New Stuff!

Some in the shop, some not quite yet... so here's heads up! ;)

Do check at the store for more pics and prices.  And remember, the Mother's Day sale is now on!  See you at the shop! :)

Stormy Weather

Yes, it's been pretty much sloshing it down the past few days.

So we've been house-bound, save for the necessary trips to the supermarket and the library.

The weather is so dank, there isn't even enough natural light to photograph the new pieces I have cranked out.  In the meantime, I shall just crank out a few more, over hot chocolate and digestives.

Here's a good day to all, whatever the weather! :)

"All the Rain in London"by James Gulliver Hancock

Mother's Day Sale

It's weird. But for some reason, Mother's Day in the UK is somewhere in March.  Whereas I've grown up with the American version in May.  As such, I'm doing a Mother's Day Sale!

15% off the listed price, storewide.  All you have to do is use the Coupon Code MOM15 at checkout.  So go ahead and take your pick! :)



More in the store... Check it out!

Collar Me Fancy

I discovered these recently, and can't get over how absolutely fabulous they are.  Collar necklaces: accessory, jewelry, or clothing?  Plus, the looks you can put to them are endless...

Chic and cute at adaoz

Edgy glam at SultryAffair

Preppy chic at ChiChiDee

Sexy cool at DeuceFashion

"I'm So Hot!" at lovesexton

More Scenes from Paris

These are pics off Maya's camera.  She is quite excited to share them.  So here's Paris through Maya's eyes...

 

(Fascination with Champs Elysee shop windows.  I suppose tween-hood does that to you.)

 

(I didn't realise she had so much food porn! O_O)

(Not only did she manage to get this moody look of the Eiffel Tower...

... she also had the artistic sense to capture it on my sunglasses...

... and the good sense to get one of Mum and Dad together with a pretty goddamned classic backdrop.)

(Them Two with Cousin Isha had a blast.  I suppose this is what they looked like to each other after having too much Dora the Explorer champagne... :S)

(Seriously, the longest travelator EVAH, through one of the metro connections.)

Yes, Maya is quite nifty with a camera! :)

Scenes from Paris

Truth be told, I was a little appalled at how shambolic Paris looked as our train pulled into the City of Lurve...

 

Maya's Happy Dance says it all.  Coz with the good food, good wine (complete with waiters who present your food with a Regarde! before they set the plate down) and a few cheesy snaps of the must-sees, it all sank in - we were in Paris!!  Add to that the fact that I didn't have to doing any cooking, cleaning or laundry for the next few days, things couldn't have been better.  :)

In Paris, even the lamp-posts are pretty...

...and the public transport is all of Art Nouveau. *happy sigh*

  

Sadly, I didn't manage to get all the museums done.  You will not believe the queues!  And with These Two, standing in any queue for more than 15 minutes would be a danger to your sanity.

So, I've gotta do Paris again.  And get a Museum Pass this time.

All Hol-ed Up

It's Easter break.  And it's a good thing we're keeping busy...

There's a family trip to Paris (Mixed Fruit Tart, here I come!), a week-long art workshop for Ruhi, and a school trip for Maya to Naples to explore the ruins of Pompeii and trek Mount Vesuvius (O_O, I know!).

I also got Ruhi a new Lego kit (even I get really into it.  Right now, we're looking into various designs for a treehouse), and Maya will also be busy raising funds for her adventure trek in Morocco come October.

So, no time to get bored and get on each other's nerves. :)

(art by AnimateArt)

A Day at Hampton Court Palace

While Mother Nature is happy to grace us with wonderful weather, we grabbed the opportunity to visit Hampton Court Palace.  To feast our eyes on the gardens in full bloom, to gasp over the ostentatiousness and general gorgeousness, and to be freaked out completely by the "realness" of it all.

I tell you, if I weren't more prepared via the pamphlets at the reception lobby, I would have peed in my pants and/or fainted at the sight of "Lady Frances", niece of King Henry VIII, and "Mistress Penn", nanny to little Prince Edward.

You see, Hampton Court Palace prides herself for her ghost stories.  Because, really, they're the next best thing to a messy, convoluted and super-salacious time that is so associated with Henry VIII.  From crafty political unions to ill-fated teenage brides, incestuous adultery to wives dragged off,screaming and kicking, to have their heads chopped off; you name it, the Tudors did it.

Gosh, if only cameras captured scent as well...  With the garden in full bloom, it was pure aromatherapy just strolling past.  The colours, the smells, the lovely warm sun... it was truly a joy.  I was feeling so privileged, so small, so thankful... :)

The Maze, I had no love for.  

Fantastic an idea it might have been to while away the time for an age with no radio, TV or computers, I almost suffered a panic attack from the claustrophobia.  

I took five steps into it and before I knew it, my mantra changed from "It's OK, there's always the emergency exit..." to "Where the @#%! is the emergency exit...".  

The kids loved it though.  And were all prepared to "go their own way", to which I screamed "Are you CRAZY?!"

I eventually made it out.  But not before some hyperventilating with a slight giddiness, and stumbling upon the Centre.  Where I HAD to take this picture, for good measure.

Oh. Yay.