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Re-use!!! Turn Extra Bar Chair’s leg into Aesthetic Wall Frame

Hello everyone!! Happy Awal Muharram to all Muslims out there. 🤗

Yesterday, I installed my new Bar Chair as I’m buying some little things for my 1st home. My tenant for past 7 years has moved out from the house. They said, they had been transferred to their hometown in Kedah. So, last Friday was the last day and they handed over the key to me.

I think it’s not a right time to sell the house yet, so I’m gonna rent it out with higher rental fee due to raises in OPR for the house loan. I did some calculation, to include all hidden charges like taxes, and maintenance, so I’m gonna have positive cash flow and not suffer later.

I will post out the make over for the house in next topic, supposely to go by today to measure the curtain and paint the furniture, but I fell sick and having terrible fever. Maybe in upcoming Saturday, if no plans.

So, this is the Bar Chair, and I really don’t know what the extra wood for.

Tadaaaa…I have my existing craft stuffs, jute, ribbon, burlap etc

This is the wood. it looks white coz the covered it with plastic. I really dunno why. hahaha. So, when I opened the plastic, it looks like this.

some place ribbon n jute ribbon, I guess the name was 🤷‍♀️

Just newly bought this at RM 2.40 @ecoshop.

In the making of Aesthetic Wall Frame 😃🥰

1. First, we need to do the tassle. It’s super easy. Just wrap your finger multiple times, I did here using 3middle fingers with 10 loops.

2. After done, put a pencil like this, and tie the tassle. Make sure it won’t open. I did glue the tassle, so it will keep in the place.

3. Then, I’m testing out using which ribbon/jute for the frame. Nah, it’s not nice using same color and pattern for the rope.

4. So, I’m ended up using the ribbon, with different colors (brown and cream) 😃😃😃

5. I glued all the ribbon onto the wood, and measure it accordingly so all gonna look symmetry for both side.

6. Tada!!! this is the final product. I’m gonna print out some quotes and glued it here. In my house, I have most quotes rather than photos. hahahaha. I cant wait to go and do some touch up on the interior.

So, that’s all my mini diy project for now. I can’t wait to do the make over for the house and rearrange everything. I’m budgeting everything to be rm3k, including water heater, ac, TV, curtain etc.

Till then, see you!! 😘

To be continued

Love, Sofia Mustaffa

Labeling Travel Toiletries and Pantry Items 😘

HeLLoOooooOoo Everyone!!! It’s been awhile since my last post..How are you? Hope everyone is happy, sound and safe 🥰

I recently trying to manage organizing my things in a proper manner, as I tried to customize my organizer according to my needs.

After decluttering so much, now I left myself with lot of organizer which organizer turn itself into clutters. Weee!!! 😀

some empty organizer that I’m still thinking what to do with it 😃

I starts labelling my things, and to well organize my current things, such as my travel toiletries, and my pantry items like flour etc.

So, I bought empty black sticker and white permanent marker pen. I also have black tape as alternative way for labeling 😃

Check this out…

I bought the sticker for RM 1 each sheet. I bought 2 sheets and the marker pen about RM 0.70 😃

I have black tape, so for my travel toiletries I’m using black tape and write it down with White Permanent marker pen. Well, IdK if the writing will fade or not, but its okay, lemme just try to use this as for now. Maybe I will need to find the one with waterproof for my toiletries 😃

Okay, that’s all for now, till then..see u soon..

Love, Sofia

Easy Dumplings..nyummeh 😋

Hey guys!!!! How are you doing?? Hope you are all good and sounds. So, today I’m gonna share how I make my easy dumplings. Its been few days back Im craving for dumplings. You know, nowadays when you buy food from restaurant, you will get a tasteless, expensive and vegie dumpling (eventhough you are actually bought beef/lamb dumpling), its all vegie you gonna taste (less meat, lots of vegie) 😂

