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Black and White Stripes Eco Bag

April 7, 2013 By Chie

I don’t really buy many clothes for myself, except at thrift shops. I love to window shop though. I like to get ideas and am often get tempted to buy something; however, much of the time I feel guilty buying clothes because I can make them. So I prefer to save my purchases for things that fall in the areas of shoes, bags and lingerie as they are things in my “Do not make” category. I know I was a “bag variation designer” for the Burdastyle book, but in reality, I don’t put a lot of time into crafting bags etc.

But today, I made an eco bag for myself with this black and white bold stripe fabric. I used the left over fabric from the skirts I made here. I love the result! It fits a lot, and it was very easy to make.

wearing BCBG Max Azria cashmere sweater and Colette pattern bloomers I made

I hung this new bag in the kitchen to hold many disposable plastic bags, and it looks more stylish than keeping them in another plastic bag. I love my little project:)

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Philadelphia Snap Shots

April 2, 2013 By Chie

Last week, I was in Philadelphia….again. The trip was unexpected, but I enjoyed staying in a hotel (I just love staying in hotels!! ), spending some time alone, walking around the city, collect inspiration for new clothes and sketching in my free time. The Philadelphia city hall architecture is just amazing, the pillars and statutes… Can’t imagine what kind of craftsmanship it took to construct that gigantic building.

{View on city hall}

{Courtyard by Marriott in downtown Philly}

{Sneakers for workout and pumps for work}
{Broadstreet}

{My favorite restaurant in China Town, Banana Leaf}
{Rittenhouse Square Park}
{Pretty little girl’s dress from Children’s Place}
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Mommy’s Diary: Crayons

March 30, 2013 By Chie

A few months ago, my sister, who works for a PR company, asked me to take photos of Kiko drawing. She was representing a company who makes these tear drop shaped crayons for kids. She was writing up a press release for the new crayons, but the company didn’t have any pictures to go with it. She volunteered Kiko to be the model and for me to be the photographer (of course without my knowledge or agreement), and I had one day to shoot photos of Kiko drawing.

In the photos, Kiko seems she is enjoying herself drawing, right? Unfortunately in reality was not as easy as that. She is really not into drawing or coloring at all. I wish she was a kind of girl who sat on her chair politely and colored for hours, but in reality, she is much more of a tomboy, who likes to wrestle with Andy and runs around in the park. Andy teaches her how to “roll”(play brazillian jiu jitsu), so she asks him to “tackle”, “horse” and “roll”. It is so cute!

Anyway, having Kiko pretend to draw was hard. It only lasted for about 3 minutes, and I snapped photos super quick! {find me elsewhere: shop, facebook, etsy, twitter, pinterest}