BEAUTY

Thursday, December 27, 2012

the view from treasure island...

© Jin Yu Kuang

Great city, is it?

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

new photos on my website...



Tuesday, December 4, 2012

cosmetics: what do you use...


1. Aveeno Clear Complexion Daily Moisturizer. I use this product a lot. 

Now the cat gets out of the bag, here is a post blog of what I use for my daily makeup. 

Monday, September 17, 2012

lovely pattyo and her two dogs...











I love PattyO. She's the most sweetest person I've ever met! Kane and Patches are adorable. 


Thursday, September 13, 2012

two wonderful people in the world...






Bonjour! I haven't been on my blog for almost two months! I was in San Francisco to visit my family and friends. =) I had a great pleasure of taking photos of Umi and Joy. Umi is a great person to hang out with. I adore her! And I've known Joy for years! We met in elementary school. I was in 4th grade and Joy was in 5th grade. 

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Video: i am maru


you gotta see this. It made me smile and laugh when I watched. I so want this cat, Maru.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

photo session: kane


Here is a sneak peek of the photo shoot I had for my friend's dog, Kane. He knew I was photographing him =) isn't he so adorable? I will post more photos later this week.

PS: I have to pack my clothes and get ready for my early flight!

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Fireworks

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

the last night...


1. Hummus Place. The food was so heavenly delicious! I'll go back there again for sure. 
2. We walked through the Tompkins Park and took a photo of the glowing moon.  
3. The flaming candle. We were at the 169 Bar. 
4. We had some beers. 

Thursday, June 28, 2012

one life photography competition...



I decided to participate the One Life Photography Competitiion. I thought I wanted to give it a try. You can view my photos here and click " collect me" to help me win a New York photo exhibition and a $25,000 cash grant. Thank you in advance for your support!  

Friday, June 22, 2012

my new artwork...








 I can't believe the summer is here! It's been really hot today. Since I have some time off, so I've been digitally illustrating lately. I uploaded these artwork to my website.

Saturday, June 16, 2012

updated my website...

I finally updated my website. Feel free to look around. 

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Cuteness!


I need a good laugh. Those babies make cute faces!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Who doesn't love Mad Men?...


If you are a fan of Mad Men, did you notice Don always say " what?" in each episode? I didn't realize that when I watched this video. 

my past weekend...

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

new earrings in my shop...

New earrings in my shop now

Saturday, March 31, 2012

dinner with N the other night...




A few nights ago, we had pacific flounder fish with crab stuffing with brussels sprouts and risotto. Délicieux!

Friday, March 30, 2012

two ballet dancers in super slow motion...


{by Swissmiss}

so amazing!

Friday, March 16, 2012

my inspiration boards...

I love pinterest! Do you have it?

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

la delicatesse film...(french)







































Text By watchlineonlinemovies
Audrey Tautou is Nathalie, a beautiful, happy, and successful Parisian business executive who finds herself suddenly widowed after a three-year marriage to her soul mate. To cope with her loss, she buries herself and her emotions in her work to the dismay of her friends, family and co-workers. One day, inexplicably, her zest for life and love is rekindled by a most unlikely source, her seemingly unexceptional, gauche, and average looking office subordinate, Markus (French comic star Francois Damiens, Heartbreaker). At first stunned by Nathalie's unexpected attention, Markus comes to gradually believe in her feelings and shifts into romantic high gear. As their relationship goes from awkward to genuinely loving, Nathalie and Markus will have to overcome a host of obstacles including everyone else's judgmental perceptions as well as their own self-doubts. 



Delicacy film will be released this Friday, March 16th.  I'm probably gonna see it over the weekend. I love Audrey Tautou and she's a great actress in all films. Will you watch La Delicatesse? 

Friday, March 2, 2012

have a great weekend


I found chalk pencil by Puglypixel. Please check her blog out because she has great tutorials and some freebies. I experimented with chalk pencil brush that I think was more fun. And also I was inspired by  a few designers who use this technique on their blog posts. Handwritten notes can add my character/personality to my blog posts, so I will start using those in the future posts. 

Happy a great weekend. 

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

madame bovary book

Currently reading Madame Bovary. Have you read it? 

Friday, February 24, 2012

my workspace

{Photo by moi}

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

hairstyle: ballerina bun tutorial


{thebeautydepartment.com}

It only takes a few minutes to do that. Easy and Simple. I'm gonna do that =). I use Fekkai flexible hold hairspray. It can be found at most drugstores.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

inspiration: a shadow box frame

By Joojoo

I have a black shadow box frame and I don't know what to put it. It had been sitting on the shelve and it didnt have anything to be looked at. Recently I came across Joojoo by accidentially. I loved her idea of putting a natural branch with two cute snails and a little cloud on the wall.  I was really inspired. Now I have an idea =).  I need to get some material for this project.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

a trench jacket





















































{borrowed from BlackEiffel}

I wore a trench a few times. Do you have one of these? It's ideal for the fall wear

brunch with alice





I met Alice a few years ago, briefly. I found out she'd be visiting to NYC for a week. I had a chance to know her  better. She was cool! We had brunch at Clinton st baking on a Saturday morning. The wait was an hour which was not so bad. The last time I went there was two hours wait! 

I had Egg Benedict and bloody maria drink
Alice had pancake with blueberry sauce! As you can see, Alice's fingers at the top of the photo =) 
Oh, and I borrowed Alice's iphone to take a few photos. I so want iphone! 

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Hello 2012

Happy New Year! I've been meaning to blog on the first day of year, but now I'm doing this. I
apologize for not posting anything new in a while. As for this year, 2012,  I have a list of my resolutions.

-Finding a decent job with great benefits, something I really love and enjoy.
-Taking better care of myself, being more outdoor active, and doing yoga regularly.
-A decent 8 hours of sleep, getting up early in the morning and starting my day.
-Stop comparing myself to others, doing my best as much as I can.
-Finishing my vision board.
-Taking photos with DSLR and film more often.
-Reading more books a year.
-Traveling more, short trip or long trip.
-Cooking/baking, trying new recipes that I've never tried.
-Photographing food.
-Getting organized, and giving thing away that I don't need.
-Creating more jeweleries for my etsy shop.
-Blogging regularly- food, photography, design, and inspirations.
- A new relationship with someone.

Happy 2012!