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Showing posts with label succulents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label succulents. Show all posts

Space Between

open spaces help us heal...
I have been pretty busy lately scouring Youtube and Pinterest for urban bedroom ideas and there’s just tons of them to choose from. The only challenge is budget of course because room improvement can be pretty pricey even if you DIY most of your room decors (unlike in the U.S where diy materials can be really cheap). My sister and I share the same room (we're practically flatmates in all places we've been) because we always find shared space to be always cost effective plus we're twins so we have the same taste with pretty much everything and we barely argue when it comes to space arrangements.

~Boho ☮
To kick off this bedroom improvement project, my sissy and I bought two sets of curtains (good curtains always saves the day). She wants a Boho-inspired bedroom which I was ok with because it’s quite easy to achieve, you just have to hang a Mandala tapestry in your bedroom wall,  add plants, fairy lights and what not and there you go, instant Boho inspired room. As for myself, may it be Boho inspired on not, open, uncluttered space adds beauty to every room thus reduce stress level. I personally love plants, tapestries and dream catchers so this bedroom project of ours won’t be a problem definitely. We just ordered our Mandala tapestry online which we’re looking to hang overhead instead of a headboard as it’s the first step to a Boho inspired room. I already made quite a few jute macramé plant hangers in the past which I’m also looking to keep. They have been keeping my succulents in good shape plus the bohemian vibe they add to our room. I also learned after watching Robeson Designs, an interior decorating show on Youtube, how vital curtain window treatment is because it significantly adds character to every room. This is absolutely true after we installed our new curtains, our bedroom looked a whole lot better compared before, it was way cozier what more if we add on the Mandala tapestry? Anyways, I’ll make another blog post regarding how it will turn out. 🙃
Terrarium...

~Green is the color of your energy, yeah heh (to the tune of 311’s “Amber”)
🌵...
Speaking of succulents, I was happy to see couple of my succulents came to life again after many months. I remember seeing them wither and die one day so I decided to keep them in their pots and left them in the balcony for God knows how long until few days ago I noticed leaves stemming out of their tiny twigs.  I thought it was a miracle because whenever one of my plants die, they usually die for good except my Persian Shield which I mentioned on one of my previous blog posts. I guess it just happened those succulents are self-sustaining probably. The cycle of life even in plants never cease to amaze me. 
~Macramé...
And finally, my latest diy project was a jute, wall hanging macramé triangle I found pretty much all over Pinterest nowadays so I thought I better make one for our room. Making this project is quite tedious because you have to be patient with knots and it wasn't when you're using jute twines. The materials were very accessible though since I already have a spool of jute twine in my craft box. I don’t have any dowels so I improvised and used BBQ sticks instead then added some beads and a piece of feather to make it look bohemian. The only challenge was, I had a hard time flattening the jute twines that I needed to use a hot iron to do so. It did not lay totally flat but at least the hot iron helped in straightening the curls. I think a white cotton rope would look better and easier to work on though. Please check out my album in Pinterest here to see more of my random photos (diy stuff I made, travel photos, etc). 



He Has Risen

Thailand trip is in few days and I'm quite excited. Packing for a trip is my favorite part no matter how weird it may sound to most people. To make packing much easier, I bought one of those 6in1 packing cubes online to really organize everything (3 mesh cubes & 3 pouch bags). I found these cubes absolutely useful. I also bought a 3set PVC Transparent Cosmetic Bags to store all my make up and liquids/toiletries etc. However, I overlooked the seller's profile and just recently found out that the online store is based in China (which was my fault I admit) so I don't know if those cosmetic bags will arrive on time for my trip. Shit happens when you're in a hurry lol. Instead, I decided to order another set from a local Shopee seller (cheaper version just for back up) and I'm crossing my fingers it'll arrive on time or I just wasted time and money purchasing them (sigh). I don't get it neither how come non-local sellers are able to sell stuff on Shopee Ph (I was under the impression that it's an e-commerce website only for local sellers). Anyways, what to do but wait. Moving on, time for more DIY stuff.


—Slimes—

My niece wasted tons of toiletries to make one of those diy slimes (she found on Youtube) and that’s not a good thing. I have done a lot of concoctions as a kid myself (water color, shampoo, soda, name it) so I totally understand why kids do these crazy things, the ‘eureka’ moment and all. I guess you can't really do anything about it as every curious child seem to go through such phase in life lol. Anyways, to address the hapless toiletry consumption situation, my sister and I decided to gather the materials to replicate those cute and fluffy slimes we also found on where else but YouTube.

We bought couple of Elmer’s glue (white), Borax (which my sister even ordered online) and food color (optional). We just mixed them all together until we achieved the desired (squishy and gooey) texture. We allowed our niece to take part in this project for her to learn the proper way of making a slime using correct measurements/proportion. The ones we made turned out kinda rubbery though because we used too much borax or activator. I also learned that in order for the slime to become fluffy, you have to toss in heaps of shaving foam, foaming facial cleanser and hand soap. 

