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Happy Valentine’s Quote Painting

It’s the day for love celebration! Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Feel the love in the air! To celebrate this loving day, I drew some heart balloons in colored pencils and added a love quote ” The less you give, the less you love. The more you give, the more you love and be loved”. Hope you are inspired with my Happy Valentine’s Quote Painting and get creative with love!

For more of my future Winter posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!

For creative fellow bloggers, don’t forget to join “You’re The Star” Blog Hop ! Link your inspiring posts every Monday and get a change to be featured! I’m one of the co-host of the blog hop for Creative Week and will choose the creative posts to be featured on Creative Features week. Please come and join the blog hop and I would love to see you there! Join and share the news!

See you!

Happy creative love!

Mel

Real Neat Blog Award In Blue and Gold

This is my second Real Neat Blog Award, and it’s presented by the award maker, Dear Kitty, Some Blog. What an honor! Thank you so much! Please visit the blog, it’s full of global knowledge. And to appreciate it, I painted an abstract logo for The Real Neat Blog Award of a little coral look in blue and gold colors.

The rules of this award are:

Put the award logo on your blog.
Answer the 7 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
Thank the person who nominated you and add a link to their blog.
Nominate any number of people linking to their blogs and let them know you nominated them by commenting on their blogs.
Come up with 7 questions for the people you nominated.

My seven answers to the seven questions are:

1. Who is your favourite visual artist? Don’t have

2. Which is your favourite bird species? Love bird

3. Which is your favourite mammal species? Dog

4. What is your favourite insect? Butterfly

5. What is your favourite plant? Hydrangeas, Roses, Orchids, I can go on and on…

6. Where do most visits to your blog come from? My dear followers

7. If you would be invited to make a space journey, then to which solar system planet would you like to go? To the one that has already been a living proof

My seven Questions are:

What is your definition of “neat”?
Dogs or cats?
Less or more?
Loud or calm?
On stage or backstage?
Truth or dare?
Sour or bitter?

My nominees are:

Congratulations to the nominees and thanks again to Dear Kitty! Enjoy!

For more of my future Coastal Summer theme and welcoming Fall season posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!

And for creative fellow bloggers, don’t forget to join “You’re The Star” Blog Hop ! Link your inspiring posts every Monday and get a change to be featured! Starting June 2019, I will be co-hosting the blog hop and would love to see you there! Join and share the news!

See you all!

Be creatively neat!

Mel

Special Award

I was nominated by Huguette Antoun, My Emotional Fingerprint for Special Award!!! It makes me thrill and feeling special! Very special thanks to dear Huguette! Please stop by her special blog, if you tired of all the nonsense you’ve faced all day, then you will find cure from her honest and bold writings, plus you will be entertained by her creative graphics!

For this Special Award, I’ve painted two special creatures looking at the beautiful sea; a baby and a dog. They are the most pure and honest creatures that would love you for who you are which make them so special. I have them in Special Award logo. Hope you all enjoy it!

Rules as copied from Huguette’s post:

Thanks the blogger who nominated you.
Answer the questions you are asked ( if you’re comfortable doing so!)
Create 10 questions for the bloggers you’ve nominated.
Nominate at least 3 bloggers for the Special Blogger Award.
Comment on your nominees most recent blog post to let them know you’ve nominated.
Have a fun

Huguette’s Questions and My Answers:

What’s the special about you? I have talent, loyal and caring to people I love.
Do you like the way you look? I’m not supermodel, but I’m thankful enough.
What do you think about my blog? Honestly with no filters. Very honest, bold and at the same time entertaining!
Are you with organ donation? If no, why? I always admire people who donate their organs.
Would you interfere to defend someone even if you’re not as strong as the attacker? Absolutely for someone I love!!
Would you say the truth no matter is the price? I’m truthful but the truth should not destroy.
Why should I read what you write? Convince me. I create things that I love and hope to be useful and inspiring for people, and if you wanted to know how and sometimes why I made it, then you should read my posts.
Describe the perfect beauty (gender doesn’t matter) Mesmerizing, captivating, genius, would never tired of it!
Would you steal from the rich to help the poor? I’m realistic, so I would give mine to others as much as I can afford to.
When was the last time you cried? Hmm, I can’t remember, maybe days ago while watching a movie.

My Special Questions:

What do you consider special from :

A person?
A trip?
A restaurant?
A house?
A movie?
A pet?
A baby?
A music?
A story?
An art?

My Special Shortlist Nominees:

Ribana – Popsicle Society (even though you accept no more awards, but I think you worthy)
Chris & Melissa – Little Frugal Homestead
JoAnn Ryan – Midnight Harmony

For more of my future Coastal Summer theme posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!