So, here we go..a simple dumpling from Sofia 😃

1. Firstly, you gotta buy meat. It depends on you what kind of meat you wanna use. I’m using beef meat here 😋

Marinated Sauce…

Okay, you got a loooooot of options for marinated sauce. Some love to add salt and black pepper only, some love to add soy sauce, some love to add chilli sauce. Choose whatever you love, in the end it’s yourself who gonna eat it. So, Im using teriyaki sauce, lil japanese sweet sauce and lil bit of sesame oil. I’m creating my own designated dumplings okeyh!! Hahahaha 😂❤ There is no right or wrong about it 😉

3. When you chopped everything and pour in lil of your fav marinated sauce, keep it in chiller for overnight. I don’t put in freezer, coz the taste might lil bit different. Keep in a cool chiller, in between the normal chiller and freezer. Next day, you can stir fry the meat, or can put straight to the dumpling skin. Im just being lazy, I just put it on the dumpling skin and steam it 😃

4. For dumpling skin, you can make from scratch, but Im too lazy to do that. So I bought the ready made dumpling skin. You can find it in pastry section in market. So, you pick one piece, then place the meat at the centre like this.

5. The art of dumplings is how to fold it 🥲 This part is not easy, Im just doing the most simplest ways. You can find a lot of youtube videos on how to fold dumplings and find your fav one ☺

6. Okay to steam the dumpling, if you have white thin cloth, you can put it to the bottom of dumplings. This is to avoid torn dumplings. I don’t have that, so I just put in the steamer. If you got better idea, do let me know 😀

7. My cute steamer…I can steam, can boil, can cook rice..Its small and cute 🥰

8. Tadaaa!!!!! Here my dumplings!!!! Yummy 😋. You can put it in container storage and keep it in chiller.

My fav style to eat dumplings with noodles and seaweed soups 🥰

Okay guys, that’s all for now..to be continue…

Love, Sofia

Do it myself….Mahendi 😄

Hehe…hellooOooOooooOoooo…how are you?

Raya Aidilfitri is just around the corner. I bought these DIY mahendi online and thought wanna give it a try 😃

Do you know how much it will cost for 1 hand mahendi in 2015? RM 15 (3.44 USD) per hand. Yes, that price was in 2015, I believe it will be more now, in 2022. Do you know how much I bought all of these kit? RM 31.50 (7.23USD) and you can use the sticker template over and over again, and wherever you want 😄

I bought 3 varieties of the finger design, 1 overall hand design and of course the henna (chose natural henna). You can choose your own fav design, coz sometimes when I did mahendi outside, they make a different design from what I chose. Myb they simply don’t know how to draw it. Idk😶

So…..here we gOoOoooo…let’s start….😃🥰

How to DIY your own mahendi 😍

First thing first, you gotta choose which template you wanna try and where to put on your body 😅

I prepare some tissue, and cotton bud to apply henna on it. As you can see here, the packet is the original henna, where you need to mix it with water. But I want things easier 😃, so I just bought readymade henna in the small cup. Of course it will be cheaper if you mix it yourself, i think the cup and packet, cup double price then the packet and a lot of quantity 😀

Okay, then you put on the sticker template on your hand like this. Don’t put henna on those..HH290..its the sticker code ya 😁😅

Alright, now we use the cotton bud to apply henna on top of the sticker…🥰

Tadaa…make sure all template is well stick and apply on all sticker holes…

……..something like this….see..i dont put the HH290 henna, if not u gotta see it on your hand too..please ensure you alert on those 😅😅

Okay, after you apply the henna, you gotta wait for few hours…or some people will leave it overnight. But hey, Im not gonna wait that long, I just leave it for 30min 😂. The more longer you wait, the more thick the color will be…☺

Okay, done for the hand part…let’s go to the finger part….

Hahaha…if you go to outside..most of them just lazy to design your hand. But me, I put on different design to my finger. You see, 3 different design on my fingers 😃. Okay, you gotta put it lower like this, so that 1/3 of your finger will cover by the henna..

Apply the henna on top of the sticker template like this…

Tadaaa..you see, the color is not that bright coz I just leave it for 30min 😂 okay, I waited another 30min. I don’t have much time to wait..LOL

Tadaaaaa….overall view..well..not bad…not bad at all

Its orange color. Henna got available in white, dark green, black, red…but I love orange color the most. Suit with my skin 🥰

Jeng jeng….i just love it…different kind of design….🥰🥰🥰

Okay guys, thats all Im sharing on how to make your own mahendi. Your own design, your own satisfaction. Till then guys…to be continue….