—Mini Succulent Garden—

Not having something to diy is just boring so I decided to buy more succulents to create my very own mini succulent garden (like the those on Pinterest). To start off, I bought myself a bag of potting soil (P139, ACE Hardware), 3 small cactus (3 for P100) and one medium sized plastic salad bowl for P76.00. These succulents btw need sunshine to live long (and very little water) so make sure they sit beside the window or any part of the house where the sun beam is. Better yet follow your cat's direction if you have one because cats always bask in the sun so they should be experts on this lol.

—Gardening—

I still have leftover potting soil from my mini succulent garden so I decided to re-pot couple of my bedroom succulents instead. I properly layered the soil to make living inside those little plastic container/pots much more conducive for my indoor plants. I’m happy that the crushed egg shells seemed to be helping them flourish thus explains the little sprouts. 

Persian Shield
Anyways..we’ll see how it goes. I don’t think I can still live without having these plants around and oh btw, my Persian Shield rose from the dead after our senior dog Fiona snacked on them a long time ago. Luckily, Persian Shield isn’t toxic for dogs so make sure you know which plants are toxic for your pets because you’ll never know when your furry friends will take an interest in your garden plants.




On A Whim

Lang Leav's Anthology of Love box
set. (Photo courtesy of National Book
Store)
I feel so far behind now that Lang Leav has released her latest epic “Sad Girls” whilst I haven’t even scored my “Anthology of Love” box set why oh why?

It sucks ‘cuz I collected couple of her poetry books “The Universe of Us” and “Lullabies” just to find that a box set would be out so soon arrrgh. Ok, I guess I did not pat attention that much that’s why. Well, anyways, I technically just bought one of those books because my copy of “Lullabies” was a Christmas present. The “Anthology of Love” box set isn't cheap though as the set cost ₱1,745.00 (roughly $35.00) which includes her bestselling titles “Love & Misadventure”, “Lullabies”, “The Universe of Us” and the newest “Your Words are Your Power Journal" in National Book Store. Then, after I turn around again I saw “Sad Girls” on Instagram and I was like hey wait up I haven’t even saved up for the box set yet!? Anyways, I shouldn’t be a hoarder because I don’t even have that much time to read books lately so I guess I should just relax for the time being and just focus on those new succulents my sister and I bought (sour graping). 

basking in the sun is life...
I don’t know If I just don’t have a green thumb that’s why my succulents die out after a long while or its the environment they are subjected to that’s causing them to eventually die or maybe it’s the lack of sunlight or water or… (?)  Alright, I promised myself to take care of them this time so I researched that they should have enough sunlight and that you only need to water them if the top soil has gone dry and that you should allow some air which I understand because they also need those stuff like any other living being to survive, water, air, sunlight as without those they will definitely not live long. I also read that tea is a good food for them which I’m not wondering why since tea bags have ample use from eliminating odor on shoes to plant food etcetera. I am currently experimenting on crush egg shells for my succulents and hopefully it would help in prolonging their life span. 


Moving on, I have been enjoying watching this vlogger on youtube who’s currently living on her own in Japan teaching English and Acting. I have been yearning to live abroad for a long time now and I know how it feels to be independent thousands of miles away from home because my sister and I both backpacked to Singapore back in 2011 and lived there for a couple of months after we celebrated our birthday we pretty much enjoyed our stay then decided to extend our Visas for another month just on a whim. It just feels good to experience other culture. I’m just sad if work would get in the way this year then we won’t be able to travel abroad for our birthday or whatever, anyways, we’ll see how it goes although I hate to not travel on my birthday geez as it's the time of the year I really save up for (whimper). 




Time Out

something DIY...
I love being away from work because I get to sleep longer and rest. I have been really stressed out with work lately that I badly yearned for my rest day. I just wish one day I could retreat in a house that overlooks the ocean like those we see in movies then retire early to chase what life has to offer--new adventures, travel, write etc. Work is a such drag. Anyways, moving on, I bought some more succulents for my room because the ones I used to have withered due to the month long rain which just dissipated few days ago. Lack of sunshine, even for indoor plants isn’t healthy because they also need warmth to survive like any other living being here on earth. I did my best to care for them but life cycle is life cycle, there’s a beginning and there’s an end.  

Today, I joined my sister with her pursuit to create Bento Lunch for our niece. I helped out in making the “Gimbap” so I could learn how to make one myself as it’s something I haven’t tried before. Since our niece goes to school really early, we decided to make the Gimbap today and just shove it in the fridge to save time preparing them tomorrow morning. I realized it’s such a good stress reliever other than crafting. Speaking of crafting, I decided to use my last scrap of burlap to create my bedside DIY mobile phone charger holder/caddy, it’s just really convenient that way.

Oh btw, just completed Mickey D’s Secret Life Of Pets Happy Meal toys last week and they’re so cute. I honestly couldn’t even remember their individual names but what the heck, if you share the household with a kid such as my niece they just bring out the child in you too lol. 




new indoor succulent. my organic air purifier...