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Creativity makes you special!

Mel

Real Neat Blog Award in Seahorse Painting

Thank you Ribana for nominating me Real Neat Blog Award! Many thanks and love to you! This is my first Real Neat Blog Award and I’m so pleased and honored! Please visit her neat blog, Popsicle Society to get more inspiration in food, stories and travelling. Copied from Ribana’s, the award was started back in 2014 by Dear Kitty 1, to give bloggers more recognition.

To honor the rules and stick to my theme Coastal Summer, I painted a seahorse, a remarkable marine fish. Not just for their beautiful shape, but the male ability to carry the pregnancy and deliver the seahorse babies to the sea world as well are amazing. This seahorse painting I’ve made it into the Real Neat Blog Award logo. I painted it with watercolor which I’m smitten with. Hope you all, like it! And I shared my painting stages!

The rules of Real Neat Blog Award are:

Put the award logo on your blog.
Answer the 7 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
Thank the person who nominated you and add a link to their blog.
Nominate any number of people, linking to their blogs and let them know you nominated them by commenting on their blogs.
Come up with 7 questions for the people you nominated.

Ribana’s questions and my answers for the Real Neat Blog Award are:

What makes you happy? My happy loved ones.
What’s the next place you would like to visit? No clue.
Sea or mountain? Mountain
Sweet or salted? Both
Would you eat bugs? if it’s not in a whole bug, maybe I would, but what’s the point? Unless it’s so darn delicious or as medicine.
Are you eating for surviving or are you a gourmand? I love delicious food, and thank God I still able to eat as a pleasure not just survive.
And the last one: have you smiled today? Yes, and laugh too

My questions for the Real Neat Blog Award nominees are:

What is the coolest thing you’ve ever done?
What is the nicest thing you’ve ever done?
What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done?
What is your best feature as a person?
What is the best thing your blog can offer to readers?
What is summer means to you?
What is coastal means to you?

My nominees for The Real Neat Blog Award are:

Congrats to you all, you all have a neat blog! Thank you again sweet Ribana!

See you!

Be neat creative!

Mel

Sunshine Blogger Award – Coastal Sunshine

This is my second Sunshine Blogger Award and I was nominated by dear Ribana. She gave me sunshine of happiness so I painted a sunflower with coastal background color which goes along with my theme nautical summer. Make sure you check out Ribana’s blog Popsicle Society, you will entertained by her positive, cheerful and beautiful words, moreover you can enjoy her experiences with food and travel!

WHAT IS THE SUNSHINE BLOGGER AWARD?

The Sunshine Blogger Award is peers recognition award for bloggers who inspire readers by promoting positivity and bringing joy.

RULES:

Thank the person who nominated you and provide a link back to their blog so others can find them.
Answer the 11 questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.
Nominate 11 other bloggers and ask them 11 new questions.
Notify the nominees about it by commenting on one of their blog posts.
List the rules and display a Sunshine Blogger Award logo on your post and/or your blog site.

Ribana’s questions and my answers:

Is the sunshine affecting your mood? Yes, depends on the intensity
Can you be called sunshine? Honestly, I don’t know 😀
What brings you joy and happiness in your life? my family
Are you happy? Yes
Would you change something in your life? Not really
If you could choose to live anywhere in the world, where would you choose? In artsy life, It would be Europe.
Do you like your job? Hmm, now I’m a blogger and I consider blogging is a job, so…yes I love my job 🙂
If your boss would offer you a job in a different country, would you accept it? Well. I’m my own boss right now 😀
How important is for you to be honest? Very! It defines you
When was the last time you’ve cooked at home? Today
Are you pursuing your dreams? Of course, you would loose your purpose if you don’t chase your dreams every day.

My questions:

Which beach is the best?
What is your favorite things that associated with coastal?
Yellow or blue?
What seafood is your favorite?
Sunshine or Sundown?
Anchor or Ship Wheel?
Sunflowers or Seahorses?
Seaside or the sea?
House by the sea or house by the beach?
What do you think of lighthouse?
Do you think Spongebob Squarepants is a nautical nonsense or a hilarious cartoon?

My nominees:

Thanks again Ribana, you are so sweet! And for Kathy and Anjali, congrats!

For more of my future Nautical Summer theme posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest board, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram!

See you soon!

Let your creativity shines!

