Colour Pies

Monday's are the days when you try to pick up the pace (rhyme not intended). As a designer, these are the days when I need inspiration -for work- the most. I can go to the mall and check out new furniture and accessories or I can visit galleries to look for artwork that can inspire my projects. But on this rainy, lazy Monday, I've decided to just stay at home and get colour inspirations from around the house. Check them out!

Tita is preparing some warm ginataan! Super perfect for the weather.

These are macopa we got from our neighbours tree. Haha! 

Nothing beats walis tambo in dust sweeping.

You can use these colour schemes for interiors, logos, clothes or even your nail polish. Just don't tell people that you got them from walis tambo or stolen macopa. :p

It's really easy to find inspiration from everywhere, you just have to appreciate. :)

Have a fun and productive Monday everyone!

-Y

Discovery Dates

La Mesa Dam

When in the park, run through a hidden pathway.

Kingfisher Mangrove Park, Coron

Try a different mangrove route.

Lingnam, Binondo

Van Gogh is BiPolar, Maginhawa Street

Eat at different types of restaurants.

Paco Park, Manila

Run in a municipal cemetary.

Pinto Art Museum, Antipolo

Visit galleries.

Get out of your comfort zone and try something new every now and then. Believe me, you'll discover a lot of new stuff about yourself. 

Enjoy what's left of the weekend!!

PS. I'm a girl and the guy in the photos is my boyfriend. I'm a bit obsessed with him. :p

-Y

Sheepy Day

Saw some sheep today. Aren't they cute? They were kind of hard to take pictures of because they kept moving away from us even though we were walking towards them really slowly. Yani and I looked like a bunch of weirdos yelling out "baaaaa baaaaa" so they would "trust us." Haha sort of like saying, "Hey hey, sheep, we're not humans."

baa baa

 That's them, looking at us because we were calling out to them. Haha I can only imagine what they were saying in their adorable little heads. "We ain't that stupid...baaa baaa...we know what you are," or, "Awww...these humans. So weird."

Humans, are you lost?

Anyway, I just thought, don't they look like clouds? No? To me, they do! Haha So I did a little illustration for you all. Nothing fancy. Just some sheep looking like clouds. I hope it makes you smile like it did me when i was drawing them. Well, I giggled...a whole lot. Haha

Rainy sheepy day

Sunny sheepy day

-H

Flower Power

Can you smell them from the screen?

Have you heard the famous quote, “Stop and smell the flowers?” This phrase tells us that we sometimes tend to focus too much on the path that we have, in line with the goals that we set for ourselves. Apparently, we become too obsessed with these things that we forget to enjoy the actual journey.

Let me give you an example. Imagine yourself eating your favorite food in the world. Your eyes pop out and jaw drops in the sight of this sumptuous plate that you are about to attack. For me, it is a Japanese meal, specifically a Mori Soba accompanied with Maki, Tamagoyaki and hot green tea on the side. While at the peak of extreme hunger, we quickly grab our eating utensils, pick the food, swallow and bite it all the way down to our tummy. Once satisfied, we rest on our seats after indulging in this great feast. We cannot move. We carry a heavy stomach, full and bloated. A few minutes later we wonder where the food goes. Did you savor its flavor, texture and taste the crisp or juice of every ingredient therein? Did you even know the dish that you just ate? 

This example points out that we tend to forget to appreciate the little things we have around us. Many can raise their hands in guilt of this, including mine. If only we learn to stop and smell the flowers on our way, we can still see the beauty in a difficult day.

Straight from our gate.

Here is a short list of what I consider some of my “flowers” to be:

• Stop to look at flowers. (Pun intended. Haha)
• Soak in a good shower.
• Ogle at a gorgeous sunset.
• Enjoy my meals.
• Appreciate a joke even the corny ones. (Especially with Yani Haha)
• Stare at my dog and see how happy she is when I give her my attention.
• Take pictures of the sky. This is definitely one of the most beautiful subjects ever. The sky is different every single time.
• Hug my pillow. (I love hugging things. This is not a sentimental statement. Haha)
• Prize a cold glass of water.
• Take deep breaths. (I have asthma that’s why I highly appreciate this.)

Some of these things may seem absolutely ordinary. But this is exactly my point. Relish everything.

-H

Pop ups

When will I see a four-leaf clover?

Hi I'd just like to share something that might weird you out: I've always wanted to be a dwarf. There you go. I've always dreamed of playing with mystical creatures of the forest, building houses under tree roots and running under the shade of mushrooms, when big droplets of rain start to pour. 

This bunch of super small plants can be a resting place for dwarf dogs.

It's one of my most favourite childhood dreams (aside from becoming as sexy as Sailormoon) and that’s probably the reason why I am easily captivated by mystical-looking plants and fungi.  It chases me back to those days when I was free to just dream and play the whole summer, when life was free from problems and bills. It brings me back to the days when life was simpler, happier and lighter (I'm not talking about my weight).

Mushrooms are so cute and they taste good.

I really wish I can go back to those days. Good thing God has created memory- a mysterious thing that can be sparked by such small objects like mushrooms and clovers.

xx
-Y