This was Saturday.

Chloe read

I baked french toast

and made chicken teriyaki for lunch

Shane had a playdate

I painted, ( this one titled, “road to hana” )

Andrew went golfing,

and Chloe had a girl scout event.

late again, oh well…

Can’t believe Chloe will be 8 this year…

My baby pendants are featured in Glamour magazine!

The entire first graders sang together this morning. They did a wonderful job singing.
I bawled my eyes out watching my baby girl not looking like a baby anymore. She’s really grown…

I was beyond impressed by their fantastic performance. Hats off to all of you!

After the concert, we came to her class where the kids did presentations on their countries.

Other parents brought in their traditional food…except for me.

Chloe did an awesome job representing France. 🙂

We’re so proud of you!!!

Chloe’s room has a pretty view of the backyard. Our magnolia tree started blooming just in time for our return.

A new mirror completes the room !

I went bold and painted our family room/library in royal blue from Sherwin-Williams. To be continued~

I wanted to give Chloe a pretty, playful and girly room to match her personality. She was involved in many of the decision making process including the lemon wall color.

She asked me for a canopy bed so I made her one. I asked my handy man to raise the bottom posts of her existing bed to match the height of the head board, then I hung a white canopy I got from Ikea and cut it up and sewed bedding sheets I bought from Serena & Lilly onto it and hang them.

Pom pom trim is from from M&J Trim store; my favorite stop whenever I’m in the city.

Chloe’s art works

I bought these vintage animal toys a while back wanting to make the containers. I saw this DIY project on pinterest.

Giraffe trinket dish from Anthro.

Zebra gold dish from Joathan Adler, Dyptyque Baises candle, & Chloe’s card to me. Yes, my nick name is ‘oh my darling’. 😉 (Yes, I made them call me that.)

Book case from Serena & Lily

Kids love hanging out in this lounge area on Sunday mornings, reading or playing games waiting for me and Andrew to wake up.

I’ve been eyeing on this settee for a quiet some time now and finally decided to get it. It’s a perfect size for the space. 🙂

It’s still in working progress but when it’s finished, it’s going to be kids “arts & craft studio”.

I have very exciting news! A few months ago an editor-in-chief from Vogue UK magazine reached out to me via email. She found my collection worthy to be featured in the fashion bible, Vogue. Ha. Insane. I know.

It was unreal. I am no longer working with a PR  firm so I was surprised that they found me! Towards the end of last year, I was thinking about folding my business as it was too much to handle with two kids and a full-time job. I felt I couldn’t really keep up with my jewelry passion. I haven’t even updated my website for months. I always have new collections  for trunk shows, holiday sample sales and such, but I found it very stressful and time consuming to update my site regularly. Then when I was contacted by the magazine, (and several others which I’ll announce later) I knew I had to make a decision. I thought and thought about it…Although it was very hard for me to let go, I decided to fold most of my jewelry line and focus on 1 product, my baby pendant collection. I figured it’s easier for me to keep up the baby pendant orders then stretching myself thin and making various pieces and collections. This baby collection is what I’m most proud and passionate about. It was inspired by my first baby Chloe and I loved the idea of making new moms feel special with this custom pendant. I do admit that I am a little sad but who knows, maybe I’ll be able to devote myself as a full-time jewelry designer one day. Or not.

At least for now, I’m excited that I’m featured in Vogue. 🙂