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Christmas Trees 2009

Posted on by Hijiri

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…))

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Each ornament has its story and memory…

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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!!

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Some new ornaments…

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

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

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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.

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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

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“WISH” ornaments :)

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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…

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

Happy Holidays!

Vintage Office Goods

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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:

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Vintage Golden Yellow Organizer:

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Staplers:

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Industrial Galvanized Metal Boxes:

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Vintage Office File Box:

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Happy Friday!

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

My Pillows

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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?!

Type Tree

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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!