Christmas tree makes me so happy and this year, I have 2 trees! Double happiness :) Wanted to share some pictures and the happiness here!

Our family white tree — we bought it last year and we placed in different area this year.

((We still need a tree top…))

Each ornament has its story and memory…

I’d been looking for dachshund ornaments forever and I finally found these handmade dachshund toys from Sweet Little Birdie and turned it into an ornament! The size is great and Maia wears red collar so it is perfect!!

Some new ornaments…

We got the cable car ornament in our last Christmas in San Francisco in 2007…

and this year, all our little pet family gets their own stockings! (I was looking for the perfect stockings for them forever, too)

and, my mother in low got me a pink Christmas tree (!) last Christmas so I finally got to decorate it in my office area and I LOVE it! I wanted to make it really girly since it is mine :)

I used some of my flower hair pieces and brooches as a tree top and ornaments and I quite like the outcome.

And those numbered votive candle holders are from my lovely client Christine from LAMA :) I love them so much! Thank you, Christine!

“LOVE” “JOY” and

“WISH” ornaments :)

This tree has a lot more spaces so I can buy more ornaments… (hehe)

Late night work is not so hard when you have your Christmas tree besides you…

How are your Christmas trees?! If you have pictures to share, please comment with the links, I would love to see!

Happy Holidays!

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While I’ve been getting inspirations for vintage patterns, I also have found some cool vintage goods that I can use for my new office… (we are switching rooms this summer, setting up new office space very soon — hope to show some here!) I need a major re-organization and my shop stuff keeps piling up… so as we are getting new shelves, desks, etc. and I need new old stuff to not only decorate the office room, but also to make it function… and here are my finds I want to share :)

Vintage Sun Lamp:

Vintage Golden Yellow Organizer:

Staplers:

Industrial Galvanized Metal Boxes:

Vintage Office File Box:

Happy Friday!

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Today is my Dad’s birthday!! Happy birthday, Dad, we love you!!!! :)

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For our 2nd (cotton) year anniversary, my mother-in-law sent us the credo pillow! Thank you so much!! and look how it looks in our living room (small) couch with other beautiful pillows that I love.

I love it! Thank you so much, Janis! (she also gave me this necklace on my birthday – I am so happy, it is soooo super cute)

The other pillows are from my lovely ladies’ shop that I have worked with. The turquoise-ish blue color pillows are from booloo boutique (aren’t they beautiful? I love these pillows so much that I designed our living room inspired by the color + splash of red + black and white) and the doily pillows are from LAMA – I was eyeing them for so long and I finally got them, they are much cuter in person than the pictures even though they look already so cute in the pictures.

I am so happy with all my pillows that I had to post about them – do you love your pillows? Don’t they make home more fun and add colors or impact on your home?!

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Over the weekend, I worked on our family tree with… letters! It came out so nice and cute, just what I thought it would be. I had this idea for a while and I was finally motivated to do so!

The right side is Randy’s family and the left side is my family – I didn’t follow any branch, just randomly placed our family’s initials and they are in our bedroom.

Today is a holiday in US, it is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, hope everyone is enjoying a little long weekend!

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While I was in Boston for thanksgiving holiday, I really wanted to get a faux Christmas tree this year (to be eco-friendly… but I wonder if cutting Christmas trees are bad for the earth? I see so many of them every year and no one says anything…? Anyway, after getting real trees for the last 2 years, I’ve decided to save money and earth.) and so I did! I’ve had a white Christmas tree in my mind for quite sometimes and yay, I got one! My mother-in-law came with me to pick this one up, we went to three places to get this tree (thank you so much, Janis!) I set it up as soon as we got home and it is in our living room — needs presents under the tree now.

Randy and I pick up new ornaments every year and this year, we have letter H, R and M for Maia, Mallow and Milo. Each ornament has memory and they remind me of last few years and I love the tradition so much. I’m still looking for some more to add to this tree, though…

My mother-in-law gave us some old antique ornaments from the family and they are really great addition to our tree this year. Thank you!!

We need 3 little stockings for my little ones, too. I tried last year for my chinchillas, but I had no luck finding cute ones, but this year, I will find them for sure.

Happy December, everyone!!

*Note: I didn’t have my letterpress class because of thanksgiving holiday so no letterpress post today. Next Monday for sure.

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Finally, finally, it is up on my living room wall – looks so great! I’ve been meaning to do this for almost 10 months… that sounds so embarrassing, but that happens to me a lot… I always would get to it, though!

Anyway. Here it is!

I picked this seafoam aqua color, but Victoria has a lot more colors at her store right here. I love it!!!

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Every time I stop by Tarzian West in Park Slope, I find something I need or something I have to have…

Cute pitcher by Jonathan Adler – I love the color and the pattern!

A popcorn container! So cute that I had to have it. Movie night becomes more fun for sure!

Store front:

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Rare Device Brooklyn is having a store closing sale as I mentioned before and so I went there twice already and got lots of cool stuff for much cheaper price. This Window Film is one of them and it looks really cute in our kitchen, I’m glad I gave it a try!

The last day is this Sunday the 18th… I will miss it. I’ll visit San Francisco one someday!

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My mother-in-law gave us this pretty sumi-e tapestry (it says “happiness”) for our 1 year paper anniversary. (Thank you so much, Janis!)

It was very thoughtful of her and we wondered where it was from and she told us that it was from Unique Japan – I never heard of it before, but they have some beautiful stuff!

Igamono Charcoal Beer Mug (sumiyaki)

Candle Table Lamp

Yellow Daruma!

They also have woodblock prints and I like David Stones’ work and how he interpreted the traditional Japanese woodblock – very modern and unique:

(pink background!)

Posted under Japanese, home

Since I moved to the hood recently, I should start using these and become a real Brooklynese!

Brooklynese series at Fishs Eddy:

Posted under NYC, fun, home