Mel

You’re The Star Blog Hop And Red White Blue – June 2019 (Week 4)

Hello again! It’s Home week features and I can’t wait to see all inspiring posts on week 4 – You’re The Star Blog Hop. You are free to link up your family friendly post in any or all of the four themes every day as it is a monthly blog hop which has weekly features in each theme (Garden/ Family/ Home/ Creative). 4th of July celebration is getting close, I’m sure I’m going to see more of your fabulous patriotic posts! So, let’s link in! But before that, I have two Nautical Summer posts to share with you. I’m having a Nautical theme along this Summer, so please enjoy my coastal creativity.

I have two new projects I did on last week, Lighthouse in Watercolor Hand Panting and How To Make Red White Blue DIY Bottles With Coastal Touch. I have my Ship Wheel Home Sign with nautical theme, it’s a great diy for summer decor and I believe that a home is where your family is.

WELCOME to the June 2019 “You’re the Star” Blog Hop!

WELCOME to HOME feature week of the June “You’re the STAR” blog hop!

Meet your HOME week Hosts

This week is HOME feature week

Swing by the Home Hosts’ Blogs:

Bev @ Eclectic Red Barn

Kippi @ Kippi at Home

Liberty @ B4 and Afters

This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories. Just to be clear – this is NOT a themed party – you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month.

The “theme” occurs in our weekly features:

WEEK#4 HOME – recipes, home décor, antique/DIY &/or travel (this can include anything about your home – even history posts – all while remaining family friendly)

(All features were chosen from the May “You’re the Star” blog hop)
7 Tips To Designing Vignettes by My Hubbard Home

DIY Feature Wall of Built In Bookshelves by Repurpose and Upcycle

Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole by Marilyn’s Treats

This casserole is loaded with mashed potatoes, sour cream, chives and spices. Dont forget the cheese! a

Curbside Trunk Coffee Table by Simply Beautiful by Angela

If you’ve been featured then please grab a STAR button below:

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Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!

It wouldn’t be a linky party with YOU!

(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post – rest assured – we will always link back to your lovely blog. We might also share your fantastic posts on social media. Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES – other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though} Thank You & ENJOY! )

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For more future Nautical Summer theme posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest board, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram!

See you soon!

Creative Party!

Mel

You’re The Star Blog Hop – June 2019 (Week 2)

Hello everyone! It’s creative week and I’m very excited to see all creative posts from you all for week 2 – You’re The Star Blog Hop. You are free to link up your Family friendly post in any or all of the four theme every day as it is a monthly blog hop which has weekly features in each theme (Garden/ Family/ Home/ Creative).

I did two new projects last week and they are Nautical Father’s Day Tag Card – Me And Dad and DIY Beach Theme Key Holders. And below is the beach theme key holders project :

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Welcome to the second week of the June 2019 blog hop called “You’re the Star“!

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WELCOME to CREATIVE feature week of the June “You’re the STAR” blog hop!Meet your CREATIVE week Hosts

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This week is CREATIVE feature week

Swing by the Creative hosting Team’s blogs:Colleen @ Butterfly in the Attic

Darlene @ Let It Shine

Mel @ Decor Craft Design

This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

The “theme” occurs in our weekly features:

WEEK#2 CREATIVE – arts & crafts, music, writing &/or dramatic arts (this can include sewing, yarn work, dance, art history, handmade jewelry, painting, computer art, fashion etc – anything creative while remaining family friendly)

(These features were chosen from the May 2019 “You’re the Star” blog hop)

A Little Sneak Peek At My Spring Shed by Penny’s Vintage Home

Baby Dress Knitting Pattern by Lilia Craft Party

Stenciled Patriotic Envelope Pillow by Fresh Vintage by Lisa S

Sew a Custom Bible Cover by B4 and Afters

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Mystery Blogger Award – 3rd

I have been nominated again and this time is my third Mystery Blogger Award by Ribana with her wonderful blog Popsicle Society. Thank you so much Ribana, I really appreciate it! Please drop by her blog and check out her cheerful posts around travels, food and anything that’s going on in her interesting life.

What is Mystery Blogger Award?

“Mystery Blogger Award” is an award for amazing bloggers with ingenious posts. Their blog not only captivates; it inspires and motivates. They are one of the best out there, and they deserve every recognition they get. This award is also for bloggers who find fun and inspiration in blogging; and they do it with so much love and passion.
– Okoto Enigma

The Rules of the Mystery Blogger Award

Put the award logo/image on your blog
List the rules
Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog
Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well
Tell your readers 3 things about yourself
You have to nominate 10 – 20 people
Notify your nominees by commenting on their blog
Ask your nominees any 5 questions of your choice; with one weird or funny question (specify)
Share a link to your best post(s)

Three Things About Myself

Three things about myself; a mom and wife, loves to design and create, dog lover.

