted to the latest boutique spa at TripleOne Somerset. So I laid my steps there this afternoon. Very modern, zen & chic!

(Photos from Senzalus.com - SK-II Boutique Spa) 

I nearly dropped the Simply Her magazine I was reading when I heard that familiar cute little voice squealing my name! It was soo good to see her again, and I gave her a huge hug! Ivy is very very small and petite; I felt like a giant standing beside her. Mind you, I am only 1.6m tall. O.o

And this was a present for her 1-year old baby girl:

Got this great whimsical dress from http://www.fairyandpixie.com/Home.php. It's fantastic as the bow on the right is detachable! Which means if little girl-girl doesn't stop sucking the bow (ever encountered kids who love sucking their dresses' ribbons or buttons?) or somehow just irritates the kid, Mummy can safely just remove it without the dress looking impaired! Genius!

So anyway after the chitter chatter to catch up stuff with each other, Ivy assessed my skin condition first as usual and then adviced on the suitable facial that I should go for the day.

Purifying facial so it was. Prior to it, she warned me that there would be some redness on my face which will take about one to two weeks to diminish. Well, I needed to get rid of those stubborn clog-goosh, right? Goodness me, I endured what seemed like half an hour of exfoliation and extraction! Don't know why or how, but my pores were kind of congested. Especially at the nose area. Im very religious at cleansing, toning & moisturising........So hmm. Anyway, when it was finally over *phew*, Ivy did a very relaxing facial massage to allow proper blood circulation. One and a half hour later, she brought a mirror: well, it wasn't as bad as I had expected. Just some tiny pinkish dots mostly around my t-zone and chin. Unlike what i had imagined:

Hahaha!

H came to meet me for dinner afterwards. He said my face looked visibly even more clearer and fresher, and that the red marks are not super visible unless you stare hard at my face. -.-

Can't wait to see Ivy again for my next facial in two weeks' time! Hurray! (Psst: yes, this is part of my preparation to look glowy and radiant for that day. Hehehe.)

Hearts & Hugs

R

Hey ya! You! Yes, you!

Knock, Knock!

There are sooo many things running in my head, particularly planning for my engagement (insyaAllah) in the coming October 9. I set up this blog as a medium for me to write down whatever I feel and think with regards to my engagement planning. Now....... off my chest. I can breathe.

Oh yes, thanks for dropping by to just... read.

:)

Hearts & Hugs
R