rainy day

i love days like today...nice, rainy day...makes you just want to stay home, enjoy the sound of the rain and just get cozy under a blanket and read a book.


(photo by kaitlin m via flickr)

christmas wish list...

WISH #3: i really...really need to upgrade my laptop...my ultimate wish!


(macbook pro)

holiday party...what would you wear?

okay, i've been super busy at work that i haven't had the time and energy to keep up w/ my blog...

so what are you wearing to your holiday party this year? unfortunately, i don't have one, but if we did, i'd wear something simple, but not too simple...


(image courtesy of www.style.com miu miu spring 2009 collection)

christmas wish list...

it's been a while since i've been on this blog...but i'm back and hopefully will be back in a routine...

over the weekend, i bought a copy of InStyle magazine. as i was reading the magazine, i saw a couple of things for my christmas wish list...let me share a few...as i find more i'll post them up and share them and maybe santa will be nice enough to get me something from my wish list...

WISH LIST #1: i found this swarovski crystal usb flash drive...so nice...can use it as a neclace too!

(http://www.swarovski.com/Web_US/en/983640/product/Robot_Happy_Laura_USB_Memory_Key.html)

WISH LIST #2: this ipod docking station is the cutest...love it!...want it!...

(http://www.speakal.com/index.html)

favorite color...

when people ask me "what's your favorite color?"...to me that's one of the toughest questions...

there's just too many choices out there and to me it all depends...and sometimes it really depends on my mood or the phase that i'm in...i'll share some of my favorite color schemes in a room later on.

but really, i don't have a specific color that i can consider my "favorite"...do you?

i was looking for a new flash drive for myself and found this from the Pantone website (http://www.pantone.com/pages/flashdrives/product.aspx)

these are my 2 favorites...just love the bright colors...hhmmm...which one should i get...

i actually like the pantone 716c.

*update* - i've purchased the orange flash drive...yay...can't wait...now i have to wait for the snail mail...

is it really over??

i was doing my usual blog reading today and found out that Domino might be going away too. i use to subscribe to 3-4 different interior design magazines, but when my subscriptions were over, i only decided to subscribe to one magazine...DOMINO...and now i hear that they might be cancelling their magazine like so many other magazines out there. what am i to do :(. they are my ultimate favorite magazine. i always find new things and always seem to get inspired after reading their articles. and i also have about 7 months left from my subscription...hopefully they'll still be around for a few more months at least.

i'm thinking of subscribing to another magazine, but now i'm afraid that they too will be cancelled. it's like television shows getting canceled, but this to me means so much more and it's just sad.

i love my design magazines... they're just so inspiring. i love them so much that i can't even toss a single issue. they're all stored in the storage right now. and before i found out about this sad news i was even planning on reorganizing our storage and boxing up my old magazines for safe keeping...i'll still have to do that project and will keep an update on how that goes.

(i found out about this on apartment therapy http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/news/no-shelter-domino-to-close-the-new-york-observer-069524 ...here's the article where they found it from No Shelter in a Storm! As Economy Quakes, Home Mags Teeter.)

inspired to...sketch

today, i seem to be inspired to work on my sketching skills (or lack of)...

i was browsing the internet and just seem to be inspired to work on the skills/the skills "needed". i haven't sketched in a while since i've graduated at the academy of art university about a year and a half ago. i took an "advance quick sketch" class on my last semester. at first i was very intimidated by it, but i grew to love it. we had to sketch about average of 10+sketches per week. that may not seem like a lot, but if you think about it, it is especially if you go to school, have a part time job, 2 internships, a boyfriend...that's a lot of work and not enough time...but i survived and here i am a "graduate"...

i know i've been wanting to work on my sketches forever...but always seem to procrastinate... something always seems to distract me...the TELEVISION...that's another topic another day/time...

so today will be the day...i don't have anything in particular that i want to sketch...but tonight, i'm going to work on at least 2 sketches...maybe...just maybe...i'll be brave enough to post it up... if i do, please keep in mind, that i was never good in sketching and again, i haven't sketched in more that a year and a half...and that's why i'm starting now...to improve my sketches...so pls keep that in mind and don't "judge" :) ...

santana row

Santana Row
Originally uploaded by WarzauWynn

Santana Row...one of my favorite places to go to. i always seem to be inspired whenever i'm there. especially when i'm there early on a sunday morning, before the weekend crowd arrives. just walking around drinking my lovely soy white mocha (iced/warm...prefer iced even on a rainy day...actually, especially on a rainy day) and just enjoying the peaceful morning and watching the people set up for the farmers market, families spending time on a sunday morning, and just sitting out in the couryard reading my book and just enjoying the view of the buildings and appreciating how it is all designed.

i found this lovely image courtesy of Flickr. i just love the way the colors turned out. i'm not sure how it was done, but I'd love to learn how to and maybe try it out myself one of these days.

i just realized i haven't been to santana row in weeks. something always seems to come up and prevents me on going there. i don't really like going there in the afteroon/evening, not unless i really have to. i prefer going in the morning because it's much more peaceful and i get good parking for sure. hopefully i'll be able to go sometime soon.

first day

today is the first day for this blog. i decided to start this blog so that i can share my thoughts, ideas and inspirations that i find. this time i want to dedicate at least 2x/week on this blog. i don't know how people find the time to write on blogs almost everyday especially having a regular 9-5 grind. i will do my best to keep up w/ this. there are a few blogs out there that i read and check out almost everyday and was inspired by it to start my own blog.

i am still trying to figure out the how i want this layout to look like. it took me a while to figure out the name for my blog since most names i had in mind was taken. i decided to use "blueprint look book" since it'll be a place for me to share things that interest me or not interest me.

i'm very new to this so please bare w/ me...(i'm no carrie bradshaw...but i do love her)

so here it goes...