For my best post, I love all my posts of course, so I share one for each category; categories that describe most about my blog.

Upcycling :DIY Re-Purposing Tissue Cores Into 6 Matches Stylish Party Decorations (Final) – Seating Tag and Napkin Ring
Painting : Sunflowers Oil Painting – Home Decoration
Mini Architecture : Blue Garden House of Home Office and Kid’s Play Room
Decor : Bridal Shower Table In The Shade Of Pink
Craft :DIY Black & White Monogram Easter Eggs
DIY :DIY Rustic Vase For Spring Decor

Ribana’s Questions:

Do you like yogurt? Yes, I do
Dark, milk or white chocolate? Definitely dark chocolate!
Pizza or pasta? Both!
Do you like going to the supermarket? I don’t have personal chef or assistant, so yes I like going to supermarket, besides, there’s a good feeling of taking those things out of the shelves and throw it into your trolley 🙂
What’s your dream? My personal dream is to design and build my ideal home in an ideal town 😀

My questions:

Do you have a kid’s toy you still love to play?
What is your best character?
Which city/country you can’t wait to re-visit?
What part of your home that you’ve been dying to renovate?
What junk food do you love so much?

My nominees for The Mystery Blogger Award in no particular order:

Thank you again Ribana for nominating me a Mystery Blogger Award! Hope you like my answers and my best posts. To celebrate it, I hand painted lavenders in watercolor for the Mystery Blogger Award logo for all of you to enjoy.

For those who’s nominated, I hope you read your nomination and accept it, congratulations!

If you need to know on other type of blogger awards, check out Sunshine Blogger’s Award, Liebster Award, Blogger Recognition Award.

See you!

Be creative blogger!

Mel

Mystery Blogger Award No.2

This is the second Mystery Blogger Award I have received; and this time it’s coming from Kathy with her lovely blog Kathy’s Crafts and Things. Please stop by her blog to see her wonderful creative journey.

What is Mystery Blogger Award?

The Rules of the Mystery Blogger Award

Put the award logo/image on your blog
List the rules
Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog
Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well
Tell your readers 3 things about yourself
You have to nominate 10 – 20 people
Notify your nominees by commenting on their blog
Ask your nominees any 5 questions of your choice; with one weird or funny question (specify)
Share a link to your best post(s)

Three Things About Myself

Three things about myself; a mom and wife, loves to design and create, dog lover.

For my best post, I love all my posts of course, so I share one of my favorite for each category:

Upcycling : DIY Farmhouse Sign Wire Rack From Upcycling Fry Pan
Painting : Autumn Painting Of Maple Tree
Mini Architecture : Tiny Home for Holiday or Guest House With a Courtyard Design
Decor : Style Your Desk With White
Craft : DIY Boy’s Painted Wooden Box From Popsicle Sticks
DIY : DIY Personalized Calendar For 2019
Seasonal : Hand Painted Christmas Gift Tags

My answers to Kathy’s questions are:

If you could go any place in the world, at any point in history or now, where would you go and why? Travel the world or galaxy, enjoy many countries and look for living proof in other planet 😆
Who is your greatest hero and why them? I can’t seem to find one, yet.
What is your favorite decadent comfort food, your go-to food when you’re feeling blue? Hmm, if I’m in blue, usually I don’t have any appetite, but to ease my daily stress, I count on chocolate 😄
Who or what jump started you on your creative journey through life? When I started this blog, it’s a place where I can freely digging through my creativity. I’ve found myself create things that I didn’t know I able to do.
This is the funny or weird question: Which is your favorite Muppet from the “Muppet Show”, the original series or the more current one, and why that one? I prefer Sesame Street, more funny characters and Cookie Monster always makes me laugh.

My questions for my Mystery Blogger Award nominees are:

What is your favorite :

Time of the year?
Old movie?
Things to do on outdoor?
Workout?
Weirdest food?

My nominees for Mystery Blogger award are:

These are all amazing bloggers, stop by their blog and enjoy their posts. Thank you again Kathy for the Mystery Blogger Award!

See you!

Stay Creative!

Mel

Handmade Christmas Gift As Party Favor Bag And Wreath Ornament

This is a great handmade gift for Christmas party because it works as a party favor bag and as a Christmas ornament which I made in a wreath look. This is how it works, you can tuck in some sweets inside the wreath ornament bag and give it to your guests, and after they enjoy your sweet favor, they can hang the wreath ornament in their Christmas tree. And for more personal touch, include your guest’s name on the party favor bag.

