HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

新年快樂!!!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!! It's the year of tiger, hope you all have a prosperous year and good health!!!


(Yup, happened to find a Barbie doll that dressed in the Chinese Qipao! Haha..)

Ohhh, happy Valentine's Day, too!!! Wishing all the lovebirds out there stay sweet & all the single ladies and gentlemen will find your other half asap!!!

Much love,

Hilz ♥

I'm a Barbie girl, in a REAL Barbie world!

So, we had two snow days in a row in Philly! It was lovely to see the snow falling down like glitters from the sky, but at the same time I hate to see it all slushy and dirty the next day. So many cars got stuck on my street, I felt so bad for them, how annoying, don't you hate that? Hope all is well with everyone!
At this point, I wish I were in Thailand or somewhere, enjoying the sunshine on a beach with very, very fine sand... B)

Anyways, a continuation of my last post, I also found out that they had opened the Barbie Flagship Store in Shanghai, China last year!

I personally adore the spiral staircase with all the Barbie dolls displaying in the cubes.

A play area/library corner for the kids. So cute!

I am surprised that the store is not only for young girls, but grownups too!!! There are both casual and dressy clothes.

Cute dressing rooms and restrooms

Makeup section

Of course there has to be a spa/beauty salon to maintain that all-time good look. Love that wall paper of Barbie with face mask!

and a cafe/bar too! I wonder what does Barbie eat and drink... it has to be classy food isn't it? lol

Oh, and apparently you can also design your own Barbie doll and their accessories to match your outfits, so now girls, we can truly live in the Barbie world! Hahaa...

Chinese New Year is going to be here in 2 days, so excited!!! Yea, it is overlapping Valentine's Day this year, I heard that this only happens in every 50 years!!???

Until next time,

Hilz ♥

I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world.

I guess each girl must had or have at least one Barbie doll in her life. I loved collecting all these cute clothes and accessories for my Barbies! I am still kinda sad that my mom gave them away when I got older and assumed that I didn't want them anymore. The fact is that, I love to collect miniature things, they look so cute that you just want to keep them in your pocket. Speaking of pocket, my mom used to buy me Polly Pockets which are boxes that each contains a scenario and a figure that you can play around with, I guess this is how I started to gain interest in interior design. I miss all of them :( I miss bringing my Barbies out for a meal or to a friend's home. Childish? How about showing off some parts of your Barbie by wearing them? Yes, her lips, eyes, limbs? Your choice!

I came across this young lady called Margaux Lange in a magazine while doing research for my design class(I was working on a children retail space project). She is a jeweler and has a collection called the Plastic Body Series, which she utilizes salvaged Barbie doll parts in combination with sterling silver and pigmented resins.

I thought it was kinda creepy when I first looked at her pieces, but in no more than 2 seconds, I was like, "no way, this is so much fun!"

I like how she combines the body parts with colors and shapes, she even cuts the parts out in different angles.

This has to be my favorite one. How cute?

On another note, it's snowing again!!! Major snowstorm is gonna hit us on Wednesday... be safe everyone!

Until next time,

Hilz ♥