Simply Yvonne's Blog

Preview of some pieces I did for our nursery. To keep the consistency throughout the room, I use the same color scheme that we will be using for the nursery. So far we like the name Kaylee but we are not 100% sure if this is name we will be naming her just yet. Got about few more months to decide :) So far Hubby painted one wall in the nursery, I wish it was all done so I can start doing all the fun stuff with the room. Argh Im so impatient! lol BTW-When I was designing these, I was very inspired by Madebygirl and Penny People Designs prints. { Hope everyone had a great weekend, I had a 3 day weekend so It was kinda hard to get back to work this morning }

Found these cute dandelions wall decals at TJ Max for $5.99 and found a perfect home for it! I just love wall decals! We also have 2 chandeliers decals hanging in our living space Visit our lil home tour here with before and after pictures! Yay for the weekend! Hubby and I are doing Richmond and D.C bound this weekend to do some Ikea shopping and relaxing before I can't travel much. I'll be 8 months pregnant tomorrow!! O_o

This week I have been overly obsessed with interior spaces, I wish I have more time in a day and also the energy (back pains are kicking in with 8 months pregnant) to revamp up some of our spaces in the house. Since we are currently decorating our nursery at the moment, I was so happy to came across this Nursery on CreamyLife's blog . What a brilliant idea to showcase your lil ones clothes as a decor! We are definitely picking up supplies this week to try to replicate this idea! Other examples to showcase baby clothes out in the open. LOVE it! This beautiful home is from same owner of the nursery, I just love all the white, modern spaces in their home. We have the same white eames chair! source Adore Magazine Tied with a Bouw

Hubby and I are renovating our guestroom into a nursery. The room was a mess and we pretty much threw everything that we didn't want to see in there. Honestly it didnt really look like a guestroom but more of storage space. Here is a pix of our guestroom when we first moved into our home. ick! We decided to donate the bed since we wont be needing it anymore and really dont have any where to put it. Look at the mess! Took us couple of hours to declutter and organize the room Looking a bit better but we still need to paint and adding few more items I heard that this lil Sophie Giraffe is a MUST have for all babies! We decided to stay away from the pink theme for the nursery, and go with more neutral colors. Hope baby Huynh doesnt mind Already getting some cute clothes for her arrival Stay tuned!

My 2011 new year resolution is to finish up my portfolio website that I have been putting off for about 3 years now. I got started on it back then but never got around to develop the site. This year, instead of finishing up the old design, I thought it would be best to just start a new blank canvas and design something the defines who I am and what I do. Here is a lil sneak peak of the design, which has a very similar look and feel of the blog. Just for fun and giggles, here is the old design Hopefully It will be up and running by the end of this month, I'll keep you posted!

Happy 2011 Everyone!! and also a happy birthday to my doggie Jet, long-coat chihuahua! the lil guy turned 5!

I am so blessed to have great friends and a loving hubby with me through the holidays. This year hubby and I didn't do much gift exchange but I did received some very nice gifts! Been wanting a nice pair of flat leather boots and finally got it! Steve Madden 'Incca' Knee-high Pull-on Boots Michael Kors Astor Large Satchel thoughtful gifts from awesome friends Today I found out that I won a giveaway from Kassia's blog!!! What a nice little surprise this morning! If you haven't check out her blog yet, you should because her photography is AMAZING! I won the Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner Cheers to 2011! Hope 2010 was memorable for you as it was for me .

Although this Christmas, we couldn't make it home for Christmas since I am not suppose to be traveling, it was nice to having good friends around. Here is a lil glimpse of our Christmas dinner get together with our friends. Jam filled Butter Cookies, got recipe from Allrecipes We had lumpia and Vietnamese Egg rolls..yummy! Here I am showing my 7 month belly ^_^ The girls, the guys were too shy to take pix :D Happy holidays !

"I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month." ~Harlan Miller Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! Hope the new year is filled with Love, Happiness and Prosperity! Xoxo, Yvonne

I meant to blog yesterday but I got too excited about my new 27" iMac at work that I didn't get the chance to update my blog. Over the weekend, I took a trip up to Williamsburg, Va with few girls for some outlet shopping, eating out and Christmas Town at Bush Gardens. It was so nice to just get out of town even though it was short, it was still sweet. Us girls at Art Cafe 26. The restaurant looks like an art gallery First time having European food, and it was pretty de-lish. Austrian Goulash w/homemade Spaetzle Homemade Canneloni w/Butternut squash Goat Cheese & Basil-Pesto Small desert Variations Spicy Hungarian Goulash Soup Beef, Sausage & Potato Such a great place to dine, plus the owner is so sweet and nice that we took a picture with her. I believe she have 5 daughters so she told her customers that we are her new 5 daughters :) Went outlet shopping and all I got was this hat from Gap. I couldn't handle the extremely long lines.