Dreaming of a beautiful house....

Although I'm not an interior designer, I'm very much interested in looking at interior magazines or interior TV show. I like how the colour and patterns collide. Plus when there are some interesting product design around. Or maybe I'm just building my dream house. Hahahhaa....

One of the blog I recently found but instantly fell in love is apartment therapy. They display some of the hippest and trendiest interior around.

Some of my favourites.

This rustic feel dining room comes from  Jeff and Delia gourmet garage. I like the warmth feeling of it. It makes me feel I'm eating out in a small Italian or French restaurant. Classic, homey, yet offers great food.

Next one, very interesting idea for a work studio. This one comes from Nick Bryan & Otto's Milwaukee Studio. I like their different concept. See how they use candle as the light! I like their wall colour a lot. Very natural.

Ahh.. and look they have loft-style book case!!! For a book lovers like me, I will go crazy and love to have that on my house someday!

Anyway, if you want more inspiration on your home decor and living, you definitely should check this out. It is a great place to gather some ideas. One thing that I notice about interior is that they have a very strong colour choice and combination. I learn that a lot. I even have this special book called COLOR SCHEME BIBLE. It is a good resource to mix and match colour. Plus, I got to learn about the colour names! One thing that I found very interesting to study. So, start build your dream house now!

(images courtesy of apartment therapy)

The DIELINE awards... fascinating and breathtaking!!!!

One of my favourite web.. TheDieline has just announced their award recipients. I'm so in love with the majority of it. They are so fun, fresh and outstanding!! Congratulations to the winners!!! Great job!! You guys just make my life better than before.. :)

Here are some of the winner. Check here if you want to know more!!!

(images courtesy TheDieline)

My Fave: The fabulous KARIM RASHID

WOW! That is my first comment when I first know this designer. He is so amazing!!! His work ranges from product design, surface design, interior design even fashion design. His style is very fun, bright, cheerful and makes me want to have almost each and every of his product.Just like when I see his children bedroom collection, it makes me want to go back to my childhood again.

Don't you agree with me? >.<

There's also the hip HUGO men limited edition

And here are some of my favourite design. If you want to find out more about Karim Rashid, be sure to check him out here. I am sure you will not stop until you finish all of his collection.

(images courtesy Karim Rashid)

Sweet and delightful wedding world

When it comes to talking about wedding, I am overwhelmed. I don't know is it because I am an invitation designer myself, so I spend most of my time browsing on wedding theme. But there are just SOOOO MANNYYYY great websites about it. All of them give beautiful and floating feeling every time when I look at it. I know I won't be able to show them all here, but here are some of the great ones. And from there on, you can let yourself be entertained with the thorough information and inspiration they have. I will surely add some more...!! Enjoy!!!

Style Me Pretty they showcase how can you 'dress' up your party. From rustic, romantic, spring, vineyard and many more. Their ideas and photographs are very lovely. It makes me want to be present to each and every wedding that are on the pictures. I just love it!!!!

(images courtesy Style Me Pretty)

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100 layer cake this is another great and well-known resources for wedding. I also love their web details, like the fonts, colour, style. Very gorgeous and accentuate what wedding is. You will definitely won't stop browsing through their blogs!

Oh yes, personally, I think their logo is very nice and interesting. One of my favourite!!! Well done!

I love this background pattern!!!

(images courtesy 100 layer cake)

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Fine stationery this one is another of my favourite. Just like their name.. fine stationery.. they certainly give you the finest. They don't just do wedding invitations, but also other type of invitation such as kids birthday, graduation party, casual party. What I like is that they give you the colour and item inspiration. You certainly can see the strong connection between their invitations and inspiration pictures. It is like they combine these mood board and create an invitation based on that. Very fun to look at! And surely will tickle your mind to experiment with your ideas as well. Here are some samples from their blog.

(images courtesy Fine stationery)

Easter egg crackkking time..

I'm actually a Christmas bigger fan than Easter.. But looking through some of these cute and lovely artwork, I can't help myself smiling and getting the joy from it. Look at this peeping chick.. Can you imagine that this is an Easter Crackers? Or how cute the button with the egg's stitching...