Love, Sofia

My ‘me time’ – fast furious diy basket’s lid 😂

Hello!!! HellOoooooOoo…hello!! Everybody! How are you? Today, I got a lil time for myself..so I made some diy items.

My room is super duper dusty lately. I’d bought dust mite vacuum, but unfortunately the parcel was lost during shipping. I bought it again, and hoping it won’t lost again.

Because of my room sooo dusty, so I was thinking to cover up all my baskets. You really can’t see with your eyes the dust on fabric, but its there 🥲

So I do some research on how to diy it by using recycle things I have now – boxes.

Things you need to make this lid are:

1. Scissor or cutter

2. Glue gun

3. Marker pen.

4. Ruler.

5. Big empty box.

6. Wrapper paper.

7. 10mm jute – optional

DIY basket’s lid 😃🥰

1. Make a measurement of the existing box. Well, u can measure using the ruler, but I prefer easier way. Just put the basket like this on the box, then line it 😂

2. Then, u make a straigh line with all points with thicker marker pen.

I make few points on the box, then straight it with ruler and thick marker pen.

3. Cut all the lines!! I cut it with blade first, then cut it with scissor because the box is soo thick 😀

4. After cut all the lines, I glue the lid with glue gun. U need to wait for quite some times before applying the glue, to ensure the glue is smooth, coz we want a smooth surface for the glue. Until, its liquid state, then only u apply it on the box. Or else, it will easily tearoff and not glue properly 🙂

Cut the lines, and glue all the edges, make a rectangle lid.

5. Once u can see the lid shape, wrap all way with wrapping paper. I prefer use whatever I have now. U can do ur own creativity to decor your box.

Glue all the wrapping paper using glue gun 😁

6. I glue it all the way. At the both ends of the box, there are some extra paper. So I fold it and glue nicely.

And…fold like this…i glue the end and glue it all the way…hahaha. Im glue here…glue there..glue here..glue there and glue all the way…haha..gluing while singing the song!! 😂

7. Tadaa!!! My box’s lid is DONE!!! Just a finish touch up to make it a smooth finished product, I glued jute rope at the edge of the box.

Tadaaa!! Okay, u need a lot of patience when gluing this. U can’t do it fast, because it will smear or glue wont stick longer. U need to do it, slow and steady..then u will have a smooth nicely glued jute rope 🥰

8. ALL DONE!!! 😍 My basket is a flexi material. I can bend it to fit the lid 😂😂 Doesn’t fit? Just make it fit right there by force 😆

Jeng jeng!!! The finished product is here. Now dust can’t easily go into my things in that basket..hahahaha. Problem solved 😆

Till then…..to be continue…

Love, Sofia

How to wrap a simple, easy, cheap and unique birthday present – chocolate style

Hello everybody!!! Good Friday morning, everyone 😘

Sorry, was busy with some deployments job. Just want to share with you a simple, easy and unique present wrap that I made for my niece. Haha, yes….you heard it right!! I love something which is easy, beautiful, unique and also cheap. 😂

So here u go, what you really need is…

1. Scissor

2. Glue

3. 2 plain color of paper

4. Cute ribbon or chocolate cover *optional

How to wrap a present – Cheap, Easy and Unique way (chocolate design)

1. Wrap the whole present like this, and put doible sided tape at the end of the paper. Make sure you fold it before put on the double sided tape.

2. Then, at both end of the present, just put in the glue inside, and keep it together like this..

3. Cut the edge of both side, with zig-zag design..

Cut it zig-zag, u can refer below picture

4. Cut off another color of paper square, and simply glue on top of the present like this..

Zig-zag cut at end of present. Cut off another color of paper, and simply glue on top of the present..then you done!! 🥰😘

Tadaaa!!! The end product will look something like this. You can put on the cover wrap chocolate paper, or ribbon for decoration ❤

That’s all for now, to be continue if i got any some other time..take care guys!!! 😘

Love, Sofia

Making a simple brownies 😘

Hi everyone!! It’s been awhile I’m not baking. I had bought these brownies and chocolate bar for quite some time, just that I don’t have time to bake it.

