Awarded for the Very Inspiring Blogger & One Lovely Blog

HELLO!!! *Waving frantically*
I know, I know… I have been missing a number of posts last week.
Time just seem to speed up since last week, don’t you think so?

So much has happened last week, allow me to list them out:

1. Our work is featured in Perlen Poesie on page 38, so if any of you in europe that have access to this number 1 German bead magazine, do grab a copy – issue #13!
They have highlighted our work on their contents page, marked in yellow circle below. :D

2. If you remember I had previously featured a very yummy yellow knitted shorts in our Thursday Zing post… well, I am about to receive my first yellow addition to my wardrobe from The Knit Kid (also from Germany) :D

3. My illustration work for a book for the counseling department of the National University of Singapore was published and received a copy :D

4. We’ve manifested 5 designs for our new series of bracelets, which I will be introducing one by one starting from tomorrow :D

5. We had scrumptious dinners at four different new restaurants, all worth the value of money for the great gastronomical delights! :D

6. And last but not the very least – received the Very Inspiring Blogger & One Lovely Blog from two wonderful wonderful blogger – first from Fashion & Style Guru, and then from  The Haute Frugalista :D :D

Thank YOU so very much Fashion & Style Guru and The Haute Frugalista! It really is heartwarming to know that you think we deserve these awards :D And the best part of such blogger awards is that we get to award other deserving bloggers! So, I am going to play this a little different – I will begin with the awarding the 15 nominees alphabetically:

1. Charming Trinity 
2. Design Notes by Patricia Canfield
3. Destination Umbria
4. Gracefully 50 
5. I love green inspiration
6. Le Zoe Musings
7. Little Maison
8. Marina Kanavaki 
9. Over My Styled Body
10. Pret-a-Reporter
11. Satori and Silence
12. The sTori Book
13. Pho and Chips
14. Print and Pattern
15. Wholesome Cook

Okay, now for the boring part – 7 things about us ;)

1. We are both dreamers and anchors at the same time. When either one of us dreams, one of us will be the anchor to make sure we don’t get too carried away. So in a way, we balance each other out.
2. Jeannie loves tea and Richard loves coffee – this way, nobody gets to fight over drinks, haha!
3. We are both workaholics and often tire ourselves for the sake of perfection.
4. We believe in only one God and that we must put our trust in our faith in Him while it cannot be faith beneath reason, or in reason, but above reason. Forget logic, exercise faith!
5. We watch a movie every night over our late night dinner (about 1.30am). And it ranges from anime, cartoons, comedy, thrillers, epics, romance, etc from different countries namely, american, french, german, japanese, mongolian, tibetan, china, hong kong, taiwanese, korean, etc. Our current collection has the most in the horror genre not because we love to be frightened, but rather we are intrigued by what facts they got right and wrong. To date, we have not found anything that frightens us because our thumb of rule is, and should be for everyone – “fear only God”. We also love war films that inspire, recently watched War Horse and The Pacific. Love them!!
6. We always carry cat treats and can food in our grocery bag for the little stray kitties we meet along the way to our dinner at the local mall. :D
7. Gosh, my brain is fried… hmmm… yes… We believe that one should never steal. And what is the concept of stealing? Money? No, not just money. Even the idea of stealing another person’s sleep, peace, right to work, a lover, etc is stealing. So remember your intentions and always try to be mindful of your actions, think forward of the consequences of your next action.

There! Done! Wooh! LOL!

Hope you enjoyed reading my mundane blah blahs on a Monday ;)
Missed you all and hope you all missed us, XOXOXO! JR

We’ve been nominated The Versatile Blogger Award

What a pleasant way to start the day! With so much going on on our end, this is indeed such a lovely lovely surprise from Fashion & Style Guru.
Yes, we’ve been nominated The Versatile Blogger Award by Fashion & Style Guru!
Thank YOU so very much Fashion & Style Guru! XO ❤

So here goes the chain mail effect, hehehe!

The rules of the game: 
1. Add the award to your blog
2. Thank the blogger who gave it to you
3. Mention 7 random things about yourself
4. List the rules
5. Award to 15 or more bloggers

Seven random things about us:
1. We love animals and it is our lifelong dream to develop an animal sanctuary
2. We believe in good design because bad design destroys life
3. Jeannie loves the ocean and Richard loves the mountains (let’s combine!)
4. We are autodidacts in almost everything we do and being creative is the best attribute we are blessed with
5. We’ve been married for 13 years but still have yet to have an official wedding ceremony
6. We believe in “what goes around, comes around” because “the end of an act is in the preliminary thought”
7. Most importantly, there is no demarcation of God in our lives, be it corporeal or spiritual, He is all

Okay! Now for the nominations.
We are nominating you guys because we think you are wonderful and what you posts are inspirational, insightful, interesting, chic and sometimes funny too! But do not feel oblige to play this game :) And the nominations are (in alphabetical order) :
1. As Time Goes Buy
2. Bare Bones
3. Chicquero
4. Chocolates and Raspberries
5. Designer Notes: A Day in the Life of a Professional Designer
6. I love green inspiration
7. Kukkuk.me
8. Little Maison
9. Loveable Makeup
10. Pho and Chips
11. Pret-A-Porter
12. Reproduce My Failures
13. The Subjectivist
14. Wholesome Cook
15. Yasmin Cruz

And if it’s allowed, we nominate you right back Fashion & Style Guru ;)
Alright then, you all have fun checking these blogs!

Enjoy ~ XO JR  ❤