If you are a print/surface designer, then you should bookmark print & pattern to your list. They have been featured on TIMES ONLINE as top 50 world's best design blogs. They have wide range of ideas for print, wallpaper, gift wrap, even ceramics.. And the best thing is that they are based in UK! So they can tell you a lot of what's hot in Britain Land, the place where originality seems to be the main pulse of the country.

(images courtesy print & pattern)

My Fave: DAVID AIREY

David Airey is an amazing graphic designer. His work is very smart, clean, sophisticated, interesting and showcases the finest of typography's work. Check his website, blogs and book. You will get lots of useful tips on design. I was lucky enough to find out his work on the web. Amazing talents!!...

(images courtesy David Airey)

Give some 'ohjoy!' to your life....

What do you think about this? It's fun huh?

Okay, let me give you the other one..


If you like these two images, then you should give some ohjoy! to your life. They showcase some interesting mix and match ideas. Whenever I go through their pages, I feel like I'm reading an online magazine where they have sections. It's very cool to see their 'this that' section, just like the one I show above. What they are doing is they show fashion on one side, and the other side is how you take the elements to the every day's product. Then you will go.. ahhh!.. Cool..

(image courtesy ohjoy!)

Party Ideas: pink parisian

If you are having a party, you really should check out the celebration shoppe. It offers many interesting ideas for decorations, from the tiny details of what you can do with straws, place mat, napkins etc until the set of plates, cakes and else. Love this site!! Certainly brings new fresh air every time for me.

(image courtesy the celebration shoppe)

My Fave: ALESSI

Alessi oh alessi.. I can never get enough of their products !! It is always out of the box but yet functional. Almost every of their products makes me stop for a while, think and then laugh or have a smile on my face. I can never stop imagine how can they come up with such ideas. It makes me want to have all their products in my life.... !!!


One of their product is called Banana family. This family consists of Banana King, Banana Queen, Sweet Banana, Josephine Banana, Captain Banana, Banana Babies, Don Banana, Banana Band, Chin Banana, Chick Banana. How it can be more fun than this???!!! Love it, love it!!! And they functioned as sugar and spice grinder, cell phone charm, corkscrew, kitchen timer, toothpick holder, napkin ring etc... Imagine that!!!

They certainly makes life seem more beautiful... *o*

If you like this Banana family, you can get it here banana family

(images courtesy Alessi.com)

Product Spotlight: interesting EARBUDEEZ

I found this cool product from a fun website for packaging the dieline.com You can find many interesting and up-to-date packaging here. One of my favourite packaging was this EARBUDEEZ. It has become The Dieline's Latest Top 10 Package Designs. I will surely get one of these. It is so cool!!!..

Quoted from the website itself... "Audiovox found that customers choose their earbuds like a fashion accessory and packaging is key to their choice. JDA developed the earBudeez series as personalities with the earbuds as eyes in different positions to convey attitudes and emotions. These fun, eye-catching packages appeal to customers of all ages who want to express themselves with a unique product."

Kudos to the earbudeez's designer. You ROCK the music world!!!!!

(image courtesy the dieline)

First day introduction

Hi everyone... Welcome!!!

First time in creating my blogs!! Main reason of this blog is that I have plenty bookmarked website on my computer. And I've always enjoyed giving or sharing it with my friends around. But now, since the bookmarked web is getting more and more.. and I'm sure there will many ahead, I thought about creating this blog. So besides serving as my personal compilation which I can take a look whenever I need some inspiration, it can also serve as YOUR inspiration as well.

I called it 'juicy rain'. Mainly, it will be just a collection of pictures, scenes, any kinds of visuals ranging from design, art, architecture, place, food, fashion, lifestyle. Anything that I found inspiring for me.. In hope that this blog will give you lotsss of 'JUICY RAIN' when you ran out of it.

So, feel free to drop any constructive comments and suggestion. And hope this blog will give you a flowing creative juice!!! ENJOY!!!!!

PS: And this is a 'self portrait' of me.. hahaha.. what do you think???