Cooking chocolate, Brownies Mix and Cupcake 😃

If you bought the ready made mix, it has the instruction at the back. I don’t want to buy any unwanted extra flour. So i bought this. Simple and easy. 😂

How to make a simple brownies, but tasty 🥰

1. Firstly, you pour all the mix into 1 BIG bowl like this. As u read the instruction, it need 85ml water, 50ml vegie oil and 1 egg. Just pour everything, then mix with spatula.

2. When u mix, make sure no lump. I don’t like any lump in my cakes/brownies, so I make it smooth possible. Not to use any electric machine, just use spatula and stir it with your hand. Simple and easy to clean 😃

3. Chunk the chocolate bar. I don’t like sweet brownies, so i bought Dark Chocolate. If you likr sweet brownies, you can use the normal Milk Chocolate according to your taste bud 😇

4. First layer, I pour the mix batter. Then I put the chocolate chunk like this on top. After that, I layer again with the mix batter.

5. So, it will looks something like this. Picture before heat it with 180 degree celsius, and about 23 minutes.

6. You will know your brownies are ready when the top is crack like this. The box instruction was to stick fork in it. If it’s not stick to the fork, so it’s ready. I just don’t, coz it will look hideous on my brownies 😂 when i feel light, and just nice plus top is crack and dry, I stopped it.

7. Tadaaaa~~ its yummy!! 🥰 Top and bottom dry, and moist in between ❤

Okay, that’s all for today

To be continue…

Love, Sofia

My wardrobe cleanup 😘

Hi everyone! It’s weekend! Time to enjoy ourself and reward our soul.

I just wanna share some cool items that I bought, helped me in saving my electric consume for my wardrobe. I bought 4 sensor LED magnetic light for my wardrobe. It will turn on when detected movement, and off when no movement. It helps me in finding my things/cloths well, rechargeable and portable LED lights. 🥰

It comes with magnetic pad, which already have adhesive sticker at the back. I just need to peel it and stick anywhere I want. So easy installation 😃

At the back of the light has another magnetic pad that already been sticked. I think the magenetic pad is a good item to buy separately and experiment with other stuff, especially for kitchen storage. I will explore it with other things as well, to make room/house more sleek look 🥰

The DC port, and it has option auto-as for auto-on when it sense some movement, auto-off when no movement; and I can turn it on always or off. It has options what I need.

Tadaaa..yess..im bad in installing stuff. I just stick it for a practical practice without thinking its nice to look or not 😄

How it basically looks like….i still need a lot to declutter…idk how long it will goes..coz its been going for about 3years to declutter my wardrobe. I’m taking it out, slowly and follow my own timeframe 😂

Okay everyone…idk when I’m gonna install my RGB LED for my whole room. I’m still looking for a better idea on that.

Till then….to be continue….

Love, Sofia

Hey…Updates for my Aquascape 🥰

Hi Everyone!! I made an arch for my Aquascape. It’s a bit tricky to make it and need patience.

I’m just using materials I have-Aquascape glue and Lava Rocks.

So, I started glue the Lava Rocks together and make an arch, then I’m simply glue to the existing rock base. Enjoy the picture below!! 😃🥰

I tried to make an arch…with the Aquascape glue…

Close up!! I love the mini leave plants..gonna buy the big leave and love leave for 2nd box 🥰

Guys, I’m now rearranging my mini tank, coz this betta fish poo so much. So, I decided to rearrange the mini tank…stay tune for better aquascape..this is for trial only..☺

Till then, to be continue..

Love, Sofia

The New Hobby!! 🥰

Hi Everyone!! How are you? Hope everything goes well.

Recently, I got a new hobby..it’s Aquascape 😃

I managed to buy the equipments and tools for over a month. Yes!! You hear it right! Over a month ‘coz I’m collecting the daily free shipping. So, at least I save up on the shipping fee for the new hobby. Weee!! 🥳

So…here you go. Here are things that I bought online for my Basic Aquascape…