The New Domestic

October 2009


10/31/09

Milk. All Day.

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This is what I do all day long: breast-feed, burp & nappy change every 3 hours throughout the day and night. It may sound exhausting but surprisingly, I’m really loving it. Breast-feeding gives me a chance to be close to her, hold her, watch every movement she makes and hear her gulping all that milk as if it’s the last meal she’ll ever have.

Then after she feeds, she’ll quickly peek to see if I’m still there and slowly dozes off to sleep. It’s time for her to dream again…


10/29/09

Day 4

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Day four! So far, Luna’s favorite activities include breast-feeding, cuddling and napping. Luna dislikes baths, nappy changes and anything that makes her cold.


10/28/09

Welcome Home Luna!

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We are so happy to bring our little Luna home. First day at home and adjusting to her new environment. Born October 26, 2009 at 6:37 AM. More photos to come in a few days!


10/24/09

Luna’s Nursery

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Welcome to Luna’s nursery. We wanted to create a playful and creative space where she can grow, learn, be nurtured and dream – a room where her imagination can roam freely and memories are to be made.

We also wanted to surround her with pieces that Peter and I love and have inspired us. Most of the pieces on the walls are things we’ve collected throughout the years. The illustrations on the walls are from one of our favourite illustrators – Charley Harper (It’s actually an alphabet card game that came in a box with other letters but I just picked out letters from her name – L-U-N-A – and framed them individually). The Black & White ABC Neutraface type poster is from House Industries, it creates a visual pattern that is classic but playful at the same time. Also from House Industries, are the wooden alphabet Neutraface slab blocks sitting on her night stand. The large canvas you see on the wall is a Marimekko fabric remnant we purchased in Seattle years ago. We stretched it onto a canvas to create a large piece of art to hang on the wall. The white mobile above the twin bed was a present given to me by Peter 8 years ago; it was made by a local artist. We also love the wooden bowling pins sitting on the ledge of her window. We saw it at our favourite home interior store called Habitat in Paris (they have stores all over Europe). They were so cute, we had to take them home with us.

We hope the space we’ve created for her will make her feel at home – a space where she can create her own memories as we watch her grow.


10/18/09

DIY Customized Chocolate Bars

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Peter and I wanted to make something special as giveaway presents at our baby shower. We were constantly bouncing ideas with each other on what to make, or what to bake… So after days and days of coming up with different ideas, we settled on something so special – chocolate bars wrapped up with our collection of Eames paper!

This is a simple project anyone can do. We headed to a grocery store after work and bought organic chocolates with hazelnuts. But we made sure these chocolate bars were wrapped with aluminum foil as it would look nicer once we customize the packaging. We removed the outer paper covers and replaced it with nice bold prints. Peter was in charge of designing the tags and I voted to be in charge of choosing which Eames paper to use and carefully wrapping them individually and got creative with the ribboning.

Our friends loved them and we were happy to have made something special for them. The joy of making and giving things to friends!

Peter and I always have so much fun making things together. We had music playing, pieces of ribbon & paper all over the table and floor… It makes me realize even more how much I love our studio space as we are able to make things together!