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My Craft Room

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vivat veritas clothes tags vivat veritas studio3I’m over at Cut Out + Keep today to show my craft room today! You can see more photos and interview here. I wrote that I’m interested in interior decor, and spend my free time browsing through Pinterest, Apartment Therapy, Style at Home features of the Glitter Guide, and Design Sponge. The Craft Rooms feature on Cut Out + Keep is great! It is like Apartment Therapy, just craft room version. I enjoy peeking into someone else’s creative space. My favorites are Aurora’s and Katie’s (always been a big fan of her fashion illustration!).

My craft space in the feature is actually my old space before we moved at the end of September. Now I have my own sewing room(!), officially apart from Andy’s gym equipment. I still need to organize the room and decorate it better. What’s your tips on craft room organization? ChieSignature

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Fall 2013 Lookbook

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New Lookbook is here! For this lookbook, I tried to get out of my comfort zone (dresses) a bit and ventured into some new styles. Actually there is no dress in this lookbook except for the silk dress, above. Both high neck knit and pencil skirts are not normal
Items I use for dressing myself, but I really like the current trend and enjoy the change. The lookbook shoot was fun (I wrote it here) and the model Noemie was super sweet to work with. We borrowed the bicycle from a man who was reading on the park bench and hanging his laundry on his bike.. when we asked if we could use his bike for few photos, he gladly agreed! I hope you will like the new lookbook!

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DIY Washi Tape Diamond Wall

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before after of diamond wallI wanted to share with you the little decor DIY I did the other day. I get so many useful, practical ideas from Pinterest. It is sometimes overwhelming. This washi tape diamond wall was on my list for a while. I thought it was a perfect project for a renter like me. I also liked this stripped wall and neon pink random lines, but as a first project, I decided to go for a simple diamond for this small kitchen/dining area.

Here are some “in progress pictures”. On the left, can you see that the lines are not perfectly perpendicular? the “simple diamond” didn’t turn out to be so simple for a beginner. On first try I attached the washi tape using rulers (24cm width apart), but after a few lines were completed, I looked at them from a distance, and they look completely juvenile. I took a break, calmed down, took off the tape and started over again. The great thing about washi tape is that it is very easily removable. For my second try, I used a canvas (used for this art project here), and that helped. I was able to get the lines perpendicular to each other.in progress of diamond walldiamond wall after1diamond wall after2 diamond wall

I used 4 rolls of gray washi tape. I have another black and white patterned tape, so I decorated the mirror with it and attached it to the wall for more source of lighting. Our first floor kitchen/dining area is dark, so anything to add brightness to the space is a plus.

I made those pillow case covers too! Do you recognize the fabrics (stripes and blue picture print)?
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Lastly, based on this tutorial, I decorated my light switch plates. I love this little DIY. I think patterned washi tapes work the best for small spaces like light switch plates. decorated switch plateChieSignature

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