For some of you who are fortunate enough to engage an interior designer, these issues may not be as alarming. My Husband and I lucky are to have a friend who's Father in law is a contractor and we got the design up on our own. We also hear that having an ID is really not neccassary, so we thought this could save us some money. We started planning since last year December and at this point we just started hacking the walls and floors. There are still a lot more planning, sourcing and decisions to be made but if I could turn back time, I wished someone told me these things; 1. Do not get all your inspiration from...
What makes a winning design for Lully Selb shawls? Some days the process of creating a new print is easy, some days are hard and it takes much longer. There are many articles on the process of creativity out there. The most simplified and relatable one is about 5 stages of Making Art. Stage 1- Inspiration Stage 2- Percolation (processing and refining one's idea-sketching, moodboards) Stage 3- Preparation (painting or drawing simple sketches on wacom tablet) Stage 4- Creation (fine-tuning colors and drawing intensively on Illustrator or Photoshop) Stage 5- Reflection I was at our printer's last week to check out the new prints. Here are some of them- Right after printing is usually one of the most important event...
My first umrah trip was about 5 years ago, during Ramadhan and I remember making lots of doas that I will get married soon. My prayer wasn't answered immediately, Allah knows best but I'm so blessed that after 5 years, I got married to a special person and we made a promise to do umrah together that same year. Alhamdulillah, we were invited to the House of God, Makkah Al Mukarramah and spent the last days of 2016 in the blessed place. Because we entered Makkah straight, we had to put on the ihram right from our home in Singapore. Putting on the ihram means there are things that you have to avoid, for ladies, keeping your aurat in...
I'm so blessed that Lully Selb happened! I knew that I'm going to design shawls when I made my decision to don the hijab back then. We have come thus far, here are the designs from 2016. Which one is your favorite? The first three shawls were inspired by the architecture of Museum of Islamic Art is Qatar. Sheikha Hub brought us and a handful of designers to participate in a fashion show for Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition. You can read about the trip here.The Mashed-Up Geometry design was a hit! Pink Row Black Row Mashed-Up Geometry We always have a theme or stories for each of our designs. Next up, these shawls were inspired by Selma's diving trips. Black...
I cannot believe I have been writing for Selb Series for almost a year ! If you guys haven't noticed, since end of last year, every Thursday, Lully and I take turns to pen down some thoughts, ideas, inspirations as we grow Lully Selb together. To be honest, we are both not regular writers, and we definitely express more in terms of visuals. But we make it a point to inculcate this habit of taking time off and writing a blog every single week. Before I wrote this entry, I was looking back at all the blogposts and its nice to see that these writings showed the journey of 2016; pure hard work, dedication and some fun travels as well....