It’s a simple design and easy to make handmade gift for Christmas. All you need for this wreath ornament are:

White felt
Snowflake sequins silver and gold
Silver ribbon
Popsicle sticks
Drawing pen
Glue
Scissors

The steps are also simple and fast in the making :

Cut the white felt in 2 round shapes (10 cm / 4 inches in diameter).
Glue them together around the edges and leave an opening on above to make a favor bag.
Glue the star sequins overlapped and not really in order to form a wreath look.
Cut a piece of silver ribbon and glue it to the front and back of the party favor bag so it could be hung as a Christmas ornament.
Cut some popsicle stick for a base to write Merry, Christmas, Joy To, and A Name (Laurie I’ve made).
Glue the words Merry and Christmas on the front of the wreath ornament and the words Joy To and The Name (Laurie) on the back of the ornament bag.
Finished! A handmade Christmas gift is ready! You can make more for as many as your guest are, it’s surely an easy party gift to make.

Easy and fast handmade Christmas gift which not only give you a chance to slip some sweets into the party favor bag but also can give your guests a Christmas wreath ornament for them to hang on their tree at home with their name on it. Hope you are inspired for a handmade gift for Christmas party idea.

See you!

Let your creativity be a gift!

Mel

I entered below challenges for this Handmade Christmas Gift As Party Favor Bag And Wreath Ornament :

Craft Rocket Challenge – Christmas Is Coming
613 Avenue – Christmas / Winter
Scrap From Your Heart – Jul / Christmas
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie –
Try it on Tuesday – Winter Wonderland
Make My Monday – Non-Traditional Christmas Colours
Aud Sentiments Challenge – Christmas / Winter Sentiments
Get Creative Challenge – Anything But A Card
Crafty Friends – Gemstones / Pearls
Tuesday Throwdown –
Crafting By Design – Something Sweet

Blogger Recognition Award

Hello to all my lovely readers,

On Monday, I received a wonderful surprise from my lovely new blogger friend, Kaya. She nominated my blog for Blogger Recognition Award!!! It’s an honor and I was intensely ecstatic to receive the news. It’s a great feeling to be recognized by my work.

So, my special big thanks to Kaya for nominating me for this Blogger Recognition Award;

Her taste in life, her adventure and her style in beauty are all packed in her wonderful blog;

Lifestyle Adventure Beauty.

Please check out her blog and enjoy!

Here are the Award Rules

1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their blog.

2. Write a post to show your award

3. Give a brief story of how your blog got started

4. Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers

5. Select 15 other bloggers to nominate

6. Comment on each blog to let them know you nominated them and provide a link to your post.

How I started my blog :

I had started to write my blog since February 2018, even though I’ve set up my blog since 2016, but I did not know that by setting up your blog, it is considered as a start. Pardon me for my incredibly low knowledge in blogging world. But as I have been learning by blogging, I continue to receive knowledge of blogging world from fellow bloggers and more internet reading; but still … I’m learning.

The reason I start a blog is because I need an outlet to feed my creativity; something I passion about, which are art and design. I need to create something and share my creations to inspire. I love many forms of art, but I don’t think I can master it all in this short life and no way I can make it all happen in one blog, so I chose certain subjects to be in my blog, which are DIYs, Crafts, Arts, Designs, Decors, Interiors & Mini-Scale Architectures.

At first it was a bit hickups, but along the way, I found myself drowning into more creativity and inspiration, which I mostly inspired by fellow bloggers. And I get to be more consistent and more structured to the content of my monthly posts. So, wish me more luck for the future to get more recognized!

My two humble advice for blogging are :

Know what your strength and passion are to determine what your blog’s direction. Be consistent, be fruitful, be yourself, be creative, and be useful.
Share and support your followers and other fellow bloggers to be able to grow together. Be giving, be truthful and be friendly.

Here are my 15 fabulous WordPress Blogger nominees :

Jo – Let’s Art Journal
Kelley – kelleysdiy.com
Ula – Simpleula.com
Alicia – Miss Honey Bug
Diane – indianeskitchen.com
Robin – Haphazard Homemaker
Our Little Red House Blog – ourlittleredhouseblog.wordpress.com
Kerri – Sunshine
Tierney – Tierney Creates
Happy Haute Home – happyhautehome.com
Annabelle – Annabelle Troy
Cecilia – Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks
Fahima Hassan – Advices By her
Tam – Crafty Boutique By Tam
Libarah – Libarah

I want to nominate all my blogger friends but I’m afraid I can only mention 15 of them. All of you are fantastic bloggers with each of your specialty. Thanks for all of your lovely comments and supports!

So, thanks again Kaya, for recognizing me and made me recognized, much love to you!

See you all again!

Let your creativity recognized!

Mel