Brick 'n White

Remember that brick wall I showed you in my first post? I obviously got the wrong idea of what my husband would like to make out of that wall. I thought he would paint it white. It turns out that we will not stain the brick wall and just leave it in its natural color. 

So, instead of referring to the previous image reference, I try to find a more relevant images, like these ones :

www.increation.co.uk 

I like the image above mainly because the white color of the table setting because the color of the brick wall are in the same tone as the color of the table & bench. For me, the balancing factor is the white color on the door on the right and the tableware. 

www.houzz.com

I seriously considering having some furniture in white color, seeing the combination look so good in both images above. 

www.wandaelyarchitect.com

www.charlieandcodesign.com

We are still in the process of furnishing the new house so I make a mental note to myself that although it maybe tempting to have colorful dining ware, it is best that we only use plain white items in our dining room. 

www.crateandbarrel.com - Staccatao 20 Piece Dinnerware Set

www.potterybarn.com - Great White Coupe Dinnerware

I found this great post about places where you can buy dinnerware with reasonable price. I can see my self paying those places a visit in a near future. 

Richelle's Blush

As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the focus of this blog will be my effort to keep up with memory keeping. After Baby Rachel was born, I was introduced to Becky Higgins's Project Life. Project Life is a form of scrap-booking or you may say a system of memory keeping which includes putting photos and pre-designed journal cards into plastic photo pockets. So what you need are :

www.beckyhiggins.com

For more information on Project Life, you can go here

Since my beautiful niece is now live in Singapore, I have asked her to buy Project Life Baby Edition for Richelle because obviously we cannot find the products here. 

Project Life Binder Blush Edition, Project Life Mini Kit Baby Edition for Her, Project Life Big Variety Pack A

Project Life Binder - Blush Edition

I think I will get start to prepare Richelle's Baby Book this weekend. I can put all the photo pockets into the binder and start making sketches of photos I would like to use in this binder.

Since Richelle will only use the mini kit version of Project Life Baby Edition, I think I'm going to use a baby kit I bought in one of a scrapbook store here. I bought it thinking that I'm going to need more of fancy paper or embellishment to put in Rachel's baby book. I was wrong. Rachel's Project Life binder was bulky half way finish.

Additional kit for Richelle's Project Life

My mistake with Rachel's Baby Book was I was so excited printing too many photos of her which result in a bulky binder by the time Rachel was 7 months. So I think I want to plan Richelle's in advance.

I actually love planning my Project Life when I'm choosing which photos i will use in the binder. The sketch may look something like this : 

Excuse the background photo. You can still see my sketches, right?

Going Red, Black, and White in the Future

For the not-so-successful Rachel's first birthday party, I actually set a ladybug party theme. Unfortunately, I couldn't execute it well enough. I did, however bought these following items from www.celebrationpeak.com

1. Ladybug party banner

www.celebrationpeak.com

2. Ladybug fancy high chair kit

www.celebrationpeak.com

3. Ladybug fancy plastic table cover

www.celebrationpeak.com

4. Classic Red plastic table cover

www.celebrationpeak.com

So basically, these are the decorative items that I have 

From left to right : Classic Red plastic table cover, Ladybug fancy plastic table cover, Ladybug fancy high chair kit, Ladybug party banner

I have red, black, and white items I maybe able to use for future parties. I will now google any theme that may match my existing party items.

Do you have any suggestion?