Happy Birthday to my best friend Thu Hien!

Hi everyone! How have you been? I've spend two whole weeks in my bed. Just recovered from a really bad cold. So my apologies for the lack of posts (again). These photo's are from my best friend's little surprise party. I've ordered a cake and reunited her with some friends from Leeuwarden. Which was her previous home town. Now she's living in Amsterdam and I miss her so much! The girl was so surprised and couldn't stop smiling. I'd say mission accomplished! I also got her an Acne scarf to keep her warm when I'm off to Vietnam for 5 weeks. Yes I'm going on vacation next week! But I'll tell you more about that later.

Red dress illustration

Featured in American Lookbook Volume 1

What a great start of 2014! I've been so anxious to share this awesome news with you guys. I'm so honored and proud to be featured in American Lookbook Volume 1!! It's a semi-annual, international, 180 page, ad-free magazine. Each issue is filled with beautiful photography of fashion, interior design and architecture. Just my cup of Freshminhtea!

The magazine retails for $24 and is currently available for pre-sale at www.americanlookbook.com  and will be in stores and distributed in March 2014. You can also choose for a one year subscription (Volume 1 & Volume 2).

I really think and hope you guys will enjoy this unique magazine. (Love the fact that it's ad-free!)

Merry Christmas!

DRESS H&M - FUR SCARF ASOS - NECKLACE AND EARRINGS QUEENSOWNJEWELS

Merry Christmas everyone! Christmas is by far my favorite holiday. Since my childhood I've been able to collect lots of great memories during these joyful days. We dress up nicely and my mom always cooks the most delicious food. We sing, we dance, we laugh xD nah I'm just kidding we just eat till we drop and then watch television haha. But still without the singing and dancing it's always fun to spent time with my family. This year I wore a cute dress I bought 2 years ago but never worn before. I added a fur scarf in case it get's chilly but the eye-catcher is definitely the jewelry. The gorgeous earrings and necklace is custom made by a very talented young lady named Krystal. I got to choose the colors and design. How awesome is that?! You can visit her shop "Queens Own Jewels" here. 

I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas filled with love and laughs! And if you don't like Christmas (you Grinch :P) just pretend you haven't read this overly happy post xD.

Photos by Duy Tam

DIVA

COAT DIY BY MOM - SKORT / BOOTS ZARA - SUNGLASSES PRADA - BAG PERSUNMALL

Hi everyone, It's very hectic in my nail salon right now. The holidays are coming up so everyone wants pretty nails. I don't have a lot of time to maintain the blog but I'm trying my best. Here is another illustration that I've made. This time I used an other technique so it looks more realistic which I really like. The illustration looks even better then me :P. This is my 2nd try but you can really see improvement. The best part is to see the illustration coming to life. This really motivates me to draw more so hopefully you guys won't be bored and want to see more too. And props to mom who made me this beautiful coat. Yes she pampered me again :P. You're the best mom!

Photos by Duy Tam