Mango Salad

This menu is perfect for my mango craving,… well, I feel like I didn’t get to eat enough mango when I was visiting Indonesia last time. Also perfect for summer since I am so ready to say goodbye to this winter. Enjoy!

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1. Prepare: 1 big mango ( I prefer the half ripe as it’s firm enough for crunchiness yet not too sour) thinly sliced, yields about 2C. 6-8 cherry tomatoes, halved. 1/4C roasted peanut, chopped. 2tbs dried shrimp, rinsed. 1/4 tsp shrimp paste. juice from 1/2 lime. 2tbs fish sauce1/4C cane sugar, melted with 2tbs water added. 1 clove of garlic. some sliced thai chilles.

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2. Using a mortar and pestle, ground/ bash garlic, dried shrimp, shrimp paste, and then half of the roasted peanuts at the last. Add Lime juice, fish sauce and melted cane sugar. This will be the dressing.

3. On the small bowl, mix the mango, tomatoes, and chillies, then put the dressing and mix well.

4. Add the remaining roasted peanut and cilantro for garnish, serve, bon appétit.

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DIY Baby Headband

These are the little projects I did when I was visiting my family in Indonesia last December, 13- January, 14, handmade headbands for my little one. The red one was specially made for her 1st birthday party, the pink one was for her christening, which both took place in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Hopefully it brings you inspiration!

headband 1

headband 2

headband 5

headband 3

headband 4

Crochet Mouse- DIY

This is the weekend project, easy and quick, crocheting little mouse. I’m planning to make more and put the magnet for the fridge… or it may just become my little M’s toy which is what it’s been, my baby’s been throwing and chasing it around 🙂

I didn’t write down the pattern, but it’s simple, just follow your imagination to get the shape with increase and decrease Sc.

 

mouse 5 copy

 

mouse 1

 

mouse 3

 

mouse 4

 

mouse 2

Baby Room Reveal- DIY project

Finally I managed to put together the room decor for the nursery which has been transformed to baby room since she is in the crawling stage now. It took more than 1 year to finish, sounds like forever to me specially when we had to deal with the mess of changing the flooring. Actually I don’t think it’s ever finished … before I know, she will need big girl bed and the decor will be changed.

This post summarizes the DIY projects I did before, I put the link to the previous posts so it’s easy for you to find the tutorials… Enjoy!

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baby room reveal 2

Here is the link:  DIY wall mural

wall mural FB

Here is the link: Alphabet Wall Decor

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Here is the link: Crochet Koala Initial Sign

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Here is the link: Crochet Flower planter

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Here is the link: Curtain

Curtain nursery 5

Here is the link: Embroidery Hoop Art

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Hopefully it brings inspiration.

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